[WF-Protocols] Proposals on common format

[Jorrit Tyberghein]

Miguel Guzmán wrote:

>    Cal3D also has this, in the concept of "Core": CoreModel, CoreMesh, 
> CoreSubMesh... I don't know up to which point is a real difference 
> that the engine itself maintains only one copy of the geometry and 
> then instantiates other objects for the differences, instead of 
> instantiating each time the whole geometry, because that wouldn't 
> imply that the model is different.
>
>    In other words, the factory pattern can be used independantly of 
> the model format used, or am I wrong? An application could load an 
> Open Model Format and instantiate it 3 times, and another one could 
> make a Factory and grab instances from it. Would it have an effect on 
> the model format itself? 

It wouldn't make a difference for the actual definition of the model. 
But it would make
a difference for a level using that model.

Greetings,

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