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+B3Dexport.py - a blender 2.7 .b3d export script - for minetest.
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+License: gpl-2.0
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+This version is maintained for compatibility with the minetest game engine
+specifically, and is not kept up to date with more recent versions - these
+are known to break the models' orientation and are thus not usable.