Quote Originally Posted by DarkHalcyon View Post
Do the 3rd person animations from the original game not work in the new engine?

They could do what anyone else in the Custom Edition community does and use the JMA importer/exporter to put 'em into 3ds Max and go off from there. It shouldn't be that hard.
I'd imagine they have access to the source assets used in the first game which they can compile themselves.