Hello,
long time ago, I worked with Softimage on an SGI Workstation.
Later I bought Cinema 4D Go and upgraded to Cinema 4D 5 XL.
What follows was Blender (you had to buy it that time

), GameSpace, and some smaller tools like AC3D, Milkshape and others. I used the tools to convert between file formats and to get the texture coordinates into the exported models.
But this is some years ago.
The workflow from Cinema 4D XL to Gamestudio mdl was complex and several tools where involved.
I am looking for a single 3D Modelling/Rendering/Animating Package with direct export as MDL (with a plugin if needed).
TrueSpace is available for free
Blender is free, also
Both Modeller are very different from Cinema 4D XL in terms of User Interface, Workflow, etc.
When I started modelling, it was simply to toy around and render some small animation clips...
It is a completly different story to create a game model with polygon budget.
Which 3D Package would you suggest me to dive into?
Most importent info: I am not going to spend money on that.
I plan to upgrade my Photoshop license, which will eat up some money. But it would be nice, if the Modeller supports .psd files with layers

Is it possible to work with one tool to
- model
- texture
- animate
- export to Gamestudio
Sorry for this long text, but I don't want to try all tools available to see which workflow is not working ( like: it does all I need, but lacks bone animation export)
Best regards,
slacer