Eagle Dynamics DCS Blender Export Plugin#

Introduction#

This documentation was compiled because the official docs included with the plugin (in the manual folder) are outdated, incomplete, and poorly formatted.
That said, the template EDM files provided are still very useful.

Note

The plugin is still a work in progress, and some features may not function.

Warning

This guide assumes general Blender knowledge, including familiarity with materials and animation.

Supported Blender Versions#

Reccomended to use any Blender 4.x.x LTS version
Blender 3.x support was removed 19/12/25
Blender 5.0 is partially supported, work is ongoing (at time of writing 20/12/25)

Installation#

Download the Blender plugin from:
mods.eagle.ru/blender_plugin/files.html

Open Blender -> Edit > Preferences
Install the .zip file as an addon

Example Files#

The following example files are available for download:

Example	Blender File	Extra Files
Cube Example	cube.blend	Cube.png
Animation Test	animation.blend	—
Skin Animation	skin.blend	—

Contributing#

If you discover additional details or fixes, feel free to create a pull request and contribute your findings.

Plugin Changelog#

Release 19.12.2025 * Remove support of Blender 3.

Release 17.12.2025 * Fix bug with fcurves in Blender 5.0

Release 16.12.2025 * Update materials works now for Blender version 5.0.

Release 24.11.2025 * Added ability to set path for EDM Fast Export; * Check Blender Plugin Version. If it's 5.0 and later - you can't use the plugin.

Release 23.10.2025 * Return hash check of materials; * Fix reference .blend glass material (default version was 5 while min = 6, max = 6, instance = 6).

Release 03.10.2025 * Remove asterisk from Damage Visibility sockets in Glass and Default material.

Release 02.09.2025 * Added optimizeVertexCache checkbox in dev mode * Check Action name - it should start with integer (argument).

Release 31.08.2025 * Added support of multiple animation of bones through nla-editor

Release 10.11.2024: * Added support of rgba damage mask.

Release 26.11.2024: * Fixed bug preventing export of aircraft registration numbers on machines with non english locale. * Fixed bug in blender plugin: after updating edm materials, the values in the drop-down lists were set to default values. * Fixed blender warning: 'WARN (bpy.rna): \intern\bpy_rna.cc:1366 pyrna_enum_to_py: current value '0' matches no enum in '.

20.02.2025 * Added per vertex damage to deck material.