From c78ac657862e13898b4bc3a3b8a200a61667042c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeffery Myers <jeffm2501@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:32:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Don't require a M3d animation only file to have a mesh. There
 are valid use cases for animation only files that can be applied to N other
 meshes. (#5475)

---
 src/rmodels.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/rmodels.c b/src/rmodels.c
index c22c0a0c9..20287a935 100644
--- a/src/rmodels.c
+++ b/src/rmodels.c
@@ -7045,8 +7045,8 @@ static ModelAnimation *LoadModelAnimationsM3D(const char *fileName, int *animCou
         else TRACELOG(LOG_INFO, "MODEL: [%s] M3D data loaded successfully: %i animations, %i bones, %i skins", fileName,
             m3d->numaction, m3d->numbone, m3d->numskin);
 
-        // No animation or bone+skin?
-        if (!m3d->numaction || !m3d->numbone || !m3d->numskin)
+        // No animation or bones, exit out. skins are not required because some people use one animation for N models
+        if (!m3d->numaction || !m3d->numbone)
         {
             m3d_free(m3d);
             UnloadFileData(fileData);