diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.a2egg-static.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.a2egg-static.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1930f52e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.a2egg-static.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for compiling Alias static (non-character) models
+# into egg, and then into pfb's (or something).  This is useful
+# for things which are not characters but are modeled in Alias.
+#
+
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.inst-egg.vars
+
+ifeq ($(A2E),)
+  A2E = a2egg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_RESTRUCTURE),)
+  EGG_RESTRUCTURE = egg-restructure
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_PALETTIZE),)
+  EGG_PALETTIZE = egg-palettize
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_COMBINE),)
+  EGG_COMBINE = egg-combine
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_TEXTURES),)
+  EGG_TEXTURES = egg-textures
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFICONV),)
+  PFICONV = pficonv -m
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL_ROOT)/models/$(SCENE_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_NAME),)
+  EGG_NAME = $(SCENE)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DIR_NAME),)
+  DIR_NAME = $(CHAR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(ALIAS_VERSION),7)
+  VERSION_SUFFIX = -v7
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WIRE_NAME),)
+  WIRE_NAME = $(CHAR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WIRE_PATTERN),)
+  WIRE_PATTERN = $(WIRE_NAME)*.wire
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WIRE_DIR),)
+  ifeq ($(MODEL_TYPE),)
+    WIRE_DIR = $(ALIAS_SOURCE_ROOT)/models/$(DIR_NAME)
+  else
+    WIRE_DIR = $(ALIAS_SOURCE_ROOT)/models/$(DIR_NAME)/$(MODEL_TYPE)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_MODELS),)
+  BUILD_MODELS = $(EGG_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SCENE_DIR),)
+  SCENE_DIR = snarf
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFI_DIR),)
+  PFI_DIR = $(FLT_PFI_DIR)
+endif
+
+# This helps out some of the generic option variables that are used for
+# both chars and scenes.
+CHAR_NAME = $(SCENE)
+
+# WIRE_DIR and WIRE_PATTERN tell the makefile where to find the latest model
+# file.
+ifneq ($(WIRE_DIR),)
+  ifneq ($(WIRE_PATTERN),)
+    WIRE_FILE := $(strip $(shell cd $(WIRE_DIR); findlatest $(WIRE_DIR) $(WIRE_PATTERN)))
+  endif
+endif
+
+# If we have RESTRUCTURE_OPTS set, then we must generate the model file into
+# the unstructure directory, and restructure it into the current directory.
+# Otherwise, we just generate it directly into the current directory.
+ifneq ($(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS),)
+  INIT_EGG_DIR = unstructure
+  UNPAL_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+else
+  INIT_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+  UNPAL_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_OPTS),)
+  PAL_EGG_DIR = pal
+else
+  PAL_EGG_DIR = $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MAKE_PFI),)
+  PFI_EGG_DIR = pfi
+  EGG2INST_OPTS = -t
+else
+  PFI_EGG_DIR = $(PAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+# INSTALL_FROM_DIR is the name of the subdirectory from which the final
+# egg files will be installed.  If unspecified, it defaults to either
+# PAL_EGG_DIR or PFI_EGG_DIR, depending on whether pfi's are built.  This
+# can be used to apply a last-minute operation on the egg file within the
+# makefile.
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_FROM_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_FROM_DIR = $(PFI_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+# BUILD_NAMES is the filename, without directory, of each of BUILD_MODELS.
+# Often this will be the same, but it is allowed to specified a relative
+# filename on each BUILD_MODEL.
+BUILD_NAMES := $(notdir $(BUILD_MODELS))
+
+INIT_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(INIT_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+UNPAL_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+PAL_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_NAMES))
+PFI_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(PFI_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_NAMES))
+INSTALL_INST_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST),$(BUILD_NAMES))
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_TOGETHER),)
+  # If we only have one file, don't attempt to palettize it together with
+  # itself.  PALETTIZE_TOGETHER only makes sense if we have multiple files.
+  ifeq ($(words $(PAL_EGG_FILES)),1)
+    PALETTIZE_TOGETHER :=
+  endif
+endif
+
+.PHONY: egg pfb clean cleanall all_dirs
+
+egg: all_dirs $(UNPAL_EGG_FILES)
+pfb: egg $(INSTALL_INST_FILES)
+all_dirs: maps $(SCENE_DIR) $(INSTALL_DIR)
+
+ifneq ($(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS),)
+all_dirs: unstructure
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_OPTS),)
+all_dirs: pal
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MAKE_PFI),)
+all_dirs: pfi $(PFI_DIR)
+endif
+
+# This is the basic rule.  If the including makefile doesn't specify anything
+# else, we use this rule to build our egg file.
+$(INIT_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(WIRE_FILE)
+	$(A2E) $(A2E_OPTS) -m $@ $(WIRE_FILE)
+
+#
+# Restructuring.
+#
+ifneq ($(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS),)
+$(UNPAL_EGG_FILES) : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(INIT_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(EGG_RESTRUCTURE) -o $@ $(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS) $<
+endif
+
+#
+# Palettizing.
+#
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_OPTS),)
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_TOGETHER),)
+
+# If there are multiple files and the user so requested, palettize them all
+# together.
+$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg : $(UNPAL_EGG_FILES)
+	$(EGG_COMBINE) -o $@ $^
+
+$(PAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -o $@ $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) -p $(EGG_NAME)-palette. $<
+
+$(PAL_EGG_FILES) : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg
+	$(EGG_COMBINE) -x -p $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/ $<
+
+else
+
+# If there's only one file, or the user didn't request a group palettizing,
+# palettize them separately.
+ifeq ($(BUILD_MODELS),$(BUILD_NAMES))
+  # If none of the build models had directories, we can do it this way.
+$(PAL_EGG_FILES) : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -o $@ $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) -p $(patsubst $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,%,$@)-palette. $<
+
+else
+  # Otherwise, we have an error.  Don't put a rule for the palettized files,
+  # so the make will stop.
+endif
+
+endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MAKE_PFI),)
+$(PFI_EGG_FILES) : $(PFI_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(EGG_TEXTURES) -o $@ -d $(PFI_DIR)/$(PFI_PREFIX) -e pfi -n -p "$(PFICONV) %o %n" $<
+endif
+
+$(INSTALL_INST_FILES) : $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST) : $(INSTALL_FROM_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(INSTALL_EGG_ACTION)
+
+
+clean:
+# Not really much we can do here.
+
+cleanall: clean
+# Or here.
+
+unstructure:
+	mkdir unstructure
+
+pal:
+	mkdir pal
+
+pfi:
+	mkdir pfi
+
+maps:
+	mkdir maps
+
+ifneq ($(SCENE_DIR),.)
+$(SCENE_DIR) :
+	mkdir -p $@
+endif
+
+$(INSTALL_DIR) :
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+ifneq ($(PFI_DIR),$(INSTALL_DIR))
+$(PFI_DIR) :
+	mkdir -p $@
+endif
+
+show-wire-files:
+	@echo WIRE_DIR is $(WIRE_DIR)
+	@echo WIRE_PATTERN is $(WIRE_PATTERN)
+	@echo WIRE_FILE is $(WIRE_FILE)
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.a2egg.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.a2egg.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a4104a9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.a2egg.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for compiling Alias character models.
+#
+
+ifeq ($(ALIAS_VERSION),7)
+  VERSION_SUFFIX = -v7
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WIRE_NAME),)
+  WIRE_NAME = $(CHAR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WIRE_PATTERN),)
+  WIRE_PATTERN = $(WIRE_NAME)*.wire
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(WIRE_DIR),)
+  ifeq ($(MODEL_TYPE),)
+    WIRE_DIR = $(ALIAS_SOURCE_ROOT)/models/$(DIR_NAME)
+  else
+    WIRE_DIR = $(ALIAS_SOURCE_ROOT)/models/$(DIR_NAME)/$(MODEL_TYPE)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(CHAN_DIR),)
+  CHAN_DIR = $(ALIAS_SOURCE_ROOT)/channels/$(DIR_NAME)/$(ANIM)
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(TESS_LEVELS)$(QTESS_LEVELS),)
+  # If we are tesselating, we must force the nurbs model generation.
+  ifeq ($(NURBS_OPTS),)
+    NURBS_OPTS = $(A2E_OPTS)
+  endif
+endif
+
+# We'll always use version 8 a2egg to get out the static model.  Version 7
+# has some problems with clusters.
+A2EGG = a2egg$(VERSION_SUFFIX)
+
+# But we'll use version 7, if requested, to get out the animation, which is
+# necessary for some version 7 animations.
+A2EGG_CHAN = a2egg-chan$(VERSION_SUFFIX)
+
+MAKE_POLY_MODEL = a2egg -m $@ $(POLY_OPTS) $(WIRE_FILE)
+MAKE_NURBS_MODEL = a2egg -n -s -m $@ $(NURBS_OPTS) $(WIRE_FILE)
+
+A2E_RULE = $(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-$(MODEL).egg : $(WIRE_FILE)
+A2E = $(A2EGG) -m $@ $(A2E_OPTS)
+
+A2C_RULE = $(UNOPT)$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)$(ANIM)$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg : $(FIND_CHAN_FILES)
+
+A2C = $(A2EGG_CHAN) -c $@ $(A2C_OPTS)
+
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.char-egg.rules
+
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.char-egg.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.char-egg.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffc3b7fbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.char-egg.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,533 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for compiling Alias or SoftImage character models into egg,
+# and then into pfb's.
+#
+
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.inst-egg.vars
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_PALETTIZE),)
+  EGG_PALETTIZE = egg-palettize
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_TEXTURES),)
+  EGG_TEXTURES = egg-textures
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFICONV),)
+  PFICONV = pficonv -m
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFI_DIR),)
+  PFI_DIR = $(CHAR_PFI_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(QTESS),)
+  QTESS = qtess $(QTESS_OPTS)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(TESS),)
+  TESS = tess $(TESS_OPTS)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_BLEND),)
+  EGG_BLEND = egg-blend $(EGG_BLEND_OPTS)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_REPLACE),)
+  EGG_REPLACE = egg-replace $(EGG_REPLACE_OPTS)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_REPLACE_OPTS),)
+  EGG_REPLACE_OPTS = -n
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL_ROOT)/models/char/$(DIR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_MAP_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_MAP_DIR = $(INSTALL_DIR)/$(INSTALL_MAPS)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DIR_NAME),)
+  DIR_NAME = $(CHAR_NAME)
+endif
+
+# A synonym to help palettize find a reasonable default palette name.
+SCENE = $(DIR_NAME)
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_NAME),)
+  EGG_NAME = $(CHAR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(CHAR_TOP_NODE),)
+  CHAR_TOP_NODE = $(CHAR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+  # If the palette name is nonempty, make sure it doesn't contain slashes.
+  PALETTE_NAME := $(subst /,-,$(PALETTE_NAME))
+endif
+
+PAL_EGG_DIR = $(CHAR_BUILD_DIR)/pal
+
+
+# WIRE_DIR and WIRE_PATTERN tell the makefile where to find the latest model
+# file.
+ifneq ($(WIRE_DIR),)
+  ifneq ($(WIRE_PATTERN),)
+    WIRE_FILE := $(strip $(shell cd $(WIRE_DIR); findlatest $(WIRE_DIR) $(WIRE_PATTERN)))
+  endif
+endif
+
+# TX_WIRE_DIR and TX_WIRE_PATTERN tell where to find the latest model for the
+# texture substitution.  If this is non-null, it will use this file to
+# substitute pieces in when it builds the NURBS file.  This is a hack to
+# work around the Alias/SoftImage texture offset problem.
+ifneq ($(TX_WIRE_DIR),)
+  ifneq ($(TX_WIRE_PATTERN),)
+    TX_WIRE_FILE := $(strip $(shell cd $(TX_WIRE_DIR); findlatest $(TX_WIRE_DIR) $(TX_WIRE_PATTERN)))
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(CHAN_DIR),)
+  FIND_CHAN_FILES = $(foreach pat,$(CHAN_PATTERN),$(foreach dir,$(CHAN_DIR),$(strip $(shell cd $(dir); findlatest $(dir) $(pat)))))
+endif
+
+# If the user didn't give us an explicit directory to place the unoptimized
+# models--normally $(UNOPT)--infer it.
+ifeq ($(UNOPT),)
+  ifneq ($(OPTCHAR_OPTS),)
+    UNOPT = unopt/
+  endif
+endif
+
+# And, we might even want to make a second pass at optcharring.
+ifeq ($(UNOPT2),)
+  ifneq ($(OPTCHAR2_OPTS),)
+    UNOPT2 = unopt2/
+  endif
+endif
+
+# Set UNOPT2_NAME to be the printable name of UNOPT2.
+ifeq ($(UNOPT2),)
+  UNOPT2_NAME = .
+else
+  UNOPT2_NAME = $(UNOPT2)
+endif
+
+# We need this variable in a substitution below.
+comma := ,
+
+ifeq ($(POLY_MODEL_FILE),)
+  POLY_MODEL_FILE = $(EGG_NAME)-mod.egg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(NURBS_MODEL_FILE),)
+  NURBS_MODEL_FILE = $(EGG_NAME)-nurbs.egg
+endif
+
+# We define two different variables, NURBS_MODEL_READ and
+# NURBS_MODEL_WRITE, to allow inserting of a user step in the build
+# process between writing a final NURBS model and processing it.
+# Normally, these variables are the same; if the user makefile defines
+# them different, it can establish the processing to generate one from
+# the other.
+ifeq ($(NURBS_MODEL_READ),)
+  NURBS_MODEL_READ = $(NURBS_MODEL_FILE)
+endif
+ifeq ($(NURBS_MODEL_WRITE),)
+  NURBS_MODEL_WRITE = $(NURBS_MODEL_FILE)
+endif
+
+# Similarly for POLY_MODEL_READ and POLY_MODEL_WRITE.
+ifeq ($(POLY_MODEL_READ),)
+  POLY_MODEL_READ = $(POLY_MODEL_FILE)
+endif
+ifeq ($(POLY_MODEL_WRITE),)
+  POLY_MODEL_WRITE = $(POLY_MODEL_FILE)
+endif
+
+TX_EGG_FILE = $(EGG_NAME)-tx.egg
+PRETX_EGG_FILE = $(EGG_NAME)-pretx.egg
+
+# ANIMS is the list of anim files.  These are passed through optchar.
+CHAN_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)%$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg,$(ANIMS))
+
+# ANIMS2 is the list of anim files that are passed through the second round
+# of optchar, if there is one.  If ANIMS2 is left unspecified, the user
+# may specify simply BLEND_ANIMS, which is concatenated on the end.
+ifneq ($(ANIMS2),)
+  CHAN2_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)%$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg,$(ANIMS2))
+else
+  CHAN2_FILES := $(CHAN_FILES) $(patsubst %,$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)%$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg,$(BLEND_ANIMS))
+endif
+
+MODEL_FILES_READ = $(MODEL_FILES)
+MODEL_FILES_WRITE = $(MODEL_FILES)
+
+ifneq ($(POLY_OPTS),)
+  MODEL_FILES_READ += $(POLY_MODEL_READ)
+  MODEL_FILES_WRITE += $(POLY_MODEL_WRITE)
+endif
+
+# Maybe we have a list of additional models that are built by separate
+# makefiles, but are intended to be optcharred in with the primary
+# model.
+ifneq ($(AUX_MODELS),)
+  UNOPT_AUX_MODELS := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)%.egg,$(AUX_MODELS))
+  OPT_AUX_MODELS := $(patsubst %,%.egg,$(AUX_MODELS))
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(LODS),)
+  # If LODS is set, assume it's a list of models that will be compiled
+  # into a single multiple-lod model.
+
+  LOD_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(LODS))
+  MODEL_FILES_READ := $(patsubst $(UNOPT)%,%,$(POLY_MODEL_READ))
+  MODEL_FILES_WRITE := $(patsubst $(UNOPT)%,%,$(POLY_MODEL_WRITE))
+
+  LOD_DF :=    
+  ifneq ($(LOD_DIST),)
+    LOD_DF += -d $(LOD_DIST)
+  endif
+  ifneq ($(LOD_FADE),)
+    LOD_DF += -f $(LOD_FADE)
+  endif
+
+  # If we're building a multiple-lod model, we might want to consider
+  # different TESS options.
+  ifneq ($(TESS_LEVELS),)
+    TESS_MODELS := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(TESS_LEVELS))
+  endif
+  ifneq ($(QTESS_LEVELS),)
+    QTESS_MODELS := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(QTESS_LEVELS))
+  endif
+
+else
+  # Ok, we're not building a multiple-lod model.  We're either building
+  # several distinct models, or a single NURBS model.
+
+  MODEL_FILES_READ += $(OPT_AUX_MODELS)
+  MODEL_FILES_WRITE += $(OPT_AUX_MODELS)
+
+  ifneq ($(TESS_LEVELS),)
+    # One or more TESS'ed model.
+    TESS_MODELS := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(TESS_LEVELS))
+    MODEL_FILES_READ += $(patsubst $(UNOPT)%,%,$(TESS_MODELS))
+    MODEL_FILES_WRITE += $(patsubst $(UNOPT)%,%,$(TESS_MODELS))
+  else
+    ifneq ($(QTESS_LEVELS),)
+      # One or more QTESS'ed model.
+      QTESS_MODELS := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(QTESS_LEVELS))
+      MODEL_FILES_READ += $(patsubst $(UNOPT)%,%,$(QTESS_MODELS))
+      MODEL_FILES_WRITE += $(patsubst $(UNOPT)%,%,$(QTESS_MODELS))
+    else
+      ifneq ($(NURBS_OPTS),)
+        # No particular tesselation parameters, but the user still asked for
+        # a NURBS file.  He must really want to install it.
+        MODEL_FILES_READ += $(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+        MODEL_FILES_WRITE += $(NURBS_MODEL_WRITE)
+      endif
+    endif
+  endif
+endif
+
+# Now that we've built up the list of MODEL_FILES, give the user a chance
+# to override it.  These are the egg files that get passed through optchar.
+ifneq ($(BUILD_MODELS),)
+  MODEL_FILES_READ := $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+  MODEL_FILES_WRITE := $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+endif
+
+# And the user might always have some extra ones.
+ifneq ($(EXTRA_MODELS),)
+  MODEL_FILES_READ += $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(EXTRA_MODELS))
+  MODEL_FILES_WRITE += $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(EXTRA_MODELS))
+endif
+
+# If the user specified BUILD2_MODELS, these are files that get passed
+# through optchar the second time (if there is a second optchar pass).
+# Otherwise, we'll infer it as well.
+ifneq ($(BUILD2_MODELS),)
+  MODEL2_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(BUILD2_MODELS))
+else
+  MODEL2_FILES := $(MODEL_FILES_READ)
+endif
+
+# Similarly for extras.
+ifneq ($(EXTRA2_MODELS),)
+  MODEL2_FILES += $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(EXTRA2_MODELS))
+endif
+
+QTESS_RULE = $(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-$(MODEL).egg : $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+
+# This is largely unnecessary, because of $(TESS_MODELS).
+TESS_RULE = $(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-$(MODEL).egg : $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+
+
+BLEND_RULE = $(UNOPT2)$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)$(word 1,$(ANIM))-$(word 2,$(ANIM))$(word 3,$(ANIM))$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg : $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT2)$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)%$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg,$(word 1,$(ANIM)) $(word 2,$(ANIM)))
+
+
+ifneq ($(COLLAPSED_ANIM),)
+  COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE = $(EGG_NAME)-$(COLLAPSED_ANIM).egg
+  ifneq ($(OPTCHAR_OPTS),)
+    OPTCHAR_OPTS += -c $(COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE)
+  endif
+  OPT_MODEL_FILES = $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT2)%,$(MODEL_FILES_READ)
+  OPT_CHAN_FILES = $(COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE))
+  OPT2_MODEL_FILES = $(MODEL2_FILES)
+  OPT2_CHAN_FILES = $(COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE)
+else
+  OPT_MODEL_FILES = $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT2)%,$(MODEL_FILES_READ))
+  OPT_CHAN_FILES = $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT2)%,$(CHAN_FILES))
+  OPT2_MODEL_FILES = $(MODEL2_FILES)
+  OPT2_CHAN_FILES = $(CHAN2_FILES)
+endif
+OPT_EGG_FILES = $(OPT_MODEL_FILES) $(OPT_CHAN_FILES)
+OPT2_EGG_FILES = $(OPT2_MODEL_FILES) $(OPT2_CHAN_FILES)
+
+UNOPT2_EGG_FILES = $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT2)%,$(OPT2_EGG_FILES))
+
+ifneq ($(INSTALL_MODELS),)
+  # If the user gave us a custom list of eggs to install, respect it.  These
+  # are the egg files--models, in this case--that get converted to pfb's
+  # or whatever.
+  INSTALL_MODEL_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(EGG_NAME)-%.egg,$(INSTALL_MODELS))
+else
+  # Otherwise, infer it.
+  INSTALL_MODEL_FILES := $(OPT2_MODEL_FILES)
+endif
+ifneq ($(INSTALL_ANIMS),)
+  # Same story with the anims.
+  INSTALL_CHAN_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)%.egg,$(INSTALL_ANIMS))
+else
+  # Otherwise, infer it.
+  INSTALL_CHAN_FILES := $(OPT2_CHAN_FILES)
+endif
+INSTALL_EGG_FILES = $(INSTALL_MODEL_FILES) $(INSTALL_CHAN_FILES)
+
+PAL_MODEL_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%,$(INSTALL_MODEL_FILES))
+
+INSTALL_INST_MODEL_FILES := $(patsubst %.egg,$(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST),$(INSTALL_MODEL_FILES))
+INSTALL_INST_CHAN_FILES := $(patsubst %.egg,$(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST),$(INSTALL_CHAN_FILES))
+INSTALL_INST_FILES = $(INSTALL_INST_MODEL_FILES) $(INSTALL_INST_CHAN_FILES)
+
+ifneq ($(INSTALL_MAPS),)
+  EXTRA_INSTALL_TARGET := install-maps
+  EXTRA_UNINSTALL_TARGET := uninstall-maps
+endif
+
+UNOPT_MODEL_FILES_READ := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)%,$(MODEL_FILES_READ))
+UNOPT_MODEL_FILES_WRITE := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)%,$(MODEL_FILES_WRITE))
+UNOPT_CHAN_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(UNOPT)%,$(CHAN_FILES))
+UNOPT_EGG_FILES_READ := $(UNOPT_MODEL_FILES_READ) $(UNOPT_CHAN_FILES)
+UNOPT_EGG_FILES_WRITE := $(UNOPT_MODEL_FILES_WRITE) $(UNOPT_CHAN_FILES)
+
+.PHONY: egg pfb all_dirs check-palette
+.PHONY: install-maps uninstall-maps
+.PHONY: realinstall uninstall clean cleanall
+.PHONY: $(addprefix uninstall-,$(INSTALL_INST_FILES))
+
+egg: $(UNOPT) all_dirs $(INSTALL_EGG_FILES)
+pfb: $(UNOPT) all_dirs check-palette $(INSTALL_INST_FILES) $(EXTRA_INSTALL_TARGET)
+all_dirs: maps $(INSTALL_DIR) $(UNOPT) $(UNOPT2)
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+all_dirs: $(PAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+realinstall: pfb
+uninstall: $(addprefix uninstall-,$(INSTALL_INST_FILES)) $(EXTRA_UNINSTALL_TARGET)
+$(addprefix uninstall-,$(INSTALL_INST_FILES)) : uninstall-% :
+	rm -f $(patsubst uninstall-%,%,$@)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(sort $(OPT_EGG_FILES) $(LOD_EGG_FILES) $(INSTALL_EGG_FILES))
+	rm -f $(sort $(UNOPT_EGG_FILES_READ) $(UNOPT_EGG_FILES_WRITE) $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ) $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_WRITE))
+	rm -f $(EXTRA_DIRT) maps/*
+ifneq ($(TX_WIRE_FILE),)
+	rm -f $(UNOPT)$(PRETX_EGG_FILE) $(UNOPT)$(TX_EGG_FILE)
+endif
+ifneq ($(OPTCHAR2_OPTS),)
+	rm -f $(OPT2_EGG_FILES)
+	rm -f $(UNOPT2_EGG_FILES)
+endif
+
+cleanall: clean
+
+$(INSTALL_DIR):
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
+
+ifneq ($(LODS),)
+# Make the unoptimized multiple-lod file
+$(UNOPT)$(POLY_MODEL_WRITE) : $(LOD_EGG_FILES)
+	egg-lod $(LOD_OPTS) $(LOD_DF) -o $@ $(patsubst %,%$(comma)$(CHAR_TOP_NODE),$< $^)
+else
+  ifneq ($(POLY_OPTS),)
+  # Make the unoptimized model file
+
+    ifeq ($(TX_WIRE_FILE),)
+    # Make the poly file the normal way, directly.
+$(UNOPT)$(POLY_MODEL_WRITE) : $(WIRE_FILE)
+	$(MAKE_POLY_MODEL)
+
+    else
+    # Make the poly file via the TX_WIRE_FILE.
+$(UNOPT)$(TX_EGG_FILE) : $(TX_WIRE_FILE)
+	$(MAKE_TX_MODEL)
+$(UNOPT)$(PRETX_EGG_FILE) : $(WIRE_FILE)
+	$(MAKE_POLY_MODEL)
+$(UNOPT)$(POLY_MODEL_WRITE) : $(UNOPT)$(PRETX_EGG_FILE) $(UNOPT)$(TX_EGG_FILE)
+	$(EGG_REPLACE) -o $@ $^
+    endif
+
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(NURBS_OPTS),)
+# Make the nurbs model file
+
+  ifeq ($(TX_WIRE_FILE),)
+  # Make the nurbs file the normal way, directly.
+$(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_WRITE) : $(WIRE_FILE)
+	$(MAKE_NURBS_MODEL)
+
+  else
+  # Make the nurbs file via the TX_WIRE_FILE.
+$(UNOPT)$(TX_EGG_FILE) : $(TX_WIRE_FILE)
+	$(MAKE_TX_MODEL)
+$(UNOPT)$(PRETX_EGG_FILE) : $(WIRE_FILE)
+	$(MAKE_NURBS_MODEL)
+$(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_WRITE) : $(UNOPT)$(PRETX_EGG_FILE) $(UNOPT)$(TX_EGG_FILE)
+	$(EGG_REPLACE) -o $@ $^
+  endif
+
+endif
+
+# Make the tesselated files.
+ifneq ($(TESS_MODELS),)
+$(TESS_MODELS) : $(UNOPT)%.egg : %.tess $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+	$(TESS) $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ) $< >$@
+endif
+
+# Make the tesselated files.
+ifneq ($(QTESS_MODELS),)
+$(QTESS_MODELS) : $(UNOPT)%.egg : %.qtess $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+	$(QTESS) -iq $< -o $@ $(UNOPT)$(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+endif
+
+# Make the auxiliary models, model files whose build commands are
+# handled in a separate makefile.
+ifneq ($(UNOPT_AUX_MODELS),)
+$(UNOPT_AUX_MODELS) : $(UNOPT)%.egg : Makefile.%
+	$(MAKE) -f $< $@
+endif
+
+
+
+ifneq ($(OPTCHAR_OPTS),)
+# Make the optimized files.
+$(OPT_EGG_FILES) : $(UNOPT_EGG_FILES_READ)
+	egg-optchar -d $(UNOPT2_NAME) $(OPTCHAR_OPTS) $^
+else
+  ifneq ($(COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE),)
+    # Ok, we're not optcharing, but we do need to collapse some chan files.
+$(COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE) : $(CHAN_FILES)
+	egg-optchar -c $(COLLAPSED_CHAN_FILE) $(CHAN_FILES)
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(OPTCHAR2_OPTS),)
+# Make the optimized files again.
+$(OPT2_EGG_FILES) : $(UNOPT2_EGG_FILES)
+	egg-optchar -d . $(OPTCHAR2_OPTS) $^
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+  # Palettize the files as we install them.
+PT_FILES := $(patsubst %.egg,%.pt,$(INSTALL_MODEL_FILES))
+$(PT_FILES) : %.pt : %.egg
+	touch $@
+
+# Attempt to regularize the cwd.
+DIRNAME=$(notdir $(shell pwd))
+PWD=$(CHAR_BUILD_DIR)/$(DIRNAME)
+
+$(PAL_MODEL_FILES) : $(PT_FILES)
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -t -de $(PAL_EGG_DIR) -dm $(INSTALL_ROOT)/maps $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa $(patsubst %.pt,$(PWD)/%.egg,$^)
+
+$(INSTALL_INST_MODEL_FILES) : $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST) : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(INSTALL_EGG_ACTION)
+
+else
+  # Don't palettize.
+$(INSTALL_INST_MODEL_FILES) : $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST) : %.egg
+	$(INSTALL_EGG_ACTION)
+endif
+
+$(INSTALL_INST_CHAN_FILES) : $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST) : %.egg
+	$(INSTALL_EGG_ACTION)
+
+$(PAL_EGG_DIR):
+	mkdir $(PAL_EGG_DIR)
+
+maps:
+	mkdir maps
+
+ifneq ($(UNOPT),)
+$(UNOPT):
+	mkdir $(UNOPT)
+	ln -s ../maps $(UNOPT)maps
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(UNOPT2),)
+$(UNOPT2):
+	mkdir $(UNOPT2)
+	ln -s ../maps $(UNOPT2)maps
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+check-palette: $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).pi
+$(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).pi : $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -t $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) $<
+$(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa :
+	@echo $@
+else
+check-palette:
+endif
+
+show-chan-files:
+	@echo CHAN_DIR is $(CHAN_DIR)
+	@echo CHAN_PATTERN is $(CHAN_PATTERN)
+	@echo CHAN_FILES is $(CHAN_FILES)
+	@echo FIND_CHAN_FILES is $(FIND_CHAN_FILES)
+
+show-wire-files:
+	@echo WIRE_DIR is $(WIRE_DIR)
+	@echo WIRE_PATTERN is $(WIRE_PATTERN)
+	@echo WIRE_FILE is $(WIRE_FILE)
+	@echo TX_WIRE_DIR is $(TX_WIRE_DIR)
+	@echo TX_WIRE_PATTERN is $(TX_WIRE_PATTERN)
+	@echo TX_WIRE_FILE is $(TX_WIRE_FILE)
+
+show-lods:
+	@echo LODS is $(LODS)
+	@echo LOD_EGG_FILES is $(LOD_EGG_FILES)
+
+show-models:
+	@echo NURBS_MODEL_READ is $(NURBS_MODEL_READ)
+	@echo NURBS_MODEL_WRITE is $(NURBS_MODEL_WRITE)
+	@echo POLY_MODEL_READ is $(POLY_MODEL_READ)
+	@echo POLY_MODEL_WRITE is $(POLY_MODEL_WRITE)
+	@echo MODEL_FILES_READ is $(MODEL_FILES_READ)
+	@echo MODEL_FILES_WRITE is $(MODEL_FILES_WRITE)
+	@echo OPT_EGG_FILES is $(OPT_EGG_FILES)
+	@echo UNOPT_EGG_FILES_READ is $(UNOPT_EGG_FILES_READ)
+	@echo UNOPT_EGG_FILES_WRITE is $(UNOPT_EGG_FILES_WRITE)
+	@echo INSTALL_MODEL_FILES is $(INSTALL_MODEL_FILES)
+	@echo INSTALL_INST_FILES is $(INSTALL_INST_FILES)
+	@echo PAL_MODEL_FILES is $(PAL_MODEL_FILES)
+	@echo PT_FILES is $(PT_FILES)
+	@echo INSTALL_CHAN_FILES is $(INSTALL_CHAN_FILES)
+	@echo .txa file is $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.findlatest b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.findlatest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..073779a888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.findlatest
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#### Makefile for binaries.  Any fields commented out are optional.
+#### Generated automatically by ppremake 0.20a from Sources.pp.
+################################# DO NOT EDIT ###########################
+
+#### Target's name:
+TARGET = findlatest
+
+# Standard .o file conversion information.
+
+#### Lex files 
+LFILES = 
+LEX = flex
+LFLAGS =   -olex.yy.c
+LEXTENSION = yy.cxx
+# LSUBST =
+
+#### Yacc files 
+YFILES = 
+YACC = bison
+YFLAGS = -y -d 
+YEXTENSION = tab.cxx
+# YSUBST =
+
+#### C files 
+CFILES = 
+CFLAGS =     
+
+#### C++ files 
+C++FILES = findlatest.cxx
+C++FLAGS =     
+
+#### Additional search directories for C/C++ header files:
+IPATH = \
+    -I/usr/local/mozilla/dist/Linux2.2.10_x86_PTH_DBG.OBJ/include \
+    -I/usr/local/include/python1.6
+
+#### Location to put .o files:
+# ODIR = 
+
+#### Source file dependencies (unnecessary with clearmake)
+# foo.c: foo.h
+
+#### Other files and lib.  Include $(ODIR) in any .o names.
+# OFILES = 
+WHEN_NO_DEFER_LIBS = -ldtoolbase
+WHEN_DEFER_LIBS = -ldtoolbase
+LIBS = 
+SYSLIBS = -lnspr3
+ifeq (WIN32_VC,$(PENV_COMPILER))
+  SYSLIBS += 
+else
+  SYSLIBS += 
+endif
+
+#### Additional search directories for lib:
+LPATH =   
+
+#### Other linker flags. 
+# LDFLAGS =
+
+#### Pull in standard .o make variables
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.o.vars
+
+#### The .o action is here.
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.o.rules
+
+#### Pull in standard binary make variables.
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.bin.vars
+
+#### The bin action is here.
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.bin.rules
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.flt-egg.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.flt-egg.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9148c23556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.flt-egg.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for compiling Multigen scene models into egg, and
+# then into pfb's (or whatever).  This uses rflt2egg (in $DWDTOOL/bin) to
+# automatically resolve and convert referenced files.
+#
+
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.inst-egg.vars
+
+ifeq ($(RFLT2EGG),)
+  RFLT2EGG = rflt2egg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_PALETTIZE),)
+  EGG_PALETTIZE = egg-palettize
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_COMBINE),)
+  EGG_COMBINE = egg-combine
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_TEXTURES),)
+  EGG_TEXTURES = egg-textures
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFICONV),)
+  PFICONV = pficonv -m
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFI_DIR),)
+  PFI_DIR = $(FLT_PFI_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL_ROOT)/models/$(SCENE_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_NAME),)
+  EGG_NAME = $(SCENE)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_MODELS),)
+  BUILD_MODELS = $(EGG_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SCENE_DIR),)
+  SCENE_DIR = snarf
+endif
+
+# This helps out some of the generic option variables that are used for
+# both chars and scenes.
+CHAR_NAME = $(SCENE)
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+  # If the palette name is nonempty, make sure it doesn't contain slashes.
+  PALETTE_NAME := $(subst /,-,$(PALETTE_NAME))
+endif
+
+UNPAL_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+  PAL_EGG_DIR = $(MG_BUILD_DIR)/pal
+else
+  PAL_EGG_DIR = $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+# INSTALL_FROM_DIR is the name of the subdirectory from which the
+# final egg files will be installed.  If unspecified, it defaults to
+# either PAL_EGG_DIR.  This can be used to apply a last-minute
+# operation on the egg file within the makefile.
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_FROM_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_FROM_DIR = $(PAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+# BUILD_NAMES is the filename, without directory, of each of BUILD_MODELS.
+# Often this will be the same, but it is allowed to specified a relative
+# filename on each BUILD_MODEL.
+BUILD_NAMES := $(notdir $(BUILD_MODELS))
+
+TEST_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,rflt2egg-%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+SHOW_RFLT2EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,show-rflt2egg-%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+UNPAL_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+PAL_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_NAMES))
+INSTALL_INST_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST),$(BUILD_NAMES))
+
+.PHONY: pfb clean cleanall all_dirs check-palette
+.PHONY: $(TEST_EGG_FILES) $(SHOW_RFLT2EGG_FILES)
+
+pfb: all_dirs check-palette $(INSTALL_INST_FILES)
+all_dirs: maps $(INSTALL_DIR)
+rflt2egg: $(SHOW_RFLT2EGG_FILES)
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+all_dirs: pal
+endif
+
+# This is a phony rule which invokes rflt2egg to freshen up an egg file from
+# its .flt sources.
+$(TEST_EGG_FILES) : rflt2egg-%.egg : 
+	@$(RFLT2EGG) -F $(MG_SOURCE_ROOT) $(RFLT2EGG_OPTS) $(patsubst rflt2egg-%,$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%,$@)
+
+# This is another phony rule, just like the above except it doesn't squelch
+# the rflt2egg command.  Handy for debugging.
+$(SHOW_RFLT2EGG_FILES) : show-rflt2egg-%.egg : 
+	@echo ""
+	@echo  $(patsubst show-rflt2egg-%,$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%,$@)
+	$(RFLT2EGG) -vv -F $(MG_SOURCE_ROOT) $(RFLT2EGG_OPTS) $(patsubst show-rflt2egg-%,$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%,$@)
+
+# We need to have a command here so make won't optimize it out.  Make doesn't
+# know about the side-effect of $(TEST_EGG_FILES), above, on this target.
+$(UNPAL_EGG_FILES) : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : rflt2egg-%.egg
+	@echo ""
+
+
+#
+# Palettizing.
+#
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+
+PT_FILES := $(patsubst %.egg,%.pt,$(UNPAL_EGG_FILES))
+$(PT_FILES) : %.pt : %.egg
+	touch $@
+
+$(PAL_EGG_FILES) : $(PT_FILES)
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -t -de $(PAL_EGG_DIR) -dm $(INSTALL_ROOT)/maps $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa $(patsubst %.pt,$(MG_BUILD_DIR)/%.egg,$^)
+
+endif
+
+
+
+$(INSTALL_INST_FILES) : $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST) : $(INSTALL_FROM_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(INSTALL_EGG_ACTION)
+
+
+clean:
+# Not really much we can do here.
+
+cleanall: clean
+# Or here.
+
+pal:
+	@test -d $(MG_BUILD_DIR)/pal || mkdir -p $(MG_BUILD_DIR)/pal
+
+maps:
+	@test -d $(BUILD_DIR)/maps || mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)/maps
+
+$(INSTALL_DIR) :
+	@test -d $@ || mkdir -p $@
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTE_NAME),)
+check-palette: $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).pi
+$(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).pi : $(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -t $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) $<
+$(TEXATTRIB_DIR)/$(PALETTE_NAME).txa :
+	@echo $@
+else
+check-palette:
+endif
+	
+
+show-models:
+	@echo UNPAL_EGG_DIR is $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)
+	@echo UNPAL_EGG_FILES is $(UNPAL_EGG_FILES)
+
+
+show-palette-name:
+	@echo palette_name is $(PALETTE_NAME)
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.inst-egg.vars b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.inst-egg.vars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af01962109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.inst-egg.vars
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#
+# Makefile variables for converting egg files into some (likely binary)
+# file format and installing them in the install directory.
+#
+
+# The default is to install them directly as egg files, without
+# converting.  Redefine the following variables to change this.
+
+
+# This is the extension of the installed files.
+ifeq ($(INST),)
+  INST = egg
+endif
+
+# This is the program to install them.  It depends on the variables
+# EGG2INST_SOURCE and EGG2INST_TARGET.  We define default program lines
+# for the three types of installable files we know--eggs, bams, and pfbs--
+# but this may easily be extended by defining your own.
+ifeq ($(EGG2INST),)
+  ifeq ($(INST),egg)
+    EGG2INST = cp $(EGG2INST_SOURCE) $(EGG2INST_TARGET)
+  endif
+  ifeq ($(INST),bam)
+    EGG2INST = egg2bam $(EGG2INST_SOURCE) -o $(EGG2INST_TARGET)
+  endif
+  ifeq ($(INST),pfb)
+    EGG2INST = egg2pfb $(EGG2INST_SOURCE) && mv $(basename $(EGG2INST_SOURCE)).pfb $(EGG2INST_TARGET)
+  endif
+endif
+
+# These are the variables that will be filled in with the files to
+# read and produce, respectively.  Don't redefine these.
+EGG2INST_SOURCE = $<
+EGG2INST_TARGET = $@.installing
+
+# We do this two-step installation rule just to minimize the amount of 
+# time the installed file is half-complete.  We first convert the egg
+# file into a temporary filename in the install directory, and then
+# rename it to its desired filename.
+
+INSTALL_EGG_ACTION = \
+	$(EGG2INST) && mv $(EGG2INST_TARGET) $@
+
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.soft2egg.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.soft2egg.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21b32a1e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.soft2egg.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for compiling SoftImage character models.
+#
+
+ifeq ($(SOFT2EGG),)
+  SOFT2EGG = soft2egg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SOFT2EGG_CLEAN),)
+  SOFT2EGG_CLEAN = soft2egg-clean
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SCENE_PREFIX),)
+  SCENE_PREFIX = $(CHAR_NAME)-
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DATABASE_DIR),)
+  DATABASE_DIR = $(SOURCE_ROOT)/$(DIR_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SOFT_SCENE_DIR),)
+  SOFT_SCENE_DIR = $(DATABASE_DIR)/SCENES
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SOFT_MODEL_PATTERN),)
+  SOFT_MODEL_PATTERN = $(SCENE_PREFIX)$(MODEL_NAME).*.dsc
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SOFT_ANIM_PATTERN),)
+  SOFT_ANIM_PATTERN = $(SCENE_PREFIX)$(ANIM).*.dsc
+endif
+
+# CHAN_DIR and WIRE_DIR are names inherited from Makefile.a2egg.rules.
+# Makefile.char-egg.rules expects these to contain sensible values,
+# so we feed them both the SOFT_SCENE_DIR directory.
+CHAN_DIR = $(SOFT_SCENE_DIR)
+WIRE_DIR = $(SOFT_SCENE_DIR)
+
+# Similarly for WIRE_PATTERN and CHAN_PATTERN.
+WIRE_PATTERN = $(SOFT_MODEL_PATTERN)
+CHAN_PATTERN = $(SOFT_ANIM_PATTERN)
+
+ifneq ($(TESS_LEVELS)$(QTESS_LEVELS),)
+  # If we are tesselating, we must force the nurbs model generation.
+  ifeq ($(NURBS_OPTS),)
+    NURBS_OPTS = -n
+  endif
+endif
+
+S2E_RULE = $(UNOPT)$(EGG_NAME)-$(MODEL).egg : $(WIRE_FILE) maps
+S2E = $(SOFT2EGG_CLEAN) -M $@ -d $(DATABASE_DIR) -t maps
+
+S2C_RULE = $(UNOPT)$(CHAN_FILE_PREFIX)$(ANIM)$(CHAN_FILE_SUFFIX).egg : $(FIND_CHAN_FILES)
+S2C = $(SOFT2EGG) -a -A $@ -d $(DATABASE_DIR) -s $(notdir $<) $(S2C_OPTS)
+
+SOFT_MODEL = $(notdir $(WIRE_FILE))
+
+MAKE_POLY_MODEL = $(S2E) -s $(SOFT_MODEL) $(POLY_OPTS) $(S2E_OPTS)
+MAKE_NURBS_MODEL = $(S2E) -s $(SOFT_MODEL) $(NURBS_OPTS) $(S2E_OPTS)
+MAKE_TX_MODEL = a2egg -nsk -m $@ $(MAKE_TX_OPTS) $(TX_WIRE_FILE)
+
+
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.char-egg.rules
+
+
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.source-egg.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.source-egg.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4566ea4a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.source-egg.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for converting egg files which were originally hand-crafted
+# into pfb's.
+#
+
+include $(DTOOL)/inc/Makefile.inst-egg.vars
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_RESTRUCTURE),)
+  EGG_RESTRUCTURE = egg-restructure
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_PALETTIZE),)
+  EGG_PALETTIZE = egg-palettize
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_COMBINE),)
+  EGG_COMBINE = egg-combine
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_TEXTURES),)
+  EGG_TEXTURES = egg-textures
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFICONV),)
+  PFICONV = pficonv -m
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_DIR = $(INSTALL_ROOT)/models/$(SCENE_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(EGG_NAME),)
+  EGG_NAME = $(SCENE)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BUILD_MODELS),)
+  BUILD_MODELS = $(EGG_NAME)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SCENE_DIR),)
+  SCENE_DIR = snarf
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(PFI_DIR),)
+  PFI_DIR = $(FLT_PFI_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(SOURCE_DIR),)
+  SOURCE_DIR = $(EGG_SOURCE_ROOT)/$(SCENE_DIR)
+endif
+
+# This helps out some of the generic option variables that are used for
+# both chars and scenes.
+CHAR_NAME = $(SCENE)
+
+# If we have RESTRUCTURE_OPTS set, then we must generate the model file into
+# the unstructure directory, and restructure it into the current directory.
+# Otherwise, we just generate it directly into the current directory.
+ifneq ($(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS),)
+  INIT_EGG_DIR = unstructure
+  UNPAL_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+else
+  INIT_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+  UNPAL_EGG_DIR = $(SCENE_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_OPTS),)
+  PAL_EGG_DIR = pal
+else
+  PAL_EGG_DIR = $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MAKE_PFI),)
+  PFI_EGG_DIR = pfi
+  EGG2INST_OPTS = -t
+else
+  PFI_EGG_DIR = $(PAL_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+# INSTALL_FROM_DIR is the name of the subdirectory from which the final
+# egg files will be installed.  If unspecified, it defaults to either
+# PAL_EGG_DIR or PFI_EGG_DIR, depending on whether pfi's are built.  This
+# can be used to apply a last-minute operation on the egg file within the
+# makefile.
+ifeq ($(INSTALL_FROM_DIR),)
+  INSTALL_FROM_DIR = $(PFI_EGG_DIR)
+endif
+
+# BUILD_NAMES is the filename, without directory, of each of BUILD_MODELS.
+# Often this will be the same, but it is allowed to specified a relative
+# filename on each BUILD_MODEL.
+BUILD_NAMES := $(notdir $(BUILD_MODELS))
+
+INIT_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(INIT_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+UNPAL_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_MODELS))
+PAL_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_NAMES))
+PFI_EGG_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(PFI_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,$(BUILD_NAMES))
+INSTALL_INST_FILES := $(patsubst %,$(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST),$(BUILD_NAMES))
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_TOGETHER),)
+  # If we only have one file, don't attempt to palettize it together with
+  # itself.  PALETTIZE_TOGETHER only makes sense if we have multiple files.
+  ifeq ($(words $(PAL_EGG_FILES)),1)
+    PALETTIZE_TOGETHER :=
+  endif
+endif
+
+.PHONY: egg pfb clean cleanall all_dirs
+
+egg: all_dirs $(UNPAL_EGG_FILES)
+pfb: egg $(INSTALL_INST_FILES)
+all_dirs: maps $(SCENE_DIR) $(INSTALL_DIR)
+
+ifneq ($(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS),)
+all_dirs: unstructure
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_OPTS),)
+all_dirs: pal
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MAKE_PFI),)
+all_dirs: pfi $(PFI_DIR)
+endif
+
+# This is the basic rule.  If the including makefile doesn't specify anything
+# else, we use this rule to build our egg file.
+$(INIT_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.egg
+	cp $< $@
+
+#
+# Restructuring.
+#
+ifneq ($(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS),)
+$(UNPAL_EGG_FILES) : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(INIT_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(EGG_RESTRUCTURE) -o $@ $(RESTRUCTURE_OPTS) $<
+endif
+
+#
+# Palettizing.
+#
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_OPTS),)
+ifneq ($(PALETTIZE_TOGETHER),)
+
+# If there are multiple files and the user so requested, palettize them all
+# together.
+$(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg : $(UNPAL_EGG_FILES)
+	$(EGG_COMBINE) -o $@ $^
+
+$(PAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -o $@ $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) -p $(EGG_NAME)-palette. $<
+
+$(PAL_EGG_FILES) : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/$(EGG_NAME)-combine.egg
+	$(EGG_COMBINE) -x -p $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/ $<
+
+else
+
+# If there's only one file, or the user didn't request a group palettizing,
+# palettize them separately.
+ifeq ($(BUILD_MODELS),$(BUILD_NAMES))
+  # If none of the build models had directories, we can do it this way.
+$(PAL_EGG_FILES) : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(UNPAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(EGG_PALETTIZE) -o $@ $(PALETTIZE_OPTS) -p $(patsubst $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg,%,$@)-palette. $<
+
+else
+  # Otherwise, we have an error.  Don't put a rule for the palettized files,
+  # so the make will stop.
+endif
+
+endif
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MAKE_PFI),)
+$(PFI_EGG_FILES) : $(PFI_EGG_DIR)/%.egg : $(PAL_EGG_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(EGG_TEXTURES) -o $@ -d $(PFI_DIR)/$(PFI_PREFIX) -e pfi -n -p "$(PFICONV) %o %n" $<
+endif
+
+$(INSTALL_INST_FILES) : $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.$(INST) : $(INSTALL_FROM_DIR)/%.egg
+	$(INSTALL_EGG_ACTION)
+
+
+clean:
+# Not really much we can do here.
+
+cleanall: clean
+# Or here.
+
+unstructure:
+	mkdir unstructure
+
+pal:
+	mkdir pal
+
+pfi:
+	mkdir pfi
+
+maps:
+	mkdir maps
+
+ifneq ($(SCENE_DIR),.)
+$(SCENE_DIR) :
+	mkdir -p $@
+endif
+
+$(INSTALL_DIR) :
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+ifneq ($(PFI_DIR),$(INSTALL_DIR))
+$(PFI_DIR) :
+	mkdir -p $@
+endif
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.textures.rules b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.textures.rules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..be91725d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Makefile.textures.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#
+# Makefile rules for converting texture maps from characters to rgb format
+# and/or reducing them.
+#
+
+ifeq ($(DEFAULT_SIZE),)
+  DEFAULT_SIZE = -2
+endif
+
+
+RESIZE = image-resize
+DEF_RESIZE = $(RESIZE) $(DEFAULT_SIZE)
+
+all:
+
+maps/%.rgb:
+	$(DEF_RESIZE) $< $@
+
+maps/%.rgba:
+	$(DEF_RESIZE) $< $@
+
+
+ifneq ($(FULL_SIZE),)
+$(patsubst %,maps/%,$(FULL_SIZE)) : % :
+	$(DEF_RESIZE) -x 100% $< $@
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(HALF_SIZE),)
+$(patsubst %,maps/%,$(HALF_SIZE)) : % :
+	$(DEF_RESIZE) -x 50% $< $@
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(QUARTER_SIZE),)
+$(patsubst %,maps/%,$(QUARTER_SIZE)) : % :
+	$(DEF_RESIZE) -x 25% $< $@
+endif
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/Sources.pp b/dtool/src/egg-build/Sources.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0b7ce6023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/Sources.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#define INSTALL_HEADERS \
+    Makefile.a2egg-static.rules Makefile.a2egg.rules \
+    Makefile.char-egg.rules Makefile.findlatest Makefile.flt-egg.rules \
+    Makefile.inst-egg.vars Makefile.soft2egg.rules \
+    Makefile.source-egg.rules Makefile.textures.rules
+
+#begin bin_target
+  #define TARGET findlatest
+  #define SOURCES findlatest.cxx
+  #define LOCAL_LIBS dtoolbase
+#end bin_target
diff --git a/dtool/src/egg-build/findlatest.cxx b/dtool/src/egg-build/findlatest.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..631a6cf906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dtool/src/egg-build/findlatest.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+// Filename: findlatest.C
+// Created by:  drose (28Aug97)
+// 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <dtoolbase.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+static const int max_vnums = 10;
+
+#ifndef True
+static const int True = 1;
+static const int False = 0;
+#endif
+
+
+// The VersionNumber class defines the sequence of integers that makes
+// up a SoftImage file version number.  One file's version is greater
+// than another file's if the first integer from the left that differs
+// is greater.
+class VersionNumber {
+public:
+  VersionNumber();
+  VersionNumber(const VersionNumber &copy);
+
+  VersionNumber &operator = (const VersionNumber &copy);
+  int operator < (const VersionNumber &copy);
+
+  void Extract(const char *filename);
+
+  void Output(ostream &out) const;
+
+  int num_vnums;
+  int vnums[max_vnums];
+};
+
+inline ostream &operator << (ostream &out, const VersionNumber &v) {
+  v.Output(out);
+  return out;
+}
+
+VersionNumber::
+VersionNumber() {
+  num_vnums = 0;
+}
+
+VersionNumber::
+VersionNumber(const VersionNumber &copy) {
+  (*this) = copy;
+}
+
+VersionNumber &VersionNumber::
+operator = (const VersionNumber &copy) {
+  num_vnums = copy.num_vnums;
+  assert(num_vnums < max_vnums);
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_vnums; i++) {
+    vnums[i] = copy.vnums[i];
+  }
+  return *this;
+}
+
+int VersionNumber::
+operator < (const VersionNumber &copy) {
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_vnums && i < copy.num_vnums; i++) {
+    if (vnums[i] < copy.vnums[i]) {
+      return True;
+    } else if (vnums[i] > copy.vnums[i]) {
+      return False;
+    }
+  }
+  return (num_vnums < copy.num_vnums);
+}
+
+// Extract the version number from a filename.
+void VersionNumber::
+Extract(const char *filename) {
+  const char *basename = strchr(filename, '/');
+  basename = (basename == NULL) ? filename : basename + 1;
+
+  // Now basename is the beginning of the file, sans directory.
+  // Find the extension.
+  const char *ext = strrchr(basename, '.');
+  if (ext == NULL) {
+    ext = basename+strlen(basename);
+  }
+
+  // Now walk back from the extension, until we find something that's
+  // not a number.
+  int temp_vnums[max_vnums];
+  int v = 0;
+
+  const char *d = ext-1;
+  while (v < max_vnums && d >= basename && isdigit(*d)) {
+    while (d >= basename && isdigit(*d)) {
+      d--;
+    }
+    temp_vnums[v++] = atoi(d+1);
+    if (*d=='-' || *d=='.') {
+      d--;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  // temp_vnums now has our version numbers in right-to-left order.
+  // Reverse them back into vnums.
+  for (int i = 0; i < v; i++) {
+    vnums[i] = temp_vnums[v-1-i];
+  }
+  num_vnums = v;
+}
+
+void VersionNumber::
+Output(ostream &out) const {
+  out << "(";
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_vnums; i++) {
+    out << " " << vnums[i];
+  }
+  out << " )";
+}
+
+
+void
+usage() {
+  cerr << 
+    "Usage:\n\n"
+
+    "  findlatest dir file1 file2 file3 ... fileN\n\n"
+
+    "Finds the filename with the greatest version number, and echoes dir/file.\n"
+    "This is intended to identify the most recent version of a file in a directory.\n"
+    "The files are assumed to be of the form basename[vvv].extension, where\n"
+    "basename and extension are any arbitrary string, and vvv is any string\n"
+    "of integers delimited by '.' or '-'.\n"
+    "\n";
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if (argc<2) {
+    usage();
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
+  if (argc<3) {
+    // No files.
+    exit(0);
+  }
+
+  VersionNumber max_version;
+  int max_i = 0;
+
+  VersionNumber v;
+  for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
+    v.Extract(argv[i]);
+
+    if (max_version < v) {
+      max_version = v;
+      max_i = i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (max_i > 0) {
+    cout << argv[1] << '/' << argv[max_i] << "\n";
+  }
+
+  return (0);
+}
+