What is the best 3d game engine for...

Irrlicht will let you easily import some .x files and play their animations back. Everything else is pretty much up to you. Maybe DXStudio. It really depends on your experience level. Because any 3D engine can let you do this, depending on how much work you want to do yourself to make it happen.

If you don't know how to program, then no 3D engine will let you do it. So you might as well try to learn to use DX Studio.

ive been doing a bit of research myself, but does Torque Game Engine allow me to do this?

Sure, TGE can do this-- as Daaark stated above, any 3D engine can do this as long as you can program it.

If you choose the non-programmer route, besides DX Studio, other options include 3D Rad, 3D Gamemaker, and Reality Factory. If you are willing to program/script, there are literally hundreds of options.

Dude, if you've never programmed before, pick an easy way.In think you should start with drag'n'drop creating, continue with scripting and than dive in source code with some of easier programming languages.

Start with GameMaker, especially if you didn't understand my second sentence.

Do you own a Playstation 2? There is Always Fighter Maker.

My main O/S is Mac OSX 10.5 and I looked at all the suggested applications and none are compatible with Mac OSX can someone please post one that is compatible with OSX 10.5? Thank you.

@Daaark: Yes I do have a Playstation 2 and I think I may own Fighter Maker, if not I'll go buy it and follow up from there.

Well, that does narrow it down quite a bit. Have a look at these two:

dim3 (Free)
Unity ($199)

Thank you TMichael. I really appreciate it, but after I learn to use this, any 3d game engine can be used in Mac OS X correct?