Vertex Animation stored in FBX file without using Point Cache?

Question

Everything I've found seems to indicate that in order to export a vertex animation a point cache file must also be generated, but that means in addition to the FBX file a whole new folder with that cache data must also be built. Is there no way to store the (vertex) animation data entirely in the FBX file?

Answer 1

That's correct. The FBX stores the mesh/topology, and the point cache stores the offsets of the vertices over time.