Open *.mdl Files ?

[joell]

Hi Guys,

i Buyed the new Half Life 2 in a Store now ... installed and ahmm ...

Open the Tool GCFScape (to view Gcf Files , Extract Files .....).

I will extract some of the Models and will load it with the Half Life Model Viewer , but this dont work ?!

Someone has an idea to open the Half Life 2 / Cs.Source Models ? For Reskinning and so ...

 

[oldfaq]

make backup of gameinfo.txt in your C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\username\sourcesdk\bin
tehn replace it with this

"GameInfo"
{
FileSystem
{
// If running under Steam, use this info.
Steam
{
ToolsAppId 211 // Tools will load the depots associated with this app ID in addition to the
// normal SteamAppId.

SteamAppId 220 // This will mount all the GCFs we need (240=CS:S, 220=HL2).

SearchPaths
{
Game |STEAM|.\cstrike_sample_content
Game |STEAM|.\cstrike
Game |STEAM|.\hl2 // Note: when T
Game |STEAM|.\..\hl2 // Allow use of custom models in hl2/models
Executable_Path |STEAM|.\bin
}
}

NonSteam
{
SearchPaths
{
Game .
Game ..\cstrike
Game ..\hl2
Executable_Path ..\bin
}
}

//
// This can be omitted and it will use the same directory as gameinfo.txt is in for the write path.
//
// WritePath . // This is 'gamedir' in the tools, and the filesystem will write into here.
}
}

after that then run hlmv.exe from the bin folder, not steam, and open a model, and boom, you have the Hl2 models.
oldfaq

thanks to Grub and CannonFodder