What does Halflife 2 use for moddeling?

[moppe]

Well, I'm a very creative guy and I love art (note drawing and photos) and wanted to try this. I've heard about this XSI-format that Halflife 2 were supposed to use and if you guys could help me to find a editor for this so I could try.

Thanks in advance.
morph-

 

[IchI]

You can model in any package you like. It just means exporting it as a certain type of file which we don't know yet. It will proberly be mdl2 or something. Urrr..... Thats about it really. Just use one of the 6 main programs and your perfectly fine. I would tell u how to get into modelling but I need to get ready for work. GL!

 

[clarky003]

I think Valve used 3DS max 3, for the first part of the project, then they switched over to XSI.. for some reason?

 

[Brian Damage]

They switched because Discreet had altered Max in the transition from one version to another so that older files could no longer be read, or something like that.

 

[Shinobi]

well there was more than just one reason for the switch,,, but in the end who cares?


anyways if you want a free version of XSI to practice with you can get it here

http://www.softimage.com/products/exp/v3/

 

[Computer5k]

Im just gonna wait for "XSI-EXP for Half-Life 2"
Its supposed to have more features than normal EXP