How to covert Halflife models (MDL) to Quake 2 format (MD2)

Bobo Rasta · Post by **Bobo Rasta** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:58 pm

Has anybody an idea how to covert Halflife models (MDL) to Quake 2 format (MD2) so that i can use them with Irrlicht?

I'm not a modeller so i must take what i can get and i got more Halflife models than models for Q2. Or has anybody a good link to a page with many good Quake 2 models???

Shadow_Wolf · Post by **Shadow_Wolf** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:34 pm

A good site with a lot of models in diferant game formats would be PolyCount

November235 · Post by **November235** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:01 pm

Milkshape 3D can decompile and convert between most formats, including HL and Q2. The problem is that HL has a skeletal animation system, and Q2 is a mesh/vertex animation system, so converting the animations is not something I'd want to get involved with.

Masdus · Post by **Masdus** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:14 am

i think you would be better off decompling the HL files then leaving them as milkshape files. Irrlicht can import milkshape files so there is no need to convert to md2

November235 · Post by **November235** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 8:30 am

Good point

. Of course, that limits you to one animation per model.