Blender mdl exporter?

[KICK]

Hi, i'm using blender and wanna export mdl file. I look on google for an exporter but didn't find anyone.

Does it exist or should i export in another format to export in mdl?

[mehere101]

MDL is such an old format... If you can you should use md3 or zym. The Zym format is still hard to compile from blender, so md3 is your only practical choice (unless you can code). There is a md3 export script floating around the internet somewhere...

[KICK]

blender export in md2 format, is it compatible with darkplace or not?

[KadaverJack]

Q2 and Q3 model support, with greatly increased limits (256 skins, 65536 frames, 65536 vertices, 65536 triangles). (Note: md2 player models are not supported because they have no skin list)

I guess that means yes

[leileilol]

Blender's MD2 exporter sucks.

You may want to export a SMD file but there's no good exporters for that either

[mehere101]

If you like I could post the MD3 exporter I use, it works ok with Nexuiz so long as you don't want tags.

[ihsan]

Once again I make a request for the specs of the ZYM or DPM format... Or even the source of the SMD>ZYM java tool.
I haven't been able to find a reliable SMD importer or exporter for Blender.
The reality is that there is currently no practical way to get anything from blender into Nexuiz.

If anybody can even point me to the part of the DP source which reads ZYM I will make a Blender export script myself

[KadaverJack]

:( Once again I make a request for the specs of the ZYM or DPM format... Or even the source of the SMD>ZYM java tool.

Iirc the problem with the source of the zym java tool was: no one here ever heard about such a tool written in java
The only zym/dpm converters i know are zmodel and dpmodel written in C by LordHavoc.

If anybody can even point me to the part of the DP source which reads ZYM I will make a Blender export script myself

Well, i can point you to the source for zmodel and dpmodel, i guess that's far more helpfull than the dp source for reading those models.
And perhaps a DPM exporter for Blender would be better, since according to LordHavoc that format is superior to ZYM

[ihsan]

Thanx a LOT.
Now i gotta learn python

[mothra]

If you like I could post the MD3 exporter I use, it works ok with Nexuiz so long as you don't want tags.

I'd really appreciate it if you did post this, mehere101. Thanks in advance.