Crowbar

"Crowbar" seems a fitting name for a source engine model decompiler, and I am considering using this for the one I am working on. Using survivor_producer.mdl for most of my testing, my program extracts ~97% of the file's info.

It currently also does the following:

• Creates a QC file, which has the following info:
• $modelname
• $model
• flexfile
• flex
• flexcontroller
• %flex
• mouth
• $lod
• replacemodel
• $poseparameter
• $cdmaterials
• $texturegroup
• $attachment
• $includemodel
• $surfaceprop
• $eyeposition
• $illumposition
• $sequence
• $ikchain
• $collisionjoints {}
• $jigglebone
• Creates the reference SMD file.
• Creates the LOD SMD files.
• Creates two log files for helping with testing.

I plan to figure out how to decompile animations ($animation and $sequence info to be placed into SMD files) and face animations ($model {flexfile} info to be placed into VTA files).

Feel free to contact me (via Steam chat message or my gmail) to discuss, help, question, or comment.

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My Recent Activities

1. Playing L4D2, after about a year hiatus.
2. Refreshing my memory on L4D2 survivor modding.
3. Working on a program for decompiling MDL and related files, i.e. a "MDL Decompiler" replacement that is intended to include decompiling animation SMD files correctly.
4. Helping fix some issues for someone else's Zoey-replacement model.
5. Learning how to use the latest Blender for modeling and animating.
6. Testing a method for replacing any of the 8 survivors with any character model so that it keeps its own animations working in an online Campaign game. (Successful results, so far!)