Converting MD2 models to MDL

[hondobondo]

what is the best software for such a thing? what about converting MD3 models? i've looked at the tutorial on qexpo but what if i want to convert an existing model rather than one made from scratch?

[leileilol]

MD2:
Quark can do this fine.

MD3:
You can do it in Quark, though be prepared for annoying skin texture drag and suching into the editor and work around errors. And you'll have to rely on luck if your uvs will be preserved or not.

Quick3D can also do it, but it is a shareware program and it flips UVs vertically and breaks normals and also forces the filename 'shareware_output.mdl'.

[Stealth Kill]

You can use Blender too but u need Preachs MDL exporter plugin.

[leileilol]

You can use Blender too but u need Preachs MDL exporter plugin.

his exporter isn't even mature enough to export an animated mdl well

[ShoTro]

his exporter isn't even mature enough to export an animated mdl well

Or at all depending on if you touch anything. I am actually looking into it, but it relies on Phython, a language I am not familiar with, although extremely interesting, but with lots of higher math functions and list management it is an interesting challenge.