Half-Life Model Viewer for GoldSrc

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HLMV Half-Life Model Viewer (HLMV) is the program originally created by chUmbaLum sOft for the GoldSrc engine, then later (possibly) licensed by Valve, to port HLMV for the Source engine. It is used to preview 3D models created for Source Source, and previously GoldSrc GoldSrc, specifically MDL files. It can be also used by modelers to refine a QC file by finding the exact origin and physics constraints and generating a QC with the right values. You can preview and, in some cases, edit many aspects of your 3D model from within HLMV. The Source version of HLMV is accessible through the Source SDK.

Up until 1999, HLMV was developed by chUmbaLum sOft for previewing GoldSrc GoldSrc models. The latest version at that time was 1.25, but only 1.24 was released as a binary.

Jed's Half-Life Model Viewer

Development of HLMV was continued by Neil "Jed" Jedrzejewski, who started a new branch with the original authors blessing, building on the 1.25 code using version numbers 1.0 to 1.36. This version is widely known as "Jed's HLMV" or "JHLMV".

The primary motivation for the branch was to add support for 1-bit transparent textures when previewing models. During development of JHLMV features such as wire-frame overlays, viewing and exporting of UV maps, view-model weapon origin view, previewing animation events and loading files from GCF archives were added. Supports was added for models created for the PS2 version of Goldsrc. Private/experimental versions of JHLMV also include support for models for the Dreamcast version of Goldsrc and ragdoll physics.

JHLMV is no longer updated. Users should use Half-Life Asset Manager Half-Life Asset Manager or Solokiller's HLMV Standalone instead.

Half-Life Asset Manager

Half-Life Asset Manager Half-Life Asset Manager (HLAM) is an actively developed successor to Jed's HLMV. In addition to increased stability and reduced RAM usage, HLAM adds several additional features such as hitbox editing and the ability to replace textures with ones of a different resolution, without recompiling.

See also

  • Prop Gallery
  • Modeling
  • HLMV++ HLMV++ - an alternative to HLMV for several Source games. It also adds a number of brand new quality of life fixes and features.

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