StudioMDL++

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StudioMDL++

Developer(s)

ficool2

Initial release

Dec 11, 2025

Operating system

Type

Model compiler

Target engine(s)

Distribution

Freeware

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StudioMDL++ is a community-made modification of Source's StudioMDL developed by ficool2.

Differences

• Added AppID mounting in gameinfo.txt
• Added -nodx80 option to not emit .dx80.vtx files
• Added reverse command for $sequence
• Added pos and rot options to match command for animations
• Added copy command for animations
• Added basic if/else/else if conditionals to animations
• Added default argument support to macros
• Added new $endmacro terminator for macros, allows omitting \\
• Made offset optional for $attachment, can be explicitly defined with offset token
• Significantly faster compilation
• Raised maximum amount of bones in the SOURCE mesh to 1024 (the output bone limit is still 128)
• $collisionmodel and replacemodel no longer require explicitly providing extension name
• Fixed $renamebone not affecting the collision model
• Fixed crash if source bones limit is exceeded
• Fixed crash if blank bodygroup was used with $staticprop
• Reduced default weight culling from 5% to 0.01%
• Removed .sw.vtx output

Note:This is used for DirectX 6 and 7 feature levels, which have been unsupported since .

Supported games

StudioMDL++ is currently available for all games on the Team Fortress 2 branch.

External links

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