MDLCompile StudioMDL Script Commands

List of StudioMDL/MDLCompile commands (.qc or .mc scripts)

Command	Parameters	Description
$cd	string directory	Directory to change to
$modelname	string modelName	Set the name of the model, relative to the models/ directory, including the .mdl extension
$internalname	string internalName	Set the internal name of the model. This will be used as the name of the .ani file
$cdmaterials	string materialsPath	Set the materials path
$pushd	string directory	Same as $cd but pushes the current directory to a stack before doing the cd
$popd	none	Return to the directory previous to the last $pushd call
$scale	float flScale	Scale the model on all axes by a scalar value
$root	string boneName	Set the name of the root bone
$controller
$screenalign	string boneName, string type = ["sphere", "cylinder", "billboard"]	Align bone with screen
$worldalign	string boneName	Align bone with world
$keepupright	string boneName	Keeps a bone upright
$model
$collisionmodel	string modelName, [optional block]	Set the collision model for the mesh
$collisionjoints	string modelName, [optional block]	Set the collision model for the mesh, with separate joints
$collisiontext
$appendsource
$body
$prefer_fbx
$bodygroup
$appendblankbodygroup
$bodygrouppreset
$animation
$autocenter
$sequence
$append
$prepend
$continue
$declaresequence
$declareanimation
$cmdlist
$animblocksize
$weightlist
$defaultweightlist
$ikchain
$ikautoplaylock
$eyeposition
$illumposition
$origin
$originbones
$upaxis
$bbox
$bboxonlyverts
$cbox
$gamma
$texturegroup
$hgroup
$hbox
$hboxset
$surfaceprop
$jointsurfaceprop
$contents	string contents = ["grate", "ladder", "solid", "monster", "notsolid"]
$jointcontents	string jointName, string contents = ["grate", "ladder", "solid", "monster", "notsolid"]
$attachment
$redefineattachment
$bonemerge
$bonealwayssetup
$externaltextures
$cliptotextures
$skinnedLODs
$renamebone
$stripboneprefix
$renamebonesubstr
$collapsebones
$collapsebonesaggressive
$alwayscollapse
$proceduralbones
$skiptransition
$calctransitions
$staticprop	none	Mark this model as a static prop
$zbrush	none	Enable some special processing for zbrush authored models. Models marked with this have their texcoords smoothed. This is very expensive!
$realignbones
$forcerealign
$lod
$shadowlod
$poseparameter
$heirarchy		Lol, lmao
$hierarchy
$insertbone
$limitrotation
$definebone
$jigglebone
$includemodel
$opaque	none	Force this model to be opaque. Removes any transparency flags
$mostlyopaque
$keyvalues	block	Defines a block of key-value pairs. These will be embedded into the model
$obsolete	none	Marks this model as obsolete. It will show the obsolete material in-game
$renamematerial
$renamematerialsubstr
$overridematerial
$stripmaterialpaths
$fakevta
$noforcedfade
$skipboneinbbox
$forcephonemecrossfade
$lockbonelengths
$unlockdefinebones
$constantdirectionallight	float flDirLightDot	Set the constant directional light dot product. Must be between 0 and 1, floating point number
$minlod	int minLod	Set the min lod
$allowrootlods
$bonesaveframe
$ambientboost	none	Indicate that the model should be rendered with an ambient boost
$centerbonesonverts
$donotcastshadows	none	Indicate that the model should not cast any shadows
$casttextureshadows	none	Indicate that this model should cast texture-based shadows in vrad, only applies to prop_static
$motionrollback
$sectionframes
$clampworldspace
$maxeyedeflection
$addsearchdir
$phyname
$subd	none	Indicate that we have a quad-only catmull-clark subd mesh in the model
$boneflexdriver
$maxverts	int maxVerts	Set the max verts on the model. Must be in range [1024, 65536]
$preservetriangleorder
$qcassert
$lcaseallsequences
$defaultfadein
$defaultfadeout
$cloth
$clothplanecollision
$allowactivityname
$collisionprecision
$erroronsequenceremappingfailure
$erroronsequenceremappingfailure_disable
$modelhasnosequences
$contentrootrelative
$adduvmapchannelto
$section
$sectionenable
$sectiondisable