Help getting MDL importer script working

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So I have some old Half-Life models from an old mod project I want to import into Blender, but I can’t get the blasted script to load the import function. Script is here:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.4/Py/Scripts/Import/MDL

I put it in the addons folder but it didn’t appear in the add-ons window to let me enable it. I can’t follow along with their instructions in the readme:

  • Open a Text Editor Window
  • In Text Editor Window, open the mdl_import.py script
  • In Text Editor Window, launch this script (Alt-P)
  • Choose the file to open
  • Run the menu “Script->Update Menu”
  • Run the menu “Script->Add->{your_object_name}”

I don’t see a menu to select Update menu from. Also, alternate instructions show:

Copy mdl_import.py into the “.blender/scripts” directory of your Blender installation.
In a Script window, go to the “Script” menu entry and perform an “Update Script”
Now, still in a Script window, go to Menu “Script->Import”.
You should see a “MDL Loader (.mdl)…” entry.

But again, in the scripts window (I assume the python console) I see no menu item to update script.

I’m grateful for anyone that can help me get this working.

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That script is for a pre 2.5 version of blender so you’re wasting your time trying to get it to work. Try with blender 2.49 (or an earlier version if neccessary, download links here) to import your model, save your blend file then open the blend in blender 2.59

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Cool thanks! I figured it was written for pre 2.5 but wasn’t sure if it was still useable in 2.5. I’ll use 2.49 to get the job done.