HLM Converter

Extract text from Command and asset files (HLM)


Drop or upload your .HLM file
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How to extract text from your HLM file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HLM file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert HLM to another file type

To convert HLM Command files to another format, you need HLM Software or other Data software.

Convert a file to HLM

To convert other file formats to the "Command Script / 3D Model" file type, you need software like HLM Software or a similar tool.


About HLM files

The .HLM file extension serves multiple distinct purposes in computing. Primarily, it acts as a Hierarchical Linear Model command file used by HLM statistical software. These files store instructions and parameters for running complex multilevel statistical models. Alternatively, .HLM stands for Half-Life Model, a 3D asset format utilized by Valve's legacy GoldSrc engine and viewable in the Half-Life Model Viewer. A rarer third use is as a proprietary video container for Sega's Hedgehog Engine. Users face significant challenges working with .HLM files because they are tied to specialized, niche software. Statistical .HLM files require an expensive, active license for SSI Central's tools to execute the models, making them inaccessible to colleagues using standard tools like R or Python. Meanwhile, Half-Life 3D models are compiled, proprietary binaries that modern 3D suites like Blender or Autodesk Maya cannot open natively without specialized legacy plugins. For statistical files, the best conversion target is a standard TXT or CSV to salvage the raw command syntax. For 3D models, reverse-compiling them to SMD (Studio Model Data) or OBJ is preferred, though rigging and bone data are often lost during the process. Standard online converters frequently fail to process .HLM files due to their split identities and closed, proprietary nature. Often, only the original software can properly read or export the data. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view its internal structure, and convert it when possible on convert.guru. If our analysis detects a supported underlying text structure or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.

Convert.Guru analyzes your HLM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert HLM file to MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, WEBM, MKV, M4V, 3GP, OGV, ASF or RM, you can use HLM Software or similar software from the "Statistical Scripts or 3D Models" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert MTS, MOV, RMVB, DIVX, RM, H264, TS, WMV, VOB, MP4, XVID or AVI files to HLM, try HLM Software or another comparable tool in the "Statistical Scripts or 3D Models" category.



The HLM Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our HLM converter.