Extract text from Source Engine scripts (QC)
To convert QC scripts to another format, you need Crowbar or other Developer software.
To convert other file formats to the "Model Compiler Script" file type, you need software like Crowbar or a similar tool.
A .QC file is a plain-text model compiler script used by Valve Corporation's Source Engine. It acts as a set of instructions for the studiomdl compiler, dictating how to assemble raw 3D mesh files (SMD or DMX), hitboxes, textures, and animation data into a compiled MDL game asset. Modders and game developers primarily handle these files using tools like Crowbar alongside standard code editors like Notepad++.
The primary disadvantage of a .QC file is that it contains zero visual or 3D data on its own. It is completely useless if separated from its referenced asset files. Because it relies on absolute or relative file paths, moving a folder can break the entire compilation script. Furthermore, you cannot directly import a .QC file into modern 3D suites like Blender to view a model; you must process it or import the underlying meshes instead.
Drop your file here to view and convert it securely right in your browser. Since .QC files are code, the best conversion targets are TXT or PDF for documentation and sharing. If your goal is editing the 3D model itself, you cannot convert the .QC directly to an FBX; instead, you must convert the associated SMD files to OBJ or FBX for web and 3D authoring.
Convert.Guru analyzes your QC file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted SMD, MDL, VVD, VTX, TXT, FBX, VTF, VMT, OBJ, JPG, MP3 and TAL files.
If you want to convert QC file to OBJ, FBX, DAE, 3DS, MAX, BLEND, MA, MB, C4D, STL, PLY or WRL, you can use Crowbar or similar software from the "Model Compilation Scripting" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DWG, DAE, X3D, IGES, WRL, JT, SKP, 3DS, 3DM, OBJ, STEP or FBX files to QC, try Crowbar or another comparable tool in the "Model Compilation Scripting" category.
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 QC converter.