QC Converter

Extract text from QC files


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

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

Convert QC to another file type

To convert your QC file to another format, you need Crowbar or other Developer software.

  • QC to OBJ
  • QC to FBX
  • QC to DAE
  • QC to 3DS
  • QC to MAX
  • QC to BLEND
  • QC to MA
  • QC to MB
  • QC to C4D
  • QC to STL
  • QC to PLY
  • QC to WRL

Convert a file to QC

To convert other file formats to the "Game Modding Script" file type, you need software like Crowbar or a similar tool.

  • DWG to QC
  • DAE to QC
  • X3D to QC
  • IGES to QC
  • WRL to QC
  • JT to QC
  • SKP to QC
  • 3DS to QC
  • 3DM to QC
  • OBJ to QC
  • STEP to QC
  • FBX to QC

About QC files

A .QC file is a text-based instruction script used primarily by the Valve Source Engine to compile 3D assets into binary game models (Model Data Language files, or MDL). It acts like a "makefile" for game assets, defining the location of geometry files (usually SMD or DMX), texture mappings, collision meshes, and animation sequences.

Because .QC files are plain text, they do not contain 3D geometry themselves - they merely reference it. A common issue for modders is attempting to "open" a QC file in 3D software like Blender or Autodesk Maya expecting to see a model. Instead, you see lines of code starting with commands like $modelname or $bodygroup. To visualize the content, you must either compile the script using studiomdl.exe (often via the wrapper tool Crowbar) to create a viewable MDL, or use the Blender Source Tools plugin to import the QC and its referenced meshes simultaneously. For quick editing or inspection of the code logic, the file can be safely converted (renamed) to TXT and opened in any text editor.

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.



The QC 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 QC converter.