Great news! Will definitely speed up the workflow.

Finaly i can export my level in few seconds

export_gs_mdl7_static.py

just download this script and replace it if you want to give the new faster version a try. it isn't very tested though. maybe i introduced other bugs.

Impressive, in 10 times faster that previous version
i tested on this level(lot of textures and vertices)

Excellent tool! Thanks a lot!

Just a thing, how does the scaling work? What formula can I use to convert it to blender's units and quants?

i most of the time use 1 meter / blender unit = 32 quants. you can change this scaling factor at the beginning of the script.

Any news on moving formats, or are you moving on to life and other things(I understand completely if no time)?

i didn't work on it yet. maybe sometime in the summer when blender 2.5 is more finished. it makes sense to wait for blender 2.5 because it won't be script compatible and blender 2.5 with the customizable gui should be awesome for doing level editing tools.

and also the possible/probable py3.x move, that I did not think about before asking.

Hi,
Just installed Blender and python but Blender says python is not installed and will only run on what it has, some scripts may not be available.

Is this normal?

Or does python need to be installed correctly and if so, how does one install something with an installer, see it installed in 'add or remove'and not have it register with the program it was installed for?