Hi Guys

I finally made my in-game stuff look like yours. Looks like the mystery blocks are not just harmless boolean streams as we were led to believe. I've sent a PM to Caliban and hopefully we can get some more information.

What this means -

Can we still go ahead? - Yes, with the restriction that we can only use M2TW groups until we figure out how to replicate the shading data. However, creative texturing and use of alpha maps will give some leeway for variations.

Is Milkshape still an option? Yes, I can store the mystery blocks within the file and parse it out on conversion to Mesh.

All is not lost and the way ahead is clearer now

Off to mow the lawn, then rewrite the converter and read up on shader streams .

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan