It was a ride, given that most of the information has years and it's definitely not recent. While it's true that it's still a tedious quest, things have been shortened out. For instance, when importing to blender 2.X > 2.49, you can just select geometry>split by group, so that you don't need to go b...

Well, I've come to revive this.

Pretty much what the title says. I've been following the game models for a long time, but I have no idea where to even begin when it comes down to doing my own research about where models even are. What should I know about this game for me to be able to work with it?