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Add Model via Windows "Open" Dialog

This script allows you to add a model to your shot via the standard Windows file picker, rather than through the SFM one.

The model still needs to be in a place SFM would normally see it, so you can't just pull loose models from your other hard drive or whatever.

• Really fast if you know what you want, since you don't have to wait for the SFM model list to slowly, painstakingly fill up as it digs up all your mounted models.
  
• Lighter on memory (all those models you preview are loaded into memory in the SFM model loader), potentially reducing crashes. Useful if you're working with memory heavy models like the Doom stuff.
  
• Won't cause a crash if you have too many models mounted, as the SFM model list sadly tends to do.
  
• Can add multiple models to a shot at once - useful for characters or scenes that require multiple models to be locked together.

• Can't preview models like you can in the SFM model loader. Which sucks if you want to browse through your 27 different drinking glass models to find the perfect one.

Right click on any random animationset (a model, a light, etc.) and run the Rig Script "addmodel_nativewindow".

Updated by Puxtril, who was kind enough to completely rewrite the script. Thanks so much!

30 April 2020:

• Fixed and allowed models being loaded from other SFM installations

28 April 2020:

• Complete rewrite by someone who knows what the heck they're doing.
  
• Can now add multiple models to the shot at once.
  
• Added models now appear at the location of the animationset the rig script was ran on instead of at the map's 0x0 co-ordinates.

Includes:
sfm\animset\addmodel_nativewindow.py