Looks like I answered my own question. I found another script by someone to export using bones and skin, but I haven't tested it yet. Link Seems strange though, that some random user had to write a script to do something that should have been included in the SDK if Valve was really serious about helping the mod community.…
Sure thing, I don't mind ya askin questions And yea, Chris was a cool guy - kind of quite though. He was doing level scripting for us. As he has probably said though, our engine and programming staff were not up-to-par with the design and art teams.