[Killer Whale]

I still have sparky hi. But i distinctly remember using Quickvp to extract the sparky file, deleting the file from Quickvp (i thought it would clear the working area, not destroy the actual file) then mucking around with modelview and finding out that the sparky that was there before, wasn't there anymore. Unless the sparky_hi has the model files in it and i deleted a part of the file...

[Jeff Vader]

But i distinctly remember using Quickvp to extract the sparky file, deleting the file from Quickvp

What in the name of... are we starting to have a language barrier or what? You don't extract sparky. You extract from sparky. I admit to have lost track of what you've been doing. So, for starters:
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Portal:Modding
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/modding.html

Now. Let's revise a few things.
1. sparky_hi_fs1.vp contains interface art. sparky_hi_fs1.vp does not have models!
2. fsport3_0_4.vp contains FS1 models.
3. sparky_fs2.vp contains FS2 models and models that appear in both FS1 and FS2.

Leave Modelview out of this. Sure, it can open up vps, but it's only good for, you know, viewing models. And, regardless of the viewer you're using, you can't find any models in sparky_hi_fs1.vp!

[Killer Whale]

and i deleted an anonymous file, caused almost parallel forums next to each other, got many people annoyed, distinctly remembered doing something that never happened, blindly pushed an argument that didn't have enough evidence,

Could he have deleted it? Nah...

Well, i deleted something in quickvip and thought it would just clear the clipboard. But i went back and the whole vp file was gone.

deleted a file that never existed, learnt some things in the process, and think i've solved my own mystery, well i hope someone locks this before the   come flying