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Making Your Sky

Posted on Mar 12, 2014 | Last Updated Mar 12, 2014

Series on making your 2D Sky and 3D Skybox in 3ds Max for the Source Engine.

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sky, 2d, 3d, toc

Lightmap Scale

Posted on May 15, 2012 | Last Updated May 15, 2012

This article details the process of setting lightmap scale on objects, displacements and faces with Wall Worm Anvil's lightmap tools.

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lightmaps, lightmap, scale, lighting, shadows

VMF Exporter

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Dec 27, 2021

The Wall Worm tools allows you to send your 3ds Max scene to Hammer and Source via a VMF Exporter.

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vmf, exporter, 3ds max

Res Maker

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Feb 18, 2020

Instructions on generating a RES file with Wall Worm to push custom content onto the client from the game server.

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res, resource file, reslist

BSP Topics

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Aug 8, 2014

Basic discussion of BSP, VBSP and compiling topics.

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vbsp.exe, vbsp, bsp, compile

Normal Tools

Posted on Aug 6, 2014 | Last Updated Apr 22, 2020

Normal Tools are a collection of utilities and functions for quickly editing your Normals in 3ds Max.

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normals, edit normals, smoothing, hard edge, script, commercial

VMT Browser

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 | Last Updated Aug 18, 2021
vmt browser

The VMT Browser in Wall Worm allows you to browse, preview and assign materials from your game.

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vmt, vmt browser, vmt import

Exporting Correct Smoothing on Models

Understanding Smoothing Groups and Explicit Normals
Posted on Dec 8, 2017 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2023

Discussion on smoothing groups and explicit normals and how they relate to Source.

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smoothing, normals, smoothing groups, smooth

Snap Verts To Grid Modifier

Posted on May 29, 2015 | Last Updated Feb 19, 2016

The Snap Verts To Grid Modifier snaps all the vertices in the object to the world grid based on the grid spacing settings in the modifier.

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snapvertstogrid, snap, grid, modifier, plugin