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Recovering a Displacement Mesh

Posted on Apr 30, 2012 | Last Updated May 31, 2013

This page explains how to recover your displacements from a Sculpt Mesh that was never committed.

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Export Multiple Texture Skins

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Sep 22, 2019

You can give your model multiple skins (textures) so that the same mesh can look differently in different uses.

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skins, texturegroup

Washed Out Textures

Posted on Oct 29, 2016 | Last Updated Oct 29, 2016

Instructions of getting your materials to import without being washed out in color.

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texture, import, color, washed out

My Material is always Transparent but I don't want it to be

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 | Last Updated Mar 23, 2016

Information on outputting the desired alpha settings for your materials.

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translucent, alphatest, transparency, opacity

Unpacking GCF and VPK Files

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 | Last Updated Mar 13, 2017

Using GCFScape to extract Source content for 3ds Max. Use VTF Edit and Crowbar to convert content.

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gcfscape, crowbar, vtfedit, import

Textures

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 23, 2020

This page details how materials in 3ds Max map to materials in Source. There are two types of materials you can export: model materials and world materials.

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materials, textures, vmt, vtf, tga, source engine

Brush Materials and Decals

A beginning to end example of making and exporting brush materials and decals.
Posted on Jul 26, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 19, 2016

A video and sample file to show you how to export textures, brush materials, decals and a simple level from 3ds Max into the Source Game Engine.

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decals, decal, material, brush, vmt, vtf, export

Collision Hulls

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 4, 2020

Use Wall Worm to quickly build convex collision hulls for your model.

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collision hull, convex, phys

Grouped Geometry is Not Supported

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 30, 2014

When exporting grouped models to SMD, the SMD exporter will fail to export your model correctly.

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Help

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 29, 2013

Get help compiling your models, levels and textures for Source.

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