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Bitmaps to Materials

Posted on Apr 5, 2016 | Last Updated Dec 19, 2016

Information on creating substance-driven material libraries and generating tri-planar projection textures without need for UV mapping.

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substance, bitmap2material, triplanar, blended mapping, blended projection, uvw, material library

Displacements Fail to Export

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 | Last Updated Feb 15, 2016

Some tips on troubleshooting displacements failing to export from Max into Source.

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displacements, troubleshooting, missing, fail

Arch Primitive

Posted on Aug 18, 2015 | Last Updated Apr 22, 2020

The Arch Primitive is a scripted geometry plugin for 3ds Max that creates arches for world geometry in BSP games such as those made on the Source Engine

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arch, geometry, brush

Why are Models Appearing as Cubes?

When reopening a scene the models can appear as cubes if the game settings do not include paths to the source MDL files.
Posted on Mar 4, 2017 | Last Updated Mar 4, 2017

This document explains why models can appear as cubes instead of props when importing VMF or MDL nodes.

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mdl, model, cube

Collision Model & Physics

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 15, 2017

The Collision Model & Physics rollout in WWMT. Assign a collision hull, create a hull with the Quick Hull function and use advanced features such as the Convexity Hull Wrapper.

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collision model, rollout

Export Textures to WAD

Posted on Jan 17, 2015 | Last Updated Jan 30, 2015

Export Bitmaps from your 3ds Max scene to WAD files.

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wad, qlumpy

Importing Models

Posted on Mar 12, 2017 | Last Updated Mar 12, 2017

Articles and documents related to importing model assets into 3ds Max.

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Resources

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

Resources for 3ds Max and Source.

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Importing WAD Files

Posted on Feb 10, 2015 | Last Updated Jun 20, 2018

Instructions on using the WAD importer in Wall Worm to bring WAD files from Goldsrc into 3ds Max.

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wad, xwad, importer

3D Skybox

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 27, 2019

Explanation on how to export a 3D Skybox from your scene in 3ds Max into your VMF.

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3d skybox, sky camera