Exporting Animated Particle Textures
Instructions on exporting animated textures straight from 3ds Max into the Particle Editor.
Unknown Bitmap Filetypes Crash VMF Exporter
Do not use bitmap filetypes that Max doesn't know how to read.
Using unknown bitmap types on world geometry and displacements will crash the VMF Exporter. This currently happens if using VTFs in materials in 3ds Max 2013 since there is no VTF plugin yet.
Models and QC
Information on exporting models and QC files.
Wall Worm: Work Flows and Other Things
Some new videos on the Wall Worm Workflow for Source.
Studiomdl.exe and Vtex.exe - Unable to find gameinfo.txt
This error usually indicates Steam did an update or you are working with a mod that doesn't use the Steam VProject setting. Read the fix here.
Random Elements
Random Elements Modifier lets you randomize position, rotation and scale of geometry or UVs at the element level.
Wrinklemaps
Instructions on making wrinklemaps in 3ds Max with Wall Worm Pro.
OSL: Lightmapped_4Wayblend
The Lightmapped_4Wayblend OSL map allows you to render 4way blends for props.
Transparency and Reflections
Tutorial and example scene on making a material that has reflectivity that matches the transparency in 3ds Max.
