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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

Using Props in Your Scene

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 | Last Updated Nov 7, 2016

Article on re-using existing props in a scene.

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props

Getting Started with your Sky

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

Getting started with your level with the intent of building both a 2D sky and 3D Skybox.

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sky

Importing Source Assets

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

This series covers the steps needed to re-use Source assets inside of 3ds Max.

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Carver

Posted on May 21, 2014 | Last Updated Sep 4, 2018

Carver is an enhanced carving tool similar to the Carve tool in Hammer.

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carve, carve tool, carving, union, boolean, hollow

Worm Face

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 24, 2020

Worm Face is a script that lets you mimmick the behavior of Hammer's Texture Application Tool inside 3ds Max.

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worm face, wormface, texture drop, texture application, decal, overlay

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

VMAP Exporter

Posted on Mar 2, 2024 | Last Updated Mar 2, 2024

The Wall Worm Level Exporter can export 3ds Max scenes into Source 2 VMAP files.

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vmap, source 2, hammer 2, level, map

Tags

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 27, 2012

The Tags tab in Anvil lets you mark geometry in the scene as different kinds of objects. This page is an overview of the UI.

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tags, anvil, ui

Rad Worm

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 21, 2016

Rad Worm helps you create RAD files from your 3ds Max scene that will cause the textures to give off light when compiled into Source.

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rad, radiosity, lighting, shadow, cast, vrad, compile