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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

Unknown System Exception

Posted on Jul 10, 2015 | Last Updated Oct 29, 2016

Steps on fixing problems with an Unknown System Exception when importing files.

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unknown system exception, vmf importer, fgd parser

Model Utilities

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

The Models tab in Anvil lets you create proxies for WWMT models, set prop types and control many properties and settings for WWMT helpers in the scene.

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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

Create Prop Zoo from VMF

Posted on Jul 26, 2017 | Last Updated Jul 26, 2017

Create a Prop Zoo of all the models contained in a VMF.

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prop zoo

Imported Brush UV Scale Wrong

Posted on Jan 13, 2018 | Last Updated Jan 13, 2018

Fix for importing correct UVs on brushes when the source texture is not a power of 2.

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brush uv, import

Source Engine

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated May 15, 2015

Articles related to the Source Game Engine.

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source game engine

Menus and Macroscripts Don't Update

Posted on May 10, 2016 | Last Updated May 10, 2016

The WW menus don't automatically update when updating WW in 3ds Max 2017. Here are steps to update manually.

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menus, update, max 2017

When Opening Scene there is a startup script error.

Anvil embeds reference to a script in your 3ds Max scripts folder. If that file is missing, there can be an error.
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014

Anvil embeds some scripts for scene startup to protect displacements from being invalidated via improper manipulation. Older versions of Anvil referenced a file that could cause an error if missing.

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startup, script, error

Utilities Rollout

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 27, 2012

The utulities rollout contains various features, functions and utilities to help work with WWMT models.

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