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Blend Materials and WorldVertexTransition

Posted on Dec 21, 2013 | Last Updated Feb 2, 2019

Instructions on creating a WorldVertexTransition material inside 3ds Max using Blend Materials.

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blend, worldvertextransition, material, displacement

Bad Texture Alignment on Brush Geometry and Displacements

Fixed in VMF Exporter 1.21 (WWMT 1.768)
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 29, 2012

The current VMF Exporter does not yet export the correct texture alignment, rotation and scaling on brush geometry and displacements.

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CorVex

Posted on Dec 10, 2013 | Last Updated Jan 9, 2022

CorVex is a geometry plugin for 3ds Max aimed at quickly building game level layout and convex walls with simple parametric controls and planar UV mapping.

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corvex, level design, plugin, wall, walls, blocks, convex, parametric

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

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

MDL File Loader

Posted on Sep 23, 2016 | Last Updated Nov 20, 2023
Wall Worm and Black Mesa MDL plugin

Geometry Plugin to load Valve's MDL files directly into 3ds Max.

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mdl, model, import, vpk

VMF Importer

Posted on Jun 25, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2020
Esther VMF ImportJakobson in 3ds Max

You can use Wall Worm to import a VMF into 3ds Max. This allows you to bring in your Hammer project into 3ds Max.

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vmf, import, importer, hammer, 3ds max, hammer-to-max

Export Textures

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Mar 2, 2024

How to export your model textures from 3ds Max to Source.

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material, vtf, export, model, valve, source, vtex, wallworm

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

Updates to WW are Missing

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 | Last Updated Oct 4, 2015

Steps on fixing Wall Worm to use the latest version that is installed.

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