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Exporting Your Static Prop

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 20, 2016

Basic explanation on using WWMT to export your static prop into Source.

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Rotating Textures

Posted on May 19, 2016 | Last Updated May 19, 2016

Instructions on creating VMTs that animate the texture rotation.

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rotate, texture, animate, proxies vmt

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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Hull Helper

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated May 1, 2023

Hull Helper is a simple UI to speed up making hulls from complex models.

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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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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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Texture and VTex Errors

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 29, 2013

Topics pertaining to errors compiling VTF Textures from bitmaps in Source.

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Help

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

Get help compiling your models, levels and textures for Source.

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Displacement Texture Scale Sometimes Incorrect

Understanding Displacement Blend Texture Scale
Posted on Oct 11, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 11, 2012

This page explains one cause for displacement materials to be scaled incorrectly in Source as well as the solution. You should use bitmaps of equal dimensions in both materials controlling the Blend material.

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Exporting Animated Particle Textures

Posted on Oct 20, 2015 | Last Updated Oct 21, 2015

Instructions on exporting animated textures straight from 3ds Max into the Particle Editor.

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animated vtf, particles, makesheet, mksheet, .mks, .sht