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Entities are Missing in Exported Scene

Solutions on missing entities in exported game level
Posted on Aug 29, 2016 | Last Updated Jun 18, 2018

Information on why some entities might not export into the game and how to fix that.

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entities, missing, fix, help, vmf, export, level

A Source for New Tools

2016 Year in Review for Wall Worm
Posted on Oct 31, 2016 | Last Updated Oct 31, 2016

Halloween 2016 news for Wall Worm and the release of a new MDL Importer for 3ds Max.

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halloween, 2016, mdl importer, black mesa

Gmod and Wall Worm

Set Up Wall Worm for Garry's Mod in 3ds Max
Posted on Aug 18, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 16, 2019

Instructions and video on setting up Wall Worm to export levels, models and materials using Wall Worm 3.71+ and 3ds Max 2018.

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gmod, garry's mod, garrysmod, steampipe, setup

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

Max Crashes When Applying a Modifier

Posted on Sep 22, 2015 | Last Updated Sep 22, 2015

3ds Max scripted modifiers crash when applied to objects if the keyboard shortcuts include any assignments to the backtick key.

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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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Creating Entities

Posted on Oct 27, 2016 | Last Updated Oct 27, 2016

Details on what objects automatically export as entities in a VMF and how to manually create other entities.

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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

Displacement Alpha Blending

Posted on Dec 29, 2015 | Last Updated Jul 26, 2017

Information on displacement alpha blending and the shaders you can use to visualize the blending.

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worldvertextransition, alpha blending, blend material, directx shader, 3ds max, wallworm, anvil

WWMT Proxy Tools

Posted on Apr 10, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 25, 2017

Wall Worm Proxies are objects that let you re-use a model in a scene that you are exporting into a VMF.

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