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Brush Materials and Decals

A beginning to end example of making and exporting brush materials and decals.

Posted by Shawn 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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Exporting a Level from 3ds Max into Source

Brush Geometry, 3D Skybox, 2D Sky, Animated Textures

Posted by Shawn on Oct 8, 2012 | Last Updated Feb 28, 2015

Video tutorial and sample file on exporting a 3ds Max scene into a Source VMF file with Wall Worm.

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Textures

Posted by Shawn on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 23, 2020

This page details how materials in 3ds Max map to materials in Source. There are two types of materials you can export: model materials and world materials.

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VMT Browser

Posted by Shawn on Oct 31, 2018 | Last Updated Aug 18, 2021

The VMT Browser in Wall Worm allows you to browse, preview and assign materials from your game.

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Material Library Generator

Posted by Shawn on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 2, 2022

Explanation of how to use the Material Library Generator.

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Brush Materials have incorrect rotation and scale when using the DirectX Shader

Posted by Shawn on Apr 10, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2012

The Wall Worm Material Library Generator originally created DirectX Materials for all materials. But updates to the VMF Exporter changed the way materials are interpretted. Whenever possible, you should not use DirectX Materials.

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Export Textures

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

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

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Level Design

Posted by Shawn on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 23, 2018

An introduction into level design for Source using 3ds Max.

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Wall Worm

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

Wall Worm tools, utilities, plugins and scripts for creating Source and Source 2 Game Engine Assets inside 3ds Max. Documentation, tutorials, tips, videos and more.

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