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Tutorial: Nuclear Cooling Towers

How to create nuclear cooling towers with Displacements
Posted on Dec 21, 2021 | Last Updated Dec 21, 2021

Tutorial on creating nuclear cooling towers as displacements for the Source Engine.

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displacement, curved, source engine, hammer, 3ds max, wall worm, corvex

Textures

Posted 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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materials, textures, vmt, vtf, tga, source engine

Source Tools

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 30, 2015

Modeling Resources for the Source Game Engine. Links to helpful tools, sites and resources.

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Rad Topics

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Aug 14, 2013

Articles related to making and using radiosity in your levels.

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rad, light, shadow, compile, vrad

Porting Levels

Posted on Dec 19, 2016 | Last Updated Dec 30, 2020

Articles related to porting levels into Source using 3ds Max and Wall Worm.

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port

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

Getting Started with WWMT

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Feb 13, 2012

Getting started with using the Wall Worm Model Tools.

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Sky Writer

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 4, 2020

Sky writer allows you to render your 3ds Max scene straight into the Source Game Engine as a HDR 2D sky texture (also known as a cubemap).

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sky writer, skies, pfm

Wall Worm Pro

Posted on Nov 20, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 30, 2023

Wall Worm Pro enhances the features inside Wall Worm itself.

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wallworm pro, wwpro, vtf importer, smd exporter plugin, vta export plugin, source engine plugins

Prop Data and Custom Gibs

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated May 9, 2021

Explanation of the Prop Data and Custom Gibs rollout in Wall Worm Model Tools.

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gibs, propdata