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DX Display Shaders

Posted on Jul 26, 2017 | Last Updated Jul 26, 2017

Information on the DX shaders used by Wall Worm.

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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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displacement, texture, incorrect, scale, problem, fix, blend, worldvertextransition

OSL WorldVertexTransition

Posted on Apr 25, 2018 | Last Updated May 7, 2018

The OSL Shader for WorldVertexTransition.

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osl, blend, worldvertextransition

Displacements

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Dec 27, 2018

An overview of creating displacements for the Source Game Engine inside 3ds Max using Anvil.

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displacement, edit mode, sculpt mesh

Unpacking GCF and VPK Files

Posted on Mar 3, 2015 | Last Updated Mar 13, 2017

Using GCFScape to extract Source content for 3ds Max. Use VTF Edit and Crowbar to convert content.

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gcfscape, crowbar, vtfedit, import

Alpha Spec

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 11, 2019

This utility is a helper function to convert your Specular Level bitmap into the Alpha channel of another bitmap.

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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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Convert Scene to Model

Posted on Dec 19, 2016 | Last Updated Dec 27, 2020

Instructions on converting a scene into a model or clustering multiple model props into single models.

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propper, cluster, clustering, merging, optimizing

Viewport Freezes in 3ds Max 2017+

Fix: Update to the latest NVidia drivers.
Posted on Apr 13, 2017 | Last Updated Jul 4, 2017

The Max viewport can freeze and become unresponsive with Nitrous in DX 11.

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3ds max, viewport, freeze, hang, 2017, 2018, nitrous, directx shader, dx11, NVidia, windows 10

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