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Wall Worm Anvil

Formerly called Wall Worm Displacement Tool
Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 25, 2017

Overview of Anvil. Anvil is a level design toolset to help send 3ds Max scenes into Source.

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Texturing World Geometry in 3ds Max

Posted on Oct 13, 2015 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2015

Basic tips on texturing world geometry in Max, especially for those with a Hammer background.

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texturing, world geometry

Troubleshooting

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

Articles to help troubleshoot problems with Wall Worm, 3ds Max and/or the Source Game Engine.

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Menus and Macroscripts Don't Update

Posted on May 10, 2016 | Last Updated May 10, 2016

The WW menus don't automatically update when updating WW in 3ds Max 2017. Here are steps to update manually.

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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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DMX, SMD and VTA Exporter

Posted on May 5, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 14, 2018

Explanation of the DMX, SMD andVTA Exporter packaged with Wall Worm. Use the SMD Exporter or VTA exporter to get your models into Source.

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Unknown Bitmap Filetypes Crash VMF Exporter

Do not use bitmap filetypes that Max doesn't know how to read.
Posted on Oct 18, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 18, 2012

Using unknown bitmap types on world geometry and displacements will crash the VMF Exporter. This currently happens if using VTFs in materials in 3ds Max 2013 since there is no VTF plugin yet.

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Level Design

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

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

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Displacement edge abutting other edges

Posted on Jan 23, 2016 | Last Updated Jan 23, 2016

Help understanding the VBSP compile warning about displacement edge abutting other edges.

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Donate

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 7, 2021

Help support the development of Wall Worm tools by making a donation.

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