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When Opening Scene there is a startup script error.

Anvil embeds reference to a script in your 3ds Max scripts folder. If that file is missing, there can be an error.
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014

Anvil embeds some scripts for scene startup to protect displacements from being invalidated via improper manipulation. Older versions of Anvil referenced a file that could cause an error if missing.

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startup, script, error

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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Hull Helper

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated May 1, 2023

Hull Helper is a simple UI to speed up making hulls from complex models.

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hull, quick hull

BSP Topics

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Aug 8, 2014

Basic discussion of BSP, VBSP and compiling topics.

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vbsp.exe, vbsp, bsp, compile

Recovering a Displacement Mesh

Posted on Apr 30, 2012 | Last Updated May 31, 2013

This page explains how to recover your displacements from a Sculpt Mesh that was never committed.

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Exporting a Level from 3ds Max into Source

Brush Geometry, 3D Skybox, 2D Sky, Animated Textures
Posted 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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vmf, animated texture, video turorial, sample file, download

Entity Cache

Posted on Sep 9, 2014 | Last Updated Sep 26, 2018

Explanation on how Entities are generated and stored on your computer.

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entity, entity cache, reparse entities, reparsing,

Missing Icons and Functions in 3ds Max 2022

Since version 5.9.3 Wall Worm requires 3ds Max 2022.3+ for the 2022 versions of Max.
Posted on May 30, 2023 | Last Updated May 30, 2023

How to fix icons and menus missing for Wall Worm in some versions of 3ds Max 2022.

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2022, missing icons

Convert Blends and 4ways to OSL

Posted on Jul 24, 2018 | Last Updated Jul 24, 2018

Converting DX Blend Shaders to renderable OSL shaders.

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render, displacements, directx, osl

OSL Blendmodulate

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

OSL Blendmodulate mask to generate a mask as with a WorldVertexTransition shader in Source.

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osl, blendmodulate, 2019