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The Grid and Manipulation

Posted on Sep 29, 2017 | Last Updated Sep 29, 2017

Documents on the grid and related topics.

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Rotating Textures

Posted on May 19, 2016 | Last Updated May 19, 2016

Instructions on creating VMTs that animate the texture rotation.

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rotate, texture, animate, proxies vmt

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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Known Issues

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

Known issues with various Wall Worm tools.

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Texture and VTex Errors

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 29, 2013

Topics pertaining to errors compiling VTF Textures from bitmaps in Source.

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vtex, compile, errors

Hitboxes and Bone Properties

Posted on Dec 23, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 22, 2019

The bone tools allow you to give specific bones artbitrary surface properties, set mass bias and create hitboxes and hitbox groups.

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bone tools, bones, jointsurfaceprop, massbias, mass, bias, hitboxex, hitbox group

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

Posted 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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material, bug, directx shader, rotation, scale

My Material is always Transparent but I don't want it to be

Posted on Oct 4, 2015 | Last Updated Mar 23, 2016

Information on outputting the desired alpha settings for your materials.

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translucent, alphatest, transparency, opacity

Miscellaneous Anvil Tools

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 27, 2012

An overview and explanation of several functions included in the Miscellaneous tab of Anvil.

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misc, miscellaneous, tab, ui, anvil

Cordon Manager

Posted on Jun 9, 2012 | Last Updated Jun 9, 2019

The cordon manager lets you use multiple cordons and limit the compiling of your level to the area inside the cordon.

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cordon