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Brush Materials and Decals

A beginning to end example of making and exporting brush materials and decals.
Posted on Jul 26, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 19, 2016

A video and sample file to show you how to export textures, brush materials, decals and a simple level from 3ds Max into the Source Game Engine.

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decals, decal, material, brush, vmt, vtf, export

Wall Worm Gets Tanked

Well... I mean Wall Worm is used on a Tank.
Posted on Jul 30, 2013 | Last Updated Feb 16, 2014

Some news and spotlight about Wall Worm, tools, users and projects.

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blog

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

Running the Model Tools

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 23, 2022

How to run the Wall Worm Model Tools for the first time.

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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

Illegal Characters in Path

Posted on May 28, 2015 | Last Updated May 28, 2015

Solving some problems with special characters and illegal characters in filename paths.

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Wall Worm Model Tools

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jun 21, 2016

Wall Worm Model Tools is a collection of tools for getting your models and textures from 3ds Max into the Source Game Engine.

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wwmt, download, table of contents, toc

Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 4, 2020

Some of the most frequently asked questions asked by Wall Worm users.

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faq

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

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