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Transparency and Reflections

Posted on Feb 6, 2014 | Last Updated Feb 1, 2018

Tutorial and example scene on making a material that has reflectivity that matches the transparency in 3ds Max.

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material, transparency, reflectivity

Tutorial: Nuclear Cooling Towers

How to create nuclear cooling towers with Displacements
Posted on Dec 21, 2021 | Last Updated Dec 21, 2021

Tutorial on creating nuclear cooling towers as displacements for the Source Engine.

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displacement, curved, source engine, hammer, 3ds max, wall worm, corvex

Phong Materials

Posted on Dec 1, 2013 | Last Updated Dec 1, 2013

Setting up a Phong material for Source using Wall Worm.

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phong, material, vmt, phongboost, reflections

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

Example Files

Posted on Dec 20, 2013 | Last Updated Dec 20, 2013

3ds Max files showing how to do various tasks in Wall Worm.

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Making Ragdolls in 3ds Max for Source

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 21, 2023

Making a ragdoll requires you to use the hierarchy tab in the command panel, which may be a new area for less experienced modelers. Watch the video here to get a basic overview of how to make a ragdoll for Source.

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ragdoll, collisionjoints, ik tab, joints

Making $jigglebones in 3ds Max for Source

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 18, 2015

$jigglebones are bones that can automatically generate secondary motion without being animated. Making a $jigglebone in WWMT requires you to use the hierarchy tab in the command panel, which may be a new area for less experienced modelers.

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Bitmap Crop and Coordinates in 3ds Max

Posted on Apr 8, 2018 | Last Updated Sep 2, 2019

Tutorial on using the BitmapTexture crop function with models and world geometry.

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crop, bitmap, coordinates, uv, bitmaptexture

VBSP.exe has stopped working

Posted on Aug 28, 2017 | Last Updated Aug 28, 2017

VBSP can crash if there are no entities or world geometry in your scene.

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vbsp, vbsp.exe, crash, stopped

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