Porting Levels into Source
General Overview of Converting Scenes that Were Not Designed with Source in Mind
Posted on May 14, 2016 | Last Updated Dec 30, 2020
Overview on porting scenes and levels from other sources.
port, convert, scenes, games, levels
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).
sky writer, skies, pfm
MDL Loader isn't working
Posted on Dec 23, 2016 | Last Updated Dec 23, 2016
Instructions on manually setting the correct plugin paths if WW did not set them during installation.
plugin paths, mdl loader troubleshooting
SMD, VTA and QC Importer
Posted on Feb 5, 2013 | Last Updated Jan 21, 2020
Information on importing SMD files and QC files from Source into 3ds Max.
smd, qc, importer, vta
Exporting Correct Smoothing on Models
Understanding Smoothing Groups and Explicit Normals
Posted on Dec 8, 2017 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2023
Discussion on smoothing groups and explicit normals and how they relate to Source.
smoothing, normals, smoothing groups, smooth
Entity Cache
Posted on Sep 9, 2014 | Last Updated Sep 26, 2018
Explanation on how Entities are generated and stored on your computer.
entity, entity cache, reparse entities, reparsing,
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.
displacement, edit mode, sculpt mesh
