Troubleshooting
Articles to help troubleshoot problems with Wall Worm, 3ds Max and/or the Source Game Engine.
Gmod and Wall Worm
Set Up Wall Worm for Garry's Mod in 3ds Max
Instructions and video on setting up Wall Worm to export levels, models and materials using Wall Worm 3.71+ and 3ds Max 2018.
Wall Worm Sends Greetings in 2016
First Wall Worm blog of 2016 with new videos, new level design contest and review of 3ds Max 2016.
The Age of Free Game Engines is Here
The game engines are all going free and Wall Worm Pro is now available.
Normal Tools
Normal Tools are a collection of utilities and functions for quickly editing your Normals in 3ds Max.
Exporting Correct Smoothing on Models
Understanding Smoothing Groups and Explicit Normals
Discussion on smoothing groups and explicit normals and how they relate to Source.
Unknown Bitmap Filetypes Crash VMF Exporter
Do not use bitmap filetypes that Max doesn't know how to read.
Using unknown bitmap types on world geometry and displacements will crash the VMF Exporter. This currently happens if using VTFs in materials in 3ds Max 2013 since there is no VTF plugin yet.
Displacements Fail to Export
Some tips on troubleshooting displacements failing to export from Max into Source.