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.
material, transparency, reflectivity
Making Your Sky
Posted on Mar 12, 2014 | Last Updated Mar 12, 2014
Series on making your 2D Sky and 3D Skybox in 3ds Max for the Source Engine.
sky, 2d, 3d, toc
VBSP Parser
Import Detail Sprites into 3ds Max
Posted on Nov 1, 2013 | Last Updated Feb 22, 2014
Import prop details from your VBSP files.
vbsp, detail, sprites, importer, detailsprites
Starter Kits
Posted on Oct 14, 2019 | Last Updated Aug 14, 2021
Source Engine level design starter kits will automate some entity setups for common level design tasks.
starter kits, csgo, css, cstrike, day of defeat, dod, half-life, entity
Imported Brush UV Scale Wrong
Posted on Jan 13, 2018 | Last Updated Jan 13, 2018
Fix for importing correct UVs on brushes when the source texture is not a power of 2.
brush uv, import
Convert Blends and 4ways to OSL
Posted on Jul 24, 2018 | Last Updated Jul 24, 2018
Converting DX Blend Shaders to renderable OSL shaders.
render, displacements, directx, osl