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My Material is always Transparent but I don't want it to be

Posted by Shawn 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

Rad Worm

Posted by Shawn on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Apr 21, 2016

Rad Worm helps you create RAD files from your 3ds Max scene that will cause the textures to give off light when compiled into Source.

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rad, radiosity, lighting, shadow, cast, vrad, compile

Textures

Posted by Shawn on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Jan 23, 2020

This page details how materials in 3ds Max map to materials in Source. There are two types of materials you can export: model materials and world materials.

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materials, textures, vmt, vtf, tga, source engine

Sky Writer

Posted by Shawn 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

VMF Importer

Posted by Shawn on Jun 25, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2020
Esther VMF ImportJakobson in 3ds Max

You can use Wall Worm to import a VMF into 3ds Max. This allows you to bring in your Hammer project into 3ds Max.

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vmf, import, importer, hammer, 3ds max, hammer-to-max

Wall Worm, the Angry Teapot and the Art of Xen

Posted by Shawn on Jun 5, 2016 | Last Updated Jun 5, 2016
Angry TeapotSurface Tension Uncut

Latest news on Wall Worm development, the Angry Teapot Awards and some insight on the future development of Xen in Black Mesa.

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blog, angry teapot, xen

Archive of Wall Worm Version 4 Changelog

Archive of Changelog early 2019 to early 2020
Posted by Shawn on May 22, 2022 | Last Updated May 22, 2022

Archive of Wall Worm Version 4.X changelog in early 2019 through early 2020.

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2019,2020

Wall Worm 4, 3ds Max 2020 and Black Mesa News

Posted by Shawn on May 6, 2019 | Last Updated May 6, 2019

Wall Worm 4.0 Released and other news about 3ds Max.

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wall worm, news, GDC, game developer conference, 3ds Max, black mesa

Wall Worm Sends Greetings in 2016

Posted by Shawn on Jan 10, 2016 | Last Updated Jan 10, 2016

First Wall Worm blog of 2016 with new videos, new level design contest and review of 3ds Max 2016.

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blog, contest, 2016

Understanding Wall Worm Displacements

Posted by Shawn on May 31, 2013 | Last Updated May 19, 2016

Overview on working with displacements in 3ds Max for the Source Game Engine.

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displacements, sculpt mesh, brush