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PBR Material Support

Posted on Mar 2, 2024 | Last Updated Mar 2, 2024

PBR Material support in Wall Worm.

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pbr

Unknown Bitmap Filetypes Crash VMF Exporter

Do not use bitmap filetypes that Max doesn't know how to read.
Posted on Oct 18, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 18, 2012

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.

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vmf, crash, material, vtf

Res Maker

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Feb 18, 2020

Instructions on generating a RES file with Wall Worm to push custom content onto the client from the game server.

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res, resource file, reslist

CorVex

Posted on Dec 10, 2013 | Last Updated Jan 9, 2022

CorVex is a geometry plugin for 3ds Max aimed at quickly building game level layout and convex walls with simple parametric controls and planar UV mapping.

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corvex, level design, plugin, wall, walls, blocks, convex, parametric

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

[FIXED] Blend Materials Crashing 3ds Max 2021

Many DirectX shaders are crashing 3ds Max 2021, including the Wall Worm Blend Materials
Posted on May 26, 2020 | Last Updated Dec 19, 2020

There is a regression in 3ds Max 2021 that causes Max to crash when using Wall Worm's DirectX shaders for displacements.

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crash, cer, 2021, dx, shader, blend, fix

Export Multiple Texture Skins

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated Sep 22, 2019

You can give your model multiple skins (textures) so that the same mesh can look differently in different uses.

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skins, texturegroup

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.

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displacement, edit mode, sculpt mesh

Rad Worm

Posted 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

Archive of Wall Worm Version 3 Changelog

Archive of Changelog early 2017 to early 2019
Posted on Jan 24, 2020 | Last Updated Jan 24, 2020

Archive of Wall Worm Version 3.X changelog in early 2017 through early 2019.

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2017, 2018, 2019