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Exporting Animated Particle Textures

Posted on Oct 20, 2015 | Last Updated Oct 21, 2015

Instructions on exporting animated textures straight from 3ds Max into the Particle Editor.

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animated vtf, particles, makesheet, mksheet, .mks, .sht

Compile Errors

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 | Last Updated Jul 29, 2013

Compiling your assets for Source sometimes generates errors. This page lists categories for finding solutions to compile problems.

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Prop Data & Gibs Rollout

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

This rollout lets you assign prop_data values to your prop so that it can be used as a prop_physics in Source. YOu can also assign custom Gibs models with this rollout.

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Blend Materials and WorldVertexTransition

Posted on Dec 21, 2013 | Last Updated Feb 2, 2019

Instructions on creating a WorldVertexTransition material inside 3ds Max using Blend Materials.

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blend, worldvertextransition, material, displacement

ShellVex

Posted on May 20, 2015 | Last Updated Apr 22, 2020

ShellVex is a scripted geometry plugin for 3ds Max that allows you to create convex geometry blocks from the polygons (or tris) of other objects in the scene.

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brush, bsp, geometry, world geometry, plugin

Wall Worm Beta Changelog

Archive of Changelog from 2010
Posted on Oct 9, 2017 | Last Updated Oct 9, 2017

Archive of the Wall Worm Model Tools beta changelog for versions 0.5 to 0.999.

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2010, beta

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

PropLine

Posted on Jun 30, 2015 | Last Updated Jan 9, 2022

PropLine is a parametric spacing tool that allows you to distribute props along splines in your scene.

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propline, distribution, props, spacing

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

Displacements Fail to Export

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 | Last Updated Feb 15, 2016

Some tips on troubleshooting displacements failing to export from Max into Source.

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displacements, troubleshooting, missing, fail