When Opening Scene there is a startup script error.
Anvil embeds reference to a script in your 3ds Max scripts folder. If that file is missing, there can be an error.
Posted on Oct 13, 2014 | Last Updated Oct 13, 2014
Anvil embeds some scripts for scene startup to protect displacements from being invalidated via improper manipulation. Older versions of Anvil referenced a file that could cause an error if missing.
startup, script, error
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
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.
displacements, troubleshooting, missing, fail
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
OSL Blendmodulate
Posted on Apr 25, 2018 | Last Updated May 7, 2018
OSL Blendmodulate mask to generate a mask as with a WorldVertexTransition shader in Source.
osl, blendmodulate, 2019
OSL Seamless_Scale
Posted on Apr 25, 2018 | Last Updated Apr 25, 2018
OSL Seamless_Scale (triplanar mapping) shader for 3ds Max 2019.
osl, seamless_scale, triplanar, 2019
OSL WorldVertexTransition
Posted on Apr 25, 2018 | Last Updated May 7, 2018
The OSL Shader for WorldVertexTransition.
osl, blend, worldvertextransition
My Material is always Transparent but I don't want it to be
Posted on Oct 4, 2015 | Last Updated Mar 23, 2016
Information on outputting the desired alpha settings for your materials.
translucent, alphatest, transparency, opacity
Create Prop Zoo from VMF
Posted on Jul 26, 2017 | Last Updated Jul 26, 2017
Create a Prop Zoo of all the models contained in a VMF.
prop zoo
