Preparing Your Model
Preparing your model to export your model with WWMT in 3ds Max to the Source Engine.
Exporting Animated Particle Textures
Instructions on exporting animated textures straight from 3ds Max into the Particle Editor.
Soundscaper
This utility is a helper function to generate a skeleton Soundscape file based off of soundscape entities in your level.
Animated Textures
Instructions on creating an animated texture in 3ds Max and exporting to Source.
Unknown Bitmap Filetypes Crash VMF Exporter
Do not use bitmap filetypes that Max doesn't know how to read.
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.
Using Props in Your Scene
Article on re-using existing props in a scene.
Wall Worm Anvil
Formerly called Wall Worm Displacement Tool
Overview of Anvil. Anvil is a level design toolset to help send 3ds Max scenes into Source.
OSL Seamless_Scale
OSL Seamless_Scale (triplanar mapping) shader for 3ds Max 2019.
Importing Source Assets
This series covers the steps needed to re-use Source assets inside of 3ds Max.
