Making Your Sky
Posted on Mar 12, 2014 | Last Updated Mar 12, 2014
Series on making your 2D Sky and 3D Skybox in 3ds Max for the Source Engine.
sky, 2d, 3d, toc
VMDL Exporter
Posted on Mar 2, 2024 | Last Updated Mar 2, 2024
Exporting VMDL files from 3ds Max into Counter-Strike 2.
vmdl, vmdl_c, source 2, export, wwmt
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.
material, transparency, reflectivity
Washed Out Textures
Posted on Oct 29, 2016 | Last Updated Oct 29, 2016
Instructions of getting your materials to import without being washed out in color.
texture, import, color, washed out
Why are Models Appearing as Cubes?
When reopening a scene the models can appear as cubes if the game settings do not include paths to the source MDL files.
Posted on Mar 4, 2017 | Last Updated Mar 4, 2017
This document explains why models can appear as cubes instead of props when importing VMF or MDL nodes.
mdl, model, cube
Importing Models
Posted on Mar 12, 2017 | Last Updated Mar 12, 2017
Articles and documents related to importing model assets into 3ds Max.
Starter Kits
Posted on Oct 14, 2019 | Last Updated Aug 14, 2021
Source Engine level design starter kits will automate some entity setups for common level design tasks.
starter kits, csgo, css, cstrike, day of defeat, dod, half-life, entity
Stereo Flexes
Posted on Jan 4, 2017 | Last Updated Jan 4, 2017
Instructions on painting stereo weights to export into DMX.
stereo, flex, dmx, weights
Unknown System Exception
Posted on Jul 10, 2015 | Last Updated Oct 29, 2016
Steps on fixing problems with an Unknown System Exception when importing files.
unknown system exception, vmf importer, fgd parser
