Importing Source Assets
Posted on Mar 3, 2015 | Last Updated Mar 3, 2015
This series covers the steps needed to re-use Source assets inside of 3ds Max.
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.
vmf, crash, material, vtf
Incorrect Rotation on World Geometry
Fixed in WWMT 1.867
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 | Last Updated Oct 18, 2012
In earlier versions of the VMF exporter, non-rectangular faces on geometry produce inaccurate texture rotations.
vmf, texture, rotation, uaxis, vaxis, problem, incorrect
Some PSDs can crash VTEX
PSD files created with Viewport Canvas must be converted
Posted on Jun 16, 2012 | Last Updated Jun 16, 2012
PSD files created with Viewport Canvas can sometimes crash VTEX.
vtex, psd, crash
Source Engine
Posted on Feb 12, 2012 | Last Updated May 15, 2015
Articles related to the Source Game Engine.
source game engine
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
