Tutorial: Nuclear Cooling Towers
How to create nuclear cooling towers with Displacements
Posted on Dec 21, 2021 | Last Updated Dec 21, 2021
Tutorial on creating nuclear cooling towers as displacements for the Source Engine.
displacement, curved, source engine, hammer, 3ds max, wall worm, corvex
MDL File Loader
Posted on Sep 23, 2016 | Last Updated Nov 20, 2023
Geometry Plugin to load Valve's MDL files directly into 3ds Max.
mdl, model, import, vpk
Advanced Bone Settings
Posted on Jan 18, 2015 | Last Updated Apr 22, 2019
Information on adding bones to your model or controlling advanced parameters.
bones
On the Grid
Posted on Sep 8, 2015 | Last Updated Dec 11, 2018
Information and videos on using the grid in 3ds Max for Source Engine Level Design.
grid, snaps, level design, snapping
Exporting Correct Smoothing on Models
Understanding Smoothing Groups and Explicit Normals
Posted on Dec 8, 2017 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2023
Discussion on smoothing groups and explicit normals and how they relate to Source.
smoothing, normals, smoothing groups, smooth
Nudge Tools
Posted on Sep 29, 2017 | Last Updated Oct 9, 2017
Nudge Tools in Wall Worm
3ds max, nudge, move, grid
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
Creating Entities
Posted on Oct 27, 2016 | Last Updated Oct 27, 2016
Details on what objects automatically export as entities in a VMF and how to manually create other entities.
entity, assign, tie to entity
