Source Engine

The Source Engine is behind many of the games you love. Just a few include Half-Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Insurgency. It is also the primary focus of the Wall Worm suite of tools.

Wall Worm has been custom tailored as the one-stop piplene for building assets for Source.

If using Source, make sure that your global settings are set to Source.

Latest Articles

VBSP.exe has stopped working

Posted on Aug 28, 2017 | Last Updated Aug 28, 2017

VBSP can crash if there are no entities or world geometry in your scene.

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BSP Compile Log

Posted on Aug 8, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 8, 2014

Viewing and using the BSP Compile logs.

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Finding Leaks in 3ds Max

Posted on Aug 8, 2014 | Last Updated Aug 8, 2014

Some information on finding and troubleshooting leaks.

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Gmod and Wall Worm

Set Up Wall Worm for Garry's Mod in 3ds Max
Posted on Aug 18, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 16, 2019

Instructions and video on setting up Wall Worm to export levels, models and materials using Wall Worm 3.71+ and 3ds Max 2018.

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VMF Importer

Posted on Jun 25, 2013 | Last Updated Aug 10, 2020
Esther VMF ImportJakobson in 3ds Max

You can use Wall Worm to import a VMF into 3ds Max. This allows you to bring in your Hammer project into 3ds Max.

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Exporting a Level from 3ds Max into Source

Brush Geometry, 3D Skybox, 2D Sky, Animated Textures
Posted on Oct 8, 2012 | Last Updated Feb 28, 2015

Video tutorial and sample file on exporting a 3ds Max scene into a Source VMF file with Wall Worm.

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Lightmap Scale

Posted on May 15, 2012 | Last Updated May 15, 2012

This article details the process of setting lightmap scale on objects, displacements and faces with Wall Worm Anvil's lightmap tools.

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