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I have made a model in a max file that I have added to my prop library. How do I then bring this guy into my other scene so that each instance exported as a prop_static? Is there any way to see what's in my prop library?

It's a nice tool, especially for workflows that use a lot of maps, and for PBR stuff. It's a little more manageable than putting all your different maps(normal, diffuse, spec, Ect) in separate layer groups in Photoshop.
Since there's a native 3ds max integration, it (I think) it could be possible to script it to export right to vtf/vmt, but simply saving out bitmaps works fine as well  :)

I've added this attached file to the global fgd and reparsed, but my point entities list is completely empty :( It doesn't seem to do anything when parsing, not even hanging max for a few seconds/minutes like it should be doing. This is a custom fgd so I'm not sure if it's a problem with the fgd or with wall-worm, or something else. It does work in Hammer. Any idea what's wrong here?

Thanks! Looks like I got everything working now. Hopefully I can share some awesome maps soon.

I've attached an image of the problem. It looks like its being lit from the side, which is why I posted that original post about the light angles. But I have actually noclipped into the skybox and I think something else is going on that's difficult to describe. I'll try to post a video soon. Regardless, it goes away if I go into hammer, and without changing anything, recompile from there. Its almost like hammer is silently correcting something in the vmt. Or possibly the render settings are different...

I haven't tried without the skybox model, but I imagine that it would do the same in non-skybox land. I'm using the normal 3d skybox stuff, no leaks.

Hmm, I'm experiencing some weird results. it looks like the world geometry may be lit correctly, but my static prop models in the 3d skybox are not. May be a source engine bug. Will look into it further.

One other issue I've had is that the light rotation doesn't match between 3ds max and source. Even making a simple Free Direct light in max pointing down( rotation 0,0,0) comes out pointing sideways in the light_environment. The pitch is correct at -90, but the Pitch Yaw Roll(y,z,x) is (0,90,0). It should be (-90,90,0) to point straight down. I am using Source Multiplayer Base 2013.

Okay that makes sense. The scale of light values are also different- A value of 10 light units in max is quite high, while in source that's barely anything. I think my confusion came from the presence of the brightness color picker in the entity properties.

In Source, the there is a brightness property in the light_environment that takes 4 values- the first 3 is the rgb value of the light, and the last is the brightness of the light. How do I set this last value in 3ds max? It's always coming out as "20" and the color slider only lets me select the color of the light. I noticed that there is a brightness scale, but that only seems to set the HDR Brightness scale.