Twister

Twister

Initial release

Dec 29, 2006

Operating system

Type

Displacement tool

Target engine(s)

Distribution

Non-Commercial software

Twister is a program that can generate displacements that would usually take an extremely long time, or just be impossible to create in Hammer.

Features

Generate different shapes out of displacements • The program can generate twists, curves, corners, circles, cones, domes and spheres
Generate from image maps • The program can generate displacements from noise maps and heightmaps
Convert displacement to brushwork (useful for porting to another engine, such as GoldSrc)

A twisted hallway.

A curved road, with perfectly-aligned textures.

External links

Homepage (archived)
User guide (archived)

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Third Party Source SDK tools

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Map editors	Hammer++ • Strata Hammer • Slammin' Hammer 5.2 • Lambda • MRVN-Radiant (for Titanfall/Apex Legends) • SourceRadiant • rathammer • Source Level Editor

Map compilers	VBSP_h4xed • Slammin' Compile Tools CST: CSTBSP • CSTVIS • CSTRAD Tools++: VBSP++ • VVIS++ • VRAD++

Map compiler frontends	Batch Compile Tool • Batch Compiler • Compile Pal • Hazard Team Compile Tool

Map converters	005 Decompiler • BSPSource • MapFool • VMEX

Map tools	AutoBSPpackingTool • BSPEntSpy • BSPZIP++ • Crafty • Convexer • EntEd • Entspy • JERC • LumpStich • Map Analyst • Map Obfuscator • Material Enumerator • Pakrat • Source Compile Analyzer • TAR • TeamSpen's Hammer Addons • Vgroup • VMF Optimizer • VMF Updater • VPKEdit • WinBSPZip

Model compilers	NekoMDL • StudioMDL++ • StudioMDL-CE

Model compiler frontends	Crowbar • Crowbar++ • GUIStudioMDL

Model converters	Crowbar • Crowbar++ • FireSoft Half-Life MDL Converter • FireSoft MS3D to SMD converter • MDLDecompiler • Propper • Studiocompiler • VMF to SMD

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Displacement tools	DispGen • Terrain Generator • Twister • Worldmachine

Particle converters	Sparc

Texture converters	360g • Easy VTF Converter (7.0 - 7.5) • FixVTF • MareTF • no_vtf • PBR-2-Source • TGAtoDUDV • VTEX (Valve Texture) • VTF Creator • VTFVer

Texture tools	Adobe Photoshop • GIMP • HL2Tex • Materialize • Paint.NET • Sign Maker • Sky Writer • Source Model Skin Editor • Terragen • VMT Editor • VTFCmd • VTF Explorer • VTFEdit → VTFEdit Reloaded → VTFEdit++ • VTF Shell Extensions • VTFTool

Sound tools	L4D2 Sound Mod Creator

VPK tools	Crowbar • Crowbar++ • GCFScape • Gibbeds VPK Extractor • Source 2 Viewer • VPKEdit

Libraries	AVIKit • HLLib • SourcePP • VectorLib • VTFLib

Plugins	3DSMax Tools • 3DSMax VTF plugin • Blender Source Tools • Blender VertexLitGeneric • MESA • Notepad++ VDF languages • Photoshop VTF • SourceIO • Source Engine Collision Tools • SourceMod • Wall Worm Model Tools

Other	BEE2 • CCExporter • CtxConverter • Custom Compiler GUI • fgptool • gmpublisher • Source Icon Set • Source SDK Windows Gadget • SteamCMDui • VGUI Localization Tool • VirtualDub • xzptool

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