Source Film Maker

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Another Bad Pun
516 Posts
#79797
Posted Jun 27, 2012
Good News: This looks awesome.

Bad News: It seems it will be for TF2 only:

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The SFM allows a storyteller to create an entire movie on location inside the video game world of Team Fortress 2. Movies exported with the SFM can be uploaded to the web or shared like any normal movie file.

Of course, you could probably import other game models into TF2 or make your own models if you ever wanted to use SFM to portray other games.

Here's Source Film Maker in action:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zri1c_If6Ic

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RubyCarbuncIe
303 Posts
#79806
Posted Jun 27, 2012
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I signed up, I just hope I get accepted. By the look of it it can do a lot more than just TF2. (Seeing as how Valve used it for a bunch of other titles) I hope I'm able to make some interesting Portal 2 videos with it soon.
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Skotty
671 Posts
#79808
Posted Jun 27, 2012
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This looks really good. So we don't need to make animations for the models and compile them in, or we don't have to make extra maps (more or less).
Well, that's again a proof on how good Valve is any why other developers can learn a lot by looking at them.
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CaretCaret
290 Posts
#79827
Posted Jun 28, 2012
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Shame it will only be for TF2 in the beginning :sad:
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Paradoxic R3mix
87 Posts
#79834
Posted Jun 28, 2012
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I applied, I really hope i'm accepted, I think GLaDOS Cube was accepted though.
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RubyCarbuncIe
303 Posts
#79848
Posted Jun 28, 2012
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So how exactly will you know when you got accepted? Will it come by e-mail, or will you be informed on Steam?
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Carwash
5 Posts
#79929
Posted Jun 30, 2012
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Skotty wrote:
Well, that's again a proof on how good Valve is any why other developers can learn a lot by looking at them.

Although I'm not disputing how awesome Valve are, by far one of the best developers (if not THEE best), isn't SFM just adding to the SDK what UDK and CE3 already have?

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Idolon
417 Posts
#79932
Posted Jun 30, 2012
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No sense not adding a feature just because other engines already have it.
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Carwash
5 Posts
#79934
Posted Jun 30, 2012
Replied 30 minutes later
That wasn't my point, I'm happy they're adding it. My point was they're the third (or fourth, I THINK Unity has it too) developer to add it, so perhaps learning from Valve in this case, isn't more beneficial than learning from Epic/ CryTek/ Unity.
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Nacimota
345 Posts
#79936
Posted Jun 30, 2012
Replied 40 minutes later

Carwash wrote:
... isn't SFM just adding to the SDK what UDK and CE3 already have?

UDK doesn't have anything remotely like SFM and neither does CryEngine, to the best of my knowledge.

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Carwash
5 Posts
#79937
Posted Jun 30, 2012
Replied 24 minutes later

Nacimota wrote:
Carwash wrote:

... isn't SFM just adding to the SDK what UDK and CE3 already have?

UDK doesn't have anything remotely like SFM and neither does CryEngine, to the best of my knowledge.

UDK has Matinee - http://www.unrealengine.com/en/features/cinematics
CryEngine has Cinebox - http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=59

Or am I missing something?

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Nacimota
345 Posts
#79965
Posted Jun 30, 2012
Replied 6 hours later

Carwash wrote:
UDK has Matinee - http://www.unrealengine.com/en/features/cinematics
CryEngine has Cinebox - http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=59

Or am I missing something?

Matinee doesn't (to the best of my knowledge, I'm certainly not an expert user) allow you to actually create custom animations (rather than using animations that were compiled with the model) on the fly. I've never really used Cinebox but after a bit of google searching it doesn't look like it can do it either.

I could be wrong.

:shrug:

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wrathofmobius
216 Posts
#79967
Posted Jun 30, 2012
Replied 11 minutes later
I really want this. My favorite part is the ability to capture player motion, and use it as a backbone to base the rest off of. I also think, at least based on the tutorials they've posted, that you'll be able to import models from other games if they're not already included.
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FelixGriffin
2,680 Posts
#79974
Posted Jun 30, 2012
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...unless the model version is different, of course. :sad:
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CaretCaret
290 Posts
#80346
Posted Jul 05, 2012
Replied 4 days later
Yeay! Downloading it right now :biggrin:
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GLaDOS CUBE
163 Posts
#80351
Posted Jul 05, 2012
Replied 51 minutes later

Paradoxic R3mix wrote:
I applied, I really hope i'm accepted, I think GLaDOS Cube was accepted though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTb-UXCgtck&feature=youtu.be Yeah, I was.

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Nacimota
345 Posts
#80368
Posted Jul 06, 2012
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I'm in the beta; haven't had a chance to download it though.
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Groxkiller585
652 Posts
#80374
Posted Jul 06, 2012
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I've been hearing rumors that you can export the edited animations to an actual model file, but that the exported file isn't .ani or .smd but some new format. Anyone got info on this/can confirm it, because it sounds awesome!
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ChickenMobile
2,460 Posts
#80382
Posted Jul 06, 2012
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Groxkiller585 wrote:
I've been hearing rumors that you can export the edited animations to an actual model file, but that the exported file isn't .ani or .smd but some new format. Anyone got info on this/can confirm it, because it sounds awesome!

ZOMG

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Another Bad Pun
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#80395
Posted Jul 06, 2012
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Look what I just got:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2HY7jeEUxU

Actually, I didn't get it just now. Turns out I had it for 3 days before noticing it in my Steam Library. :eek:

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