Black Mesa: Source in SFM

[xplodwild]

Hi everyone,

I'm sure a lot of people are now willing to open BM:S maps in SFM to make some awesome shots. I myself could open a first map and make a test shot (poster) in a matter of seconds.
There is one issue though, in the preview viewport you can see a lot of red/purple glitches (dots). I'm not sure if it's due to cubemaps or something, or a bug related to SFM rendering. If you find any workaround, please let everyone know ; as far as I could test, it doesn't seem to affect the final render.

[URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/posterinq.jpg/"][IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img850/241/posterinq.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

For now I'm also still running on TF2 engine, I'm going to try to see if we can play through the levels and have something recorded ; again if you have tips feel free to share, I'll share mine as soon as I tested.

Have fun! This mod is awesome and I'm sure we'll be able to come up with some interesting shorts :)

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[B]Q&A:[/B]
[B]
How can I open BM:S maps in SFM ?

[/B]Copy maps, models, particles and materials folders from BM:S installation directory into the "usermod" directory inside SteamApps\common\SourceFilmmaker\ (or create a new directory if you want to separate).

[B]There are purple and red dots all over the place!

[/B]Type "mat_specular 0" in the SFM console. (thanks a-cookie)

[a-cookie]

Regarding the black/purple did you try mat_specular 0?

also swag

[xplodwild]

Seems like mat_specular did the trick, thanks for the tip.

[MaxOfS2D]

You may want to make sure the BM:S team is okay with people using their stuff in videos, since they [I]don't[/I] want people re-using it for mods

[Nomad]

Can't you just make the camera a object and turn the bloomscale down to 0?

Also I would have thought this required a conversion of sorts, cool to see it does not.

[caseytube]

[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;37668991]You may want to make sure the BM:S team is okay with people using their stuff in videos, since they [I]don't[/I] want people re-using it for mods[/QUOTE]

It's not like they can really do much about it, unless they have copyright over the models/materials/maps/etc.

[jbep3]

[QUOTE=xplodwild;37668685]
How can I open BM:S maps in SFM ?

[/B]Copy maps, models, particles and materials folders from BM:S installation directory into the "usermod" directory inside SteamApps\common\SourceFilmmaker\ (or create a new directory if you want to separate).[/QUOTE]

uhhh no don't do either of these

just add

Game				"../../../sourcemods/BMS"

into your gameinfo, make sure it's above hl2 and below tf_movies.

[MaxOfS2D]

[QUOTE=Gamerman12;37670495]It's not like they can really do much about it, unless they have copyright over the models/materials/maps/etc.[/QUOTE]

... well uh you know they kinda did every single model/material in there since it's a total conversion

[OneFourth]

[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;37670789]... well uh you know they kinda did every single model/material in there since it's a total conversion[/QUOTE]

they use some half life 2 assets, but I see the point

[jbep3]

This might interest anyone working with the BM content, I'm writing a script that covers everything that the standard biped rig doesn't work for.

[url]https://raw.github.com/Jimbomcb/SFM_Rigs/master/rig_blackmesa.py[/url]

Currently works for:

Alien Grunt
Bullsquid
Gargantua
Houndeye

Assassin
* Support for cloaking. When the rig is added to the assassin, there will be a new AssassinCloak controller, allowing you to control the levels of the cloaking through the graph editor.

[bigbadrick]

[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;37668991]You may want to make sure the BM:S team is okay with people using their stuff in videos, since they [I]don't[/I] want people re-using it for mods[/QUOTE]

But SFM isn't a mod, its a tool.

[mrslants]

Someone can make a Half Life movie now.

[inaba]

[QUOTE=MaxOfS2D;37670789]... well uh you know they kinda did every single model/material in there since it's a total conversion[/QUOTE]

If someone made models and materials of Star Wars characters and props from scratch, they wouldn't really hold any copyright to it...

It might be a conversion but that still doesn't give them the copyright to it.

[Maxunit]

Hmm it seems like, that several (or many?) models are not compatible with the SFM. Some models are nearly completly invisible or see-through or crash the SFM.

[Narry]

[QUOTE=Maxunit;37679775]Hmm it seems like, that several (or many?) models are not compatible with the SFM. Some models are nearly completly invisible or see-through or crash the SFM.[/QUOTE]

Everything works fine for me. Sometimes I just have to go into game mode first, but other than that it's fine.

[Maxunit]

[QUOTE=Pw0nageXD;37679902]Everything works fine for me. Sometimes I just have to go into game mode first, but other than that it's fine.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info, fixed it for me. Strange tho...

[editline]16th September 2012[/editline]

There's one model tho, which gives me a headache. The Assasin. She's invisible, except the armor. Anyone knows how to "uncloak" her?

[GussGriswold]

[QUOTE=jbep3;37670632]uhhh no don't do either of these

just add

Game				"../../../sourcemods/BMS"

into your gameinfo, make sure it's above hl2 and below tf_movies.[/QUOTE]
Pardon my stupidity, but, where do i find the gameinfo file/which one is it?
Oh and also, does anyone know why i suddenly can't find portal 2 in the "mod filter" and why ALL of my usermod files are suddenly invisible? i can see them on the list over props, but there isn't any models or textures for it.

[Dr Kevorkian]

[QUOTE=GussGriswold;37686413]Pardon my stupidity, but, where do i find the gameinfo file/which one is it?
[/QUOTE]

The gameinfo.txt file in SourceFilmmaker/game/usermod.

[HazzaHardie]

[QUOTE=jbep3;37673362]This might interest anyone working with the BM content, I'm writing a script that covers everything that the standard biped rig doesn't work for.

[url]https://raw.github.com/Jimbomcb/SFM_Rigs/master/rig_blackmesa.py[/url]

Currently works for:

Alien Grunt
Bullsquid
Gargantua
Houndeye

Assassin
* Support for cloaking. When the rig is added to the assassin, there will be a new AssassinCloak controller, allowing you to control the levels of the cloaking through the graph editor.[/QUOTE]
sorry, but how do I use this script

[editline]16th September 2012[/editline]

nvm figured it out

[UntouchedShadow]

[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;37686622]sorry, but how do I use this script

[editline]16th September 2012[/editline]

nvm figured it out[/QUOTE]

If you've figured it out, then enlighten me to please.

[HazzaHardie]

[QUOTE=UntouchedShadow;37688573]If you've figured it out, then enlighten me to please.[/QUOTE]
save it to Steam\steamapps\common\SourceFilmmaker\game\platform\scripts\sfm\animset

[Greatdictator]

[QUOTE=jbep3;37670632]uhhh no don't do either of these

just add

Game				"../../../sourcemods/BMS"

into your gameinfo, make sure it's above hl2 and below tf_movies.[/QUOTE]

Okey i know ill sound stupid but how exactly do i put it in ? Like do i put in the whole ../../../sourcemods/BMS thing or what ?

Also since im asking stupid questions i downloaded portal 1 and 2 but i cant acess their stuff in SFM , how do i get those to work too ?

[HazzaHardie]

[img]http://puu.sh/15PjT[/img]
like that

[HWECQI]

[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;37693093][img]http://puu.sh/15PjT[/img]
like that[/QUOTE]

Couldnt you just copy the models, materials, particles, and sounds into its on directory in SFM and just set it as "Game BMS" ? That would probably be easier.

[OneFourth]

[QUOTE=HWECQI;37693517]Couldnt you just copy the models, materials, particles, and sounds into its on directory in SFM and just set it as "Game BMS" ? That would probably be easier.[/QUOTE]

With that, all you have to do is edit the gameinfo.txt

no copying!

[HWECQI]

[QUOTE=OneFourth;37693547]With that, all you have to do is edit the gameinfo.txt

no copying![/QUOTE]

Ah, guess that would be easier.

[Magicaltrev]

[QUOTE=jbep3;37670632]uhhh no don't do either of these

just add

Game				"../../../sourcemods/BMS"

into your gameinfo, make sure it's above hl2 and below tf_movies.[/QUOTE]

Would something like this also be possible for Portal 2? Or does this only work for sourcemods and I have to copy all the files manually for Portal 2?

[Greatdictator]

[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;37693093][img]http://puu.sh/15PjT[/img]
like that[/QUOTE]

Nope doesnt work , it ends up makeing SFM not even want to start up

[p0rtalplayer]

[QUOTE=Magicaltrev;37693779]Would something like this also be possible for Portal 2? Or does this only work for sourcemods and I have to copy all the files manually for Portal 2?[/QUOTE]

Doesn't work for any game using VPK system, so anything L4D and later.

I think I tried it for portal 1 but I can't remember if it worked or not.

[Mio Akiyama]

[QUOTE=HazzaHardie;37693093][img]http://puu.sh/15PjT[/img]
like that[/QUOTE]

you need the quotes around the ../../../sourcemods/BMS