SFM Tip of the Day - Games - Facepunch Forum

A massive problem with a lot of tutorials is that the instructor has a boring, slow and dull voice that almost makes it an absolute chore to sit through. However, your excellently flowing and well spoken voice makes it a lot more enjoyable to listen and learn too. Plus the videos are very informative and it clearly shows that you know a lot about the subject you are teaching. Great job man!

Tip of the Day #19- using the Left and Right controls to adjust how facial animation presets are applied. Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/rBwbRNnZNE8[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;rBwbRNnZNE8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBwbRNnZNE8[/video]

Tip of the Day #20- Importing and Exporting to and from specific portions of your animation sets Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/woGPK8Rz4xk[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;woGPK8Rz4xk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woGPK8Rz4xk[/video]

Tip of the Day #21- Using the Rotation Tool for Fun and Profit Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/PB0NqJuouu0[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;PB0NqJuouu0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB0NqJuouu0[/video]

Tip of the Day #22- Resetting the Pivot Handle Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/kGGNLhgbvwU[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;kGGNLhgbvwU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGGNLhgbvwU[/video]

Great stuff! Is there a way you could make a tut explaining manual lipsync, please? The ones right now on YouTube arent good.

Tip of the Day #23- Using the Stagger Preset. Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/vx8v6nzDWdQ[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;vx8v6nzDWdQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8v6nzDWdQ[/video] GoldPlatinum- once I have a good enough command of manual lipsync myself you can count on it. :)

Tip of the Day #24- Using the Particle Editor Tool Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/XO1G3ABdu_I[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;XO1G3ABdu_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO1G3ABdu_I[/video]

Tip of the Day #25- Transform, Overwrite and Offset in the Motion Editor Linky Thing: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRdbAZ5S6ro[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;jRdbAZ5S6ro]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRdbAZ5S6ro[/video]

These are great, thanks!

SFM Tip of the Day #26 - Gibbing your manually posed models Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/i_u4Q6uchJw[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;i_u4Q6uchJw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_u4Q6uchJw[/video]

Tip of the day #27 - Adjusting the timing of individual elements of a shot. Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/nfieU6Ua2q4[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;nfieU6Ua2q4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfieU6Ua2q4[/video]

Tip of the Day #28- Fading shots in and out using the Clip Editor and the toneMapScale slider Linky thing: [URL]http://youtu.be/XlisFuQRgvo[/URL] Video thing: [video=youtube;XlisFuQRgvo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlisFuQRgvo[/video] Note: I will not be doing the tips of the day for the rest of the week due to real life intervening. I'll have a new one on Monday the 20th.

This is just a suggestion: I've discovered a very useful thing for longer videos while searching through the wiki: the ability to change maps mid-video. Further described [url=https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SFM/Working_with_the_Element_Viewer]here[/url], it lets you change the setting (i.e. the map) by simply editing one part of clip you wish to change in the element viewer. It can be very useful for videos which require different parts of different maps, and I'd think that it's easier to do this than Valve's suggested alternative, which is to stitch them together in Hammer.

The gibbing video... Why didn't I think of that? Oh well, thanks for thinking of it for me.

Tip of the Day #29 - Removing decals from the scenery Linky thing: [URL="http://youtu.be/jsIYXwU0LjE"]http://youtu.be/jsIYXwU0LjE[/URL] Video thing: [video=youtube;jsIYXwU0LjE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsIYXwU0LjE[/video]

For a quicker way to delete the decals, bind "r_cleardecals" to the Delete key, so in the console you'd type: [i]bind del r_cleardecals[/i] So all you'd have to do is press Delete and boom decals are gone. Now I'm not sure if SFM has anything binded to that key so it may be a good idea to bind it to a key that's not used, but still, just a quick and handy little way to do that.

Tip of the Day #30 - Using the Auto Aim feature for the Work Camera Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/RC-DGVphGJU[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;RC-DGVphGJU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC-DGVphGJU[/video] [editline]21st August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=CarLuver69;37336254]For a quicker way to delete the decals, bind "r_cleardecals" to the Delete key, so in the console you'd type: [i]bind del r_cleardecals[/i] So all you'd have to do is press Delete and boom decals are gone. Now I'm not sure if SFM has anything binded to that key so it may be a good idea to bind it to a key that's not used, but still, just a quick and handy little way to do that.[/QUOTE] I love it. I should do a Tip of the Day on just doing keybinds. When I do I'll be sure to credit you, thank you!

[QUOTE=Cyclometh;37352172]I love it. I should do a Tip of the Day on just doing keybinds. When I do I'll be sure to credit you, thank you![/QUOTE] Haha no problem. Yeah, keybinds can be very helpful for certain things. Especially with SFM, there's no telling what the possibilities are with keybinds!

[QUOTE=Unisath;37295213]This is just a suggestion: I've discovered a very useful thing for longer videos while searching through the wiki: the ability to change maps mid-video. Further described [url=https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SFM/Working_with_the_Element_Viewer]here[/url], it lets you change the setting (i.e. the map) by simply editing one part of clip you wish to change in the element viewer. It can be very useful for videos which require different parts of different maps, and I'd think that it's easier to do this than Valve's suggested alternative, which is to stitch them together in Hammer.[/QUOTE] Thank you so much for showing this, this is gonna help so much/

Tip of the Day #31 - Adjusting the Falloff Interpolation Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/Ptou6jTu4LU[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;Ptou6jTu4LU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptou6jTu4LU[/video]

Tip of the Day #32- Changing the color of your clips in the Clip Editor Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/T4pFoPTmt3s[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;T4pFoPTmt3s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4pFoPTmt3s[/video]

Tip of the Day #33- Creating Custom Color Correction Effects Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/imGUpWM_l2I[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;imGUpWM_l2I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imGUpWM_l2I[/video]

I never knew there was a Color Correction UI. Nice find! Great tutorial!

Wow your videos are the only videos where the transcribe captions are actually clear and can understand what you are saying.

Color correction works in all Source games and there's some information on the Valve Developer Community Wiki too: [URL="https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Color_correction"]https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Color_correction[/URL]

Tip of the Day #34 - Adding Custom Material Overlays and Title Cards Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/aihLXMquURw[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;aihLXMquURw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aihLXMquURw[/video]

[QUOTE=Cyclometh;37437811]Tip of the Day #34 - Adding Custom Material Overlays and Title Cards[/QUOTE] Have you tried ' mat_reloadallmaterials ' console command instead of restarting SFM ? I'm pretty sure this one should work, at least it did when I've changed some hats' colors directly inside the materials files.

[QUOTE=Freshz24;37439751]Have you tried ' mat_reloadallmaterials ' console command instead of restarting SFM ? I'm pretty sure this one should work, at least it did when I've changed some hats' colors directly inside the materials files.[/QUOTE] I'll give that a shot, thank you! [editline]28th August 2012[/editline] Tip of the Day #35- Destroying Sentries for Fun and Profit Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/vnVeI5f4j6g[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;vnVeI5f4j6g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnVeI5f4j6g[/video]

Tip of the Day #36- Freezing Particle Systems Linky Thing: [url]http://youtu.be/R98z_Ej3Krs[/url] Video Thing: [video=youtube;R98z_Ej3Krs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R98z_Ej3Krs[/video]