The last suggestion we have of Source 2 may be from Valve itself. ' Alyx' likely refers to Alyx Vance, an NPC in Half-Life 2 who is portrayed as a close friend of Gordon Freeman, the primary protagonist. Some believe it is evidence of Half-Life 3 - a new, third episode of the franchise. SomePropPath = content() / ' ep3/models/characters/alyx/maya/alyx_model.ma'Īside from the mention of ' Source 2' in the above snippet of code, the inclusion of ' ep3' and ' Alyx' in a single line is of particular interest. Returns a Path instance representing the %VCONTENT% path - path construction this way is super easy: It was contained within a separate file of the SFM SDK as well: Line 49: This also follows yesterday's discovery by a developer who stumbled across a line of this conscpicuously suggestive code. Alternatively, readers may view a copy of it on Pastebin here. SourceFilmmaker/game/sdktools/python/global/lib/site-packages/vproj/vproj.py'. This site will be very usefu in looking up how to use any of the tools, commands and files.The file which contained this juicy tidbit, vproj.py, can be found in SFM's SDK tools, '. If it is you can open SFM and find your model. selecting your QC file and compiling it will tell you if there's an error, if there isn't it'll let your 'use in view' then 'view' to open your model in the HalfLifeModelViewer to make sure evrything is working. Once all your assets are created you'll want to install crowbar, the tool for importing into source, ( ) and set it up for your exports. Those textures should be converted into VTFs with the tool VTFedit and are conventionally placed in the same folder as the VMT ( ) the materials are saved as VMTs and the location they should be placed is the one set in the QC, relative to the Game/game/materials folder.Ī VMT assigns a role to each texture in your material, the simplest being $basetexture '' (a basic albedo map) it's important that you use the VertexLitGeneric shader for props. they can be as simple as a single color or an advanced material with light and reflections. You'll also have to create your materials( ). Naming the object, assigning it models and animations etc. You'll then have to write a QC file, it's a conductor, indicating to source how you want it to behave in game. the material you set will not be exported, but it's important you use the same name when you create your materials. With your model created, export it as smd or dmx with the BST.

Technically it's possible to do it all only by installing blender source tools ( ), an addon to export as DMX or SMD and use the stock tools provided by valve, that are in the game/bin folder.īut everyone uses community built tools, crowbar and VTFedit at least.

Importing from blender to source is a full process, and there are plenty of tools to make it easier, all of which are free.

Models for source filmmaker