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#1 · June 27, 2012, 8:08 pm

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

#2 · June 27, 2012, 10:09 pm

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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#3 · June 27, 2012, 10:24 pm

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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#4 · June 28, 2012, 12:31 pm

Shame it will only be for TF2 in the beginning

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#5 · June 28, 2012, 3:55 pm

I applied, I really hope i'm accepted, I think GLaDOS Cube was accepted though.

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#6 · June 28, 2012, 7:54 pm

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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#7 · June 30, 2012, 9:55 am

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?

#8 · June 30, 2012, 11:05 am

No sense not adding a feature just because other engines already have it.

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#9 · June 30, 2012, 11:36 am

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.

#10 · June 30, 2012, 12:16 pm

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.