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YEAH 17 Oct, 2019 @ 10:00pm
( SOLVED ) My sfm turns white when launched
Hello. I have a big problem as i was about to export whole episode right now. Yesterday i opened an existing session in sfm to export it but as it opened, my sfm turned white and disappeared from screen. i tried restarting pc bud it didnt help. Only thing i can see when i open sfm is the sessions tab but the main tab with actual work and everything turns white and i cant even open it. Please i really need a help !!! If someone has this problem please can u tell me how to fix it ? Thanks
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AlexsTheCat(TF2 Soldier Veteran) 18 Oct, 2019 @ 12:34am 
i wanna know what are your specs ?
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YEAH 18 Oct, 2019 @ 1:06am 
Cpu: intel i5 4960k
Gpu: nvidia geforce gtx 1070 8gb
16gb ram ddr3
Windows 10
A lot of space on disc
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AlexsTheCat(TF2 Soldier Veteran) 18 Oct, 2019 @ 1:14am 
your fine with the specs but i wanna know every step by step how ya do it ?
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YEAH 18 Oct, 2019 @ 2:08am 
How i open it or how it happened ?
1. I open it either through shortcut or sdk or stem but always the same "white death" screen.

2. It happened yesterday. I had a session opened. Then i opened another session cuz i wanted to check it, while it was loading 2nd session i went to youtube and when i wanted to open sfm back, i couldnt. After sfm opened 2nd session, it turned to white screen. Tried to restart pc, turn on and off but none of that helped
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AlexsTheCat(TF2 Soldier Veteran) 18 Oct, 2019 @ 2:10am 
Okay this is kinda new i got 3 choices


1st your pc has a virus or smth that corrupts it when its loading you need to call a proffeshional for it .

2nd maybe some of the specs ya got is causing it an error or smth is very wrong here

3rd all i can say is buy a PC or laptop which one ya prefer but i suggest a powerfull PC a workstation pc who can handle apps for animation lights modeling if ya got a pc for gaming thats gonna be a problem so thats all i can help .
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green 18 Oct, 2019 @ 5:20am 
Originally posted by Dodcio Challenger:
Okay this is kinda new i got 3 choices


1st your pc has a virus or smth that corrupts it when its loading you need to call a proffeshional for it .

2nd maybe some of the specs ya got is causing it an error or smth is very wrong here

3rd all i can say is buy a PC or laptop which one ya prefer but i suggest a powerfull PC a workstation pc who can handle apps for animation lights modeling if ya got a pc for gaming thats gonna be a problem so thats all i can help .
Not tryna be rude, but all of these are wrong. OP's PC is fine, and a virus wouldn't cause this.

OP, do you have any custom assets stored in the usermod folder?
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YEAH 18 Oct, 2019 @ 5:51am 
i have a lot of my own mods here but they were working fine since last 2 years
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green 18 Oct, 2019 @ 5:54am 
Putting any custom content there can corrupt your SFM. Please remove any custom models, maps, materials, and sounds. If you need a place to store your custom models, make your own folder:

Originally posted by Zappy:
Right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library (in the "Software" or "Installed" categories), and choose "Properties" > "Local Files" > "Browse Local Files...". This will open a File Explorer window in -/SourceFilmmaker/.

Now enter the "game" folder and make a new folder here, named whatever you want (for example "customstuff").
Inside of the folder that you just made (for example inside of -/SourceFilmmaker/game/customstuff/), make folders called "maps", "materials", "models", "particles", and/or "sound". These folders may hold custom content.

Once you've put custom content inside of those folders that you just made, right-click Source Filmmaker in your Steam library again, choose "Launch SDK", click "Edit Search Paths For Selected Mod", and enable the first custom folder that you made while following these instructions (for example "customstuff").
You may optionally move it around in the search path list, such as if it's supposed to override Team Fortress 2 content or such. If a file exists within two different search paths, the top-most search path in the list will be the search path that the file will be loaded from.

I personally suggest having a separate such folder for each franchise or such (for example one for Super Mario stuff, one for Sonic the Hedgehog stuff, one for Overwatch stuff, et cetera). This way, you can mostly disable stuff that you're not currently using, which can be helpful if Source Filmmaker starts crashing due to indexing too many assets.
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