I won't be posting this to the workshop, you can use it fine without.

Do you have all TF2 content working in SFM? Can you load TF2 maps? All the textures used are stock TF2 assets that your base SFM should have unless you've messed with mounting and didn't mount TF2 content.

What materials do the panels display? Nobody else has been having this issue.

Hey again!

I've created a model which is a simple one-sided plane, it might not seem useful at first but it can be used for many things such as set-building or reflections via RT cameras. It is designed for ease of use allowing easy selection of texture through skins and an easy way to resize the panel through bodygroups.

This model has 16 different skins and 8 different sizes (64x64-8192x8192), sizes are changed by right-clicking the animation set, browsing to the "Set Body Groups" dropdown and choosing a desired size from the panel bodygroup.

Textures for the skins are located in materials/models/texturepanels/, each VMT matches the skin ID in-game. The model comes with 16 skins using stock TF2 materials set up by Zachariah but these are easily customizable for your own needs.

You can horizontally flip a texture if desired (for reflections mainly), to do so you want to select the "hidden" entry in the panel bodygroup and select an appropriate size from the panel_flipped_horiz bodygroup.

Check out Zachariah's tutorial to see it in action and see a few uses for this model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBek73--ZOs

Download: http://s3.jimbomcb.net/sfm/texturepanel.zip

Hey guys, me again. The recent SFM update broke the script, specifically creation of the rig grouping. It's all fixed though so be sure to download the latest script[raw.github.com] and replace the rig_automatic.py already existing. The script should also be functioning for SFM Roshan & Greevil.

Louis isn't in stock L4D2. He's in the DLCs which aren't supported yet, as the post says.

Hey!

So I've made a rigging script that is better than my other rigging scripts, this script downloads rig definitions from a JSON file I am hosting on a website. This means that I can add support for new rigs, fix existing rigs etc without you having to download a new py file each time.

This script currently supports L4D2 models and Alien Swarm models which were not compatible with the standard biped rig. More models will be added over time.

Keep track of the supported models HERE[sfm.jimbomcb.net].

Installation Instructions

Drop the .py file into your "SourceFilmmaker\game\platform\scripts\sfm\animset" folder, it will now be available in the animation set rigging menu.

Download

https://raw.github.com/jimbomcb/SFM_Rigs/master/rig_automatic.py

You can keep track of the git repo at https://github.com/jimbomcb/SFM_Rigs/

Hey. Over the last few days I've been working on a pack that, when mounted, fixes issues that occur when mounting the Left 4 Dead 2 content. This involves recompiling maps so they are functional in SFM, disabling models that crash SFM (due to engine limits in SFM that are not an issue in L4D2) and fixing infected skins.

This isn't all good news, not all maps were able to be ported across for example.

This pack has all the standard L4D2 content ported, no DLCs yet.

The good:

• Most L4D2 maps are now fully functional in SFM. A few improvements have been made, including removing prop fading so you don't have props popping in/out of shot when moving.
  
• Skins have been fixed for the common infected, previously they were using a L4D2 specific shader.
  
• Certain models should no longer crash SFM when loaded.
  
• Special Infected are working (Want IK rigs for the special infected? Check out my web-based rigging script HERE!)

The bad:

• Multiple maps were not able to be ported over. This is mainly due to engine limits. These include C1M3, C2M3, C3M3, C4M5 and C5M5. I'll see about trying to port these over again in the future.
  
• It's still possible SFM will crash, just much less likely. Don't expect to never crash again with this content.

The ugly:

• The maps were decompiled, this is not a precise process. This, coupled with the fact that SFM is missing some shaders (flowing water) and entities (fog, post processing) results in maps not looking great in some places, particularly the swamps.
  
• Some of the lighting in the maps are not as you would expect and it's pretty dark in places. This isn't all bad though, it's easy fixed up with some SFM-created lights.

Installation instructions:

It's simple, extract the 'l4d2_fix' folder into your SourceFilmmaker/game directory. Mount the content like you would any other game by adding the mounting line above your left4dead2 mount in your usermod/gameinfo.txt. This ensures that the fixed content has priority over the broken content.

If you haven't done so already, run the batch file that fixes invisible models. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2824377 - see step #3, run it inside your left4dead2 folder.

Now, when you load SFM, left4dead2 content should be functional.

Just for reference, here's my gameinfo searchpaths.

Download:
l4d2_fixes.rar (270mb)
[url]l4d2_fixes.7z (170mb)
[s3.jimbomcb.net]

I've made a guide on how to add decals to flat surfaces in the world via Particles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RDYGi_srCQ

I'm pretty sure he does that by simply switching the skin, one of the ways of doing that is tieing it to an animation set, right click, set skin.