Originally posted by DefectiveJoey:

Originally posted by iodbC.merry christmas:

I need to throw a hammer at my computer.

Don't you mean... Throw Hammer? *rimshot*

oh you

If I remember correctly, Valve has made tutorials for each. If that information is not enough for you to build off of, the SFM Community should have more detailed and in-depth tutorials for you. Search around YouTube and see what you find.

I spent many hours re-installing SFM, vertifying game caches, copy and pasting data to try and fix one of my sessions having a blank viewport...

...only to find out it was one of the Material Overlays doing this. This is because the overlay is missing from my folders, and, since the overlay color was black, made my entire screen blank.

So hey. If you're having this problem, check your material overlays just in case.

I need to throw a hammer at my computer.

Originally posted by commando24:

also i have a camera (camera 1) that i want to reposition but it says i cannot. how do i reposition a camera?

To reposition a camera, select its animation set and move it like you would normally.

Originally posted by commando24:

i'm pretty sure it has something to do with graphing. did i turn ON graphing and not turn it off? honestly graphing was a bit confusing for me.

You can only turn on and off the graph editor, not "graphing." Also, yes, depending on how you used it, it may be the graph editor.

Originally posted by commando24:

after finishing the graph editor i emidiatly jumped into pupiteering, but when i was at the part where you place a scout into the scene things went, weird. i placed the scout and i replayed my work but instead of me seeing the scout running, instead it was playing back me setting up the scout. i mean it played back me setting up the scout and positioning in the film.

You are selecting different instances of time and reposing the scout. This is why the Scout is acting like this. This is an easy fix; just refrain from moving the playhead when using the graph editor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvDHAAGN_Ls
Most information available in the link provided. Additional, miscellaneous information below.
(...Also, I'm sorry if this doesn't "belong" in this subform.)

• If you cannot use SFM for any reason, I accept GMoD or TF2 replays. I mainly need SFM entries.
  
• I need as many entries as possible. You can submit as many as you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZyX8-tsci0
(This version was scrapped due to a strange bug making textures dissapear in the viewport. I can provide a current version if requested.)

Anything you guys want to see? I already have a layout for the video set, but I can intergrate some of your ideas if you want.

Ah, ok. Thanks for the tip!

I render as an MP4, because AVI usually takes up a whole load of unnecessary space.

Originally posted by DefectiveJoey:

Pretty good, a lot better than I was expecting to be honest. The lighting could've been a little better.

Originally posted by TheRealWarrior0:

very nice work dude!
those lighting goes weird at 0:58 but the rest is awesome!!

Every damn time I render, the lighting looks fine when I preview.
When it hits Youtube, the video looks like I just threw black ink all over the video. So, I had to take drastic measures and increase the tonemapscale in every shot. That's why the rave scene at 0:58 looks strange. Any way to fix it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDjxEpNfnfs

Any comments? I'm only a beginner, and my first dose of SFM was from the Open Beta.