Hello there. I am wondering if there is a command to allow SFM to cause all water to reflect everything, kinda like how you can set that in TF2 so the water will reflect all models it see's. Mostly need this for a video I am working on. Any help is appreciated.

so I keep getting this "Game window smaller than SFM resolution" warning since I am running it at 1080p. So I try to set the -w -h and I am still getting nothing.

-w 1080 -h 1920 -nosteam -sfm_resolution 1080

That is the code I am using, do you see anything wrong with it?

Originally posted by ASZ20:

Select the keys by shift or ctrl clicking, then go to the first key and hit ctrl+c, then wherever you want to paste them go there and hit ctrl+v. Very simple.

That was the first guess but it never worked. Do I have to set it up in my settings?

I am wondering if it is possible. So far all I can find is that its impossible and all people ever recommend is to do it threw motion editor. Personally I hate motion editor with a passion. So has anyone found a way to copy/paste the keys made in graph editor?

Any help is appreciated.

I was wondering if it as possible to set a models opacity levels? Not like going invisible like the spy. Just the ability to set how much opacity they have. I am trying to make a fading effect with a particle that is attached to the model so it "dissipates" into the air for a video. Due to the lighting using the spy invisibility would actually do more harm than good.

Any tutorial on how to create walk cycle like the sequences Valve created? When I make a sequence threw 3ds max, mine only goes from A to B for the distance I animated it at.. So how is it that the A to B cycle Valve created go on for what seems like forever.. This would be great help to me.

Was wondering if someone has or would possibly make a script that can allow the resize of anything in game. Props, models, etc. Maybe with a even easy to use feature like the ones you see in 3d programs like 3ds max.

Originally posted by Surfsideaaron =FSG=:

Well im assuming you always check your render settings before render right :/? Like the DOF passes, even the change in lighting will effect your render most of the time, all that stuff

Ya everything is set exactly as how I have always been rendering my films. It just seems like after the latest update everything has slowed considerably down. So I was wondering if perhaps something graphics related was changed or placed to be activated in the settings.

Originally posted by Surfsideaaron =FSG=:

Uhhhhh, its very normal waiting that long........SFM needs to render everything >.>

Before the update I was rendering the same scenes much faster than before.. 30 seconds of footage rendered out in 5 minutes, 10 at most. I just wonder whats the difference from then and now.

Hi everyone. I have been curious about something for awhile now about Source Filmmaker and any information would be greatly appreciated. Whenever I finish my projects I notice that the render time is insanely long for my videos that are only 30 seconds to a minute long. Rendering out at 720p it takes maybe a hour for every 30 seconds my video has. Now these videos have little to no props and are largely just animations. I have tried to render at 1080p but get double, if not triple the rendering time. Just to be specific I render out as image sequence under PNG format.

Now my PC is anything but normal. It was build for gaming in mind so this thing is stocked and build custom by me. Here are the specs.

MSI 990 FX
EVGA GTX 480 (x2 SLI linked)
AMD FX 8150 (Eight-core)
Corsair vengeance 32gb
1.5 TB hard drive (x2)
Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)

So is it just me or shouldn't I be rendering this stuff out almost instantly? Am I missing something in the setting? Is their a way to enable CUDA rendering? Is their a faster way to render things out that doesn't require lowering the quality? I am totally at a loss here and would really appreciate the help guys. Thanks to anyone that can answer.