Source Filmmaker

Source Filmmaker

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Painting items.
By M_
This guide will teach you how to simply paint an item without scripts or any external programs!
   
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An important note.
Unfortunately, not every single hat works with this method. If you load it up and the parts that are paintable are black, then it most likely will not work. The paint will show up under lights slightly, but you'll have to be careful with how you edit the lights.
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1. Right click on the hat model in the animation set viewer and select Add Override Materials.

2. Right click again, hover over Show in Element Viewer, then select Model

3. Expand the option called Materials, and then expand what's underneath it (If the hat originally has team colouring, expand the one that has the teamcolour you want).

4. Next to $colortint_base, there'll be a box. Click it, and then you can go wild with the colours. If you want the exact paint values, search them up and put the RGB values in R, G and B.

If you have any questions, just ask.
18 Comments
gerhrtwetjrjtghdfrgsewr 30 Nov, 2019 @ 12:30pm 
There's no materials option
white Demoman 9 Jan, 2017 @ 11:02pm 
I recommend using this on white things. It's easier.
knullet (rivet) 17 Nov, 2016 @ 11:14am 
The colour doesnt change.... :(
hashbrown pussy 14 Nov, 2016 @ 5:41pm 
Please help me! When I open the color box for hats the color box is off screen! :steamsad:
asyashi 12 Nov, 2016 @ 1:56am 
It changes the shade of blu/red but not the acctual colour
asyashi 12 Nov, 2016 @ 1:52am 
I do this for the defiant spartan which supports paints is not black and i did all of the steps ON teh cosmetic. I change the colour in the viewer but it doesnt not change it in the sfm world
Timmy 10 Nov, 2016 @ 10:38am 
@Munchy: There's some Workshop items that fixes the texture. But require the Workshop files be more priority than TF2 ones.
Túrin Turambar 5 Aug, 2016 @ 10:31am 
Thank you for good guide, mate. 😀
LSD 22 Jan, 2016 @ 5:12pm 
oh, I see. Thanks anyway!
M_  [author] 22 Jan, 2016 @ 5:00pm 
Aside from manually colouring the texture, I don't know, sorry.