[OUTDATED] SFM is a DEAD END | TF2-Trifecta for Blender [OUTDATED]

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  • @MitchellsAnimations
    @MitchellsAnimations Рік тому +281

    The journey of an overthinking hooper

    • @Jeykit0
      @Jeykit0 Рік тому +5

      69 likes? Let me do nothing about it!

    • @abcdefgeorge7190
      @abcdefgeorge7190 Рік тому +5

      @@Jeykit0 "im 12 years old and i think 69 is funny"

    • @MatthewT394
      @MatthewT394 Рік тому +1

      @@abcdefgeorge7190 "I can't detect sarcasm"

    • @19dollarfortnitegiftcard33
      @19dollarfortnitegiftcard33 6 місяців тому

      @@abcdefgeorge7190 i imagined you typed that out and was like "yup that'll show em, show em im more older than you because old good and, young bad!!" like honestly please hop off 💀

    • @Jasdewisafarmer
      @Jasdewisafarmer 5 місяців тому

      @@MatthewT394”idk whats happening i just wanna be a part of this”

  • @Peterscraps
    @Peterscraps Рік тому +186

    I can remember when i first tried using porting a model to and from blender to modify it, one month and nothing to show for it. Now you can spawn every model with one click. The improvement to workflow over the past year has been insane.

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому +17

      things are bound to change for the better

  • @NotZucc
    @NotZucc Рік тому +286

    I had started many blender TF2 projects some time ago, and eventually gave up because it was just too much work to manually port assets, and lose functionality in the process. You've taken away all the frustration. I can't thank you enough. Keep kicking ass.

  • @Katy133
    @Katy133 Рік тому +148

    This is a game-changer for TF2 animators, thank you!

  • @Just_a_commenter
    @Just_a_commenter Рік тому +78

    Blender has come a long, long way in being much more user friendly... And with more people using it, we get bangers like this! This is why open source programs can be so freakin' awesome.
    I get how folks can see Blender as intimidating, but for real, this looks _incredible._

  • @DEWILL
    @DEWILL Рік тому +54

    This is some revolutionary shit, especially those texture glitch fixes with one click... Definitely gonna learn some day

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому +5

      sounds awesome! can't wait to see what you do with it!

    • @SteveAdmienn
      @SteveAdmienn 8 місяців тому +1

      Hey man, how di you get the tf2 v3 file? I cant find it anywhere.

  • @IgorNetoAnimation
    @IgorNetoAnimation Рік тому +15

    Just recently discovered your channel, you are stupidly underrated with the help you provide for the small Team Fortress 2 blender community!

  • @IGamebreadI
    @IGamebreadI Рік тому +4

    Shoutouts to you and the rest of the TF2 Blender Community (especially the Discord!). I have fully taken the BlenderPill and seeing stuff like this puts a bug dumb smile on my face! 😊

  • @MooseEgg1
    @MooseEgg1 Рік тому +9

    Yeah. I've been using SFM for the past few years, and honestly I think it's a great introduction into animation software, but as you said in the video, very limiting. (also decided to switch to blender a month ago, super excited to learn how to make animations!)

  • @zDxnis
    @zDxnis Рік тому +4

    Thank you for everything you done, it honestly makes animating so easy, less time consuming and fun. Being able to make tf2 animations without using a haunted software like sfm and not need to know how to be a master coder to successfully port things yourself.
    Carrying tf2 animation community on your back my guy.
    💪💪💪

  • @Alxium
    @Alxium Рік тому +26

    Amazing work! As a GMod animator, the only thing that keeps me from fully utilizing blender is the ability to easily spawn props and place them in the world. GMod is a different beast compared to SFM and Blender; it is closer to Stop Motion, but just on the computer, what with the physics engine and all.
    Either way, I look forward to giving it a try!

  • @Fleetwayy
    @Fleetwayy Рік тому +3

    my GOD dude i love you thanks so much
    been meaning to move to blender for so long

  • @Longlocks_1642
    @Longlocks_1642 Рік тому +2

    Outstanding, I'm a Blender animator and have always wanted to get into TF2 shorts. Thank you for providing us all with these great resources!

  • @KoKoparaCocopuffs
    @KoKoparaCocopuffs 10 місяців тому +2

    Dude when i heard Juana la Cubana playing on the FK rig i was laughing so hard and with the dance too.

  • @Fallkener
    @Fallkener Рік тому +5

    Ok, your content on TF2 Blender convinced me to switch to Blender from SFM. Thx

  • @cloudcake54
    @cloudcake54 Рік тому +3

    Once again another amazing video hisanimation. ^-^ Everything is explained very well. Thank you so much for all these great and helpful videos

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      i'm glad you like them! it is my pleasure!

  • @pathnode
    @pathnode Рік тому +1

    Yes, the implimentation of rigify in this tool is a huge upgrade!

  • @CharmineX
    @CharmineX Рік тому +1

    I just uploaded my first SFM, and this came to my recommendations just in time. Now I have another reason to do new things. Thanks for showing up!

  • @Freakmenn
    @Freakmenn Рік тому

    bro i read your goodbye notice and i totally get what you're feeling but i gotta note that what you have done for the community is absolutely insane. like it doesn't matter if you drop doing anything more, your impact is unprecedented

  • @DumbassofBamboo
    @DumbassofBamboo 10 місяців тому +1

    the fact that i just realised most people struggle with sfm makes the fact that emesis blu was made in SFM even more fucking insane

    • @eliottdeletraz97
      @eliottdeletraz97 5 місяців тому

      I use SFM to make art, but animation is pretty hard and so, I didn't use it.

  • @klepka4338
    @klepka4338 Рік тому +1

    Always in a loss for words by quality for every video, nice job lad

  • @J4WTRAP
    @J4WTRAP Рік тому

    You are a literal godsend, I just got back into TF2 after years and can't be bothered to get into SFM for stuff, this is so so helpful, ty !

  • @ShinyExuante
    @ShinyExuante Рік тому

    i cant explain how thankful am i to you for making this. I always tried to get into SFM but i just cant, either get some random issues that nobodys ever heard of or it just crashes. thank you so much!

  • @emily_embers
    @emily_embers 6 місяців тому

    I've been learning a tiny little bit of animation in blender trying to make viewmodel animations for tf2 mods (my first time ever animating), and am looking at maybe doing more intricate things once I'm done.
    This is incredible. Holy crap. I feel like I could actually do things with this now.

  • @PedroManX
    @PedroManX Рік тому +1

    That's really good!! nice job man.

  • @REDbird5
    @REDbird5 Рік тому +11

    Thanks for helping the newbies out👍 I’m sick of helping people who don’t know how to right click

  • @Dryfloorsign
    @Dryfloorsign Рік тому +1

    i love how scout's Default pose? looks like he's standing. its dosent even look like an A, its just standing

  • @kare5345
    @kare5345 9 місяців тому

    Thanks for this, I cant imagine what this would have been like for me doing this manually!!

  • @RandleBeckford
    @RandleBeckford 4 місяці тому

    Wow, this is amazing. I am definitely going to have a play with this. If I could subscribe a billion times I would. Keep up the good work

  • @elbenja7177
    @elbenja7177 Рік тому +2

    cool stuff, now i can use toon shaders in tf2 posters instead of manually adding the effects in paint with the already rendered image

  • @Dryfloorsign
    @Dryfloorsign Рік тому +1

    holy shit i love faceposer. it looks like shapekeys which i like to mess around with

  • @matejkolyt
    @matejkolyt Рік тому +2

    the outro music fells like this is chrismas gift thx (i know it¨s not chrismas but it is true)

  • @HeyGrouch
    @HeyGrouch Рік тому +1

    Love all the work you've put into this! I use it every chance I get- super useful!! :)

  • @emmet2123
    @emmet2123 Рік тому

    holy SHIT i cannot even begin to express how glad iam that this exists. i got scared that, with the outdated models on the models resource, id have to switch to sfm, but here comes this video like a saint. downloading rn

  • @Gudsun
    @Gudsun 10 місяців тому

    1:43 - 1:53 the engie dancing on the right to the music was so unexpected for some reason i played it back several times

  • @TreyAnimates
    @TreyAnimates Рік тому

    Thank god something like this exist. I was so worried that I would be able to do my TF2 OC art anymore

  • @avokka
    @avokka Рік тому

    I get that blender is free, but all this work and it's still free?? I'm amazed sir, definitely supporting once I figure it out myself!

  • @soimon
    @soimon Рік тому

    This has lowered the barrier to being ambitious with TF2 animation so much. Thanks for this incredibly exciting stepping stone 🙏

  • @tuberculosis377
    @tuberculosis377 Рік тому +2

    You are an amazing beautiful man, thank you for creating these tools, your highly impressive skills are valved

  • @chocogr2024
    @chocogr2024 Рік тому +1

    thanks again for the troubleshooting help!

  • @StickyTSF
    @StickyTSF Рік тому

    you were right! The old way was definitely outdated. This is SO much better! I’m just a little disappointed I can’t make Pyro do the conga, all jokes, lol. Bless you for this, especially since it’s free, we don’t deserve this kind of effort.

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      you can make him do the conga! source2blender.readthedocs.io/en/latest/TF2Vanilla/Animations.html#method

  • @The_Shoebill3D
    @The_Shoebill3D Рік тому

    installing this addon when you are tired feels like the psychological analog of shitting rusty barbed wire

  • @blacktiger6046
    @blacktiger6046 Рік тому

    Thank you Mr. Amazing Blender SFM Wizard Man. I shall use your wisdom to create some cursed high quality creations👍

  • @El.fish.the.chocolate
    @El.fish.the.chocolate 10 місяців тому +1

    Remember: emesis blue was made in 5 years on SFM... Juat immagine what purgatory it probably was...

    • @Fatih_M177
      @Fatih_M177 10 місяців тому +1

      It's an eternity on there.....

  • @floofykxtty
    @floofykxtty Рік тому +1

    incredible work! keep it up!
    I wonder how blender will compete if sfm source 2 ever releases though!

  • @coletrain41
    @coletrain41 Рік тому +1

    Legend. Once im done with my last SFM project, i'm making the switch :)

  • @akumaking1
    @akumaking1 Рік тому +1

    0:54 classic GMOD facial expression

  • @Krispizz
    @Krispizz Рік тому

    what a lifesaver, glad I don't have to buy a new gpu just to make tf2 animations and posters, great stuff

  • @dtravise9402
    @dtravise9402 Рік тому +2

    Thank you so much!

  • @Clydefoxy
    @Clydefoxy Рік тому

    cant wait for a comic style tf2 tv series to come out using blender

  • @Froggo_kek
    @Froggo_kek Рік тому

    bone merger looks perfect god i fucking love blender

  • @FlySoldierYT
    @FlySoldierYT Рік тому +1

    this is very epic and helpful video
    and also ty mate i could be very short part of this video

  • @MicronOnline
    @MicronOnline Рік тому +2

    A new Age is upon us 🙏🙏

  • @crazyhalo
    @crazyhalo Рік тому +7

    Honestly how I've felt for TF2/SFM for years, great video and hope those take the time to learn, cen0 did put it best in terms of feeling liberated.
    Once again great vid and great work.

  • @N1mix_
    @N1mix_ Рік тому +2

    Thank you for tutorial! Now i can do absolutely nothing as always

  • @InfamousInvictis
    @InfamousInvictis Рік тому +3

    Hey @hisanimations I am inevitably gonna pick up Blender for this exact reason as I have ambitions outside my UA-cam Channel. These tools look really awesome, especially for someone like me who's into TF2. At what point during my learning process should I started integrating your tools into my workflow. Would these tools throw me off? Should I get a feel for Blender before I start experimenting with these tools? Would love to hear from you!

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому +1

      absolutely, you should get a feel for blender.
      i have interacted with so many people who jump straight into blender, a program of infinite possibilities, just for the purpose of doing TF2 in blender. they don't even have a care for how it works, but have the gall to complain about not understanding something that they would've learned provided they watched some tutorials.
      i recommend watching andrew price's donut tutorials to get a feel for how blender works, how to navigate the UI, and etc.

  • @johnmmmmmm
    @johnmmmmmm 7 місяців тому

    0:24 god i cant stop laughing with this one

  • @Ub3rCharge
    @Ub3rCharge 6 місяців тому

    cant wait to get started on doing this :D

  • @masterh1854
    @masterh1854 Рік тому +2

    I think I better jump to blender, SFM is nothing anymore because of the year it came out and it was never updated, I think valve has no future for the program

  • @inferno3345
    @inferno3345 Рік тому +1

    oh neat, i didnt know about this. switching my team to this workflow

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому +1

      SWAQ

    • @inferno3345
      @inferno3345 Рік тому

      @@hisanimations youre a fucking saint btw, you saved my team of 30 so much timeeeeee

  • @StrawberryRaccoonNixie
    @StrawberryRaccoonNixie Рік тому +1

    Incredibly awesome!!!

  • @mirror_mania
    @mirror_mania Рік тому

    This is very helpful, thank you!

  • @Philiponbread
    @Philiponbread Рік тому +2

    Very helpful stuff :)

  • @MaxInGamesAnimator
    @MaxInGamesAnimator 5 місяців тому +1

    i have a question, how do you get the files to work like that 3:18. I tried to do that but couldn't get it right. sorry for asking

  • @DanilTheDanila
    @DanilTheDanila Рік тому

    Wow dude, this shit is insane! Big thanks to you for this addon and stuff. I cant understand why is your video is so unpopular, couse its so usefull. Blender is much better for me than sfm and it was such a pain in ass to importing a models from tf and geting them dressed. I would like to do a video on russian about this addon.

  • @BusBenchProductions
    @BusBenchProductions Рік тому +10

    hello, im hgaving toruble finding the TF2-V3 folder

    • @leonixcareca
      @leonixcareca 7 місяців тому

      the tf2-v3 file is in his ko-fi

  • @meowass1455
    @meowass1455 Рік тому +1

    Interesting concept

  • @humanharddrive1
    @humanharddrive1 Рік тому

    thank you for your service

  • @ShellShocked78-g3x
    @ShellShocked78-g3x 3 місяці тому

    UPDATE: i got it to work after my issues and im loving it! this addon is amazing!!!
    but uhh, ..
    do you think next update can add the MvM robots pls? ;3

  • @JBoehmGames
    @JBoehmGames Рік тому +2

    Any chance there will be an update to MercDeployer that'll allow for the spawning in of other SFM models so long as they follow the ValveBiped hierarchy and vmt materials? An update like that would be a massive step in removing the barrier between SFM and Blender for more than just TF2 creators, but all SFM users.

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      unfortunately, there's no chance. Merc Deployer is just a glorified way of appending/linking models. it loads a pre-made model from a source file while re-using textures and node groups. along with that, it does a few touch-ups to ensure the model works in its new environment. the addon does not decompile or re-rig a model in anyway

    • @JBoehmGames
      @JBoehmGames Рік тому

      @@hisanimations Right, but if a model is ported to SFM, it should be a source model that can be appended/linked, right? The biggest hang up I'd see would be the materials, I suppose, since yeah the vmts from material to material are different?

  • @CumulusHour
    @CumulusHour 11 місяців тому +3

    The Merc deployer won't work for me because Blender requires me to make a file path to the rig folder, but the program won't detect any of the blend files even though they're all in the same place. Could you please help me with this?

    • @30thCenturyFish
      @30thCenturyFish 5 місяців тому

      please someone help me. i have the same problem.

  • @tomasriquelmeg
    @tomasriquelmeg Рік тому +1

    1:51 god how did you make that

  • @elaynadiedinside
    @elaynadiedinside 6 місяців тому

    3:51 I have the latest version and I'm having this problem, what should I do?

  • @sweetlitlbumblb
    @sweetlitlbumblb 5 місяців тому

    "any cosmetic or weapon" *doesn't have professor speks*

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  5 місяців тому +1

      @@sweetlitlbumblb friendly item

    • @sweetlitlbumblb
      @sweetlitlbumblb 4 місяці тому

      @@hisanimations is that what it's called in the .blends?

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  4 місяці тому

      @@sweetlitlbumblb in wardrobe, yes

    • @sweetlitlbumblb
      @sweetlitlbumblb 4 місяці тому

      @@hisanimations thanks

  • @HunkofChunk
    @HunkofChunk Рік тому +1

    I am having trouble animating, the reason is when i try to animate heavy, I add a keyframe, shift f, (I even tried without shift f) pose it differently, add another frame, it gets stuck on the new pose, anybody having this problem?

  • @roryoconnor8959
    @roryoconnor8959 10 місяців тому

    This is incredible!

  • @Maybe_Duck
    @Maybe_Duck Рік тому +1

    more fire content? yes please!

  • @FrancisDoubleA
    @FrancisDoubleA Рік тому +2

    blender is cool but my toaster laptop says otherwise (rendering took me so long it crashed)

  • @E_Everything
    @E_Everything 4 місяці тому +1

    I use sfm for my animations but now I realize that sfm is really lacking compared to blender and im getting into gamedev and I use blender for my character animations

  • @tazzan
    @tazzan Рік тому +1

    peak.

  • @cateater999
    @cateater999 Рік тому

    this is beautiful

  • @Ninjagojosh
    @Ninjagojosh Рік тому +2

    So one, love this, its amazing, but one small issue i can't figure out how to fix, beard cosmetics dont seem to move with the face poser, am i doing something wrong or does it just not work yet?

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      these models use SFM models, meaning that the faces are HWM and do not match the in-game facial models

    • @Ninjagojosh
      @Ninjagojosh Рік тому

      @@hisanimations Gotchya, when selecting the facial hair things I notice they have shape keys or something (not a very technical blender user XD) that do move them with similar pose library things as the face has, I havnt messed with it much yet but is this the only way to move them to match the face? And is there ways to make them go extream like the face or am I stuck with the shape key options that are presented

  • @Demoknight_F
    @Demoknight_F Рік тому +1

    I have blender and sfm, but I haven't seen if it would work on my laptop

  • @doomguy_praetor
    @doomguy_praetor Рік тому +2

    i have the latest version of blender , but the mercs dont have colour and i dont think they are able to pose , i have all the blend , all the rigs , the tf2 trifecta , so...what should i do?

  • @zOOpygOOpert
    @zOOpygOOpert Рік тому

    SFM probably has code from the 90's considering source is built from goldsrc which is build off of the quake engine

  • @MrEggPuddle-
    @MrEggPuddle- 10 місяців тому +1

    For the TF2-rigs, do I need to install them all?

  • @shartbiscuit
    @shartbiscuit Рік тому +1

    hey man, i love what you do for the TF2 blender community. keep up the good work!
    the smile and frown on the face poser dont work for me could you help me out thx

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      will do! and if smile and frown flexes don't work, make sure that a class' script file is executed. it'll be the name of the mercenary + .py

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      it could also be that you aren't on the latest version

    • @shartbiscuit
      @shartbiscuit Рік тому

      @@hisanimations ey, thanks it works! btw how do you add taunts?

  • @theonlyandegg
    @theonlyandegg Рік тому +1

    Love the tool, love the content but holy moly what is that effect at 5 seconds. I need it please

  • @deegandoesthings
    @deegandoesthings Рік тому +2

    this add-on is so incredibly useful! question tho: any way to remove Sniper's glasses? thanks!

  • @glenn6657
    @glenn6657 9 місяців тому +5

    Where do I download the tf2 v3 ?

  • @AuthorMx
    @AuthorMx Рік тому +1

    This is incredible insane work, truly great props to you man thank you so much. Might be too early to ask but are you considering the possibility of other SFM models being compatible with these addons? Is it plausible that they already work with other workshop models? Regardless like I said before this is gonna save people hours upon hours worth of work, out of this world thank you for your hard work

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      thank you!
      and to answer your question, not really. however, i have planned to port the HWM L4D2 models, but i distance myself from the idea because i want to move away from porting as a whole. these ports would have been compatible with the face poser.

  • @seaman4541
    @seaman4541 Рік тому +1

    Even ceno0 himself said it

  • @NoaThisNoaThat
    @NoaThisNoaThat 7 місяців тому

    i really wish i could download this but 1. knowing me i would definitely do something wrong setting it up and 2. even if i wanted to i didnt know where the tf2 v3 thing is

  • @Bardor_Stonebreaker
    @Bardor_Stonebreaker 8 місяців тому +4

    Where do I find TF2-V3?

  • @lennyblox023
    @lennyblox023 11 місяців тому +2

    can you please change the download to be a .zip file again?

  • @jakpe8093
    @jakpe8093 Рік тому

    spine rotation for 3 of the bones in every mercs ik rig seem to rotate the characters lower half of the body (not sure if that's intentional).

  • @mr.m2675
    @mr.m2675 Рік тому +1

    now i just want to know how i can make gmod like ragdoll animations

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому

      that's near impossible to do, and i've only achieved it once

    • @mr.m2675
      @mr.m2675 Рік тому

      @@hisanimations but how did you do that?
      did you have a bunch of emptys on the rigidbody ragdoll with some kind of spring constraint?

  • @someniko02
    @someniko02 Рік тому +2

    Amazing job thank you!
    could u do a tutorial about importing the tf2 default animations into blender?

    • @hisanimations
      @hisanimations  Рік тому +2

      here's some documentation for that! source2blender.readthedocs.io/en/latest/TF2Vanilla/Animations.html

    • @someniko02
      @someniko02 Рік тому

      @@hisanimations thanks a lot! :D

  • @hisanimations
    @hisanimations  Рік тому +2

    WOW that bitrate is hot garbage

  • @GENIUSGT
    @GENIUSGT Рік тому

    I only wish Blender had SFM's superior UI.

    • @nt33_old
      @nt33_old Рік тому

      Same, Blender would be so much easier for me if the UI was simpler