Meet the Soldier Remaster (SFM)
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- Meet the Soldier Remaster is an enhanced and reworked version of the original 2007 animated short Meet the Soldier, released by Valve.
The original animation files have been released with Source Filmmaker, but various aspects of the animation were broken, so I decided to fix these problems and improve upon the project itself.
The most notable differences are:
- Improved lighting
- Better quality Title Card
- Use of enhanced models
- Improved/added character animation (such as facial expressions)
- Fixed various clipping problems (such as model clipping)
- Removed unused or unseen elements from the scenes (such as invisible particles)
- Organized every element in every Shot by Cameras, Models, Particles and Lights
- Fixed Fence heads Texture
Check out the project here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
Made in 120h.
00:00 - Meet the Soldier Remaster
01:23 - Comparison
02:49 - Download now on the Workshop!
Links:
- Video on Steam: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
- Download on the SFM Workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...
- Thumbnail / Poster Breakdown: • Poster Breakdown 9: So...
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- Discord Server: / discord
- Steam Group: steamcommunity.com/groups/Spy...
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It's out! Check it out here: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2563686126
And finally, I want to add to the existence of this project in the first place and a few answers:
It is *not* just a light and particle "enhancement". It's a whole re-worked session that fixes all broken models, inconsistencies with the shots, missing animation (such as Soldier's upper face and eyes), organization of all Shots per Model, Lights, Particles and Cameras, enhanced models and some other additions. You could say this is a "Meet the Soldier Enhanced" session.
The original session was beyond broken from any standpoint (very old session files tend to break overtime), and I just wasn't happy with the result. So I took it upon myself to fix all the possible issues and preserve the session in its full quality, *up to todays standards*.
Forsome, the particles were off-putting. I'd like to say that yes, this was a personal choice, but that's a custom parameter you can enable/disable on your renders. I used them here since I had them installed at the time and it looked nice, however the video itself is not the main scope of the project; the re-worked session file is.
As for certain edits made to the camera/lighting/shutter speed (or motion blur), standards have changed since 2007 (the year the original animation was made) so some aspects had to be re-worked to look decent today, *especially the smoothing of the camera movement.* It was very, *VERY* shaky and "stuttery" at 60 fps, very noticeable and distracting. This is mostly a result on how the original camera animation was recorded; with mouse movement, which is fine on its own, but in classic SFM fashion, most animations generated this way have small frame-pacing issues, so the only way to fix them is to re-animate said camera movement. Not ideal but fixes the problem.
About the framerate, I only rendered it at 60fps to showcase the animation work that had been done to the session, *it is by no means a statement on how "60 fps is better because more is good" because it isn't.* You can render this animation in whatever framerate you like, this is just one way of showing the project.
Same goes for the motion blur. It was so blurry at 60fps you couldn't even make out any details on the scene. *High frame rate does not match well with high amounts of blur*. However as mentioned previously this was a personal choice and can be changed when rendering the animation.
With all that said, *think of this project as focused on preserving the session file itself, not my rendition of what a "Remaster" would look like.* The latter is purely personal in terms of its rendition.
It might be something that you don't like, and that is perfectly Ok! I like to think this is a community where new ways of looking at things are always welcome by everyone, so I thought I'd do my part and make this project.
Well, that's it, thank you all for stopping by and watching the video!
Thank you!
Rocket Effect From Team Fortress 2 Classic
Never Forget Son ! All Ways Remember ! Dying is Gay !
Alternate title, soldier gets 10 random crits and kills the entire blu team in high fidelity 4K
If Rick May could see what you have done, he would be so proud of you
I really adore the details of soldiers head movement, when the camera reveals that he was talking to severed heads.
Thanks, had to think for some time if I was going to include that on the final product, though I think it was worth it.
@@SpyKeTF2 it definitly was.
I like that he look from left to right,
and then looked at the fallen head
Before the heads are revealed they are actually all the same head if I remember right
It actually doesn't work because it drags viewer's attention from the dead heads to the soldier's moving head.
The soldier almost doesn't move in that part in the original, it was directed that way for a reason.
The fact that this currently only has 10k views should be criminal
R.I.P. Rick May
74k views my man
94k
It's 101K views now
He's already rocket jumping to heaven, everyone.
You did good, son, some say you're the greatest
RIP Rick May.
"Godspeed, you magnificent bastard."
I think it’s amazing that as we consider it remastered, it gets closer to the more cartoony style of the pre-release footage from tf2 in like 2006
I really loved that cartoon style, I wish they kept it in game :/
@@UsedNameTag13I don’t. I’m glad they removed it.
@@HMSHOOD1920thats your own opinion but it looked at least cool!
@@TheEngineerThatsEngiHerethat's your own opinion but it looked at least too goofy, imagine meet the pyro in that style
@@bumpersincapped tf2 is objectively a goofy game, love the artstyle they had geuiniuses working on the game, but TFc for some reason as a game hits different.
"God speed, you magnificent bastard."
Rest in peace Rick May🕊
It’s like going back to a game you thought had amazing graphics as a kid but instead of it being worse than you remember it’s so much better
Its like you making cringe. Shut up and get lost
this is very well made honestly. even the outro looks nice
Thanks, I do my best in most of my projects.
@@SpyKeTF2"Most"? Lol
0:20 I really like the detail of his hat going down
and Spy's tooth looking like it had a trace of blood following it
and him looking at the heads
and the blood underneath Medic's head
and I think that's the definition of remastering something
not just making it look good but adding stuff like this that makes it more interesting
Man, when the camera faced all the heads on the fence it's so cool to see Soldier's head movements that were added in from the original and the way he watched the dead medic head fall to the ground. Possibly one of the greatest remastered features ever, my congratulations to you!
Thanks
3:04 I almost had a heart attack
Missed the opportunity to name it "meet the soldier rtx on"
source 2 tf2 leak
The detail of the point turning from blue to red at 1:04 was a very nice touch.
Thanks for noticing it!
I didn’t notice lol
The reflection was such a good move.
rest in peace rick may you will be missed
Thanks for the remastered
Rip rick may ✊🇺🇸
I'm a bit late but holy shit this turned out so well, good job man
Thank you
Aside from Sedisock's Meet the Heavy remaster, I would argue, that it's another Meet The Remaster that just makes it inferior to the original. Notice that at 1:58 in the original the background clearly contrasts with the soldier, but in the second one, it matches his skin - and is not blurred. Was all of the aperture in the camera put at zero? The lack of blur looks very jerky in the hand-held scenes. And the cartoony explosion particles, that are really good in the game, as they perfectly match the built-in lighting - not only stand out from the blood particles that have not been replaced, but they just stand out from everything really. Aside from that - the rendering quality is absolutely fantastic, You nailed that!
Thank you for your feedback!
Most of the things that have been changed in relation to the original were due to the 60fps 4k adaptation, such as the camera movement and the reduction of the aperture and shutter. I opted to reduce the blur quantity, as high framerate with high amounts of blur don't usually mix well (results in very blury video). The ligthing position and composition were personal choices, as in the end it all comes down to preference. And in regards to the blood particles, I unfortunately couldn't find any good ones. They were either ultra-gory or looked like exploded juice. But thanks again for the constructive feedback!
@Hoovy Tube Alright, thank you for your help and dedication! I've sent a request as FilipeLuk.
Never Forget Son ! All Ways Remember ! Dying is Gay !
Don't listen to this guy, the explosions and rocket trails are really good, much improved over the original game. Also, what is he even talking about with the background not matching soldier's skin color?
@@weemissile my dude, delete your comment.
0:33 I liked the fix of the camera in this scene.
the fact that this is so underrated is absolutely mind boggling, this is so well done and deserves a lot more attention
Appreciate it!
I like how Soldier's speech is echoed in this animation. Marvellous work, pal!
P.S. Fly high, Rick May
0:39 is that what sniper said
This is freaking amazing I absolutely love the lighting!
Thank you
@@SpyKeTF2 hey do u know jim french and desine nickerson
A really nice remaster with some great little additions added that weren't in the original! Though a few changes I would have done personally for my preference was increase the Depth of Field range to be a bit more blurrier in the background, a touch more motion blur overall, and change the world lighting to be a bit more yellow as it looks more white in here.
I don't want any blur, I'm sick of it, My eyes are dying.
Yeah some of the background blur (as a result of camera focus, e.g. the Heavy being blown up at the beginning) being taken out is a slight downer for me. But overall, this is definitely a massive improvement.
white? or the contrast is just too high?
@@johanneskohn White. Like at 1:57 the original has more of a yellow/orange tint, as if the sunlight as almost in the evening. The remake here has a more modern "white" sunlight as if it's noon.
A noticeable giveaway that a video is made in SFM is that has that orange tint to the lighting.
But the lighting here is white because of the light entities OP used since the world light was removed (what gives that orange tint).
Honestly this is very underrated, if this is what the original looked like than MAN this would've looked ahead of it's time, more than it already did. Very impressive work, man :)
To think this could be achieved back in 2007 is something that still surprises me today, so I pushed the engine to its limit and, well I guess this is the result!
To be fair, I love them both so much, and you put so much work into it and it’s downright beautiful, but I find the 24fps oddly charming and I think it works well
It’s awesome to see a remaster of one of the funniest meet the team videos, also, Rest In Peace Rick May… Godspeed You Magnificent Bastard.
The addition of soldiers cardboard friends and Sniper talking to jarate sent me into orbit sjdhjsjs
Soldiers stupidity and me being a military geek easily makes him one of my favorite characters
I love how the detail of his head having a shadow is great because the original have not alot of shadow its a great improvement.
2:10
this shot is just awesome in the remaster.
The original was so blurry and you can't distinguish anything
The remaster is just perfect...
The lighting, the colors, etc
Thank you!
My God it never ceases to amaze me no matter how many times I watch this soldier video original or remake, that sun zu line takes me 10 seconds to register how stupid it is, my brain goes with it for 10 seconds then registers and spits it back out for my next viewing!!! Great remake by the way!
The new toon-ish particles really add to the scene, it's amazing. Well done :)
Phenomenal. Holy shit. Impressive. I expected such quality from you, but anyhow, good shit!
This looks objectively better
Honestly the most impressive recreation I've seen of a meet the team short, good fucking shit
Appreciate it!
The shadows in the remaster were very well done
While many parts of it do look really good and like genuine improvements, one thing I think it lacks that it severely needs is camera focus, aka having the background be a bit blurry when the focus is the character
I really love this, it's great. My only comment is that I don't understand the omission of focal distance/aperture in the remaster. May be a personal preference but makes cinematics look leagues better.
I removed completely the background blur during the "action shots", where Soldier is walking around the map, and kept it only (although somewhat reduced) in the still shots, where he is talking to the camera.
The reason behind that is that this video was rendered in 4k 60fps to show its full quality. I usually don't prefer 60fps for animations, as it looks very smooth, but the same applies to the focal distance situation: it looked very blurry, and as such, would fail to reach the goal of showing the full quality of the project. Same with the motion blur. I reduced the shutter speed so that there wasn't so much blur to the point you couldn't even see what was on screen. I hope you understand.
@@SpyKeTF2 nah I understand. like I said, its preference.
The video was so brilliant, my phone couldn't run the first 10 seconds on 1440p in 60 fps
This is criminally underrate.
I love the explosion effect used
i appreciate this coming out in May in honour of Rick May
I don’t know why it doesn’t deserve 1 Million views.
Ahh
That's beautiful
I'm still surprised how people can make and remaster animations
Community of sfm is just awesome
Thanks for remaster and keep going 👍✌️
Appreciate it!
Wow, the remaster is indeed better imo, I didn't expect that
This is very cool. I don’t know why. But the explosion effects looks so much better than In-game one
I really like what you did with the cartoonish explosions
Rest in Peace, Rick May.
Im glad you made the part where soldier is running towards the battlefield a bit smooth cause good lord that part was always nauseating
True that, at high framerates it became very obvious, so I had no choice but to smooth it out, and I think it still looks good.
The explosion effects look so clean
I swear the explosions look cartoony. I love this still!
idk how much this would affect the game but a sentry that stops aiming when it shoots sounds like a good idea
It would make it kind of useless though, since if a player moves then the sentry has to track again to start firing, making then the Scout a counter to the Engineer instead of the other way around ;p
bro, this looks so much more cartoony and i love it
I love this so much it looks official. Sad this game isn’t getting updates anymore
0:44 I never actually was able to see what they were fighting against before. Yeah, they'd be dead within seconds lmao.
A non-pocketed heavy, a demo that is literally about to die, a soldier, and a sniper vs a lvl. 3 sentry, pocketed heavy, soldier, pyro, scout, demo, sniper... DEAD.
i was lowkey expecting this to take creative liberties and stray away from what made the original good, but no its like PERFECTLY IN TUNE. no missed beat. SOLID SHIT.
The only thing I wish you kept retained from the original was the end poses of the whole team.
In the original, they actually had the camera moved closer to Soldier, instead of just being a full image being cropped and zoomed in on him.
Otherwise, stellar job!
1:06, (evil laugh), btw, really well done. You can definitely tell that this took tons of effort and hard work. This really made my day!
This is amazing!
My only gripe is the blood not being more red as opposed to vanilla's orange.
This is actually amazing, REALLY hope you're doing more lol
I like this because soldier's helmet no longer looks like a plastic bucket, now it's a real helmet
"Dear god"
This remaster and your work is amazing! Keep up the good work ;)
I like how the explosion is more cartoony and wacky. I love it.
“You were good son, real good. Maybe even the best!”
Bro I don’t know who is crazier: soldier or pyro both are beyond help, pretty sure god in TF2 couldn’t fix their mental states
This ain't a remaster. It's a godly remaster.
I like the original explosions and shotgun effects better. But the new movement and lighting is amazing.
Overall a 9/10. A good source 2 remake.
Thanks, but this is actually a Source 1 Remaster of the original Meet the Soldier Session
@@SpyKeTF2 Oh.. well it looks like source 2
It looks so much more colourful
This brought a great smile to start my morning. Godspeed.
you're doing gods work my man
Very nice. Lighting looks great and loved the use of the toon particles & trails. All in all, good work.
Thanks
Thank you for sharing the project
Good detail on the use of the toon particles those fit better with the TF2 art style that the default ones
The end reminds me of the edited meet the team videos with the funny stuff in the background and just all wacky stuff. Really takes me back.
Indeed, I was going for that effect too, to show what people could do with the project and come up with their own ideas
@@SpyKeTF2 That's nice keep up the good work dude.
Severely underrated! Personally, I always found the he cartoony particles look better than the ones in the game. The lighting is also smooth as butter. Loved the video!
Thank you!
@@SpyKeTF2 :)
damn this looks so sick and the rendering looks absolutely amazing, great job!
more ppl should see this masterpiece!
Thanks
This looks really good! Well done!
finally, one that isn't just a mesh of remakes of meet the soldier and actually is a remaster
The camera man recording this: 🗿
Meet the soldier is the most underrated among the meet the team videos imo.
This video is pure art, fly high Rick
Thank yoi for remastering Meet the Soldier. Rick May would be very proud of you, Soldier.
YES I LOVE THIS AMAZING WORK AS ALWAYS
Dude this is some next level stuff, amazing work!
Thanks
If only rick may could have seen this
Rip rick may
I love the way the explosion were made a little more cartoony looking just like original tf2 was meant to look
Every time I watch this it just makes me wait the "Meet the Spy Remaster" with even more eagerness
I was initially jarred by the different particles on Soldier's rockets but honestly this looks incredible. Would love to see something like that in game! Great work on the project in general, it might look different but it retains a faithful spirit.
The video quality is nuts!
This is one hell of a great job!
I like how even in the remaster you can see soldiers eyes when he says zoo
This is *beautiful.*
It’s like the game came out THIS YEAR.
Such quality and effort, you definitively deserve more subs.
Your comment is already helping me in that, so thank you!
Rest in peace, Rick May… You were an incredible legend no matter which character you voiced. That being either an harsh soldier, a selfless hare or a creepy monkey, you know how to make the characters you voice legends! Don’t forget to do Rocket Jumps, Barrel Roll and to never give up and trust your instincts in haven.
All this time later, I still love that little evil laugh he does.
That said this is beautifully reconstructed. I adore it
Amazing work
Absolutely fantastic, the one thing the original has over this is the chase scene, because the fact that it’s too shaky to see anything makes it seem like a cameraman struggling to keep up and I love that detail
I bet youtube will recommend this to everyone one day soon and it'll get hundreds of thousands of view.
As of writing it's only at 10k 2 months after release.
2 Days later and it's got an extra 7000. Somethings going right.
watch in 480p. you'll feel nostalgic asf.
Nice work with this man!
Thank you