- The 2017 Saxxy Award nominees are in and I ve already picked the winners - 15 March 2018
If you haven’t heard of the Saxxy Awards , then you’ve been missing out. It’s an annual Source Filmmaker competition orchestrated by Valve, and I reckon this year has a particularly strong crop of nominees. The official winners will be announced later today, but who cares about that? I’ve saved Valve the trouble and already picked out the best ones below. (more…)
- Monday morning machinima: watch the Saxxy winners - 21 November 2016
What use are Saturday morning cartoons? Who’s even around to see those? Mate, what I need is Monday morning cartoons. Some short fun cartoons around 10 on my first day back at work sounds just the ticket. So come on, let’s enjoy the 2016 Saxxy Award finalists and winners. Valve unveiled this year’s finest Source engine machinima on Friday night after I’d already flicked a match into the RPS treehouse and walked away growling “See you in hell!” as it exploded behind me (I didn’t look, obvs – I felt the heat), which means they’re handily here for me today as I sit on the floor amongst ashes. …
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.15 Released - 12 January 2015
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.15 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added missing materials from Left 4 Dead Content Pack DLC; * added latest Team Fortress 2 content; * fixed Add Team Fortress Item to work on non-hwm player models;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.14 Released - 9 December 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.14 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * Export Taunt Animation now exports facial animation;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.13 Released - 6 November 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.13 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added "Root Drives Pose Params" option to Import Sequence dialog, to allow rootTransform motion to drive move_x and move_y pose parameters; * fixed crash loading some new maps from Team Fortress (as soon as those maps are recompiled in the next Team Fortress update); * fixed error using sfmValveSetup.mel in maya batch mode; * fixed errors in maya sfm export manager;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.12 Released - 26 September 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.12 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * fixed game entities not drawing if the player isn't nearby;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.11 Released - 10 September 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.11 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added The Stanley Parable Content Pack DLC;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.10 Released - 4 September 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.10 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * updated Blade Symphony Content Pack DLC with new maps, models, music and sound effects; * added new Dino D-Day Content Pack DLC;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.9 Released - 27 August 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.9 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added Left 4 Dead Content Pack DLC with models recompiled to work in the SFM; * implemented infected shader to allow common infected to use L4D tinting (see new infected* attributes on the model in Element Viewer); * misc crash fixes;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.8 Released - 15 August 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.8 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added Import Faceposer Phonemes/Expressions to animationset editor for importing .txt faceposer files; * fixed detection of newer Intel GPUs as being DX9 capable; * fixed jiggle bones state to be valid when first added to scene; * misc crash fixes; * added Black Mesa Content Pack DLC;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.7 Released - 30 July 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.7 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * fixed missing assets in portal2_dlc1 and portal2_dlc2 (ie extracted them from their vpks); * changed usermod/gameinfo.txt to only contain the base set of search paths, to improve perf; * running the SFM from usermod with other mods not in your search paths now pops up a warning the first time; * added Edit Search Paths For Selected Mod to SDKLauncher, to make it easier to add/remove/reorder search paths;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.6 Released - 24 July 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.6 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * material var overrides now work with textures; * added Portal DLC; * added Blade Symphony DLC;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.5 Released - 8 July 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.5 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added Add Team Fortress Item context menu option to player models in the AnimationSet Editor; * Add Override Materials now automatically adds paint and cloak material vars if applicable; * added Remove Invisible Objects and Remove Muted Sounds under cleanup menus in the timeline; * added support for models with bone flex drivers; * updated python to allow external debuggers to attach to python scripts; * fixed incorrect bounding box for models with a scale on their rootTransform; * fixed color picker in element viewer to only add one undo per launch; * fixed Delete AnimationSet to first unlock any controls that are locked to the deleted animationset; * FBX SDK updated to 2014.2.1; * Maya DMX importer - Updated to import SFM unifo…
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.4 Released - 10 January 2014
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.4 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * implemented autosave (add -sfm_noautosave to your commandline to disable); * fixed applying rigs or locks to scaled models, and a variety of other scale bugs; * fixed camera animation export; * updated TF assets;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.3 Released - 17 December 2013
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.3 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added -sfm_startup_script commandline option that allows you to choose a python script to run at sfm startup; * changed "Show shot ID overlay" to a render setting, instead of an app setting; * transforms can now have (uniform) scale, and you can add an animatable scale control to models and bones in the animationset editor; * added maps, particles, materials, textures, sessions, shots and animations to the workshop; * removed Submit To Saxxy Awards menu item; * misc crash fixes;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.2 Released - 29 October 2013
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.2 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * added Submit To Saxxy Awards menu item; * added fbx2dmx utility; * fixed various crashes;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.8.1 Released - 31 July 2013
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.8.1 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Workshop: * removed ugc/steamid filename restriction on workshop files - models/jon_smith/props/bucket.mdl is now a valid workshop model name; * added basic filename conflict resolution on downloading workshop files; * fixed unsubscribed from workshop item not removing files if those are the last items; * added UI for updating workshop files (updating artwork and videos is done through the community website); Scripting: * updated python to version 2.7.5; * added PySide Qt bindings for Python scripts; * improved Script Editor user interface; * added global scripts menu; Misc: * added Add/Remove Override Materials menu item to right-click menu on models in the animationset editor; * dragging one animationset onto another now locks al…
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.7.7 Released - 23 May 2013
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.7.7 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * Added Day Of Defeat Content Pack as optional DLC; * Fixed Intel HD graphics chips not being detected as DX9-capable; * Fixed issue with Python paths and Maya DMX export manager; * Various vstBlendShapeUtils and vsBlendEditor bugfixes;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.7.6 Released - 8 May 2013
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.7.6 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * fixed startup crash introduced in 0.9.7.5;
- Source Filmmaker 0.9.7.5 Released - 7 May 2013
Source Filmmaker version 0.9.7.5 has been released. This update will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: * fixed Publish Image To Steam menu item incorrectly mapped to Publish Models; * -game command-line parameter now overrides VMOD/VPROJECT for easier mod switching;
