How can I create my own SFM model?

[76561198835072100]

I mean with the most simplest way.

[surfer171]

Nothing around the modeling department is considered simple kid, go through the hard way by going to classes made for 3D modeling only

[Zappy]

Originally posted by nagyarpi456:

How can I create my own SFM model? I mean with the most simplest way.

You may start off with finding and installing a 3D model creation tool which allows you to export to the Source engine's pre-compile DMX and/or SMD formats.
Blender is a popular choice, as it is free, is available on Steam (and also outside Steam), has a lot of features, and has a community-made DMX/SMD(/VTA) export plugin called the Blender Source Tools.
Then you should preferably look up tutorials on using the 3D modelling tool you decide to use, and then you have to export your model in the DMX or SMD formats, write a QC file to compile it, compile it, convert the textures to VTF, write VMT materials, and then you should hopefully be able to use it in Source Filmmaker.
A guide on much of the from-Blender-to-Source stuff can be found here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=245723825 (Note that while that guide may seem long at first, that's just because it has a lot of stuff, most of which will probably be irrelevant to you, meaning that you can skip over a lot of the guide so you only have to care about a small part of the guide.)

[Marco Skoll]

It would help if you gave a rough idea of the kind of model you had in mind - a human? A FNAF "OC"? A small wooden chest? A Chevrolet Stingray?

However, in none of the cases would I call it particularly simple...

[Leitmotif]

I dont think there are simpler ways, I think.

[76561198835072100]

So there is no SFM creator programe or something?
Or an online creator like this pony stuff? {LINK REMOVED}http://ponylumen.net/games/3d-pony-creator/

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by nagyarpi456:

So there is no SFM creator programe or something?

Other than fully fledged 3d modelling programs like Blender (which Zappy has already linked to a guide to), no.

The program FUSE used to be quite useful for creating humanoid characters, but it got taken over by a different company and it's been made pretty useless, removing all the functions for supporting the Source engine.

(And when it comes to something like that pony creator, it has a very simplified format to work to).

Also, you still haven't told us what kind of model you have in mind, so we really can't tailor our advice to be more helpful.

[Pte Jack]

and that pony editor, even though it says does SMD models, doesn't create them corrrectly. They don't compile properly.

[Capt Fuzzy]

When it comes to 3D modelling, I've learned that there is no easy way.
There's only the 'right way' and the 'wrong way'... lol

[surfer171]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

When it comes to 3D modelling, I've learned that there is no easy way.
There's only the 'right way' and the 'wrong way'... lol

Coming from myself who just went through 3D modeling class, it’s a tough job to even shape something from standard shapes, to mold them around and hoping it comes out the way it should be from our heads. But once you’ve nailed it, there’s that satisfaction coming in and it’s all worth it though it’ll be more worth it if you start getting into every little details

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Actually, there is the easiest way to get your own model of any kind. Hire someone to do it. It's true.

[surfer171]

Psh… yeah, how many hundreds can we guess inside OP’s wallet to actually cater to the cost of making a full fledged working model

[Eu vou ti explodir e quitar]

i don't know why it's so hard to change a SMD/DMX file to a mdl file. THEY ARE BASICALLY THE SAME ♥♥♥♥.

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

NECRO ALERT

You know nothing lol. Seriously, why in the world you necro this old thread for an unrelated and unnecessary rambling you know nothing about?

[Camorra]

i dont know

[Steve]

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