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MidnightRose has Source Filmmaker

Oct 9, 2015 @ 2:28pm

Tutorials for creating an OC for MLP or anything really?

Are there any documents that could help me? I'm just starting in sfm and the video tutorials aren't helping me.

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Agent Ulgrin has Source Filmmaker

Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:08pm

Why do you want to make an oc from a toddler show?

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Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:11pm

Originally posted by Flame Buster:
Why do you want to make an oc from a toddler show?

Why do you FNAF kids like to make robots have feelings and dates?
Also OC animatronics?

Shots fired.

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Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:14pm

Originally posted by MidnightRose:
Are there any documents that could help me? I'm just starting in sfm and the video tutorials aren't helping me.

As for your question, I don't work with ponies, but I know some people are nice enough to make people's OCs. Also, is there a pony template you can put your OC's textures on and import to SFM?

Last edited by < blank >; Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:14pm

Agent Ulgrin has Source Filmmaker

Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:15pm

Originally posted by SpookicatedKevin:
Originally posted by Flame Buster:
Why do you want to make an oc from a toddler show?
Why do you FNAF kids like to make robots have feelings and dates?
Also OC animatronics?

Shots fired.

I don't do the first one,and I don't do the second one anymore.

BTW,Not all FNAF fans are children.

Detonatress has Source Filmmaker

Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:19pm

Originally posted by MidnightRose:
Are there any documents that could help me? I'm just starting in sfm and the video tutorials aren't helping me.

If you want to make a true OC and not just a recolor, you will need Blender, a free 3D modeling software. The tutorials for it can be found here: https://cgcookie.com/learn-blender/
The software can be found on steam here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/365670/

If you just want to make recolors, you need:
A pony (workshop is full of them)
Photoshop or corel or similar programs for painting.
VTFEdit for converting custom textures, as SFM only accepts VTF images, nothing else.
Add Override Materials (right-click on the pony's name in SFM for this)
Element Viewer (can be accessed after right-clicking on the name and then Show In Element Viewer > Model)
A $basetexture attribute and string (click the + of materials, then right-click the name of the material, Add Attribute > String, and type the path to your custom VTF, which must be somewhere in a materials folder).

R234

Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:48pm

Originally posted by Flame Buster:
BTW,Not all FNAF fans are children.

And yet you assume all MLP fans are. Hypocrisy at its finest.

episoder

Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:58pm

you can build a custom pony here. http://ponylumen.net/games/3d-pony-creator/

download the smd. d/l only seems to work in g's chrome tho.

use blender and blender source tools to import, check it and make it work. then you gotta learn to compile it. @ptejack got a tutorial. or you can use info from here and for specific commands here. i recommend exporting and using dmx file format for the compile. it's a lot easier to make facial expressions work.

for the textures try gimp with the vtf export plugin. learn to paint. you need some material files too. you can find info about that here and perhaps there. there's also a cheap eye material. i won't search for that now.

but/and... don't even think about uploading it to the workshop. it's your's only. 'we' don't need it.

Last edited by episoder; Oct 9, 2015 @ 5:59pm

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Oct 9, 2015 @ 6:09pm

Originally posted by episoder:
but/and... don't even think about uploading it to the workshop. it's your's only. 'we' don't need it.

Indeed, people who upload pony OCs to the WS get so much hate comments and no downloads. I would suggest not to, either.

Detonatress has Source Filmmaker

Oct 9, 2015 @ 6:24pm

Originally posted by R234:
Originally posted by Flame Buster:
BTW,Not all FNAF fans are children.
And yet you assume all MLP fans are. Hypocrisy at its finest.

We're all hypocrites. Just that sometimes we're more hypocritical than other times, and some of us more often than others.

Pte Jack

Oct 9, 2015 @ 6:55pm

@episoder That SMD exporter does not (or didn't the last time I created a OC pony for someone) work properly, I've had a chat with the site owner and there is a problem in the way the site builds the skeletal features for the model. You can texture the pony there and download it so you have the textures and the cutie mark, but then have to use the Pony Source files and blender to build the pony over. Some of the manes, tails and wings that are on the site are not available in the Pony source (maybe they're in mane 6?? not sure I'm not a brony).

Originally posted by Flame Buster:
BTW,Not all FNAF fans are children.

I am sure that there are more grown up fans of MLP than there are of FNAF by a long shot!!
Most raised their kids with the show and became avid fans themselves. The kids... most of them got sick of it because the parents were watching it all the time! lol

Last edited by Pte Jack; Oct 9, 2015 @ 6:56pm

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Oct 9, 2015 @ 7:11pm

Originally posted by Pte Jack:
@episoder That SMD exporter does not (or didn't the last time I created a OC pony for someone) work properly, I've had a chat with the site owner and there is a problem in the way the site builds the skeletal features for the model. You can texture the pony there and download it so you have the textures and the cutie mark, but then have to use the Pony Source files and blender to build the pony over. Some of the manes, tails and wings that are on the site are not available in the Pony source (maybe they're in mane 6?? not sure I'm not a brony).

Originally posted by Flame Buster:
BTW,Not all FNAF fans are children.

I am sure that there are more grown up fans of MLP than there are of FNAF by a long shot!!
Most raised their kids with the show and became avid fans themselves. The kids... most of them got sick of it because the parents were watching it all the time! lol

Funny thing is, it's probably gonna be the complete opposite when FNAF movie comes out. "Ma! Start da frickin' cair! I wanna go shee Fuhnaf movey!" "NO, SON" "Wut aboot mai Fuhnaf merchandice, too? I need de shecksy Chica shurt. I'll sit at de cool keds tabel wen I git me hurnds ern dat."

Also, what you said about MLP is true. MLP has been around for a while, no wonder why there are so many fans. Also, Lauren Faust is good at making shows (Loved FHFIF growing up, PPG is okay, too), even though I didn't like MLP when I tried watching it, but I can understand the appeal.

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episoder

Oct 9, 2015 @ 7:56pm

okay. it's probably hard for a 'newb'. i really tried. mine came out. got some NANs in the smd. broke the forearms. the morph target are death. it got a punch on a eye texture. but...

i got a pony. i'll do it when i feel like it. XD

Last edited by episoder; Oct 9, 2015 @ 7:57pm

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Oct 9, 2015 @ 8:06pm

Originally posted by episoder:
okay. it's probably hard for a 'newb'. i really tried. mine came out. got some NANs in the smd. broke the forearms. the morph target are death. it got a punch on a eye texture. but...

i got a pony. i'll do it when i feel like it. XD

Make a whole video on a "Possessed Pony" xD

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episoder

Oct 9, 2015 @ 9:57pm

nope. nope. and nope. i'll definetely not make a video with a pony. wtf. X)

one OC tho. once loaded...!!! maybe i could 'comb' a fur on it. i did a good piece on a model already. i don't wanna do that again tho. for a pony. it's damn work. that's why i scrapped it. :)

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