10 rigging

[@youmenow1]

The program is much easier than I actually first thought, hell yes! Well done Valve, you always deliver :D.

[@mr.banana2370]

Comment sure is outdated

[@stopmationscreations1873]

@@mr.banana2370 too true

[@jigglyback2338]

same lol

[@FredbrStudios]

2:20 "the feet are staying on the ground" *pyro literally floating*

[@Penguinsfishing]

So useful for animating human locomotion.

[@MooshieGaming]

1:41 Nuuhhh!! My wheelbarrow !!! ;~;

[@SaviorOfEdge]

When I imagined that at that part, I died...thanks for making my day 😂😂😂😂

[@ThePirishman]

Looks like Valve is truly the best at everything, even tutorials :D

[@BelatedAudio]

You did not say press control S to save our work...you MONSTER.

[@richardtobing1760]

1:23 "once the motion is traced from the fk skeleton to the ik rig, the motion is deleted from the joints, and the ik rig becomes active" WTF does this mean?!! he never went over this!

[@MrMcgee-me6bu]

To understand this, you'll need to understand the difference between FK and IK. FK is forward kinematics, where moving the upper arm moves the chain of bones underneath it like the lower arm and hand. IK is literally Inverse kinematics, moving the hand moves the bones above it like the lower and upper arm. I suppose this is the tech jargon as to what actually happens when you switch between FK and IK in SFM, but I've never heard it described like this. Hope this helps, comment from 3 years ago

[@toGatherThinskin]

Very good tutorial-- to the point!

[@samlewis2426]

The fact that "if we rotate too far" makes the arms and legs try to stick in one place, is so... Funny.

[@Jimbomcb]

god damn, this is one of the best parts of SFM, thank you.

[@dumbfella689]

That's a red Scout when there is just a Red Pyro, Red Soldier and 2 Blue Scouts

[@mrscandyt]

You forgot to say "Hit Ctrl-S to save your work"

[@VeryMinorCaseOfBrain]

Watching these tutorials at 3am in the morning. I want the SFM so bad :(

[@yaahithresui1147]

It’s free

[@TheOfficialBrokeboy200]

@@yaahithresui1147 I think you are a lil late...

[@bloodyfug]

😂😂​@@TheOfficialBrokeboy200

[@woo-wer]

@@bloodyfug please, learn to write

[@MrInfernow]

Guys, everyone check your library now. Tons of people got SFM recently, but you don't always get notified.

[@Ificationer]

1:04 "we'll go over that later..." when? WHEN?

[@FRCMcManus]

Watch the other tutorials - puppetering is one of SEVERAL ways of animating. There is a keyframe like system, the graph editor is basically a keyframe system.

[@ORANGEGARBAGE07]

How would you animate a character's arms, or hands to make him do a hand waving action? I'm trying to make the scout wave his arms, and I've got all the joints that I don't want manipulated locked into place, and I've taken the part of his arm I do want moving changing in the shot, but it only moves slightly. Is there a way you can manipulate the arms without chopping frames to make it look almost like a stop-motion? Thanks!

[@Hobo_Knight]

I agree, SFM needs a key frame system, hope they can update that.

[@tseng61]

It's a colloquialism, though you're right. I don't think he intended for the am to be read because then it really doesn't make sense. People say 12 at night, but usually for later times it's "in the morning". Or you could use a 24 hour clock.

[@plasmatic3223]

I always enable the rig by dragging the playhead to the end of the shot. Because the model will tend to get distorted and messed up for no current reason at a specific part in the shot.

[@TheSentientCloud]

I taught myself topology quite easily, but this looks so foreign to me. Not completely--I have *some* BG in animation. But point being, math that is 4-5 years above my level is easier to me than SFM is o.O

[@VengD]

There are keyframes? If I understand keyframming right? You set a key at one pose, move forward in time, set a new key and change the pose. The character then changes the pose in between those two keys, right? That is how I use SFM anyway. The way they're doing it here leaves no controls over the details.

[@zurenea]

the way he said "lock them to the world" i cant LOCK THEM TO THE WORLD, I SAY

[@tokkelcs]

rigging is the way too go ...check this vid and rig ur player then hit the pelvis bone and drag it down ..then u see that the knee is bending ..i know its hard to do but it will work .also on the arm;s rig ur player and select the hands and rotate it and u see that the hole arm is moving

[@PastaMaster115]

But the Pyro's right hand still looks pretty messed up even with the pelvis rotation.

[@Jefrejtor]

Okay, but can't I achieve locking limbs to the world without the use or rigging?

[@thebungisound810]

around 86 hours in and i had no clue of this tricks! nice! VALVE PLEASE UPDATE THIS SOFTWARE!!!

[@JamesLikesJam]

I got SFM today, and I... feel overwhelmed.

[@SassyPaddy]

i sometimes cant move the bones of a ragdoll. i think it's because SFM is still in beta or something?

[@Sunesen]

That was something of an information overload.

[@MrMisterkrazy]

"Now the feet stay on the ground" ...the Pyro is floating...

[@Wissle]

These tutorials, though! Then came this video... like wow! So much information in just 2:40 ~~

[@sonario6489]

hmm sooo do I need to know rigging for non tf2 models?

[@StryderHeap]

Oh man that's really cool : D I like this one

[@Turgineer]

rig_biped_simple is makes it easier to make soft body movements.

[@MrKleiner]

1:07 "We'll look over that later..."

[@Terumag]

Puppeteering is actually quite a nice way to get good timing in your shot. It's never perfect, but neither are keyframes the first time around. Want to read up on that? Google: fliponline draw timing

[@blitzcloud]

urgh, there's a keyframe system? Just that it's complemented visually by a graph editor, which i find very handy for stuff such as bounces or speed acceleration.

[@CoNgO2oo1]

how do you stop a character from moving once it has an imported sequence... for example... i have a heavy that has the "go go go" sequence and i want him to stop moving when he has his hand and finger pointed in his direction... but he keeps moving and doing the same action over and over again... how do i prevent this ?

[@cinamonstragedy1465]

why did he put playhead preset for deleting counter-animation? It was same pelvis-moving whether he did or not. and why he locked all the legs and arms? I did same thing, but there's no changes before doing that and after.

[@AwolGFX]

All I could think of was the pyro saying "Nooooooo"

[@MrLudoTech]

how can animate the hands that take a thing on the ground?

[@SlayerDUDE1993]

1:03 soooo.... how to make custom rigs and skeletons?

[@SiXZ3rOFouR]

i'm kind of confused, do you need to record before you can do custom animation to move? ie if i want the heavy to pick up something and put it onto of a table. do i need to record the heavy moving from one place to the other than animate the picking up and dropping?

[@tseng61]

It really isn't all too bad if you know a bit about digital animation already. Now, digital signal processing might make your head hurt a bit (FFTs and similar algorithms.) It's useful to know though if you're interested in learning about high level electronics engineering. Err, that's not really relevant to this, though, but I personally like it.

[@GreatNinjaJordan]

Does anyone know when they are releasing this?

[@Dizz3h]

How do you change the trajectory of an imported sequence, as the run sequence of the Scout pictured here?

[@noxy5193]

the Ik rig is my favourite feature

[@aigagror]

what's the difference between rigging and locking?

[@koohikoo]

are the sentries gonna get a rig?

[@heartlessmushroom]

Im having probelsm using the biped rig on a custom model, since the facial contorller of this model arent under "face" but under "unknown" wheni apply the rig, im can edit the facial parts anymore, any help on how to fix this? iotherwise, how cani custom righ it so I oculd still modify the facial controllers?

[@dman0331gmodgames]

maybe in an update later keep in mind its only a beta but i would like this feature

[@Afflictionability]

How can i animate after i rigged part of the body?

[@DerpZombie]

yes. 3am could be considered late night or early morning.

[@roshanraj222]

MY pyro's left arm and right leg goes through his body when he turns. Can someone help me?

[@islilyyagirl]

what part(s) of the pyro are you turning?

[@3atr]

you can keyframe in the graph editor.

[@KoalaTContent]

I need help, ive used rigs in the past but they are not applying now, im in th graph editer with the playhead in the shot but when i right click the pyro and select the rig nothing happens.

[@Demonsul]

AM means morning, so '3am in the morning' approximates to '3 in the morning in the morning'.

[@GamerousGuy]

You should watch episode 6, where he introduced you to the keyframe system called graph editor -_-

[@deathzues]

how do i switch if i wanna put a heavy on a side of a map and a scout on another side how do i switch from that side to the other so when i play the vid it will switch from a side to another

[@cassou124]

This isn't "rigging", it's just using a premade IK rig (aka animating using IK).... is there a tutorial out there on how to actually make an IK rig for SFM? edit: I have a custom quadrupedal model with additional joints, so it would be pretty useful to know how to transform its FK skeleton to an IK (or FK/IK) rig

[@Hobo_Knight]

you think I haven't figured that out during the past 9 months?

[@fafafafafafafa]

Well, thanks! 'Cause of your sloppy tutorial ending I forgot to save my work this time...

[@jeremiebearimie]

well let's take a look at it Mr Gumby!

[@Rappguy08]

My items i want to edit keep on disappearing every time i relaunch SFM. That means i can't edit faces and lip sync without deleting the current model and replace it with a more updated version. Is that normal? And if it isn't can someone help?

[@NicolaiSyvertsen]

yes, SFM certainly makes a lot of it easier but you still need to be creative and an artist to make something good.

[@MRsimpleMCtimez]

witch video will help me on a zooming in camera shot

[@thelunn]

I hope i don't get this a month down the road. I really want to get going with it right now!

[@CalmGeode]

This is so fucking cool n shit! I don't know what you guys are talking about this is semi hard but its honestly not as bad as you think

[@cosmicroids7237]

what button used to rotate and move the models?

[@AntonyCannon]

Make sure the timeline with the object you want to move in it is selected (yellow), then enter the motion editor. Hold CTRL and click on the object.

[@turingsghost]

PUPPETEERING SOME PELVIS PIROUETTING

[@Sprech41]

When I try to use the biped rig for player models, the entire model disappears! Anyone know why?

[@genchu]

this is probably one of the hardest parts of sfm for me, not because its hard to learn, but because its hard to apply. can anyone here tell me when i should use rigging?

[@andrewclaggett5351]

+geniue I'm in the same boat as you are. Ever find out when to use this technique? Because I can't for the life of me think of any particular situation where this would be useful.

[@LegendarySparantus]

From what I understood by watching his tutorials, you should use rigging to make your model move naturally, almost like a real human being, because if you try move his limbs without rigging, they stretch out like caramel. Rigging is also useful for making a model hold an item in his hand.

[@GamingWithPi]

When i try to make an IK rig is said "Remove Transform locks before attaching/detaching rig" Help?

[@sonario6489]

You need to unlock any bones you have locked before you can attach or detach a rig

[@Ferexes]

You animate the hands that take a thing on the ground. simple.

[@EGGEDxBARNACLE]

its not able to create a rig... what do i do?

[@JamDCrazy]

0:59 wrong! this also works on horseless headless horseman!

[@SnappingAntFilms]

I'm not the only one!?!? well, it's 11:30 but...it's 3am some where.

[@Zimtack]

AWESOME!!

[@Chocolate_Flobs]

BRING IT AROUND TOWN!

[@Themancraw]

God Thanl you so much for locking joints

[@zerek44]

why not have a keyframe system instead of graph editing? it seems as though keyframing would be a simpler alternative. Also, being able to tell the program that from here (one point in time) to here (another point in time) that you want something to move, for instance the head, would elliminate the need for animation to be done during a playback of the clip, having keyframing and control over the time would help the animator to get the animation he wants the first time through.

[@sonario6489]

I know this comment is from 10 years ago, but sfm DOES have a keyframe system. That's what the graph editor is.

[@zerek44]

@@sonario6489 wow....i cannot believe you cared enough to respond to a comment this old. I am 10 years wiser sir LOL and i think enough people told me that there was that i left this comment also "stop telling me that there is a keyframe system, I know already." 10 years ago lol

[@sonario6489]

@@zerek44 xD I actually found this comment when going through sfm tutorials for something

[@zerek44]

@@sonario6489 learn blender instead

[@sonario6489]

@@zerek44 Ikr. I've actually been using Blender for about 3 years now just learning different areas. I just finished doing a revamp of my sfm1 keymap and color theme.

[@FlamingFireDomo]

You can change it the BLU team by changing the skin for him.

[@thegrandcommenter]

if you rotate too far, you get gmod

[@Hazzrine]

I'm clicking on rig_biped_simple but nothing happens :( why is this?

[@juni0r427]

but I think you should have a new video on this because this was made 3 years ago

[@Loekamber]

I didn't learn anything, I think it's easier to animate from scrap...

[@montybobguy]

oh man i love this program

[@kinggabe314]

3am in the morning?

[@mrtommaya6211]

Thanks!

[@Hoachin]

These tutorials seem to be aimed at people who already know what they are doing. You keep telling us what to do, while not explaining how the fuck we do it!!!

[@roysdecendant39]

i had just rebuilt everything now my fucking work is gone because I DIDNT SAVE

[@MrMriggy]

I know how you feel,but in my case, I have a Mac,so even I can't download it .....

[@Alex2the3gr8]

Wow, I should of watched this tutorial before I started animating each bone individually :/

[@Afflictionability]

Rigging is locking it to the world and locking is locking it to the player

[@Dombaili]

How can ı make a caracter walking?

[@terribaum1986]

And now who said that Valve cant count to three?

[@J01V1]

Back and forth pelvis motion.

[@Kettsii]

graph editor is more than enough... we dont really need keyframes

[@skpeter_]

Get ready to puppeteer some pelvis rotation.