Originally posted by Egon Houstuvk:

Was struggling with this earlier and restarting blender didn't work. If you recently upgraded to blender 2.83, make sure to reinstall the source tools plugin. That fixed it for me.

you didnt notice that i solved this months ago did you? thanks anyways though

Originally posted by Artfunkel:

The error message and the line number don't match, which suggests that the scripts didn't load correctly. Restarting Blender might fix this.

that worked, thanks

https://i.imgur.com/e3zAteu.png


Can sombody please help me to fix this? i have updated to 3.0.3 and everything but it still fails

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

This is a Blender function, not a Blender Source Tools one, which pointed me to that answer...

https://i.imgur.com/2IXRwN8.png You bake the f-curve via the curve screen Key functions

thanks, thats something i think would work. although somehow it doesnt still.....odd. i'll do some more tests to see if i can get it working

Originally posted by Pte Jack:

The animations will bake to a SMD file which, by default, Blender Source Tools exports this animation SMD to the anims folder of the export folder.

To add the animation smd to the model, you add a $sequence command to the QC calling that animation SMD ensuring that the FPS is set to the frame rate you made the animation in (if you want it to play at the same rate in SFM). Like this

$sequence "what you want the seq to be named" "anims\smdname.smd" FPS 24

You should see the animation smd in your exportables.

sorry, i should be clearer. i have exported animations and everything, and they work. i am asking specifically and only about how to make the actual f-curve modifiers work. like the noise one or whatever.

So, apparently f-curve modifiers do not export to source engine, understandably.

however- i made an animation using them, not knowing this. How would i bake my f-curves into keyframes so that the smd contains the desired animation?

for example, if i make the animation use the noise modifier, the noise doesn't show up in game after compile.

even if i "bake" the curve; it still doesnt show.

so therefor, i need it to become actual keyframes somehow. how would i do this? thanks.

Originally posted by xDShot:

I mean, you'd discover if it's vertex animated or tons of bones.

As of vertex animating, there is a workflow for Maya

i wouldnt be here if i used maya. this is for blender. but you have a point about finding out weather it uses bones. and it does not.

Originally posted by xDShot:

Why not just open that model and see.

unhelpful. im asking how to export; and simply importing that model will not show me how.

Hello everyone. I have a question about the source tools- if i create a physics simulation in blender and bake it; how can i export that to source engine, if its even possible? like how valve did with the smashed hotel in portal 2; but in blender.
unless those models just have 50000 bones or something

idk, i've never looked at those models in a model viewer.

i ask because im making a p2 mod and want some detailed destruction going on in some places possibly; but i also have a crazy experemental idea of a room filling with water in a more real-looking way using baked blender water sim. although i dont think the water will work due to the vert count changing and stuff