Pretty much, plus some trial and error.

yeah in my 2k hours of sfm ive never found a way to fix it easily either, im guessing the only real way would be to like pixel paint the edges manually

That I believe is just artifacting from the fixing of the textures.
I'm sure that itself is very fixable, but if there's an easy way to do it, I'm not aware. Otherwise I entirely lack the patience to work those out.

For context, Source in SFM views alpha layers (The top most layer of which is affected with stuff such as paints) differently than TF2. Where as TF2 sees the alpha layer as what it is and applies colors as necessary, SFM sees it as a stencil where white allows passthrough. And the texture below tends to be full black (Hence why by default they're stuck black) and the fix I did was paste the alpha layer texture to the lower base and then make the alpha texture full white for full color application.
Cutting out the alpha layer texture for me isn't perfect which leads to the leftover artifacting.

just curious if youve ever been able to find a way to fix the gross black white and gray edges a lot of tf2 cosmetics have

That's its default file name. Many cosmetics have file names that differ greatly from the in-game name.

fwk_pyro_flamenco????? ok

You can spawn it via the "Add Team Fortress Item" function on Pyro and "Flamboyant Flamenco"
Or you can spawn it in the model search with "fwk_pyro_flamenco".

I cant find the hat in sfm tho i know the mod doesn't provide the hat

If everything is set up right, this addon should simply replace the texture of that hat.
It does not add a new model, SFM should have it by default. Just.. uniquely stuck red for some reason.

Where tf is the Flamboyant Flamenco

This is a texture override addon for the cosmetics already present in SFM.
It won't add cosmetics you did not have previously, only replace the texture with one more functional.

To use this addon, you'd have to give Workshop priority over TF in the SDK, steps detailed in the above description.
And if you're missing the cosmetic you're looking for, SFM probably does not have it by default and they either need to be acquired by extracting models from TF2 to SFM or downloading another addon for the respective cosmetics.

How do i use those?

theres no pyro beanie((

thank you

If you're doing the more "manual" installation, there is a filepath you would take to find a specific texture. SFM is directed to follow this specific filepath per model. So ANY deviation of this path would not be visible to the program. However there are multiple directories such as "tf, workshop, usermod, etc.." where if this filepath is replicated with the exception of the directory, SFM is presented with options it can choose from. SFM choosing from the directory of which has priority, which is why with subscribing to this addon I suggest going into the SDK and changing that because SFM by default gives tf priority over workshop therefore rendering this addon useless because it'll prefer to look at the broken tf textures instead of the fixed ones.
Alternatively the manual installation is intended to go into "usermod" which has top priority at all times. Fortunately the folder I have set up to have the exact filepaths already.

Majestic zombie, what do you mean by the materials folder being EXACTLY in the right file path?

Thanks so much. Source Filmmaker is absolute hell and this is the only reason I could even finish one of my posters.

I entirely forgot there was this issue, however this is caused by the old version of the cosmetic (Which SFM has by default) not yet having the capabilities of being paintable. Thus in this case, my addon is fixing a cosmetic that had not yet been broken and in turn breaks it.

However, to actually have the cosmetic paintable in SFM WITH this fix, you will need to acquire the newer variation of the model. Personally I recommend extracting files from the current version of TF2 via GCFScape.

Regardless though, I gotta go through again and fix up the cosmetics we had gotten since last year and what I may have missed.

trickster's turnout gear is broken, the yellow bits are white
there's no way to color it yellow again.

Can you do a texture fix for the person in the iron mask? Your workshop stuff has been a real help

Fair enough lmao

turns out I just used a different cosmetic pack then the one this was made for

Go into the SDK and give Workshop priority over TF2. Or place the drive materials in the respective locations in Usermod. Please note they have to be EXACTLY in their correct filepath. Any variation in path or spelling error and SFM will not see it. And also keep in mind that this addon specifically is for Pyro. There are 9 other addons for the other classes since uploading them all together is too much.

I deleted and reinstalled the fix. I reinstalled sfm. I subscribed and unsubcribed I had 5 of the damn google drive materials files. and even then all the cosmetics stayed black

Apparently i realized that no one can fix the gas guzzle

ty you are a saint, sorry for being dumb haha

Well I DID just add it to the requirements a few hours ago so it should be stupid easy to find now

ooh, I was looking for an addon for that but couldn't...

I won't lie, I didn't do robot cosmetics cause there's another addon that did them. Although I could add that addon to this set so it's more clear where to find it

I don't think the rusty reaper is in here :\
abd if it is it's just not working

The robot arm doesn't get fixed, I moved the folder above tf, tried downloading the drive, doesn't work

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Okay, nevermind! I brained it out, thanks to your helping comments and the google drive file. thank you very much! you just saved my sanity lol

Is there some tutorial on the internet, on how to apply these? I'm really new to this and really dummb so i have no clue how or where can i find the SDK or what.

Okay...

Perhaps then you should try the google download. For I cannot see where your installation is going wrong.

I know,but it doesn't work...

Please note that this addon will not work simply by subscribing. As mentioned in the description, you need to go into the SDK to edit search paths to give Workshop priority over TF. Doing this will make this addon work. Alternatively you can take the files from the Google download and put them into the Usermod folder.
Additionally some cosmetics in their default state will not function correctly with this fix as they have been updated since then and will require you to extract files from TF2 to SFM to essentially manually update everything.

Fix doesn't work

Sorry for my previous comment, I was unable to colour the vintage merryweather and it turned out just to be a glitch, which was fixed when I restarted the program

It is not, all the cosmetics visible in the preview are all that I have done.
I didn't realize that the Vintage Merryweather was also broken

Is the vintage merryweather there?

I just did some looking, the textures work completely for me and said textures are what Workshop provides. However checking the wiki, it appears that the Trickster's Turnout Gear was not initially paintable until a patch in 2016 where multiple cosmetics were updated. This of which SFM will not have by default.
So you have the old version that's literally not paintable, but by default stuck as the normal orange/yellow for the teams, but the texture is the same as what I have, which makes it white for the later variant.

SO to fix this you have to extract files from TF2, which will also just get you everything that's up to date currently.

Trickster's Turnout Gear's orange/yellow parts are just white, and i haven't been able to change the color.

I love you, we need awards for this man. I was trying to get the Centurion hat to work, and it just wouldn't work. You have fixed my life man. Thank you.

It is not, I think the fix for that is something entirely different from the rest of the cosmetics here.

is the filamental here?

Yup

is there The Cremator's Conscience

trickster gear does not work :(