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Source Choreography & In-Game Cinematics

Source Choreography & In-Game Cinematics

Explore Valve’s dynamic Face Poser toolset to develop choreographed NPC sequences, including custom dialog, facial animation and blended gestures - each containing multiple actors, conditionals, and events. Various sequences are then connected and additional interactivity can be integrated via the powerful input/output response system in Hammer for endless possibilities. You can even harness the in-game camera to dictate how players can or should experience the action as it unfolds.

A detailed overview of what will be learned in the following chapters.

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  • Runtime 01 min 32 sec
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Learn to create a mod for the source engine using the SDK.

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  • Runtime 01 min 43 sec

Start up Half Life 2 and learn to activate the developer console.

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  • Runtime 00 min 48 sec
  • Software Half Life 2

See how to copy the server and client DLLs into your own mod folder.

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  • Runtime 01 min 07 sec

Learn to extract materials and models for your mod using GCFScape.

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  • Runtime 01 min 45 sec
  • Software GCFScape

Modify your Build Program options to make your mod work in Half Life 2.

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  • Runtime 01 min 46 sec
  • Software Hammer

Check out an in-game playthrough example to see what you will be creating in the following chapters.

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  • Runtime 02 min 49 sec
  • Software Half Life 2

A brief look at what you can create using the choreography and cinematic tools in the Source SDK.

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  • Runtime 02 min 25 sec
  • Software Hammer

Learn to create custom sounds for your games. Using Audacity, we'll record sound files and show you how to get them into your games.

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  • Runtime 03 min 05 sec
  • Software Audacity

Create scripts so that your game can locate and play your custom sound files.

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  • Runtime 03 min 26 sec

Learn to create captions for your sound files. This allows players to read the dialog text and follow along to what is going on in your game more closely.

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  • Runtime 04 min 01 sec
  • Software GCFScape

Familiarize yourself with the Face Poser tool within the Source SDK.

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  • Runtime 01 min 46 sec
  • Software Face Poser

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