Team Fortress Wiki:3D Models

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The 3D Models project's goal is to construct pseudo-3D images of the weapons in Team Fortress 2 that can be freely rotated.

Example

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Pictogram comment.png Note This is not for the faint of heart. It requires a bit of knowledge on how both VMTs and HLMV work, and a lot of time and patience since a lot of models will not be centered correctly by default, thus requiring plenty of tweaking to get them ready for the process.

Requirements

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Also:

Initial setup

Installation

  • Manual python install:
    • Install Python 2.7, Visual Studio, NumPy, and cython
    • Install SendKeys, pywin32, and PIL
  • Otherwise extract the zipped Python folder somewhere.
  • Download and save the automaton scripts to an easily accessible folder.
  • Extract the BlackFirePlusBlackBackground.zip file, and copy the contents to \Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\custom\.
  • Set up HLMV to produce the highest quality images possible by following the guide found here.
  • Be sure to start TF2 at least once so that it maps your custom folders (for material overrides) and to generate gameinfo.txt.

Setting up automatebeta.py

File:3D Tutorial HLMV Coordinates.png
HLMV screen where 1 is the location of fileButtonCoordinates, 2 is the location of optionsButtonCoordinates, and 3 is the boundary for imgCropBoundaries.
  • Open HLMV and maximize it.
  • Take a screenshot and paste it into an image viewer such as paint.NET or Adobe Photoshop.
  • Take note of the following pixel coordinates for your screen size.
    • imgCropBoundaries is the boundary of the window the model in HLMV is contained within. The format is;
      • [pixel distance of left boundary from left of screen, pixel distance of top boundary from top of screen, pixel distance of right boundary from left of screen, pixel distance of bottom boundary from top of screen]
      • You should leave a few pixels gap from the window edge.
  • fileButtonCoordinates is a tuple of the center x,y coordinates for the File menu button in HLMV. Likely, you don't have to change this.
  • Close any programs that may pop up or take mouse control, as they might interfere with the process.

Workflow

Taking images

  • Open up a weapon model in HLMV and center the model using Options → Center View.
  • If the model does not face you directly when centered, it will need to be recompiled with a new rotation.
  • Zoom the model out so that it is as large as possible, but will not clip outside the viewer window when rotated or tilted.
  • If the light source produces a glare that interferes with the model, hold Ctrl and drag the light source around with the mouse until it is in a better position.
  • Open regedit, navigate to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\hlmv, and locate the registry key entry for the model. This will be in the form of models.weapons.c_models.c_wrench.c_wrench.mdl.
  • Copy and paste this key name into automatebeta.py in the HLMVModelRegistryKey().
  • Copy the Trans key entry for the model as the intialTranslation argument. Don't forget to add the commas to separate the values!
  • Rotate the model by dragging near the center of the viewer.
  • There will be three possible outcomes here.
    • The model will rotate around the bottom corner of the model. If so, you will need to make use of rotationOffset.
      • Rotate the model so that it is facing left. Hold down ⇧ Shift and move the model sideways so that it is centered in the circle that appears.
      • Press F5 in HLMV, and then in regedit. Note the new 'y' Trans value. The difference between the current value and the initial value is the rotationOffset value.
    • The model will rotate around the wrong plane or the model will not rotate around the vertical or horizontal center. If so, the model will need to be recompiled.
    • The model will rotate around the vertical and horizontal center of the model. If so, you are good to go.
  • Set the item name in the script for itemName. It is suggested you initially set this to 'User <username> <item>' so you can see the item looks fine before being moved to the correct title.
  • Now you can run the script, from the command line. Navigate to the folder containing the scripts and type python automatebeta.py.
  • You will be asked to enter the folder name for the generated images.
  • The script will now automate taking the required images. It is best not to try and use your computer while the script is running as it will likely result in an incorrect output.
    • To interrupt the image taking process, turn on Num Lock.

Team-colored models

  • Extract the VMTs for the model from the tf2_misc_dir.vpk appropriate folder directories in the /custom/folder.
  • In the automatebeta.py script, set teamColours to True and set the paths to the VMTs with REDVMTFiles and BLUVMTFiles.

Models with other class arms/models blocking the view

  • If you wish to remove a model from the viewer (for example the Sniper's arms holding onto the view model Sniper Rifle), click on the Model tab in HLMV and find out which VMTs are being used for the model textures.
  • Extract the VMTs using GCFScape to the same path in your /custom/folder and open them up in a text editor.
  • Inside the "VertexLitGeneric" curly brackets add the line "$no_draw" "1". This will make this part of the model invisible in HLMV.

Recompiling models

  • First, check here to see if a model has already been recompiled.
  • Download and install Crowbar, GCFScape, and the Source SDK (Steam -> Library -> Tools)
  • Extract the model with GCFScape, decompile with Crowbar.
  • For the most part, adding $autocenter to the .qc file should do the trick. If not, try using $origin X Y Z. For more complex concerns, see Category:QC Commands on the Valve Developer Community.
  • Recompile the model with Crowbar. You should be good to go!

Uploading your image for submission

  • Post a link to the image on the Talk page under a section titled after the weapon's name, along with your parameters for the script (weapon key name, initial rotation, initial translation, offsets, etc).
  • Keep a copy of the individual frame images somewhere safe in case they are needed in the near future.

Tips and debugging

  • If your HLMV is opening too slowly, adjust the time in the mouse.sleep(time in seconds) entry that follows opening HLMV.
  • If something interrupts the image taking process, you can continue where you left off by setting the n argument in the automateDis method.
    • You can also use this to check the images are coming out right by interrupting the script and checking the images. If the rotation looks okay, continue where you left off.
  • You can also set the verticalRotations argument to True to just rotate the model with no tilt to see if it looks fine.
  • You will find it much easier when recompiling models to find out if they're centered correctly by checking the 'Ground' checkbox in HLMV and refreshing the model every time you make a change and recompile.

Models repository

Weapons

Needed weapons

Scout Weapons:

Soldier Weapons:

Pyro Weapons:

Heavy Weapons:

Demoman Weapons:

Medic Weapons:

Sniper Weapons:

Spy Weapons:

Multiple Class Weapons:

Finished weapons

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