Director's Cut

A community-driven filmmaking mod for the Source engine.

This software is in early production as development was recently reset.

Links

• Director's Cut Github
• Director's Cut Discord
• Director's Cut YouTube
• r/DirectorsCut
• Director's Cut on X (Twitter)
• Director's Cut on Bluesky
• Director's Cut on Valve Developer Wiki

Usage

• Prerequisites:

  • Director's Cut requires Source SDK Base 2013 Multiplayer to be installed on Steam.
  • Director's Cut is currently only available for Windows.

• Installation:

  • Download the latest release from the releases page.
  • Extract the directorscut directory to your sourcemods directory.
    • For example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\directorscut.
  • Restart Steam and launch Director's Cut from your library.

• Testing:

  • When in-game, open the Director's Cut editor by pressing Tab.
  • Open sessions by clicking File > Open.
    • SFM sessions must be converted using the following command:

      dmxconvert -i session.dmx -oe keyvalues2 -o session_kv2.dmx
      

    • Test sessions are located in the following directory:

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\directorscut\elements\sessions
      

• Information:

  • Director's Cut is in early development and may contain bugs.
  • Please report any issues you find on the GitHub issues page
  • The timeline does not have any mouse controls yet, please use the keyboard controls below.
  • Right clicking does not work for any context menus yet.
  • The element viewer and inspector windows are unstable and may crash the game.
  • Loading a map must be performed through the console using the map command.
  • Saving a session may result in SFM no longer being able to open the file.
  • Keyboard controls are not locked on a per-window basis yet.

• Team Fortress 2 Content:

  • While Director's Cut is compatible with Team Fortress 2, content does not work out of the box.
  • Only the 2007 retail versions of the maps are supported.
  • SFM-exclusive models (such as in tf_movies) are not supported.
  • TF2 character models may have issues with their materials.
  • See gameinfo.txt for a rundown on how support was added.

Controls

• Director's Cut:
  • Tab to toggle the Director's Cut editor.
• Timeline:
  • Space to play/pause the playback.
    • Ctrl + Space to play in x2 speed.
    • Shift + Space to play in reverse.
    • Alt + Space to play from the start.
  • Left and Right arrow keys to move the playhead by one frame.
  • Up and Down arrow keys to move the playhead to the start or end of the current shot.
  • P to lock the timeline view to the playhead.
  • = and - to zoom in and out.
• Primary Viewport:
  • W, A, S, and D to move the camera.
  • Z and X to move the camera up and down.
  • Shift to move the camera faster.
  • Ctrl to move the camera slower.

Building

• Prerequisites:

  • Director's Cut requires Visual Studio 2022 to build.

• Building Director's Cut:

  • Cloning the Repository:

    • Open a command prompt and run the following command:

      git clone https://github.com/KiwifruitDev/DirectorsCut.git
      

  • Creating Visual Studio Solution:

    • After cloning the repository, run mp/src/creategameprojects.bat to create the Visual Studio solution.

  • Building the Solution:

    • Open mp/src/games.sln in Visual Studio and build the solution.

Implementation

If you would like to implement the Director's Cut animation system into your own mod, please note the following changes and files required:

Changes

• mp/src/vgui2/vgui_controls/PropertySheet.cpp
  • void PropertySheet::OnDragFailed(CUtlVector<KeyValues*>& msglist)
    • Pages can now be dropped out to create new ToolWindow instances without requiring a tool factory.
  • void PropertySheet::OnPanelDropped(CUtlVector<KeyValues*>& msglist)
    • Pages can now be dropped onto existing ToolWindow instances without requiring a tool factory.
• mp/src/game/client/c_baseanimating.cpp
  • CStudioHdr *C_BaseAnimating::OnNewModel()
  • void C_BaseAnimating::BuildTransformations(CStudioHdr* hdr, Vector* pos, Quaternion* q, const matrix3x4_t& cameraTransform, int boneMask, CBoneBitList& boneComputed)
  • bool C_BaseAnimating::SetupBones(matrix3x4_t* pBoneToWorldOut, int nMaxBones, int boneMask, float currentTime)
    • Allow dynamic bone positions and rotations to be set.
• mp/src/public/tier1/KeyValues.h
  • KeyValues::~KeyValues();
    • Allow KeyValues type to be derived from.

Files

• mp/src/game/client/directorscut
  • This folder contains all of the Director's Cut code. You must either include each file through VPC or otherwise add them to your project.
• mp/game/directorscut/materials/vgui/directorscut
  • This folder contains all of the Director's Cut VGUI materials. These files must be included in your mod's game directory.
• mp/game/directorscut/resource/directorscut
  • This folder contains all of the Director's Cut resource files. These files must be included in your mod's game directory.

Contributing

Any changes are welcome through pull requests, I would really appreciate any help with this project.

Please feel free to submit any issues you find as well.

Disclaimer

Some parts of the code in Director's Cut is AI-assisted using GitHub Copilot.

Credits

Director's Cut shares code from the following projects:

• Mapbase
• Source SDK 2013
• Source Shader Editor
• directorscut-swarm

Third-Party Legal Notices

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