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Automatic conversion with AutoAGR

This guide contains instructions for setting up and using AutoAGR. It is based on this video by Hisanimations

Setup

The following add-ons are required:

• afx-blender-scripts

• Blender Source Tools

• The TF2 Trifecta

Software needed:

• Team Fortress 2

• HLAE

• GCFScape

• Crowbar

• Blender

You can download AutoAGR in the # announcements channel in the TF2 Blender Discord server

Steps

Create a folder structure that ressembles this one. The GameplayModels folder’s name is arbitrary.

GameplayModels/
├─ models/
├─ models2/
│  ├─ workshop/

Open [game_directory] / tf / tf2_misc_dir.vpk with GCFScape.

Click on root / models in the left panel.

Open the models2 folder in a file explorer.

From GCFScape, drag the weapons and player folders into the models2 folder.

Open the models2 / workshop folder.

Double click on workshop in GCFScape.

Drag the weapons folder from GCFScape to the models2 / workshop folder.

Your folder structure should look like this once you’ve done all this:

GameplayModels/
├─ models/
├─ models2/
│  ├─ player/
│  ├─ weapons/
│  ├─ workshop/
│  │  ├─ weapons/

Open crowbar and click on Decompile

Enter the full path for your models2/ folder under the MDL Input field. Change the MDL Input dropdown to Folder and subfolders

Set the output folder to the full path for the models/ folder

Under the Options Section, enable Folder for each model and click decompile

Delete models2/ when the process is finished

Danger

Do NOT join a multiplayer game with HLAE or AutoAGR. This will VAC ban your Steam account.

Run AutoAGR

Set AutoAGR to this recommended configuration:

FRAMERATE: 30 / 24

RECORD PLAYER CAMERA: YES

RECORD OTHER PLAYERS: NO

RECORD WEAPONS: YES

RECORD PROJECTILES: YES

RECORD FIRST PERSON MODELS: YES

EXIT GAME AFTER PLAYBACK FINISHES: NO

STARTING TICK: 1

Set the paths for the input .dem file, the .agr output file, the [game_directory] / tf folder, and the folder containing HLAE.

Click on the “write” button, then the “play” button.

Once the entire demo has been played, TF2 should go back to the home screen. Type “mirv_agr stop” and close the game.

Click on the Output properties panel and set the output frame rate to the one you chose in AutoAGR

Click on File > ⭳ Import > HLAE afxGameRecord (.agr)

Set the import settings to this recommended configuration:

Asset path: folder containing the "models" folder.

Add interpolated key frames: No

Scale: 0.1

Scale invisible to zero: No

Skip Physic, LOD and Shared_Player_Skeleton meshes: Yes

Skip Stattrack and Stickers: Yes

Bones (skeleton) only: Yes

Model instancing: Yes

Spawn an FK rig using the TF2 Trifecta and use Bonemerge to bind it to a rig in the scene.

If the eyes are white, select the empties in the eyes and set their Object constraint influence to 0