Custom Animations

Check the separate .html file.

Getting as many models as you want into your machinima without replacing game characters:

With this technique, you can use as many models as you want—without the restriction that they have to replace any in-game models.

Just use the “npc_breen” or “npc_alyx” object types in Hammer, and edit the “World Model” attribute. Browse for a new model (.mdl) file by hitting the supplied button. Click “apply”. Now your custom model is in the game without having to replace one of the game characters.

In fact, you can use multiple npc_breen’s or npc_alyx’s. Just don’t use npc_kleiner—it doesn’t work for some reason when you use that.

A better Point_Viewcontrol:

Create a new Point_viewcontrol entity, and select it. Now go to the flags, and unclick the two flags at the top. Now, set the flags “freeze player” and “infinite hold time”. There should now only be two flags selected.

With this point_viewcontrol selected, now click “create prefab” in hammer. Save it as something like “fixed_point_viewcontrol”. When you want to use a new camera, just use this prefab instead of the screwed up point_viewcontrol.