Flesh Proxy Script

A tool that lets you control the Flesh shader of VertexLitGeneric within SFM

After applying the script to a model, you can control most of the shader's parameters from inside SFM, without having to worry about messing with the Element Viewer.

The shader requires a bit of manual setup. Don't bother if you don't know how to work with VMT files! Here's a template VMT containing the essential parameters. Since VertexLitGeneric is used, you can use parameters such as $phong just fine.

To install, simply place it where other rig scripts go (.../game/platform/scripts/sfm/animset/). Launch SFM and right-click an animation set -> rig -> setup_flesh. New controls will be added for each material.

###What's wrong with the shader/tool:

• Does not work with SFM's lights, you have to cleverly work with map lighting here.
• Due to the script's nature, your rootTransform's rotation has to be set to Zero for it to work! You can rotate other bones just fine, however.
• The interior texture is rendered on top of the basetexture, meaning you can't set it to be transparent without a lot of workarounds.
• Generated override materials are using the wrong paths at times. If the script doesn't seem to work, make sure the mtlName is correctly set and you're editing the right VMT.
• Material changes (especially effect centers) are delayed, making animation hard.
• The script might not work well when rigs are applied, and removes override materials.
• The black interior color of the effect's border seemingly can not be changed.

###And because I'm a timelord from a day in the future, here's some tips for you:

• Don't add/bother me for help with this tool.
• This tool is not perfect.
• The shader it relies on is not perfect (read above for more info).
• I don't know everything about this shader or this tool.
• This tool's code is based off of Doc's Color Script, as I'm no Python genius when it comes to SFM's API.
• If you don't understand something about the shader, I won't either since it's a weird thing.