Opening a whole new way to create TF2 art for the masses.
The TF2-Trifecta is a combination of Wardrobe, Merc Deployer, and Bonemerge.
Wardrobe lets you index through a catalog of almost 10000 cosmetic files.
Deploy any of the nine mercs with Merc Deployer. You can choose to spawn from my port or Hectoris919's phoneme port.
Bonemerge is a Blender version of the "Easy Bonemerge Tool" for GMod.
To start it all off, we need to install the third version of my TF2 port. This folder will contain all the mercs for Merc Deployer.
Download TF2-V3 from my google drive. Once downloaded, extract the .zip file to a directory. We are going to add this directory to Blender's asset libraries.
Open Blender, and head to the addon preferences.
Click on the plus to add a new asset library. Go to the TF2-V3 folder containing the 9 .blend files, and add the folder as an asset library. You should now have TF2-V3 installed for Merc Deployer.
You can add one asset and click on the magnifying glass to automatically add more in the relative path. You can click on the download button to pull existing paths from the asset library. However, on a fresh install, that should automatically happen.
Make sure you do not have a TF2-V3 folder under another TF2-V3 folder. However, it's ok if you have the last folder added as an asset library. For organization's sake, it's better to have the path set up like this:
DRIVE:\path_to_folder\TF2-V3\.blend files
instead of:
DRIVE:\path_to_folder\TF2-V3\TF2-V3\.blend files
What is arguably the longest part of the setup process will be the most important. The TF2 Collection is a massive collection of every TF2 cosmetic, weapon, and prop.
Download The TF2 Collection from my google drive.
You are not required to download props_ or weapons.
I recommend that you download and unzip each folder individually. Alternatively, you can download the whole thing at once, but that is something I recommend against as it will split the folder into multiple .zip files.
When you have The TF2 Collection downloaded and with Blender's preferences still open, add each individual folder as an asset library.
If all has gone correctly, the preferences should look like this:
At which point, we head to the final step:
Download the lastest release of the TF2-Trifecta. Don't unzip the folder this time.
Head back to the preferences and click on the Add-ons tab. Click Install...
Find TF2-Trifecta.zip and install the .zip file.
With everything hopefully gone well, we now conclude The Setup and head onto the guides for each addon.
You can find each tool in the side panel of the viewport.
Wardrobe is like the world's largest closet known for how easy it is to search through it. To search for something, enter something into the search bar and click Search for cosmetics.
Click on a cosmetic button to spawn one in. Having a class selected while spawning a cosmetic will automatically bind the cosmetic to said class.
To match the colors of a class, click Use Lightwarps (TF2 Style). However, if you plan to use cycles for a render, do not click anything.
To closely match the TF2 look, use the Standard color transform instead of the Filmic color transform.
If paintable regions of a cosmetic appear solid black, go to Material Fixer/Selector and attempt to fix the material that is causing issues.
You can paint the active material using the Paints window.
Not all cosmetics are named correctly yet! Please report a cosmetic you wish to be renamed.
Deploy any of the nine mercs into your scene. You can choose between an IK rig or a taunt compatible (FK) rig. You can read on how to import animations onto a rig in the Source2Blender docs.
Attach cosmetics to a class by choosing a target armature and and selecting the cosmetics to attach.
You can easily update The TF2 Collection and TF2-V3 by going to Scene Properties > TF2 Trifecta Updater
The files will be downloaded off of Gitlab and will automatically delete and replace the old files. Open the console to view progress.
Thank you Unhelpful Git for coining the name "TF2 Trifecta"
Using library "dload" to download file from tf2 collection repository.