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[[File:Faceposer multiactors.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Faceposer playing back a complex scene with multiple actors.]]

{{faceposer|4|nt=0}} is the SDK tool used to produce choreographed sequences for the Source engine. It can create [[Flex animation|facial expressions]] (including lip-syncing), manage [[skeletal animation]]s, the position of actors in the world, and any map triggers that need to be fired during a scene.

*'''See [[Choreography creation]]''' for a step-by step guide to creating choreography in the Source engine.
*'''See [[Faceposer reference]]''' for a quick-reference guide to the different parts of the Faceposer interface.

{{Note|To use Faceposer with your own 2013-based mod, you'll need to set the VPROJECT environment variable to the game directory of your mod.}}
{{Note|All imported audio should be [[WAV]] files encoded as [[compression|compressed]] 4-bit ADPCM or uncompressed 16-bit PCM. The sampling rate can either be 11025 Hz, 22050 Hz, or 44100 Hz.}}

== Issues ==

* Faceposer has missing icons for the Play / Stop / Pause buttons. To fix this, extract [http://steamreview.org/external/vdc/faceposer-icons.zip this] to your SDK's bin folder.
* The Phoneme Extractor is broken by default. This can be fixed by using the [[Phoneme_Tool#Using_Lipsinc_Speech_API|Lipsinc Speech API]] instead of the default Microsoft Speech API.
* The Textured Render view only displays missing textures. Try using Smoothshaded or Flatshaded instead.
* Faceposer has some trouble loading debug materials, and will spam the Output window constantly when it uses them. This can cause the program to stutter quite a bit. You can try replacing your MaterialSystem.dll with [https://drive.google.com/file/d/13m2JCA3kBFJqQRuGoWfw1Jn7ilXtLIVJ/view?usp=sharing this] to silence these logs.
* The program will also, in semi-rare cases, spam the Output window with {{code|Invalid controller index}}, and eventually crash. It is unknown what exactly causes this.
* If models fail to load, or Faceposer is no longer starting, try deleting the {{path|HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\faceposer|icon=reg}} registry key, and delete the {{path|hlfaceposer|rf|icon=file}} file inside your SDK's bin folder.
* If your mod uses custom shaders, Faceposer will fail to render any materials that use them when it's launched via VPROJECT. You'll need to launch Faceposer with the {{code|-game}} parameter pointing to the game directory of your mod.
* Similar to [[Half-Life_Model_Viewer#Issues|HLMV]], opening folders inside of the "Load model..." browser will give you an error if said folder only exists within a VPK.


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