SFM/Command-line startup options

You can launch the SFM directly from Steam, as you would any other game. If you like, when you launch the SFM, you can use certain command-line switches, such as for loading a specific session or for loading a file that specifies certain movie settings or render settings. To do this, in Steam, right-click Source Filmmaker, click Properties, click the SET LAUNCH OPTIONS button, and use one or more of the following command-line switches:

-sfm_loadsession filePath\sessionFile

-sfm_moviesettings filePath\movieSettingsFile

-sfm_rendersettings filePath\renderSettingsFile

where:

• filePath is the complete path of the file
• sessionFile is the complete name of the session file, including the extension
• movieSettingsFile is the complete name of the movie settings file, including the extension
• renderSettingsFile is the complete name of the render settings file, including the extension

Example:

-sfm_loadsession C:\Steam\steamapps\common\SourceFilmmaker\game\usermod\elements\sessions\Session2.dmx

You can also use these switches in a command prompt or in a desktop shortcut.

Raising shadow map resolution

-sfm_shadowmapres XXXX

The default is 2048, possible values are powers of two: 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192.

Miscellaneous

• -sfm_noload -
• -sfm_autolayoff -
• -sfm_layoffframerange -
• -sfm_layoffshotrange -
• -sfm_layoffshotlist -
• -sfm_rendersettings -
• -sfm_moviesettings -
• -sfm_guardband -
• -sfm_resolution - Change the maximum resolution SFM can render. You can learn more about this launch option here.
• -sfmcomicmaker -
• -nostartwizard - SFM no longer shows the "New session"/"Open recent session" window when it starts
• -sfm_loadsession -
• -nosteam - Launch SFM without Steam.
• -usevgui -
• -sixense - Requires -mocap to be present to work
• -mocap - Makes some mocap features in SFM appear.
• -fakemocap -
• -no3dviewport -
• -noqtpickers -
• -qtstylesheet -
• -qtresetsettings -
• -sfmscripting -
• -nop4 - Disables Perforce in SFM
• -cmd -
• -insecure -
• -tools -
• -useqtport -
• -dev -
• -game -
• -vccon -
• -vccon2 -
• -qtvideo -
• -noassert -
• -particle_perf -
• -min -
• -hushasserts -
• -vguimessages -
• -rgb -
• -rgba -

See also

• Rendering at 1080p