Starting the SFM
Template:Otherlang2 你可以像启动其他游戏一样，用Steam启动SFM。当你启动SFM后，你会看见一个启动界面。你可以用该界面打开一份近期的会话，新建一个会话，或打开一个已存在的会话。为你的会话定好名字并选好储存它的路径，然后点击Create以新建一个会话。
载入一张地图
在你开始制作一部影片前，你必须载入一张地图。在viewport窗口内点击右键，然后点击 Load Map。你将会看到所有你可以载入的地图。你可以通过位于顶端的 Mod Filter 来选择你需要的模组。你也可以通过位于底部的 Filter 来过滤出你需要的地图。选择一个你需要的地图，然后点击 Open。
The session
The SFM saves your movie as a .dmx file, which is your session. Inside each session, on the timeline, is the sequence, which contains a series of shots that make up your movie. Each shot contains a unique scene, which starts with a single Source engine–generated game map. As you play back your sequence, every time it plays a different shot, the scene for the old shot is unloaded and the scene for the new one is loaded. Each scene contains elements, such as cameras, lights, and models.
注意:The sequence must link to a specific game map. Only one map can be loaded at a time.