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Director's Cut is a community-driven filmmaking mod for the Source engine.

Development is active^[1] and currently in its pre-alpha^[2] stage.

Director's Cut/en is based on Source 2013's engine branch. Therefore, much of the documentation on this wiki pertaining to Source 2013 may also apply to Director's Cut/en.

History

The project began development in May 2022 after discussion in the Source Filmmaker community regarding the desire for an open-source filmmaker.

An attempt was made to license Source for the project alongside efforts towards a Steam release, however, the request to license the engine was declined, and due to its similarity to Source Filmmaker, the software was ultimately not permitted to release on Steam.^[3]

From June 2023 to September 2023, development was on hiatus until it had been reset in October 2023 after switching its Source base from Alien Swarm Deferred to Mapbase.

On October 23 2023, the Source branch was switched from to , and Mapbase support was dropped.

As of April 17 2024, Director's Cut is in pre-alpha and approximately 13% complete.^[2]

Implementation

Because the Source SDK does not provide an  API for engine tools to be created, Director's Cut relies on game code to function.

Due to this limitation, some features are unavailable, such as use of the DMX CDmElement API.

Despite not being a native engine tool, Director's Cut can function as an add-on for developers.

The source code for Director's Cut can easily be merged into existing mods, and instructions are available on GitHub.^[4]

Features

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Usage

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See also

• Source Filmmaker

External links

• KiwifruitDev/DirectorsCut
•  Director's Cut Discord
•  @DirectorsCutMod
•  r/DirectorsCut
•  @DirectorsCutMod
• @directorscut.bsky.social

References

1.  @DirectorsCutMod - Director's Cut development is back up and running through the Source SDK. X (Twitter). Retrieved October 9 2023. Published October 9 2023.
2.  @DirectorsCutMod - DX, being in pre-alpha, is ~13% complete. X (Twitter). Retrieved April 19 2024. Published April 17 2024.
3.  @DirectorsCutMod - Director's Cut is discontinued as it is not allowed to be published on Steam. X (Twitter). Retrieved September 15 2023. Published June 24 2023.
4. KiwifruitDev/DirectorsCut README.md - If you would like to implement the Director's Cut animation system into your own mod.... GitHub. Retrieved April 23 2024. Published October 9 2023.