Getting Started

Installation and Setup

Pragma does not need to be installed. All you have to do is download it here and extract the archive somewhere (e.g. your Desktop).
Likewise, to uninstall Pragma all you have to do is remove the directory. Pragma does not create files outside of the Pragma directory.

Please note that most of the articles in this wiki refer to the latest version (i.e. the GitHub Release), other versions may behave differently and may not offer the same feature set.

If you have the old (non-DLC) Steam version of Pragma/PFM, please note that it is several years out of date and is no longer being updated.

Updating Pragma

Pragma does not come with an auto-updater, so you will have to re-download it when there's a new Update. In most cases you will be able to extract the new version over the old version (overwriting the existing files), but you may have to remove the cache directory in this case. If you run into unexpected problems, try a clean installation of Pragma instead.

Launch

To launch Pragma, simply double-click Pragma.exe. To start the filmmaker, select New Game, choose a map from the map list, set Game Mode to Filmmaker and press Start Game. If the map name is colored red, it means it will have to be imported first, which is fully automatic but may take some time depending on the size and complexity of the map.

Once loading is complete, you should see an interface similar to that of the Source Filmmaker.

How to Use

Please check out the chapters over here for tutorials on how to use PFM. A good place to start is the chapter for the User Interface.