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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Marauder on January 29, 2005, 03:04:48 pm

Title: The earliest question...?
Post by: Marauder on January 29, 2005, 03:04:48 pm

Don't massacre me.
How do you make a mod?  I'm starting from square one, no programs, no anything.

Title: The earliest question...?
Post by: aldo_14 on January 29, 2005, 03:07:57 pm

Well, what do you want to make?

Title: The earliest question...?
Post by: Marauder on January 29, 2005, 03:10:31 pm

Ships, I guess, since that's what I see, what else is there?

Title: The earliest question...?
Post by: WMCoolmon on January 29, 2005, 03:22:02 pm

You can make changes to ships or weapons.tbl

You could make interface art
You could make new ship textures
You could make new effects
You could make hud shield icons for all the ships in FS2
You could make new hud art
You could make new main hall art
You could make high-poly ships
You could make high-poly asteroids
You could make new species definitions
You could make better-quality music
You could make medal art (I've never seen new medals, ever)
You could make new lightning bolts

Edit: Oh, and look up VPView and QuickVP. That'll put you on squares two and three.

Title: The earliest question...?
Post by: SKYNET-011 on January 29, 2005, 03:24:01 pm

http://www4.discreet.com/gmax/
Make models with this.

There's a tutorial included with it.

Title: The earliest question...?
Post by: karajorma on January 29, 2005, 03:32:58 pm

Take a look at my FAQ for lots of useful links too.