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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: basilisk135 on April 03, 2011, 04:44:28 pm

Title: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: basilisk135 on April 03, 2011, 04:44:28 pm

I have absolutly no clue how to make a campaign. Step-by-step instructions would be greatly apreciated.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: General Battuta on April 03, 2011, 04:46:12 pm

Do you mean how to FRED missions, or how to create a campaign file?

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: Droid803 on April 03, 2011, 04:57:10 pm

You don't, if you need step by step instructions. :P
Because there aren't step by step instructions for something so vague as "making a campaign".

I mean, you need to have some semblance of a story, ideas for missions, and then have missions...on top of that you may need various assets...
There's no one true workflow, you figure it out for yourself, or you don't do it at all.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: basilisk135 on April 03, 2011, 04:59:14 pm

Like using the campaign editor that comes with FRED. It's confusing to me.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: Droid803 on April 03, 2011, 04:59:55 pm

Oh well, that's straightfoward.
Read the FRED documentation, I think it's there.

Go to Data/Freddocs, open up EDITORS.HTML, read the section on CAMPAIGN.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: basilisk135 on April 03, 2011, 05:05:48 pm

Ok, thank you for the help.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: Droid803 on April 03, 2011, 05:30:09 pm

Maybe someone should put the FredDocs on the wiki, I mean, I found it really helpful when I first picked it up.
Its a bit outdated, but hey, the main interface hasn't changed at all.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: karajorma on April 03, 2011, 10:07:13 pm

Don't put the original docs on the wiki. Start with this (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=63768.msg1256348#msg1256348) version instead.

In fact I suspect I have an even more up to date version I've been working on that I could upload if anyone actually wants to do this.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: basilisk135 on April 04, 2011, 12:08:46 am

That's not a bad idea. It was very helpful to me too.

Title: Re: How do I make Campaigns?
Post by: TopAce on April 04, 2011, 03:54:39 am

As it happens, there's also a "Campaign Editor" article in the FSWiki.