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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Shadow Puppet on May 31, 2002, 12:17:19 pm

Title: Help
Post by: Shadow Puppet on May 31, 2002, 12:17:19 pm

Hey everyone, I'm kind of new at this and am trying to build my own campaign. I was wondering if anyone could give links to tutorials, freeware, or anything else to help me with modelling...

Title: Help
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 02:23:04 pm

if your new to modeling, you should try the volition watch tutorials... could someone put up a link?

Title: Help
Post by: Neon on May 31, 2002, 02:25:02 pm

I dunno links, but I do can tell you one thing: If  you want to do a campaign with your own ships and weapons ALONE you'll take more than 1 year :doubt:

Anyway, good luck to your project! :nod:

:thepimp:

Title: Help
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 02:28:44 pm

oh yeah great just scare the hell out of him... true though, you might want to get a few staff members

Title: Help
Post by: karajorma on May 31, 2002, 02:31:31 pm

No sooner said than done ;7 VW FS1 Modding Help (http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/fs1/mods/)

and

VW FS2 Modding Help (http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/fs2/mods/)

A lot of the FS1 Help is also applicable to FS2

Title: Help
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 02:32:48 pm

vwatch has an out of date version of modelview though...

Title: Programs
Post by: Shadow Puppet on May 31, 2002, 03:12:29 pm

I know that it could take a while, but I'm not really good at telling other people what I see in my head, and I want it to come out how I want it...

I think I have all the Volition watch stuff... I was more aiming for the freeware part of it...

My campaign is still going to have the basic ships from the regular FS (btw I only have FS1 :(  ) campaign, but I want to include some new tihngs as the campaign is going to be from a Vasudan point of view... Not going to reveal anything else about the plot, you guys will just have to wait... lol
:devilidea

Title: Re: Programs
Post by: vadar_1 on May 31, 2002, 04:27:15 pm

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Originally posted by Shadow Puppet
I know that it could take a while, but I'm not really good at telling other people what I see in my head, and I want it to come out how I want it...
 

You get a damn good writer, then you sputter out all your thoughts to him (or her), and with any luck... they will be able to generate something to the rest of your staff that resembles what you had in mind

Title: Help
Post by: CP5670 on May 31, 2002, 04:37:34 pm

A Vasudan campaign with a one-man staff? Sounds a lot llike mine. ;) :D

Title: Help
Post by: Anaz on May 31, 2002, 05:08:36 pm

hehe...I'm a TC with a one man staff...

Title: Help
Post by: karajorma on May 31, 2002, 05:33:53 pm

I`m writing a single handed campaign too. It can be done but it's a LOT of hard work.

Title: Help
Post by: Kabal on May 31, 2002, 06:52:34 pm

i think any die-hard fs or fs2 fan has attempted to create there own one-person campaign before

Title: Help
Post by: Anaz on June 01, 2002, 01:06:49 pm

hehe, the only thing about mine is that I actually have the remotest chance of doing it with all of the ships I have/am making


(hehe, POST 500!!!!!!)

Title: Help
Post by: Shadow Puppet on June 01, 2002, 02:53:59 pm

If you knew me, you'd know I have a chance...

So, what the best *free* program for making you own ships, et cetra?

Title: Help
Post by: Kabal on June 01, 2002, 03:29:06 pm

nothing is really free anymore...would be best to find someone with a modelling program and ask them to borrow it or burn it

Title: Help
Post by: Shadow Puppet on June 01, 2002, 06:11:16 pm

What about Blender? It's free, but for some reason they disabled the downloads on their site... anyone know why?

Title: Help
Post by: karajorma on June 01, 2002, 06:21:29 pm

There's a love-hate thing about blender. Some modders use it while others would rather perform an appendectomy on themselves with a blunt machete rather than go near it (I`m from the second of those two camps).
 If you can get anywhere with it good luck! :)

Title: Help
Post by: Kabal on June 01, 2002, 08:46:48 pm

I dont think blender can texture stuff either...you could get truespace 1 for texturing

Title: Help
Post by: Shadow Puppet on June 01, 2002, 09:35:44 pm

I've used Blender before and I've found something that can texture, so all I need is a d/l of Blender... at their site I just get a message saying:

"ERROR 404

This page doesn't exist.

Downloads have been disabled until further notice."

:headz:

Title: Help
Post by: Starfury on June 02, 2002, 02:15:14 pm

Blender's been download-disabled because Not a Number went bankrupt, from what I hear... I have the most recent version on my HD.  Be happy to e-mail it to you.  It's 1.63 megs.  If that doesn't work, I can try it over AIM or ICQ... soon as I remember what my ICQ # is.

Title: Help
Post by: Shadow Puppet on June 02, 2002, 03:13:19 pm

My email is [email protected] and AIM is xXxDKCxXx... Thanks for your help!

Title: Help
Post by: Killfrenzy on June 02, 2002, 04:06:15 pm

I still swear by trueSpace. I used to hate it, but now I love it!

(It's probably because I actually sat down and played with it and tried things with patience.........amazing how tinkering with things can do this! :D:D:D)

Title: Help
Post by: EdrickV on June 02, 2002, 09:34:42 pm

I'll stick with the freeware Wings3D from Wings3D.com. :)

Title: Thanks
Post by: Shadow Puppet on June 04, 2002, 08:49:36 pm

EdrickV, THANK YOU! That's exactly what I was looking for!!