[InfernoGod]

OK, I'm doing an Inferno campaign, and it was just going to be some missions. But then I got some ideas... and more... and more... and now it's a full blown project complete with new weapons and stuffs. So, I'm looking for some MODders and some cutscene artists who would be willing to help me. Maybe some space crack to talk you into it...

[karajorma]

Hmmmmm. Advice time again.

I have no desire to stiffle your creativity but starting a huge campaign single handed when you're a relative unknown is generally a bad idea. The community recently saw one of the biggest, most eagerly awaited mods cancelled so most people are going to be skittish about joining up with you.

As always my advice is join up with a team and help them make a campaign. Once MG is finished if any of the MG team came up to me and said that they had a great campaign idea I'd certainly give them priority over anyone else in the community simply because I've worked with them before and enjoyed the experience.

Several of the teams would be quite happy to take on a freelancer to do a couple of tasks wothout joining the team completely. This is especially true if you have skills like texturing or UV mapping which are in very high demand.

If you don't fancy joining a team you could contribute a few good mods to the community.

Another possible path is to put the big campaign aside and make a mini-campaign first. Do that well and people will be more likely to sign up.

Basically the goal is to show that you are someone who can get things done. When people have seen that you can contribute then you'll be able to get people to help.

Of course you could attempt it all yourself. Nah. Only an idiot or a madman would attempt a campaign single handed.

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oh

[.::Tin Can::.]

Karajorma has a point. Like always...

[InfernoGod]

that's something i knew, as i've seen that advice before- somewhere...
and as for the joining up of the campaign teams- i doubt anyone would take me, as I can only FRED, and they usually have too many FREDers or enough. i'll continue to do missions for my campaign, probably, but when INF R2 comes out, I'll need to convert the regular missions into INF ships and weapons, etc... But anyway, have any suggestions for a team that could use a good FREDer?
if i tried to MOD, it would end up being, well, definately not a ship- probably just a box with several turrets. but i would be intrested in joining a team either as a tester of FREDer- but I've already tried for INF.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by InfernoGod
I doubt anyone would take me, as I can only FRED, and they usually have too many FREDers or enough.

You must be joking. OTT was cancelled due to a lack of FREDders IIRC and several of the major campaigns are suffering from a lack of them.

Post a decent sample mission and a request to join a campaign and you'll be snapped up very quickly.

Originally posted by InfernoGod
But anyway, have any suggestions for a team that could use a good FREDer?

I haven't talked to either team about it that recently but staff from both Twisted Infinities and TVWP have complained to me in the past about a lack of FREDders.

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by karajorma
several of the major campaigns are suffering from a lack of them.  

people say that but whenever I sent sample missions I usually didn't even get a proper reply. I don't think the missiosn I sent were that bad

[WMCoolmon]

Post them on the forums, then.

[karajorma]

That surprises me. I've always been willing to take on FREDders who weren't even that expert on the grounds that it's easier to fix an average mission than to do all the work myself

Got any sample missions lying about? Post them on the campaign forum and I'll give you my honest opinion.

[magatsu1]

I'll have a look, doubt it though. I'm more interested in Modelling and texturing at the mo'. Haven't done any FREDing for ages.

Actually, IIRC, I did post one and got a load of feedback from jd,uh, jd-whatever-his-name-is.

[InfernoGod]

Originally posted by magatsu1
I'll have a look, doubt it though. I'm more interested in Modelling and texturing at the mo'. Haven't done any FREDing for ages.

Actually, IIRC, I did post one and got a load of feedback from jd,uh, jd-whatever-his-name-is.

Oh, oh! Model for me! Model for me! j/k, i took Karajorma's advice and I'm trying to get a spot for the T-V War. If only I could get my mission up on the forum: I've tried everything. My website on FreeWebs keeps giving me a 404, so that's not an option. So should I just copy the entire thing (as in open the mission with notepad) and post that on the forum? A little help would be appreciated.

EDIT: Actually, if you are interested magatsu1, I do have a job for you- if you want to model some things while I'm helping out. It's up to you. Like Karajorma said: only an idiot would attempt to make a campaign single-handedly. Why not do some progress and have some models ready for my return?

[karajorma]

Originally posted by InfernoGod
Like Karajorma said: only an idiot would attempt to make a campaign single-handedly.

I was actually being somewhat sarcastic when I said that. Look at the staff list for TMA and you'll see what I mean

As for the mission, e-mail it to [email protected] and I'll put it up for you.

[WMCoolmon]

Sexcite.com?

[magatsu1]

Originally posted by InfernoGod
EDIT: Actually, if you are interested magatsu1, I do have a job for you- if you want to model some things while I'm helping out. It's up to you. Like Karajorma said: only an idiot would attempt to make a campaign single-handedly. Why not do some progress and have some models ready for my return?

love to help out nut I'm still a noob, especially for texturing.
If you've applied to the peoples car project best to concentrate on that, in my opinion.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Sexcite.com?

I did notice that but I thought it looked interesting so I left it