[Black Wolf]

I seem to be full of questions at the moment. Anyway, are you personally (not your campaign) presently involved in actively FREDding at all? I'm curious because it seems we've had an increase in modders lately, and a long time increase in campaigns being started, but missions (and campaigns being released) seem to be few and far between.

So, to get the ball rolling, Presently, I am actively working on two missions for 1 project and no single missions.

(NB - a half finished mission you started 6 months ago does not constitute actively (However, if you should start working on it again (and you should) then you'd be able to participate in this thread! How fun!)

[kasperl]

i was fighting with FRED, FSO, and the tables earlier, trying to get a 'roid pof from Flipside ingame.

no such luck, though, but that is probably due to me being an idiot. (read the siggy)

[Taristin]

I don't Fred.  It hates me, and I hate it. All I use it for is to set up test runs for various features that cannot be enabled with the cheat.

Me makes models.

[adwight]

I FRED, as you already know.  I can pretty much do anything with it as long as I take the time.

[IceFire]

BlackWater Ops

Working on Episode 3....Ace just finished Episode 2.  So we're almost done the major FREDding work.  Still lots ahead of us!

[Lightspeed]

*drumroll*

I FRED.

[SadisticSid]

I can FRED with the best of em. Shame I can't model.

*takes pride in the Paint-ified renderings of his Inferno missions*

[Anaz]

I can fred. I don't like to fred. I may be fredding soon. The Warcraft 3 world editor 0wnz fred.

[Goober5000]

I can FRED. I FRED for Fortunes of War, Silent Threat: Reborn, and Terran-Vasudan War Project.  Not actively, unfortunately.  I should be able to do a lot more after the semester is over.

You make a good point, Black Wolf... you should post an article on HLP 2.0 about it. It seems that everyone who joins HLP wants to be a modeller, and barely anyone wants to FRED.  The problem is that missions, not models, are the lifeblood of the community.  We need a healthy cycle of campaigns being completed at least as fast as campaigns being started.

Remember what a commotion Blaise Russel caused by stepping onto the scene with not one but two completed campaigns?  We need more people like that.

[Nico]

I JACK

[Tiara]

Originally posted by Nico
I JACK

off?

*runs*

Anywayz, I FRED but I don't feel like reinstalling FreeSpace right now.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Tiara

off?

That too

[Xelion]

Well I'm learning to use FRED2 again, does that count? Might have a few Freespace 2 (Not FSO) 'single missions' in a few weeks.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Goober5000
I can FRED. I FRED for Fortunes of War, Silent Threat: Reborn, and Terran-Vasudan War Project.  Not actively, unfortunately.  I should be able to do a lot more after the semester is over.

You make a good point, Black Wolf... you should post an article on HLP 2.0 about it. It seems that everyone who joins HLP wants to be a modeller, and barely anyone wants to FRED.  The problem is that missions, not models, are the lifeblood of the community.  We need a healthy cycle of campaigns being completed at least as fast as campaigns being started.

Remember what a commotion Blaise Russel caused by stepping onto the scene with not one but two completed campaigns?  We need more people like that.

True story, Petrarch's recent effort was a pleasant surprise too. Perhaps our slogan of "bringing modders together" was too successful... Or too narrow in its definition. Are Fredders modders too?

[.::Tin Can::.]

I Heart FRED. It loves me, and is easy to learn... :yes:

[Roy fokker]

i fred really active at the moment just first of episodes 1,2, and currently on 3 still a long more epsodes to do after this one all good most are complex need me to use my whole knowledge of fred plus using variables (i hate variables ) but still finding out new tricks from other fredders

[.::Tin Can::.]

That reminds me... what are those "strings" and other such options that I never used before. I dont understand exactly... and karajorma had no idea either.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by .::Tin Can::.
That reminds me... what are those "strings" and other such options that I never used before. I dont understand exactly... and karajorma had no idea either.

I didn't? Oh. I think I misunderstood the question at the time I probably thought you were on about the strings.tbl.

As far as I know there is very little use for String variables at the current time. If the SCP has fixed it up so that Strings can be output via messages or briefings I'll be very glad to hear it.

As for Fredding I'm rather inactive at the moment. Getting into modding was probably a big mistake for me because I was a very prolific FREDder before I got into it but I'm incredibly slow at modding and so as a result I tend to wait for a model before FREDding missions involving it. (If you're wondering where all those missions are they are part of my own personal campaign TMA).

When I do FRED however I really enjoy it. I completed a mission for MG about a month or so ago that I enjoyed working on a lot and I've got another one lined up that promises to be even more complex. I tend to find the more complicated a mission is the more I enjoy working on it

One reason why I stopped FREDding so much is probably due to the fact I rarely talk about it any more compared with modding. There is a definate corollation between my FREDding slow down and the demise of the VBB and it's excellent FREDding forum.

The other problem is that FREDding seems to be the least respected modding profession on this board. In fact Blaise is probably our only heavily respected FREDder.
 Unlike modding you can only get props from the wider comunity when you release a campaign. You can't show off a picture of your FREDding and have anyone tell you what's wrong with it. In the MG team we've noticed that almost every single member has branched out into another field of some sort, even the ones who were purely FREDders when we took them on.

Originally posted by Roy fokker
(i hate variables ) but still finding out new tricks from other fredders

I love them. My only problem with them is that I can't do enough with them as they are pretty limited in use.  Have a look at
this thread if you want some to see some ideas for what I (and others) can do with them once they start being tied into other functions.

[kasperl]

And all of that causes everyone to be so damn short of FREDders...

[Shinobi]

The problem with my FREDing is that I playtest a mission way too much. Even in changing the smallest thing I'll often absent mindedly load up freespace again, and if its a long mission that means I have to sit through all the previous stuff. I've still got to learn about Fred but hopefully if some *people*complete some *models* I'll be able to start again