[achtung]

Im a total newbie that needs to know where to start in freespace modding:D

[Blitzerland]

Karajorma has a tutorial in his sig.

Here it is. It'll teach you to build a very basic ship with one turret,  to show you the basics.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/freespace/old/shipmods.html

[Night Hammer]

Karajoma is a her? You sure about that? Nope

[achtung]

Thanks for the help, also do you have any places i can get extra info on tables because the wiki is pretty scarce on that.

[Unknown Target]

Pst...Kara's a guy, Blitz

Tables are easy. Just open them with notepad and most everything is self-explanatory

[achtung]

I've encountered a slight problem.  Truespace which the turorial uses sort of costs roughly $400.

[Unknown Target]

There's the free version of TS 3.1, in one of the sticky threads (if you don't want to "aquire" it And you can use any other modeling app. I personally use Milkshape 3D, run it through 3D exploration to get it to a COB, then use TS to orientate it.

[achtung]

You wouldn't happen to know which stikcy would ya?

[achtung]

Nevermind i found it.

[Blitzerland]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
Pst...Kara's a guy, Blitz
 

I'm never gonna live this down.

*cyanide'd*

[Night Hammer]

ah wouldnt that be nice

[Blitzerland]

*detecting bad attitude, advising additional sleep ASAP*

*now reading grudge in the general area, origin unknown*

Anyways, full apologies to Karajorma. Simply a mistype, it means nothing.

Swantz, keep us updated. I think I speak for all of us when I say new modeler's are always welcome. I mean, the community isn't getting any larger, or anything. Good luck!

[Night Hammer]

no grudge,  just general disdain

[karajorma]

It's an easy enough mistake to make. I'm male but my username is indeed female.

Basically I needed a UN that was unique once so I used the name of a female NPC from a role playing game I ran and it kind of stuck

At least I don't get stuck explaining this one half as often as Miburo did back when he was called Lady Rose back on VWBB

[phreak]

well if you do masquerade as a female on an internet forum, then you wouldn't be flamed like everyone else is.  but then again it does validate the acronym "Guy In Real Life"


and if you want to start modding, mess around with the game tables.  this will allow you to modify information about ships and weapons such as damage, refire rate and hitpoints.  A good tutorial is here: http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/fsurp/help/ge/vptut.html

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by karajorma
It's an easy enough mistake to make. I'm male but my username is indeed female.

Basically I needed a UN that was unique once so I used the name of a female NPC from a role playing game I ran and it kind of stuck

At least I don't get stuck explaining this one half as often as Miburo did back when he was called Lady Rose back on VWBB

I always got Su-thep mixed up being a with 'Sue', myself........

[Col. Fishguts]

Originally posted by Swantz
Im a total newbie that needs to know where to start in freespace modding:D

IPAndrews' Freespace 2 Ship Creation Guide(tm) may help.

[karajorma]

That's one of my favourites. I linked to it in my FAQ but it might be an idea to put that one at the top of the list since Bobs PCS tutorial is AWOL at the moment (and cause  PCS is something comes later on in the process anyway).

[achtung]

It's kinda funny how a post about modding can form into a conversation about usernames.  Ive got a lot to learn about the HLPBB.

[Taristin]

HLP is sort of a mob-rule freudian lovefest.