Author Topic: HOw do you put together a mod? (Read 9701 times)

Titan · **on:** October 07, 2007, 04:13:45 pm

ok, i got a bunch of ships from hades. how do i put them together so i can fred them?

Mobius · **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2007, 04:15:00 pm

Create a VP with the models you want to use and their table entries.

Check The FAQ^TM for more info

Wanderer · **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2007, 04:28:44 pm

Create VP file? What for? To complicate modding?

Titan · **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2007, 05:39:51 pm

FAQ?

Herra Tohtori · **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2007, 06:30:04 pm

Make a mod folder which contains data folder and it's subdirs. Put the mod stuff in the data subdirectories and activate the mod folder from Launcher... and when you're FREDding missions with them, make an icon for FRED, go to it's properties and add -mod ModDirectory to the command line.

While you're testing and building stuff up, don't bother making a VP file like Wanderer said, you'll just have to edit it's contents again and again and again and it's easier to do that with Windows exploder... Just at the end when you have fixed all the mistakes you made, you might want to create a VP package of the mod folder's data directory... if your mod has a lot of stuff, that is. For some small single ship mod it's sometimes easier for both you and users to just pack the model, maps, missions and possibly effects into a zip, rar or 7z file (archive of your choice), though.

Polpolion · **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2007, 06:58:34 pm

Mobius said make a VP based on the assumption that you're done and not going to do anymore editing. Once you are done, VPs are probably the most efficient solution, that is if you're doing something that involves more than a ship and a couple of FRED missions.

Titan · **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2007, 06:14:33 am

and if you're doing about 6 ships and 3 fred missions?

(the ships are: GTF claymore, GTF Donar, GTGs Antwerpen, GTB Peregine, EAF Leathe, Barracuda, Gas miner)

colecampbell666 · **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2007, 09:28:01 am

The Antwerpen? Man! That thing is butt-ugly! Are you going to have a mech battle with that as a pistol?

Titan · **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:22:07 am

JUST TELL ME HOW TO USE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and its only gonna appear in one episode, the demo, as a police/ space version of coast guard cruiser)

colecampbell666 · **Reply #9 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:34:13 am

Download VPMage, and the rest will have to be from someone else, as I don't know how to use it. It is in the "Tools" section of Turey's.

Titan · **Reply #10 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:40:04 am

I ALREADY HAVE VP MAGE!!!!!!!!!! GAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY WONT YOU READ MY MIND AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I NEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Titan · **Reply #11 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:44:00 am

wait a sec..... why dont i just look at like the INFA vp?

aw crud

colecampbell666 · **Reply #12 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:47:31 am

Someone's pissy.

Titan · **Reply #13 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:48:52 am

ok, it looks exactly like what i did. why isn't it workin?

Jeff Vader · **Reply #14 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:51:07 am

Quote from: Titan on October 08, 2007, 10:40:04 am

I ALREADY HAVE VP MAGE*too many exclamation marks* GAHHHHHHHHHH*too many exclamation marks* WHY WONT YOU READ MY MIND AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I NEED*too many exclamation marks* *too many smilies*

Calm down, learn patience and be clear. Making a post with all capital letters, dozens of exclamation marks and too many smilies is the worst way to try and get an answer. Express your thoughts in a calm, clear and simple manner and maybe we'll understand what's wrong with you.

Also, please edit that post. It's making my eyes burn.

Titan · **Reply #15 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:55:30 am

sorry.

ok, i unrarred all the ships (BHBC Blade, Claymore, Donar, Antwerpen, peregine, Herc Mk3, lots of others.)
but i dont know how to put all those different files into a vp and make it work in game. plz help. i beg of you

colecampbell666 · **Reply #16 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:58:24 am

You need to create subfolders, much like your FS2 directory. Inside the VP, put your files in different folders. Ships go in models, textures go in maps, tables go in tables, and so on. Like you said, look at an existing VP on where the rest of the files go.

Titan · **Reply #17 on:** October 08, 2007, 11:00:02 am

that didn't work for me.

EDIT: oh ya, and i do have a data>cache folder, and in the mod folder the mod.ini and the settings.ini, which i copied from FSport and changed a lil.

colecampbell666 · **Reply #18 on:** October 08, 2007, 11:04:16 am

The mod.ini doesn't go inside of the VP, in case you didn't know.

Titan · **Reply #19 on:** October 08, 2007, 11:04:45 am

i didn't put it in there.

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