Hello everyone,
before i begin i want to tell you some things first.
i'm 16 y/o and live in holland so english is not my native language.
I'm still in school and i won't have a lot of spare time.
now... lets begin!
My name is Teun Holsbeek. 16 y/o and live in holland. i have bought the game a couple of days ago and am very interested in it. especially the modding scene. but i don't know anything about scripting, java, JSON etc. but really want to learn it and apply it in making mods. but I don't want to do it alone, i wanted to make it a kind of interactive experience, sharing knowledge about the game and its mods. so that everyone can learn it slowly and gradually. start with the basics like creating a map, mission, editing one weapon on a fighter and let them battle on a blank map. Posting the progress I make and (hopefully) get advice and help from the forum and other people. like i said i wanted to make it interactive so that other people can learn to. I will post all problems i run into, and maybe someone can show with a post how to solve it. maybe i can make like a youtube video trying to explain how i fixed things.
the things i know.
only the very basics of modding: editing mod_info files. using the *.ship/.variant editor online the basics of mission_list files icons, mission discriptions.
converting JSON files using the JSON validator, i know a bit about editing ships to ship.variants using the *.ship/.variant editor.
The Things I DONT know
:using JSON (i think there will be people shouting GO LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET! but i already did aswell with java its so much information and its very hard for me to learn in a short period of time). a large part of mission discriptor files, editing all the CSV files using excel. (there must be a quicker wayto add the ship data?) will be shown with a screenshot in a sec...
questions i have.
is this a good idea? or will most of you say **** it u dont know scripting language and dont come near it if you don't know it. or will you actually be helpfull creating this 'guide'.
if you think this is a good idea i have a question already:
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ImageShack.usPS. when the first bit of my mod is finished it will ofcouse be posted here
Links:
v0.15 (custom map, total of 4 ships)
http://www.mediafire.com/?zak003av2naaq26v0.13 (custom map, new torpedo frigate, new interceptor squadron)
http://www.mediafire.com/?4qekczhtd239dg6 NOTE: put torpedofrigate.pgn and interceptor.png in your /graphics/ships folder
v0.12 (custom map, new ship torpedo frigate)
http://www.mediafire.com/?kv4u7nyk7u6sk44 NOTE: put torpedofrigate.pgn in your /graphics/ships folder
v0.11 (custom map, custom ship 1v1):
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?oevk45py15b6q14v0.10 (custom map, standard ship 1v1):
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k8ligbog4fb5q5fMy Hiigaran TorpedoFrigate sprite (pg 2):
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ns2w9aqiaxsfodcPlease comment!
