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Help - Xerxas Jade - 03-14-2006
Hi
Ok i have a few questions.
i have never tryed any programing like this befor and i have none of the programs or anything to do it yet so before i go out and get them i want to know im getting the right stuff.
firstly i really dont think i could handel learning both how to make ships and systems at once so which is easyer.
ships??
systems??
then what are the simplest programs avaliable to make them in and i dont care if they also happen to be the most expencive.
i have no i diead where to strat or what to get so easyer is better i belive.
i read something about milkshake and gmax on one of the other threads and exporting between useing quake 3 ect?? (as i sid i got no idear) and y not just use milkshake to start with??
also any tutorials would help
Help - Wolfpack98 - 03-14-2006
System creation is probably VASTLY more simple than ships.
Just trying to wrap my head around doing the 3D modeling is a nightmare on it's own, especially when I'm so proficient with networking computers and all that stuff :-)
So.. Yeah. System creation is probably the easiest to do for beginners.
Help - Igiss - 03-14-2006
Creating systems is one of the most complicated areas of modding, no less. Creating a good system with good object density takes much longer than any other Freelancer coding. As for 3D modelling, that's another subject... surely it more complicated and requires more knowledge. So yes, creating systems is easier.
If you want to create something easily, I don't think that you'll create much. Everyone who gets involved soon understands that it's much more complicated then it first seems, and a 'minor' feature mentioned in readme might take many hours of work, or even days. Money that you pay for software (3D software for ship modelling only, as there's no commercial editors for FL) won't help much. More useful to pay an experienced modder to make stuff for you, really.
You can find all tutorials you need at http://lancersreactor.com. There's a whole forum section with tutorials, and one good ship creating tutorial is in the download section, use search. Then again, to make systems you'll need Freelancer Explorer, Freelancer SDK 1.3 (or newer) and FLED-IDS. All those are available from Lancersreactor, so, again, - search.
Help - Dab - 03-14-2006
Making the layout of a system using FLE is easy but the coding is what makes it hard. I suggest systems if you want easy. But your systems will be competing against me and Angel's.
Help - Korrd - 03-14-2006
Dab,Mar 14 2006, 02:45 PM Wrote:Making the layout of a system using FLE is easy but the coding is what makes it hard. I suggest systems if you want easy. But your systems will be competing against me and Angel's.Why competing?
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This is not a competition about who makes better systems. This is about contributing to the mod...