Help me get started

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    If you want to start modding, the first thing you need to figure out is what do you want to mod? e.g. what do you expect to get?

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    dunno what you want to do with pdf files
    FL doesnt even know what a pdf is

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    Only dead fish swim with the stream.
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    This is ten percent luck,
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    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
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    I do not know anything about modding. Where is a good place for me to go and learn. I do understand the internal workings of networks very well. I have NO experience in programming. Will that be a problem?

    that doesn't matter ;) all you need to know&understand is the way FL works :]

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    1. get a permission first

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    i dont really like that idea
    CF was created the way it is and it should stay that way

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    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    Well I like how CF has NPC difficult and licens spot discovery for there tags freeworlds for there power generators and some ships from all three. The map I will mod from original make new factions new ships new systems. OP can u make ships for me or at least link to the program u use to do it.

    Parrish627

    i cant make ships for you or anything else since the SWAT projects already take all my time


    the tool u should use is milkshape 3d

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    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    Call me dumb on the subject. Went to milkshape 3d's web page there is a lot of stuff to choose from.


    MilkShape 3D 1.8.2 (on CNET Download.com)
    MilkShape 3D 1.8.2 (local download 1) ms3d182.zip, 5277 KB
    MilkShape 3D 1.8.2 (local download 2) ms3d182.zip, 5277 KB
    MilkShape 3D 1.8.2 SDK ms3dsdk182.zip, 53 KB
    MilkShape 3D Helpfile in HTML format (by sckoobs) MS3DHelp-HTML.zip, 3969 KB
    MilkShape 3D Helpfile in CHM format (by sckoobs) MS3DHelp-CHM.zip, 2155 KB
    Mesa 6.4.1 Software OpenGL Drivers mesa641dlls.zip, 680 KB
    MilkShape 3D ASCII Model Viewer (/w src) MsViewer.zip, 117 KB
    MilkShape 3D Binary Model Viewer (/w src) msViewer2.zip, 843 KB


    The list goes on and on there are even plugins to choose from

    importer and exporter belong into the ms3d directory
    no i didnt check that site yet

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    Don't discuss with idiots. They only drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience there.


    This is ten percent luck,
    Twenty percent skill,
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will,
    Five percent pleasure,
    Fifty percent pain,
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!


    ok so you need the program itself, right? that leaves

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    MilkShape 3D 1.8.2 (local download 1) ms3d182.zip, 5277 KB
    MilkShape 3D 1.8.2 (local download 2) ms3d182.zip, 5277 KB


    So just choose where to download from: Download.com or Their [MS3D] servers. [SIZE=1]duh[/SIZE]

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    theres a full instruction for modelling in milkshape ,download on cf downloads