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OK here's the deal....

This is the best game I've ever played and I want to learn about modding, FRED2, etc..

Could some of you peeps be so kind as to point out or post links to any reference material, software programs etc... to help me get started. I thank you in advance for all your help

One other thing.... its about the source code, I'm looking for any information to help me get started in learning all this.

BTW, I have lots of free time to take up these new hobbies.

Again, Thanks!

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OK here's the deal....

This is the best game I've ever played and I want to learn about modding, FRED2, etc..

Could some of you peeps be so kind as to point out or post links to any reference material, software programs etc... to help me get started. I thank you in advance for all your help

One other thing.... its about the source code, I'm looking for any information to help me get started in learning all this.

BTW, I have lots of free time to take up these new hobbies.

Again, Thanks!

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I dont have a "Drinking Problem" - I drink, get drunk, fall down - no problem

[url=http://165thBDHR.com]165th BDHR[/url]

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I'm a "Stay at Home" Dad, so I have lots of free time to take up these new hobbies.

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quote:

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I'm a "Stay at Home" Dad, so I have lots of free time to take up these new hobbies.

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I had a feeling this would come up Trust me when I say that Bones is my online identity and in no way reflects my real life personality, just ask my kids when I let them out of the closet (j/k) I suppose I better edit it anyways. Thanks for pointing it out!

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1) Some sort of modelling/texturing tool
Truespace, Milkshape, 3DS Max, etc.
2)A program that can view VP files
VPView
3)A .tbl editor
Notepad
4)Free time

Use VPView to open up the root fs2 .vp, extract "ships.tbl" from the tables into your "Freespace 2/Data/Tables" directory, and take a look at it with notepad. If you need more help, just post here

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1) Some sort of modelling/texturing tool
Truespace, Milkshape, 3DS Max, etc.
2)A program that can view VP files
VPView
3)A .tbl editor
Notepad
4)Free time

Use VPView to open up the root fs2 .vp, extract "ships.tbl" from the tables into your "Freespace 2/Data/Tables" directory, and take a look at it with notepad. If you need more help, just post here

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/me feels left out of that list

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http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/ - We've got MODing and FRED documents under FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2 sections.

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http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/ - We've got MODing and FRED documents under FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2 sections.

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Sorry Kazan
-Proggie to import FS2 ships and modify them to place guns and such
[url=http://alliance.sourceforge.net/FS2Kit.shtml]Kazan's FS2kit, POFCS[/url] and [url=http://www.descent-network.com/descman/]Modelview [/url]
EDIT: BTW, does POFCS not have a 3D view, or am I just missing something?

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Sorry Kazan
-Proggie to import FS2 ships and modify them to place guns and such
[url=http://alliance.sourceforge.net/FS2Kit.shtml]Kazan's FS2kit, POFCS[/url] and [url=http://www.descent-network.com/descman/]Modelview [/url]
EDIT: BTW, does POFCS not have a 3D view, or am I just missing something?

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there is a vertion with 3d veiw, but it's very early

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there is a vertion with 3d veiw, but it's very early

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Hmm, that'd be nice to have. At the moment, if I want to edit thrusters or something I have to switch between POFCS and ModelView.

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Hmm, that'd be nice to have. At the moment, if I want to edit thrusters or something I have to switch between POFCS and ModelView.

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For working with the source code you'd probably want Visual C++ 6.0 since that's what it's made with.

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For working with the source code you'd probably want Visual C++ 6.0 since that's what it's made with.

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Uh...did anyone mention source code in here? I didn't see anyone mention it

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Uh...did anyone mention source code in here? I didn't see anyone mention it

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