Some weeks ago I decided to write a tutorial about the basics of general editing Terran Conflict with a focus on the modding-part as this is my 'speciality' (aka I cannot do scripting nor MD-programming ^^' ).
This tutorial really covers only the most basic things you need to know and is written for total beginners who've yet to even touch the X modding-tools. Though even more experienced modders may find the one or other thing they didn't know.
1. Introduction
Attention, second well recruits!
Actually, I decided to write this tutorial not necessarily because I am such a great guy (which is certainly true as well ), but mainly because I got tired of newbies asking the same basic questions again and again and getting shot down for it by three other users and one moderator which tell the newbie to go and read the stickies. The thing is, there may be many great tutorials around and some of them even easily accessible, but for the biggest part, a total beginner has to collect the most basic informations himself. Sure, there are tutorials, but they are either too advanced for beginners which don't even know what a script and what a mod does, or they are hidden so well that about half of the time which could be used to get into editing TC is needed to actually find the tutorial.
Well, enough rant ( ). I plan to expand this tutorial later as much as possible to include the advanced parts of modding as well, but I can't guarantee anything. I tend to loose motivation in a matter of seconds... But I'm optimistic as I got through with this basics tutorial without taking all too long.
I hope it helps our new modding generation.
Greetings,
enenra aka DSE
(Disclaimer: If anything in the tutorial sounds funny or even offending it is most likely due to my not exactly flawless english, which is not my native tongue. Or it could be me trying to be funny but not getting it across properly. Being offending is not my intention - really - I'm sorry if it seems like that. Please send me a notice if you find anything that may get across like that.)
And the link to the online-tutorial here on ModDB: link
Good think DSE for putting it here :)
Well, we've got to 'spread the word' after all. :D
I did some small changes to the tutorial (downloadable PDF and online version) as it was noted that the tutorial got across offending in some places. This was not intended and thus changed. I hope it's okay now. :)