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Title: New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 15 Sep 2002, 22:35:50
Hi.

After my problems with my first addon:

"Crate from Hell"
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=47;action=display;threadid=1527

I decided to make a step-by-step tutorial on how to make this addon. NewBies that have read the o2 inferface tutorial and are ready to try to make their own basic addon should read it. Its at my page:

http://www.geocities.com/brsseb/index.html

NOTE: Uploaded the site today & its probably LOADED with typo`s. Also its lacking pictures but they will come tomorrow. Feedback: brsseb@hotmail.com

Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: ScouseJedi on 16 Sep 2002, 00:59:16
You could do with adding a little info on the paths of your textures.

You didn't seem to CNTL + texture name (in side window), press E and put crate/ infront of the texture name.pac so I would like to know where everything was.

(my guess would be c:\crate\*.*   if buldozer was in c:\)



Nice work though (and you were right about the typos) :)

One day us latecomers will catch up to the breathe community
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 16 Sep 2002, 17:46:50
 8) 8) 8) 8)

The tutorial is now finished (v1.0). All the pictures are in place and most of the typos are gone. Think its prety good, too. :D

Bugs/Complements/Feedback: here or brsseb@hotmail.com
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Intruder on 17 Sep 2002, 15:09:41
Geocities is down :( any chance of making a downloadable version?
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 17 Sep 2002, 19:23:26
Hi. The site is back online it seems. Strange that. And nearly 200 hits already! Nice. Anyway, the site is also found here, in cas the  geocities version proves unreliable.

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/brsseb

Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 17 Sep 2002, 22:42:24
ofp.info are going to put my tutorial on their server since the free web site geocities.com seems pretty unreliable. It should be on the ofp.info servers by  tomorrow
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Hudson on 17 Sep 2002, 22:57:31
I just posted it into the newsgroup alt.games.operation-flashpoint if anyone wants to go that route to get it...
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 18 Sep 2002, 16:04:27
And here it is. Safely under the wings of ofp.info:

http://ofp.info/brsseb/

Am already begun my work on lesson 2 - "Making yuur first car".
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: trinec on 19 Sep 2002, 22:03:36
Thanks brsseb for your crate tutorial worked good for me looks nice in the game also now on to bigger and better things hehe now if i can only get the purple haze off the top of the m16 picture so i can model it hehe
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Wadi on 24 Sep 2002, 20:34:12
I can't get the mass thingy to work, to add mass to it. It worked when I did the crate, but now I'm doing an Oil Rig and I do what you say in the tutorial, but it doesn't work!

(also, I can't do the "save selection" thingy)
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 24 Sep 2002, 21:49:31
I can't get the mass thingy to work, to add mass to it. It worked when I did the crate, but now I'm doing an Oil Rig and I do what you say in the tutorial, but it doesn't work!

(also, I can't do the "save selection" thingy)

Hi

 What do you mean you cant do the "Save selection" thing? Make sure you have found the Named Selection window (Alt+T). Select all (Ctrl+A), right mousebutton in the named selection window and select "new". Check out the o2 menues and familiarize yourself with the program before starting to model anything.
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: STO_blackbird on 26 Sep 2002, 20:54:52
is it easier to use Oxygen to completely do any addon or is it better to do the model in someting like Milkshape then transfer it to o2.  cause i am very new at the whole addon making thing and i need help  ??? please let me know, thx
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 26 Sep 2002, 23:20:59
is it easier to use Oxygen to completely do any addon or is it better to do the model in someting like Milkshape then transfer it to o2.  cause i am very new at the whole addon making thing and i need help  ??? please let me know, thx

Oxygen is a very basic 3d program. Programs like Milkshape, Lightwave, Maya and 3ds max are far better programs. I used to model in Maya and my first impression of Oxygen was that it was pure crap. But once you take the time and learn the relative simple interface you`ll see that it is more than enough for modelling addons for OFP.

If you can, use another better 3d program and then export. It will save you some time (and some frustration). But you dont really need a more advanced program than Oxygen to make great addons (after all, its mostly about placing vertrices, making faces and texturing).


Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: BUNTRO on 02 Jan 2003, 03:50:46
One thing I haven't seen out as far as tutorials is concerned is ones about turret type addons, missiles, and descriptions of LOD's.  Can someone leaves some links to info that might be useful for this.  Thanks.

BUNTRO
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: snYpir on 02 Jan 2003, 12:50:37
Nice tutorials!

If you feel the urge to share... I am happy to host them in any way, shape or form.

 :-*
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Pointman on 05 Feb 2003, 07:37:15
you are the king of gods.. nice work.


edit:

I just went through the crate and the car tutorials, i had NO previous modeling experience (only scripting). It was FAN-TAS-TIC!

Good job, the community need people like you!
/salute
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Sco_jam on 30 Apr 2003, 17:29:40
Ahh, just worked my way through youre toturials they are 1st class.
It took a while but it was worth it i wish there was toturials like your's for evrey thing to do with ofp. not them crappy hard boring endless pointless one, and them god damn videos AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH.
  ;D

One problem texturing for me is like walking to mars and no ofence or nuthing but your detail on texturing is crappy but if there is any tips u want 2 give me go ahead
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: brsseb on 30 Apr 2003, 17:42:06
Ahh, just worked my way through youre toturials they are 1st class.
It took a while but it was worth it i wish there was toturials like your's for evrey thing to do with ofp. not them crappy hard boring endless pointless one, and them god d**n videos AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH.
  ;D

One problem texturing for me is like walking to mars and no ofence or nuthing but your detail on texturing is crappy but if there is any tips u want 2 give me go ahead

I dont teach you how to MAKE textures, if thats what info you are after. But i think that lesson 1 (and the following lessons) do a good job in explaining the way you texture objects in o2. But i can admit it can be hard for some n00bs to understand right away, give yourself some time :)

brsseb
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Sco_jam on 30 Apr 2003, 18:56:58
r u calling me a n00b u son of a dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :'(

LOL ;)
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: gundam007 on 10 Jul 2003, 06:05:44
brssebs my hero, took the confusion out of o2
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: thegamer on 30 Jul 2003, 17:57:54
Do I have to select verticies to apply the skin? How do I apply skins that a re all messed up? Example: the Bayonet skin has the knife on the bottom, and the handle on the top, isn't it supposed to be at the back? The knife shape is fine, but the others, aren't. Thanks. Does anybody know a site that explans config files?
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: Tigg@lot on 11 Sep 2003, 01:36:40
Great Tuts brsseb. ;D
Would you please make some about Tanks and Bikes?
Title: Re:New Tutorial Here - Making your first addon!
Post by: DBR_ONIX on 29 Nov 2003, 13:07:40
Brilliant tutorials..  I have only played about with a few 3D modeling programs (I am farily good with Rhino 3d, and InteliCad, but they are the only ones, as they are fairly simple..).. After reading the first 3 ones..
Brilliant!
I acctualy made something that worked! :P
(I've made the sniper, and a working on a few other things now..!)

Well done..
Downloadable tutorials would be even better.. Instead of having to save them all! As I'm still on 56k (Gettin broadband soon, I hope), and its annoying to have to stay online all that time..

Well done..
A tank tutorial would be very good too :)
- Ben