mod idea!!

[herre]

hi i just got a great idea !!!!!
how about making a mod about the series "wheel of time" by Robert Jordan?
I would love it!!!!!
I don't know anything about mods except how to install MOST of them
It even got a own map with own kingdoms, invading forces!!!! + it would be great with magic in it!!!!
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-31470/fantasy/bilder/jordan_karta.jpg : the map
please write back!!! I would love this and play it all the time!!!

 

[Fall of Denial]

There is a sticky in the Pioneers guild for this.

And modders generally wont take orders from a guy with no modding experience.

And dont use so many smileys please?

 

[herre]

There is a sticky in the Pioneers guild for this.

And modders generally wont take orders from a guy with no modding experience.

And dont use so many smileys please?

ok.....

 

[Fall of Denial]

It's alright;now you know

*Hugs*

 

[herre]

It's alright;now you know

*Hugs*

*hugs back*
but is it dowloadable?? cuz i cant find it..

 

[miguel8500]

It's alright;now you know

*Hugs*

*hugs back*
but is it dowloadable?? cuz i cant find it..

he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc.
i suggest you get modding experience or somthing before you start making a mod

 

[herre]

It's alright;now you know

*Hugs*

*hugs back*
but is it dowloadable?? cuz i cant find it..

he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc.
i suggest you get modding experience or somthing before you start making a mod

"he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc"??!
what u mean is??

 

[herre]

It's alright;now you know

*Hugs*

*hugs back*
but is it dowloadable?? cuz i cant find it..

he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc.
i suggest you get modding experience or somthing before you start making a mod

 

[DSparil]

"he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc"??!
what u mean is??

He means that "mod ideas" are not welcomed unless you are willing to work on them yourself.

 

[miguel8500]

"he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc"??!
what u mean is??

He means that "mod ideas" are not welcomed unless you are willing to work on them yourself.

exactly

 

[herre]

"he dosnt mean that he means for suggestions and etc"??!
what u mean is??

He means that "mod ideas" are not welcomed unless you are willing to work on them yourself.

exactly

oh ok.. but it would make a great mod anyway..
well are they welcome ANYWHERE??

 

[Dain Ironfoot]

I've heard there is a mysical community of mod developers with no imagination or life who exist only to make the mod ideas for random idiots on forums. No one has yet found it however.

 

[Jinnai]

I think it depends.  If your ideas fit in with an existing mod, then you might find the mod's developer is very receptive to your ideas.  I've taken a lot of ideas for the mod I work on with The Merc from our forum posts.  However, a completely NEW mod, like what's described by OP... yeah... OP better learn how to contribute code or textures or something before expecting someone to work on it.

 

[miguel8500]

I've heard there is a mysical community of mod developers with no imagination or life who exist only to make the mod ideas for random idiots on forums. No one has yet found it however.

harsh 

 

[herre]

I've heard there is a mysical community of mod developers with no imagination or life who exist only to make the mod ideas for random idiots on forums. No one has yet found it however.

that was low even for u

 

[Dain Ironfoot]

No harsh is when I tell you to **** off and learn to mod yourself instead of trying to get you to understand the reasons why modders don't make other peoples ideas through means of sarcasm.

 

[jik]

First off, don't post you have an idea, post the idea.  If you are lucky (as Jinnai pointed out) if some one likes the idea, or is working on something similar then you may get to see pieces of your idea.

The biggest issue I see with you post is the vagueness of it.  A mod for the wheel of time.  I've read most of it, and it's a flowing story (some may say neverending/pointless/dragging-on/etc, which is why I stopped reading it), so you would have to put in some heavy dialog.  From what I remember there was magic involved as well, which most of this community has steered away from (but there are a few out there with some good magic mods/scripts).

No one will take you seriously if you say you have a good idea.  Show that idea.  What's the worst that can happen?  Some one steals your idea and makes your mod.

The other problem Modders have with thrown in ideas is that someone with no modding experience may not understand the limitations there are to modding.  There are tutorials (I'm updating one) out there to get you started.  Once you start the basics, like making the troops and the parties, you'll start to see how much work it really is.

 

[sesh609]

my mod idea is the english civil war ,american civil war(ive seen the new idea but doesnt seem to have progressed last few weeks )
english civil war
2 sides round heads and cavaliers ,english map,cannon,muskets,pikes,pistols,weapons and armour based on the eagle and radiant cross
though im new to this modding ,ive got the hang of moddeling and textureing in wings 3d but ive run into problems even though ive read and followed the tutourials
1/i can import export tried this this using a backup od native but im getting texture errors well i think thats what they are
2/ive gone through the tutourials using build mod and python but im getting wrong python errors on build ,now ive downloaded python 28 i think it was but when i open it to look at the versions its showing .760 .960 versions which i presume is the game versions though the native version i have is the latest one
ive been at this for 2 weeks now reading tutourials ,trawling the forums and fiddling with the files learning more all the time but when it comes to correcting the textures and building a mod ive come to a brick wall
any helpfull suggestions please?

 

[MartinF]

Just post actual examples of the problems you're running into, the code that's not compiling, the error python is giving you, etc.

There's a couple of people out here on the Forge who don't mind helping out. I'm one of them but I'll readily admit my limitations since I only started like 2 weeks ago myself, but there are a lot of really good modders out there who don't mind putting some time into getting other people going.

A lot of the problems with the compiler are bad syntax (wrongly built tuples in the module files) or often just simple errors like leaving out a bracket or putting one too many in.

At the end of the day though, you'll have to put in the hours to get it all to work, whether it's a whole mod you're making or just small changes or 'kits' and it can be a son of a ***** sometimes, but it's great when you finally see the light and it comes together. And then someone comes along and in 5 minutes makes the idea you've just been working on ten times better by one simple suggestion which puts you squarely back into your place

 

[sesh609]

thks for the reply ive looked through again and i get the feeling ive missed something out or done a process wrong ,i tried altering the items _kind file when it came up error missing  when i altered it to put the info in it came up with error again ,i looked through other files to get an idea of what to write using brf editor . also ive found theres something ive done wrong with the texture files .should it work if you textured using wings3d?.just cant put my finger on what ive done wrong