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Well first of all, I am making this for a freind of mine, PGG. You are welcome to use it. But I will explain the format... I will have several steps and they will be added as I make them. I urge you take take them one step at a time and let it soak in, otherwise you may get confused. I also urge asking questions (not spam the thread). Now here it is:
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Identifying Parts
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_{(Lessons will be added cumulatively as they are completed)}

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First, get the special.cs from Max's website. If you
get it from somewhere else, it might not have the
helpful little reminders we all know and love on the
side, after the '//'s. Open it. Here is were the
learning begins...

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-------------1.) Identifying Parts----------------------
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You will see a whole lot of different stuff here,
different datablocks, the whole schemer. At the
beginning, the majoritie, there will be sound
datablocks, here is a pic.:

Notice the datablock. Anything on the datablock line
is telling the engine what the body of the datablock
is. In the parenthesis is the name you will use when
adding it into your weapons. You will learn more
about this later. Now that you know sound profile
datablocks, I will show you some more...

---> That is the datablock for explosions.

---> A very, VERY, important datablock, this is the
emitter datablock, which, like the others, will be
explained in more detail later.

---> This is were you would control all of your
reticals and make more

:::Important Fact of datablocks:::

When you see a datablock like the one below, and it
only has part of the codes available, it make have
this in the datablock:

A closer look:

That is a way to use missing data from another
complete datablock in the one missing the data. So,
it says,
'HeavyProjectile : DefaultProjectile'. This means,
since the defualt projectile is complete, it takes the
missing codes in the HeavyProjectiles datablock and
fills them up with the default codes. A helpful hint
for that is you can add any codes that are valid to
the datablock in the heavys space to make it more
unique. The datablock doesn't borrow any code that is
already available.
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This is the first step to makeing weapons and
emitters. If you do this slowly and correctly, you
will be great. So, after you completely understand
this, you can move on. Ask any questions now,
otherwise you will get confused. This is part one of
the many lessons to come...

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Periodicaly check for updates, I will again add them as I finish them. Again, read lesson by lesson but let it all soak in before moving further. Ask questions early, and I will do my best to answer them.

Update: I am monitoring this thread, and am not sure when the next lesson will be accomplished.

Last edited: Sunday, October 23, 2005 at 9:13:24 AM

I feel so special! Thx canned!

NP! :) So, you understand the first lesson okay?

Last edited: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 5:28:58 PM

@ Canned
Could you please send me your Map Rotation Script.

Sure... :)

I think I am getting it. Anything to improve my geek statis is worth it though XD 8)

Ask all questions now.

^ you on I see. I pretty much understand it. This will help me uber w/ my new mod. I will send you a copy once I am done. Have you hosted "labryth" yet?

^

Sorry, not yet. I've been really busy. Maybe this weekend? 8o

^ lol, so have i. Haven't really been able t work on serenity valley much...

Oooohhh.... :o Can't wait ta' see that one, but don't release untill you make some awsome emitters for it! I will work on the next one today because I have no HomeWork and I aced all my tests. Yay for study hall! XD

^ darn you... I have all six periods FULL! Brightside, only two "b"s... Rest are "A"! YAY! (btw, instead of the normal 45 min periods, we have 1hour and some minutes periods. 5 nomal, and then lunch. Very hard to get credits, but you learn more, and lunch we can go downtown ;) feels like we are in college!) Luckily in the second nine weeks I lose one of my least favorite classes, so it is GOOD! Might chose to do something else, but I think I may just keep it free.

Proud, I think I'll just dictate this to you over Skype...

Right! I won't be on much though... Got a lot of work to doeth.

OMG, same here. Full class assignment in every subject! How the hell do these teachers think I can accomplish all this? Anyways, I have an oral report that can't be more or less than 3.5 minutes long in Creative Writing, I have a history report tomorrow and I have a feeling that my History teacher is gonna spring a quiz on us, I have an anatomy Test tomorrow and I am so behind on that (it seems like I'm always crash studying), can't stand grammar and I have to tell the difference between a refractive labeling noun and a respective/transle noun (I don't see any... I think my teacher is making nouns up because I looked this up and never saw anything on it. She just wants to torture us), and in Math class I have an exam on Advanced Algebra tommorow! I only enjoy programming and FootBall (I'm center)... Over all, just super fun :'(.

... Wow! High school is... The same. Huh, my teacher always said it might be easier! Geomety, german, hand-building/ceramics, Yuong adult lit, Nova (paper due on anastasia), world news ( X/ ) , video yerbook, clump (kinda like homeroom), and weight training. PLUS, it is snowing out now, andsince I am going to a school for "other people" (the really weird, but smart ones), I have to walk a quarter mile form first period german to delta, up two hills, across three streets and in a puddletrap feild. My friend and I still haven't started work on our gyrocopter yet :'(

Wow!

::listening to warren zevon:: life is good! XD

Little old lady got mutilated late last night
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hes the hairy handed gent... ;)