Building new things...

[Llama]

Any suggestion on where to start when I want to add new buildings or Islands?

I am also interested in designing own ships... would be great if anyone could help me get started.

thanks in advance <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

 

[england]

Are you new to modding ??

If so I would suggest you would start with somthing simpler then that, becouse adding locations and moddifing moddels is quite complex realy

 

[Llama]

I am not really new to modding...

...but the only engine I have been modding for is q3engine. So I guess it is a bit different here.
I'd just like to know which tools to use here (for e.g. 3dsmax for moddeling).

...and I already figured out how to modify serveral things by changing the game ini's, but there must be a way of including completely new things aye? <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

 

[Pieter Boelen]

The following information applies to Pirates of the Caribbean, but should more-or-less apply to Age of Pirates as well:

So far nobody has ever managed to make completely new locations. We only managed to edit existing ones. Making new ships is possible, but requires a lot of complicated work. The modeling is the easy part. Getting the ship working in the game, that is hard.

The best program to use seems to be Maya 4.5. There is a <a href="http://robotsdontbleed.com/suraknar/tools/PLUG.rar" target="_blank">plugin</a> for that which you can use to export straight to the PotC .GM model files. You can also use 3D Studio MAX or any other modeler that can export to VRML. Using <a href="http://home.arcor.de/swigard/Downloads/TOOL" target="_blank">Inez Dias' tool</a> you can convert these files to .GM as well, but it doesn't always work 100% right. Other useful modding tools can be found at the modding tools page of <a href="http://pieter.piratesahoy.org" target="_blank">my site</a>.

There are some tutorials to be found at the <a href="http://robotsdontbleed.com/wacko/wakka.php?wakka=POTCwiki" target="_blank">Wiki</a>, but some of the information might be outdated. Also useful is Captain Augast's <a href="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6973&hl=" target="_blank">progress thread</a> on the making of his Bermuda Sloops. Inzane has posted many posts there to help him get his ship in the game.

I hope this helps. Feel free to post again if you have any other questions. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doff.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="doff.gif" />

 

[Llama]

Thanks alot me harty! ^^