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POTC Modding Wiki <--- Tutorials Here

Verruckt

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Storm Modder
I set up a wiki for people to use as a repository for modding information.

It can be found here:
http://robotsdontbleed.com/wacko/wakka.php...?wakka=POTCwiki

It currently holds many of the tutorials released to the public, and could one day grow into an extremely useful tool for the POTC modding community given enouph involvement by the communities' mature members.

Good luck!
ask any questions you want.
 
Ah FANTASTIC, Verruct! There have been a lot of people asking for the tutorials lately - so this will be a tremendous help!

Thanks for posting this, matey! :? :cheers
 
Thanks Verruckt they'll all come in handy especially the dialog tutorials and Scheffnow's adding characters `post-build`. :?

I'll print them off at work tomorrow and hopefully find some time to restart work on the (very) small quest that I put to one side.
 
Here's something I wrote in the wiki, because alot of people don't know what a wiki is:

A wiki is a community website where all members can change and add content.

a good example is:
http://wikipedia.org

There's a button at the bottom of each page that says “edit this page” which will open a fun and exciting box where you can type to your hearts desire about a given topic.

The more people that participate the better the wiki will be. There is no such thing as too much information (unless you're talking about your parents...you know.... doing _it_....that's too much info...)

Take this site for example. Let's say you're a fledgling modder, and you want to say, make your own sail, and after looking all over the forums and the wiki you cannot find anything. So you decide to roll up your sleeves and figure it out yourself, and after 1 gazillion bottles of rum you finally figure it out. You get a fancy looking sail texture made, and you've added everything you need to the code so that you can choose it in the game while no overwriting someone elses work. You leap with joy and release to the public, they cheer, they say “That's pretty cool, here's a rum” and give you thousands of smilies... But then you remeber, “Hey, I couldn't find any info on this when I started." That's where the wiki comes in, you can quickly and easily add a tutorial detailing how you did it.

Here's another example. You are not a modder, but you like the mods and you would like to become a modder, but the sight of the code makes you physically sick with it's complexness(is that a word?). You do a couple of tutorials, add your own NPC into the game, stuff like that but it doesn't help. Well there's that whole code help section that lies empty right now. A good place to get a feel for the code would be right there, adding documentation for everything. It's not fun stuff, but the community needs documentation and you do too. You don't have to explain what a function does, but at least it will get you into the code learning stuff, and learning stuff is never a bad thing.

Ok, so I've talked to long already.

~Verruckt~

Rico: I know we're all pirates here, so I am sure you can think for youself and figure out dastardly ways of getting Maya. But if not, buy it?

Another good point is, you don't need maya to make mods, infact there are only one or two mods that use maya... and I hear the plugins are pretty hard to use still. Maybe you should learn the ways other mods are made first? Like with code and stuff?

I don't wanna stress this enouph though
You don't need Maya to make a mod
 
:cheers Rico, put up a new topic and ask this elsewhere, please! No one will answer you in this topic as it's not relevant to the Wiki... THANKS! :yes
 
i have some problems coz this is without the build but how a character portrait is adding with the build?
 
AMEN. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
Good link indeed! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pirate2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p:" border="0" alt="pirate2.gif" />
 
NB: Updated with complete breakdown of winconditions (finally).

And Verruckt fixed my mistake of referring to the wrong function.
 
Added a tutorial called "Location Cloning or How to double the size of the gameworld with a few lines of code"
Content:
The basics: Reload Locators
Step 1: Activating unused locators: The Loanshark's Backdoor
Variation: Automatic reload: A Pitfall
Step2: An additional house
Step3: Unique locations: A warehouse
Step4: Models from other files: A grand mansion
Step5: Wedging locations: A complete new suburb
Step6: Making `non-reload` locators reloadable: A landgate to a fort

Location "cloning" means that we use the already existing locationmodels of PotC and copy and "reposition" them by means of the C+ code.
I found it rather easy to make a real difference to the gameworld, and I made this tutorial to encourage others to try the same. You don't need any coding or modelling experience to do it.
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" /> COOL! Thank you, CCC!!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/me.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="me.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />

Here's a direct link:

<a href="http://robotsdontbleed.com/wacko/wakka.php?wakka=LocationCloning&v=iv6" target="_blank">http://robotsdontbleed.com/wacko/wakka.php...onCloning&v=iv6</a>
 
Location Cloning Tutorial updated.

New content:

How to double the size of the gameworld with a few lines of code
The basics: Reload Locators
Update Aug28: Surveying Locations
Step 1: Activating unused locators: The Loanshark's Backdoor
Variation: Automatic reload: A Pitfall
Step2: An additional house
Step3: Unique locations: A warehouse
Step4: Models from other files: A grand mansion
Step5: Wedging locations: A complete new suburb
Step6: Making `non-reload` locators reloadable: A landgate to a fort
Update Aug28: Making entries on `non-reload` locators
Update Aug28: Making exits on `non-reload` locators
Added Aug28: More locator abuse: secret passages between dungeons
Added Aug28: Cosmetics
Added Aug28: Sadistic gadgets: Creating Minefields

I will be offline (camping <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> ) for the next two weeks. After that I'll continue with generating special characters and encounters in special locations.
See ya <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hi.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":gday" border="0" alt="hi.gif" />


Here's a direct link:

<a href="http://robotsdontbleed.com/wacko/wakka.php?wakka=LocationCloning&v=iv6" target="_blank">http://robotsdontbleed.com/wacko/wakka.php...onCloning&v=iv6</a>
 
Thanks mate!! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_praise.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":bow" border="0" alt="icon_praise.gif" />
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Minefields! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="xD:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

This is wonderful, CCC, thanks!!! (have a great time camping!) <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" />
 
Same here on both points, a wonderful addition and have a wonderful time! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
 
Awesome, just awesome... Cant't wait to get back from work
to continue fooling around with it <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/onya.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":onya" border="0" alt="onya.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bookish.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":mm" border="0" alt="bookish.gif" />
 
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