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RimWorld => Mods => Topic started by: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 05:55:03 AM

Title: i wanna learn.
Post by: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 05:55:03 AM
can someone teach me on the basics  of modding this game? i can be their apprentice. i am a fast learner and i am always online. :C i really wanna learn on making mods
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Architect on March 25, 2014, 06:24:24 AM
You could start by getting to grips with the layout of the XML documents in the core folder under mods. That way you can see how code is referenced, and jiggle numbers and tags around to get basic desired results.
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 06:41:25 AM
i see i'll start right away :)
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Cala13er on March 25, 2014, 07:26:54 AM
And me on Skype. I'll help you learn in spare time :)

Skype : calumishere1
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 07:48:26 AM
what do they use on making textures? just photoshop?
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Architect on March 25, 2014, 07:51:41 AM
Quote from: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 07:48:26 AM
what do they use on making textures? just photoshop?

anything at all, just make sure you save it as a png :P
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 08:01:27 AM
how bout walls how can you make the texture for it ? is there a proper way of making one?
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: mrofa on March 25, 2014, 09:07:20 AM
Link (http://rimworldgame.com/publicArtSource/ThingGraphics.zip) to game art assets.
ThingGraphics\Things\Building\Linked\WallMetal_Atlas.psd here you got the wall texture.
.psd is a phothop format, but you can open it with gimp or paint.net, you only need to download the plugin.
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: lLeo on March 25, 2014, 09:34:24 AM
i see thank you :)) 
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Kilroy232 on March 25, 2014, 09:49:47 AM
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can someone teach me on the basics  of modding this game? i can be their apprentice. i am a fast learner and i am always online. :C i really wanna learn on making mods

If you want some help I would be happy to lend a hand. You are welcome to send me a message when ever you want.
I will ask, what is it you are looking to do?

My suggestion to you is to start by downloading Notepad++ for coding. It is a great way to work on multiple files at the same time with ease and it colours certain types of code so that you can differentiate. linked here:
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.5.5.html (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.5.5.html)

To get you started I would suggest you look at the BlastingCharges mod and get an idea of the structure of the mod, try recreating it then slowly modifying it and seeing in game what it is you have changed. The best way to learn is by doing
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: a89a89 on March 25, 2014, 08:40:00 PM
Quote from: Kilroy232 on March 25, 2014, 09:49:47 AM
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can someone teach me on the basics  of modding this game? i can be their apprentice. i am a fast learner and i am always online. :C i really wanna learn on making mods

If you want some help I would be happy to lend a hand. You are welcome to send me a message when ever you want.
I will ask, what is it you are looking to do?

My suggestion to you is to start by downloading Notepad++ for coding. It is a great way to work on multiple files at the same time with ease and it colours certain types of code so that you can differentiate. linked here:
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.5.5.html (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.5.5.html)

To get you started I would suggest you look at the BlastingCharges mod and get an idea of the structure of the mod, try recreating it then slowly modifying it and seeing in game what it is you have changed. The best way to learn is by doing
Do you know a alternate program that could work with mac?
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Serrate Bloodrage on March 25, 2014, 09:05:22 PM
The best for Mac is-

Ebay, selling Mac to upgrade to a PC
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: a89a89 on March 25, 2014, 09:10:42 PM
I see this all the time, people tell me "go sell your mac, get a PC". Well  I wont see l my mac because I don't want to learn a new opporating system and if you didn't know any program why did you reply?
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Serrate Bloodrage on March 26, 2014, 02:59:29 AM
Sorry for causing offense, I really only meant it as a joke..but after re reading it I see I came across as rude.
My apologies
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Kilroy232 on March 26, 2014, 10:05:54 AM
So a89a89, I did some digging for a program similar to Notepad++ that would run on the mac OS and this is what I came up with for you:
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

It is a free application that you can use and by the looks of it and from what I have read it is exactly what you would want.

Direct download link from the site:
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/download.html

Let me know what you think of the app as I am unable to actually run it myself and I have never personally used it. If it is good I would like to know so that I can recommend it to others.

Enjoy :D
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: a89a89 on March 26, 2014, 07:59:08 PM
Quote from: Serrate Bloodrage on March 26, 2014, 02:59:29 AM
Sorry for causing offense, I really only meant it as a joke..but after re reading it I see I came across as rude.
My apologies
I kinda overeacted, sorry about that
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Pirx Danford on March 27, 2014, 08:22:43 AM
I have heard good things about Sublime
http://www.sublimetext.com/
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: Darker on March 27, 2014, 08:56:21 AM
I really think this discussion is going off-topic (well, it never had a valuable topic) and should be renamed.
Title: Re: i wanna learn.
Post by: mrofa on March 27, 2014, 12:27:58 PM
Quote from: Pirx Danford on March 27, 2014, 08:22:43 AM
I have heard good things about Sublime
http://www.sublimetext.com/

Hmm demo thingy looks interesting, gonna try it thanks :)