New Forum Section Available - Software Programs

[Epoch29]

What a fantastic idea.

[Rethrain]

Yes!...now if Nvidia would get off their collective lazy buttocks and bring us a .DDS plugin for CS5!

 

-.- I refuse to believe I spent so much to be unable to view and convert such files...

 

 

 

Edit #1: Yes, I'm a new modder, and I don't know the right end of a sword, so to speak.

[ub3rman123]

Wow, now I don't have to put everything into the Oblivion modding section.

 

I'm curious. If I had a query about a site, like uploading things to YouTube or something, where would that go? Lounge?

[LHammonds]

Well, YouTube is not a "software program" so-to-speak so it wouldn't fit in this new section...directly. Would be more of an article for Oblivion, FO3 or DA...maybe even linked from another specific tutorial such as one from the Video tools section that mention that tutorial for uploading what you created.

 

As for searching for something like that if you do not know it exists, your guess is as good as mine (unless I've actually seen such a tutorial). But wouldn't such a tutorial be on YouTube somewhere? I'm sure it has to be on YouTube since that is how content is provided.

 

LHammonds

[lordinquisitor]

Nice to see this most definetly a great idea.

[Pushkatu]

In time if this will be managed properly, the results will come. What people need is a little push at the start line and after they discover the joy of modding things will become a lot more simple and fun for them, becouse they will have all the information in one place, carefully sorted out and listed just for them. Kudos for the idea and who knows, mayby I'll give it a try to in the near future.

 

 

Cheers,

Pushkatu!

[throttlekitty]

It's nice to see a support section for art, but I think a generic 2d/3d section would do just fine. It's much easier to find/give help with a single subforum.

[LHammonds]

It's nice to see a support section for art, but I think a generic 2d/3d section would do just fine. It's much easier to find/give help with a single subforum.

I thought about that too but people looking for help with Blender don't need to be mixed in with video, audio or imaging software. The main idea is to have the most predominant software with their own sections so people can:

 

1. Find useful information (pinned topics)

2. Search forum postings in a specific location and find relevant material...rather than searching every post on the forum with that word/phrase in it.

3. Easily find people that can help you with a specific tool.

4. Easily find people that you can help with a specific tool.

 

I think that if a forum is too general, it will be too difficult for important information to bubble up to the top and there would be too much weeding through completely unrelated topics. There are only a handful of programs being used for modding and of those, only a few are complex enough to warrant an entire section dedicated to discussions and tutorials about them. The initial layout of the forums includes what I think are the predominately-used tools used in the modding scene as entire forum sections to themselves such as 3ds Max, Blender, Adobe Photoshop. The ones I "think" won't garner much attention or effort live in the miscellaneous section which is the general "catch all" for that sub-section. Some of the tools I've seen used (and use myself) had dedicated topics created for everyone to use and at least provide a template of sorts for any new tools that crop up. Speaking of templates, I thought it best to try and keep all initial postings using a similar template so that if you become familiar with how the info / links are arranged in one thread, they will be immediately familiar in other tool threads. This becomes very helpful if a topic grows to contain a large number of links.

 

This arrangement of links also prompts people to post information on those topics if they are aware of a tutorial that is not posted. Having entire sections that have "None yet...Know of any?" could spark people to create tutorials for sections that have none. Yes, that's me dreaming...but then again, I posted a request for a tutorial on how to install two versions of Blender at the same time and WHAM, one was posted. I really like the section prompting for people to put in their requests for tutorials they would like created. For tutorial authors that are on the hunt for tutorial to create next, this is a great avenue to research.

 

If a particular tool diminishes or just does not seem to have much activity, it can be downgraded from a dedicated section to just a dedicated topic in the misc section and vise versa.

 

As I see it, if there is community participation and the forums are managed well, I could see this as becoming an invaluable section to modders...unlike any forum we've seen to date...maybe not as awe-inspiring as the content management system that is the Nexus sites but as forums go, it could be a huge hot spot for modders of all skill ranges.

 

Speaking of skills sets, I have a great idea for a tool related to that but I don't think it will ever get created (I just don't have the time to code it) so I won't bother describing that one.

 

LHammonds

[vonStahlriven]

Very nice addition :thumbsup:

 

As a user of 3dsMax, Photoshop and various other related softwares, It is nice to see a part of this forums dedicated to them.

[XxLunaMothxX]

Don't forget the program "Goldwave" it's the one I like to use. It's free for the most part (theres a paid version) and it seems easier to use than audicity (to me). You should add it to the list. Link Below...

 

http://www.goldwave.com/