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Any tips for new modders?


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Anyhting you know that you wish you'd known when you started modding?

 

 

Ya ... learn the geccK .... which is alot ot bulshism seeing how we can't have multi player ....

 

No sereiously the whole being able to mod tha game with the tool .... beth made .... is what is so cool.

 

Ya lets just have a multi player already ... a f*#@ing f\c\\\ Co Op

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Get ready for many headaches, GECK is a terrible tool IMHO ^^

Read here https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/what-wrong-here

 

and here https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/understanding-body-mods-and-custom-races

and here https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/question-about-making-ttw-exclusive-custom-companions

 

And install the tools (Geck, Xedit, script extenders -> fose or nvse or both) plus the upgrades to the tools (there are some if you search around, for example this for nvse+geck: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/41642/ )

Edit all the .ini files and back it up so that you only have to do it once, learn about the archiveinvalidation, how to use Wrye Flash to create a bashed patch, how to use LOOT, how to extract/create BSAs...

You should first learn how to install mods and "set up" an advanced install of the game(s)
Try these:
http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Kelmych/Fallout3
http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Essarrbee/FalloutNewVegas

http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Adonis_VII/TTW

Then the GECK "My First Vault tutorial" can be a bit helpful http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Cipsics script tutorial too http://www.cipscis.com/fallout/tutorials/beginners.aspx

If you haven't given up to this point you'll slowly figure out the rest!!
Don't forget to return the love once you become a pro ^^

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Get ready for many headaches, GECK is a terrible tool IMHO ^^

 

Read here https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/what-wrong-here

 

and here https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/understanding-body-mods-and-custom-races

 

and here https://taleoftwowastelands.com/content/question-about-making-ttw-exclusive-custom-companions

 

And install the tools (Geck, Xedit, script extenders -> fose or nvse or both) plus the upgrades to the tools (there are some if you search around, for example this for nvse+geck: http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/41642/ )

 

Edit all the .ini files and back it up so that you only have to do it once, learn about the archiveinvalidation, how to use Wrye Flash to create a bashed patch, how to use LOOT, how to extract/create BSAs...

You should first learn how to install mods and "set up" an advanced install of the game(s)

Try these:

http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Kelmych/Fallout3

http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Essarrbee/FalloutNewVegas

http://wiki.step-project.com/User:Adonis_VII/TTW

Then the GECK "My First Vault tutorial" can be a bit helpful http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Cipsics script tutorial too http://www.cipscis.com/fallout/tutorials/beginners.aspx

 

If you haven't given up to this point you'll slowly figure out the rest!!

Don't forget to return the love once you become a pro ^^

 

Hmm hmmm .... aren't you a newbie at this ?

 

It can't be that bad if you know this much already ?

 

See ! ... you're f*#@ing awesome at it any ways :cool:

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Hmm hmmm .... aren't you a newbie at this ?

 

 

Well, had to look somewhere to get information \o/

 

Once you figure out enough in GECK to not get lost, and enough in Xedit to check plugin contents, only scripting is hard (and some other things incredibly tedious, like navmeshing or create/edit sound/lip files)

 

OH! And don't forget to open 2 GECKs, it is helpful too when learning =]

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2 gecks ? I would imagine your machine is pretty awesome then.

 

Call me crazy ... but me myself won't open the game & geck same time , nor Xedit.

 

2 gecks at once though ... just for learning purposes ?

 

Otherwise I can't think of why you would want to.

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2 gecks ? I would imagine your machine is pretty awesome then.

 

Not really, so long you don't load interiors, the geck runs pretty smooth. Messing with graphics often causes it to crash, so avoid opening 2 GECKs in these cases, even if it is just simple stuff like editing an NPCs face, gotta save often when messing with graphics =]

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2 gecks ? Â I would imagine your machine is pretty awesome then.

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Call me crazy ... but me myself won't open the game & geck same time , nor Xedit.

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2 gecks at once though ... just for learning purposes ?

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Otherwise I can't think of why you would want to.

I open Xedit all the time when I'm working in geck. It's how I steal bits of scripting from other stuff I've made. Forgot to close geck one time to test the mod I had open in it once too. I didn't even know I could do that one till I did it.

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