Getting started - What do I need to install?

[ApornasPlanet 9]

Hello! I'm new to moddng but I have a few ideas I wanna try out.

 

I wanna start with learning the foundations, editing a few units, import units and such. Any good tutorials?

 

I've seen Plokite_Wolfs excellent thread that lists all (?) editorialprograms but I'm a bit unseartain which programs I should use. I know I wanna use ARES 0.2 later but maybe I should use something else to learn the foundations.

 

So, to get started I install Yuri's Revenge and then... what?

[Doctor Destiny 41]

Then use the XCC Mixer, extract the INI files and poke around.

[ApornasPlanet 9]

I did that but then I was all lost since there was no readme or anything.

 

I want a guide of some sort telling me exactly what programs I need and for what and then how to use them through thorough step-by-step tutorials.

 

So I would appreciate if some one could pin-point me to some good tutorials for beginners or something.

 

Edit:

 

Maybe I could practice on how to put TS units into RA2, then I would learn how to make new units, how to import voxels and stuff. That would give me a solid foundation to build on don't you think?

 

Another thing, I tried to download that mapeditor for RA2 but there was some error when I tried to isntall it and I think the file name was in german. Where can I download a working map editor in english?

Edited April 5, 2012 by ApornasPlanet

[Doctor Destiny 41]

All you really need in the beginning is Notepad or some other text editor. I use Notepad++ since it has tabs so I can open all of my files in one window. You don't need to use anything fancy since Notepad and Wordpad will be fine. All you need to do is open your INI files in there and poke around. Westwood left tons of comments detailing what things do in their files so there's really not a "tutorial for beginners" since we expect everyone to play around a little bit before asking questions. If you have questions, feel free to ask but I won't hand out answers on a platter. I expect some sort of ability to do things on your own.

 

Maybe I could practice on how to put TS units into RA2, then I would learn how to make new units, how to import voxels and stuff. That would give me a solid foundation to build on don't you think?

Most of them work so this can be done, but I recommend downloading a few units off YR Arg or PPM then using those. That way, you have to insert everything yourself instead of having voxels leftover that you just make work.

 

FA2YR: http://www.gamefront.com/files/3896545/Final_Alert_2__Yuri_s_Revenge_v1_01

[Plok 323]

Another thing, I tried to download that mapeditor for RA2 but there was some error when I tried to isntall it and I think the file name was in german. Where can I download a working map editor in english?

Hmm, I'll have to test 1.02, but both of them come in both English and German at the same time because Matthias Wagner is Deutsch. Dunno why would it display German at random