HowTo:MOD - Revision history

Augie.ben.doggie: [vega-bot] [replace] 3 instances of 'http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums' for 'http://forums.vega-strike.org'

2013-01-08T21:29:51Z

[vega-bot] [replace] 3 instances of 'http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums' for 'http://forums.vega-strike.org'

Nikai: navbar continuity

2010-09-19T11:15:06Z

navbar continuity

pyramid: /* Next Steps */

2008-04-21T09:17:41Z

‎Next Steps

pyramid: /* Next Steps */

2008-04-21T08:37:36Z

‎Next Steps

legine at 19:32, 7 February 2008

2008-02-07T19:32:04Z

Nachtwolf: Updated mod information to be more current and to avoid confusion.

2007-10-08T01:19:49Z

Updated mod information to be more current and to avoid confusion.

legine at 21:53, 5 October 2007

2007-10-05T21:53:30Z

Halleck: italicised clarification line, added text link to HowTos with explanation

2006-01-16T16:21:46Z

italicised clarification line, added text link to HowTos with explanation

Pirx at 17:44, 28 May 2005

2005-05-28T17:44:05Z

Silverain: arrow links

2005-03-23T02:34:59Z

arrow links

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 ==Sources==
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11838#11838 Link]
+[http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?p=11838#11838 Link]
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88877#88877 Questions on mod filesystem layout]
+[http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?p=88877#88877 Questions on mod filesystem layout]
 =placing Starting Location=
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 Easist way to change the Starting location is to save a game and copy it into the name "New_Game"
 == Sources ==
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88864#88864 starting location of the game]
+[http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?p=88864#88864 starting location of the game]
 = Next Steps =
 [[HowTo:Edit Systems|Universe Generation]]

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 {{NAV_Manual |
-| previous=[[HowTo:Add Warp Trails|Add Warp Trails]]
+| previous=[[HowTo:Create Cockpit in Wings3d|Create Cockpit in Wings3d]]
 | up=[[HowTos]]
 | next=[[HowTo:Make Weapons|Make Weapons]]
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 {{NAV_Manual |
-| previous=[[HowTo:Add Warp Trails|Add Warp Trails]]
+| previous=[[HowTo:Create Cockpit in Wings3d|Create Cockpit in Wings3d]]
 | up=[[HowTos]]
 | next=[[HowTo:Make Weapons|Make Weapons]]

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 [[HowTo:Edit Systems|Universe Generation]]
-[[HowTo:Edit Missions|Edit Missions]]
+[[Development:Missions|Edit Missions]]
 [[Development:Campaigns|Development Campaigns]]

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 [[HowTo:Edit Missions|Edit Missions]]
-[[HowTo:Edit Campaigns|Edit Campagnes]]
+[[Development:Campaigns|Development Campaigns]]
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 == Sources ==
 [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88864#88864 starting location of the game]
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 {{NAV_Manual |

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 <tt>
 ./vegastrike -Mmodname.
-</tt>
+</tt> (note that there is no space between -M and modname.
 If you add Files existing Files of VS to the Modstructure, Vegastrike loads your modded files instead of the original Vegastrike Files.
-VS will be able to use all the found MOD files in a standard game (no -M option) but will start using the standard config file and weapon_list file.
+VS <strike>will</strike>used to use all the found MOD files in a standard game (no -M option) but will start using the standard config file and weapon_list file.
-When specifying <tt>-Mmodname</tt> on the command line, VS will start and load the MOD config file and <tt>weapon_list.xml</tt> file automatically.
+When specifying <tt>-Mmodname</tt> on the command line, VS will start and load the MOD config file and <tt>weapon_list.xml</tt> file automatically. '''Doing things this way makes it hard to both enable and disable mods (think about the files it saves in the home directory which will keep getting loaded and possibly interfere with the real game or other mods), so I have disabled this to avoid confusion with two different mod systems.''' [[User:ace123|Patrick]] 18:19, 7 October 2007 (PDT)
 NOTE: sectors should be in a sectors subdir ([[VegaTrek|Mods:Vega Trek]] has sectors in <tt>Sector01</tt>, but the right place is in <tt>sectors/Sector01</tt>).
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 =placing Starting Location=
-The startlocation is saved as Hexnumber in a default savegame called "new_game" in the <tt>datadir/save</tt> Folder.
+The startlocation is saved as three floating points, and credits as another in a default savegame called "New_Game" in the <tt>datadir</tt> Folder (I recommend not in "save" [[User:ace123|Patrick]] 18:19, 7 October 2007 (PDT)).
-Easist way to change the Starting location is to use another savegame.
+Easist way to change the Starting location is to save a game and copy it into the name "New_Game"
 == Sources ==
 [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=88864#88864 starting location of the game]

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 It works like that:
 * the MOD must have a directory structure just like <tt>data4.x</tt> containing only files that were modified or added compared to VS data files.
-* you just have to put the MOD directory structure in your (~ = home) <tt>~/.vegastrike/mods/modname</tt> or in <tt>datadir/mods/modname</tt> like this:
+* you just have to put the MOD directory structure in your (~ = home) <tt>~/.vegastrike/mods/modname</tt> or in <tt>datadir/mods/modname</tt>.
 <tt>
-  surfdargent@ewave:/home/public/vegadev/data4.x/mods/VegaTrek> l
+  vegastrike.config
- total 92
+  weapon_list.xml
- drwxr-xr-x 11 surfdargent users 4096  Sep 23 20:27 ./
+ and communications/ folder full of the faction speech to each other
 </tt>
 VS will be able to use all the found MOD files in a standard game (no -M option) but will start using the standard config file and weapon_list file.
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 NOTE: sectors should be in a sectors subdir ([[VegaTrek|Mods:Vega Trek]] has sectors in <tt>Sector01</tt>, but the right place is in <tt>sectors/Sector01</tt>).
 ==Sources==
 [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11838#11838 Link]
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 {{NAV_Manual |

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 }}
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-For available mods see also [[MODs]].
+''For a list of available mods, see [[MODs]]. For more general information on creating content for use with the Vega Strike engine, see [[HowTos]].''
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 =MOD support=

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 For available mods see also [[MODs]].
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-==MOD support==
+= MOD support =
 VegaStrike has automatic support for MODs.
 You still have to specify
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 NOTE: sectors should be in a sectors subdir ([[VegaTrek|Mods:Vega Trek]] has sectors in <tt>Sector01</tt>, but the right place is in <tt>sectors/Sector01</tt>).
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-Sources: http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11838#11838
+{{NAV_Manual |
+| previous=[[HowTo:Add Warp Trails|Add Warp Trails]]
 [[Category:HowTo|MOD]]