HowTos

Artwork, Modding, Modeling, etc

• Howto:MOD - You want to create your own mod for VS? Start here.
• Ship/Unit related
  • Howto:Create Ships in Wings3D - Create a 3D-model of your ship/station/...
    • Howto:Create Ships - outdated but maybe useful version of the above.
  • VsHowtoEditUnitFiles - Howto edit the xunit file of a ship + syntax explanation.
  • VsHowtoEditMeshFiles - Howto edit xmesh files for a ship + syntax explanation.
  • VsHowtoEditHuds - Howto edit HUDs, placing radars, ...
  • VsHowtoCreateCockpitsWings - Create a 3D-cockpit for your ship.
  • VsHowtoTextureInWings - Texture your 3D model.
    • VsHowtoMakeTextureMaps - Create your own Textures (by Duality).
    • A quick guideline for making VS textures: http://netzwelt.gaming-hut.de/vegatexturing/ by Major
  • VsHowtoMakeEngineGlow - Add engine glow to your 3D model.
  • VsHowtoAddPerPixelLighting - Add per pixel lighning to your 3D model.
  • VsHowtoMakeWarpTrails - How to make it so that autopiloting leaves behind star dust.
  • VsHowtoMakeAnimatedTextures - Use animated textures on a model.
• VsHowtoMakeWeapons - Add new weapons to the game.
• VsHowtoEditSystems - Create/edit star systems.
• VsHowtoMakeSystemBackgrounds - Generate cubic/sphere backgrounds for star systems.
• VsHowtoMakeSplashScreens - How to make splash screens that display at startup
• VsHowtoMakeBaseBackgrounds - How to make backgrounds for bases/capships. (See also this thread)
• Info related
  • VsHowtoAddDescriptions - Put ship and goods descriptions into the game.
  • VsHowtoAddConversations - Add some more conversation lines to the game.
• Mission/Event related
  • VsHowtoEditMissions - Create/edit your own missions.

• • VsHowtoEditNews - Create/edit news events.

Installing, Compiling, Programming, etc

(see also FAQ:Installing)

• See also [VsModsVegastrike#Programming]
• See also VsHowtoEditMissions from the artwork section above -> (Vegastrike Python references)
• VsHowtoUseGdb
• VS-CVS (many tips/hints in this Howtos will works for the other OS as well):
  • VsHowtoCheckoutCvs - Howto Checkout Vegastrike CVS modules with various programs.
  • VsHowtoCompileCvs - Howto compile CVS under Linux/<insert you favourite unixlike OS>.
  • VsHowtoCompileCvsCygwin - Howto compile CVS under cygwin (Windows).
  • VsHowtoCompileCvsVcpp - Howto compile CVS with Visual C++ x.x (Windows).
• Wings
  • VsHowtoCompileCvsWings - Howto compile CVS version of wings3d (Linux).
  • VsHowtoInstallWings - How to (normaly) install wings and the xmesh plugin.

See also

• For related Tools see the Links section.