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Ok i''ll leave everyone alone after this.

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Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:25 pm

Ok i''ll leave everyone alone after this.

I've made a mod and I want to somehow send it to someone who knows how to make mods (someone trustworthy) and I want that person to find out whats wrong with it and fix it. PLEEEEZ

I want the readme document to be the discription.
I want the mod to do what the discription says it does
And I WANT FULL CREDIT! err well what can I say it's my idea and my first mod.

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:26 pm

Erm, a little clarity here.
You have made a mod, but want to send it to someone to fix (because it doesn't work) and then write the documentation for it?

You can write said documentation yourself you know

OR

You have an idea for a mod, and want to send it to someone who will make it......with no credit to them at all.


Either way, post up your problems, and people will help. No-one really steals ideas around here - so you don't need to fear someone taking your ideas!

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:45 pm

Ok I probably was a little confusing......I have made a mod and need someone to fix it (someone with lots of experience).

Thanx

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:29 pm

np
Hope someone out there can oblige you

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:37 pm

Hey Chips......do you think you could help me out or at least find someone else to? I would like the mod up and running before the end of the month. If not....well......bummer.

Thanx for the help

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:11 pm

Not to crush your parade, Godzilla style... but based on your previous posts... I have a feeling that you mainly need to calm down... slow down... and take the time to read about how to get things done .

In one of your previous posts, you were told by another modder that FLE/FLSE is not an automatic tool for making mods , and requires that you understand the fundamentals of INI coding before using. Instead of taking that to heart, scaling back your plans, and starting with small experiments (like, say, moving the position of objects in the NY System around) to help yourself learn how to edit Systems... you're now asking somebody else to clean up your mess, and you won't even explain what your "great ideas" are.

Asking somebody to fix something you've broken, when you cannot even explain what's broken... is not a good way to get help. There are literally hundreds of pages of documentation around here about INI coding- READ THEM. I've helped others fix various things, from models that they couldn't turn into CMPs to coding problems... but I wouldn't touch your project with a ten-foot cattle prod, because thus far... I see no reason why it wouldn't be a waste of my time.

Modding isn't easy- if it was, everybody would be doing it. Building anything more complicated than a single System is quite tough, and involves sitting down and hand-editing a lot of INI files. It's not something that you can just whip out in an hour.

There aren't any easy ways out, and quite honestly... if you want it done right, you're going to need to learn how to do it yourself. Maybe I'm wrong here- maybe somebody will take pity on you and take a chance on your unknown and probably very buggy code... but I doubt it

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:39 pm

Thanx but that didnt really help
i'm just a FL nerd who wants his dream come true.

"I am a shadow"
"I exist where I want, when I want"

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:52 pm

Sigh. Sometimes, it's like talking to pet rocks...

Look. Go RTFM, get a copy of FLSpit (so that you can see what errors are showing up in FLSpew), and come back with some errors.

Or describe your "great idea" in full, and ask the community for help. Given the name... I have a sneaking feeling that it's already been done before...

I really, really don't think you're going to get help otherwise. Half the people who might have helped you probably won't, after you put up your post about cloaking anyhow- it shows that you didn't even bother reading the rules and regs, so getting you to read a manual is probably a waste of time. I'm not trying to annoy you- I'm trying to show you that if you want to accomplish your goal, you need to change your tactics...

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:39 pm

Argh
Pet Rock



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Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:41 pm

Im sorry but I did read the Rules and Regs I must have missed the "cloaking rule".
I really don't like the fact that you are lowering my hopes to make my mod work......oh yeah and this is the first time i've ever thought of making a mod and no I do not have the time to read tutorials. I'm just hoping that a friendly helpful person will help me out.

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:44 pm

And yes Argh....I am annoyed, but thats off topic isnt it.

Post Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:11 pm

If you don't have time to read tutorials, then I would, with as much kindness and patience as I can muster... strongly recommend that you go to your Help Wanted advert and describe your mod with as much detail, verve and accuracy as you can.

Without even reading manuals, you are unlikely to succeed in building this thing by yourself at all, so your best bet is to get somebody to make it for you... which would kind've require that your ideas be:

A. Interesting.
B. Possible.

Nobody knows whether A and B are true until you put your cards on the table.

Post Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:39 am

I've just got to second Argh here - no one can help you unless you tell them how. Not being a *very* experianced modder, I doubt I could complete a "great idea" mod single-handedly, but you never know. Show us all your plans for the modand things will change, for the better or worse - depending on the content.

Post Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:27 am

Grrr......ok fine the details are in the Help Wanted section.



"I am a shadow"
"I exist where I want, when I want"

Post Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:09 pm

If u tell me wat needs to be done and how big its iz i might consder helping you out Plus what type of mod iz it. Im not the best in the world but it sounds like im the only one willing 2 help.

Neva go swimming on a full stomach without looking both ways or you'll poke out an eye

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