**Tutorial** - Database (updated Thursday Nov 13th)

Wed Aug 13, 2003 5:06 am by Imagine

This tutorial list is updated every time I find a new one on the General Editing or Tutorial forums, which is pretty often. If I miss yours, or if the tutorial is embedded in an unrelated thread, please yell at me.
Tuts are placed roughly by difficulty and skill level. New ones have a *new* in front. There are some that are listed twice if they fall under more than 1 category.

Ship/texture/hardpoint making/editing:

Ship/hardpoint modeling/texturing/creating
Shipbuilding overview LordFjord Mon Aug 04, 2003 12:24
W.I.P. Milkshape texturing tutorial Harrier 17-09-2003 04:19
Glowing textures Simon_DR 25-09-2003 18:48
Transparent cockpits Jackel 15-04-2003 03:59
Creating new hardpoints for ships already in FL CW 28-03-2003 17:44
Hardpoints 2 Jackel 16-04-2003 23:07
Making a new ship from scratch Imagine 06-08-2003 21:30
Getting a ship model from Lightwave to FL Admiral Alex 24-04-2003 02:06
Ship stats/behavior
Altering object LODs Com_Trooper 09-06-2003 04:00
Editing ship data/values/stats ThresholdRPG 08-03-2003 21:32
Editing ship data/values/stats 2 parabolix 27-05-2003 22:52
Editing speed and handling ThresholdRPG 08-03-2003 21:49
Breaking the 990 speed limit blackfire 28-03-2003 18:29
Battleship handling settings Wanderer 12-03-2003 15:57
Making liberty battleship pilotable and able to moor Wanderer 23-03-2003 14:06
Tutorials for specific modifications
Battleship handling settings Wanderer 12-03-2003 15:57
Large train SoulForge 17-03-2003 08:03
Converting Homeworld and Freespace ships into Freelancer Garion 08-04-2003 20:35
Making liberty battleship pilotable and able to moor Wanderer 23-03-2003 14:06
Ship files editing
Adding new ships and infocard dll entries without displacing anything HFH_MACK, Zen Eryu 21-07-2003 18:58
Description of ship ini files )v(aster Sun Jun 01, 2003 4:24

Edited by - Imagine on 14-11-2003 08:28:16

Edited by - Stinger on 2/14/2004 7:58:25 AM

Edited by - Chips on 11/2/2004 1:04:14 PM

Wed Aug 13, 2003 5:09 am by Imagine

Weapons:

Creating weapons
Creating new weapons Just Some Guy 28-07-2003 13:08
Creating new weapons 2 Catscratcher 21-05-2003 20:35
Creating new weapons 3 LordFjord Wed Jul 23, 2003 4:49
Creating new weapons 4 DeathHawk aka Milkshape 27-09-2003 19:17
Editing weapon stats/behavior
Making weapons internal Xenogear_0001, LordFjord, firebase 18-09-2003 05:35
Specific weapons tutorials
Making a beam weapon ReVeNaNt 09-03-2003 03:42
*new* Making a beam weapon 2 BlazeME 22-10-2003 08:20
Creating a super_gun born to be wild 27-08-2003 22:17
Making a bigass missile VAN03 19-06-2003 15:49
Making energy misiles Rolo2020 21-04-2003 17:37

Other ship equipment:

Add scanner and tractor beams to invo menu prplx 30-03-2003 04:58
Editing shields (scroll down a bit) stealgod 05-08-2003 21:35
Editing thrusters and shields BlazeME 02-09-2003 22:00
Make bases sell engines diesel 17-04-2003 01:48
Making a warp drive Cronas 28-06-2003 05:50

Commodities:

Editing commodities (scroll down a bit) stealgod 05-08-2003 21:35
Adding new commodities LordFjord Sun Jul 13, 2003 11:23

Galaxy/Gameplay:

Space physics, appearance, and behavior
Altering object LODs Com_Trooper 09-06-2003 04:00
Giving Objects Names Milkshape, Chips, Phezzan 28-09-2003 14:29
Making ship explosions do damage to surrounding ships/objects LordFjord 17-09-2003 14:17
Creating large, mineable asteriod fields Accu(>o< )shot 14-06-2003 11:08
Making a black hole Dracon 12-04-2003 01:48
Systems making/editing
Creating jumpholes ruby_knight 11-04-2003 21:18
Creating a new system Dawn 06-03-2003 20:19
Bases that only sell to friendlies Victor 18-05-2003 01:59
Respawn UK's new system tutorial (part1) Respawn.uk
Respawn UK's new system tutorial (part2) Respawn.uk
Comprehensive systems modding LordFjord Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:43
Player interactables
Editing empathy so that everyone likes you except xenos Reynen 29-03-2003 02:32
Making ship explosions do damage to surrounding ships/objects LordFjord 17-09-2003 14:17
Creating cap ship encounters Nephilim 14-04-2003 00:24
Making new factions downwind_thief, Chips 24-09-2003 12:42
Making new factions 2 Reven Fri Sep 12, 2003 11:13
Creating wrecks and setting loot Haenlomal 02-05-2003 20:09
Creating serverside nomad encounters Truga 27-03-2003 02:58
Creating a new base Just Some Guy 03-08-2003
Creating jumpholes ruby_knight 11-04-2003 21:18

UI:

Adding custom splash screens prplx 02-04-2003 04:48
Music and sound cue editing LordFjord Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:59
Easy Bini frontend for WinXP Reven Mon Jun 02, 2003 12:27

Multiplayer:

Editing mp starting ship/base Victor 18-05-2003 19:29
Changing starting mp ship Captain Tylor 12-09-2003 18:57
Creating serverside nomad encounters Truga 27-03-2003 02:58

Misc:

video: game modeling techniques titansolaris 03-08-2003
Doing videocapture in FL freelancer.mipu.de 23-08-2003 22:31
Easy Bini frontend for WinXP Reven Mon Jun 02, 2003 12:27

Data and Information:

bases/systems nickname and realname rkcohs 20-03-2003 19:33
ALL IDS names, Mod Info, Tutorials, INI explination Reynen 27-03-2003 03:01
INI file format info Reven Sat Jun 14, 2003 6:52
UTF file format info Reven Sat Jun 14, 2003 6:56
VMesh model format info Reven Sat Jun 14, 2003 6:59
The sur file decryption project skyshooter, Twex 19-09-2003 23:57

Help and Support:

born to be wild is writing custom tutorials Cool.
Accu( >o< )shot's modding help thread Covers everything; should be a new forum in itself.
Chips's moding help thread A continuation of the tradition started by Accushot, includes a catalog of topics covered in the Accushot thread.
*new* Debugging FL crashes also very helpful

Edited by - Imagine on 14-11-2003 08:26:34

Sat Aug 16, 2003 2:19 am by parabolix

well....you sure arent getting the amount of respect you deserve...good job imagine

im making toast

Sat Aug 16, 2003 3:12 am by Imagine

<bows> Thanks very much.

Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:04 am by SuBXeRo

i too am impressed good helpful post

Mess With the Best Die lIke the Rest

Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:28 pm by Warlord Bob

Yeah, this really is a piece of work. Bravo!

We who are about to die salute you!

Thu Aug 28, 2003 8:03 pm by Rubicon

I really appreciate this compilation!! Thanks Imagine.

-Rubicon
Life is a sexually transmitted disease.

Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:28 pm by GreatUnstable1

Being a NOOB, this is just what I need. Many thanks

Why are you looking at my arse? Ah, I see, afraid to look me in the eye. Very wise choice. And your last............

Sun Sep 14, 2003 2:20 am by Captain Tylor

Hey, thanks for adding my tutorial to the whole pack. Curious though, do you go through each tutorial yourself, making sure it's legit before adding it to your list?

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There is no knowledge that is not power.

Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:01 am by Imagine

Yep, it's done manually.

If I happen to crash into a new tutorial, even if its not labelled as such, it will go here. And I have yet to see an 'illegitimate' tutorial

Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:11 am by LordFjord

@Imagine
I have written a couple of tutorials and I'm expanding my collection as I learn new stuff. You will also find a few other things by Reven (he wrote the FL->Milkshape importer) there.

http://www.klngarthur.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9

Maybe you can take a look at them (& link them), I tried to make those as complete as possible. I think some of my tuts have less ??? and explain a few thing more in detail than some I found here. Feel free to use them

find all my FL-tutorials here:
http://klngarthur.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9

Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:16 am by Imagine

Understood. Thx. Jeez the detail of the tutorials are incredible! It will take a while to put them all in.

Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:54 am by LordFjord

Imagine wrote: Jeez the detail of the tutorials are incredible!

Tnx

comments like that make me feel good.
I'm doing the best I can. My goal is to fill in all ???-s and to understand every single line in the FL-inis.
I will owerwork some tuts a bit, I think I can fill in a few more ???-s as some of those were written quite a time ago

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Tue Sep 23, 2003 10:01 am by Chips

LordFjord :
msg_id_prefix = gcs_refer_system_bw05
Lines like that mean the NPC's refer to this system - ie, i am from the somewhere (linked by other ones) and we are going to the sigma13 system.

Just noticed whilst having a peek this bit was with ???
Chips

(ps - i mean that one jumphole has this
msg_id_prefix = gcs_refer_system_bw05

Another jumphole or something has this:
msg_id_prefix = gcs_refer_system_iw06

You would get 'I am from the sigma13 system and we are going to the galleio system' kinda thing going, or at least that is what i think it is doing!

Its the same for anything else with this as well: like commodities - it means it refers to it as though 'I hope my cargo hold full of Boron fetches a good price' etc
Nice tutorials by the way

Edited by - chips on 23-09-2003 11:22:56

Wed Sep 24, 2003 7:19 am by Imagine

LordFjord, sorry they aren't up yet. I'm not ignoring them! They will be up eventually.

Also, the number of tuts in each category are becoming large. Should I break them into subgroups?

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