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Darth Sephiroth
Ree-Yees

Joined: 05 Jan 2004

PostPosted: Jan 10, 2004 17:11    Post subject: Where do I start? View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

Question All right, forgive me if I sound like a total idiot.

I've never actually done DF editing before but would like to learn how. What's the best way to start? Also, what are the best tools and tutorials to download to get me started? Can someone please help me?

Oh, yeah...the downloads in the editors section aren't working right now? Is there anywhere else I can look?

Taton
Trandoshan

Joined: 25 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Jan 10, 2004 18:05    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote

Try: http://www.code-alliance.ca/

They make WDFUSE, the (in my opinion) best editor.

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Jimmy Chicken
Gamorrean

Joined: 09 Dec 2003

PostPosted: Jan 11, 2004 01:34    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

Are you Mac or PC, If your Mac try Dark Forge.

You can obtain Dark Forge and other utilites at http://www.thedarktide.com/

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Kell Dragon

Joined: 28 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Jan 11, 2004 04:42    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote

Or if you are mac, download the DF Gold Package found here. It comes with everything.

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Connemara
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Joined: 08 Feb 2004

PostPosted: Feb 08, 2004 02:51    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote

Yeah...I have zero expereince with DF editing...I was going to post this same topic here...so basically, all I would need to create DF levels is the CA editor? There's a lot of editing downloads on this site...what are they for?

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Death Star

Joined: 25 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Feb 08, 2004 14:43    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote

They have alot of different tools for different games. You should stick with WDFUSE until you learn some of the DF terms, then you'll be able to figure out what some of those other programs do. Smile

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PostPosted: Feb 09, 2004 02:10    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

Connemara?

Kir Kanos
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PostPosted: Feb 09, 2004 03:01    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

The best way to start is to download WDfuse, pretty much the standard editor, and start playing around with stuff. Read the tutorials, ask for help, try and work things out. It's actually amazingly simple.

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Kell Dragon

Joined: 29 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Feb 09, 2004 04:17    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote

WDFUSE is the perfect tool yet for making DF levels... It's one of the few editors I know of that is precise/powerful, but still quick & easy. I even has tools to convert most of the other add-on stuff you might want at a later point (such as new textures and LFD materials). I found that the tutorial was a bit redundant, as I had already figured WDFUSE out by the time I downloaded it (the tutorial, of course, not the editor).

As for the other stuff, I also reccomend you make sure you get the "WDFUSE common files". It includes other stuff that will help you learn DF editing faster than you could without it, as well as the "unnoficial DF specs" which should answer 99.999% of all DF editing questions.

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