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Submitted by Dulac on Mon, 2015-04-06 03:03

Raymus wrote:
Taking Iryan's advice, I think I'd like to learn making maps. I feel that it might end up being the most noob-friendly way of modding other than simple texture replacing. More on that later. But for now I'd very much like to learn how -- the problem with me learning to mod is always "Where the **** do I even start?" And you say that you're very experienced so would you be able to provide some advice, personal experience, or links? I'd be very appreciative.

I'm in the process of building my computer, and what should be the last of the parts are on their way right now, so I should have a proper gaming PC by the end of the week. So the process of learning to mod will probably go a lot faster without the issues of epic lag when I try to do anything, slow booting times, and general glitches that this dastardly low-end laptop likes to have.

So, again, if you're willing to help me out, because I'll surely have lots of questions, I'd love to learn to pursue this project myself.

I think for a complete beginner it would be best to start by working with templates (gas files). I'll try to find a tutorial that explains this sort of stuff (headed to bed atm). We've lost a lot of links to modding information, but I think there might be good ones at STD. If not, I'll try to guide you through this process. Editing templates won't take up a lot of resources like SE2 does on a lower end computer.

Edit: Oh, I wrote one about 9 years ago that I forgot about. I was thinking this would be a good place to start. I can clarify if it's confusing or if you have questions that go deeper.

http://siegetheday.org/?q=node/120

Edit again:

I mentioned Siege University for DS1 in that walkthrough. The link no longer works, but we have a compiled version of the DS1 Siege University, which has a lot of relevant information to DS2. You can find it here: http://siegetheday.org/?q=node/2052

Skrit pad can be found here: http://siegetheday.org/?q=node/3174

The DS2 Toolkit is here: http://siegetheday.org/?q=node/971

If tank viewer doesn't work for you, you might want to try this version that works with windows 7 and 8: http://siegetheday.org/?q=node/2951
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