[Mr Graffitti]

Its coolio to see how the modding groups grow. Hey, dont call yourself n00b. You doesn't seem to be n00b. You seem to have interest in this, so you arent n00b. But who the hell I am to start saying whos n00b and who isnt? I think i should have that rights when i relase my mod... Hehe..
But whatever.... Hubb, notice that Whiteboy had some serious problems with the Filefront network (note that he doesnt even put the name right, its Filefront and he typed filefront) so, its naturally to see his reaction against the word FILEFRONT.
But whatever again.... Hubb, I learned to mod (even if my modding abilities isnt quite good, but still acceptable) by using the Goggle searchbar. You sure you entered Red Alert 2 Modding Tutorials? Cuz one thing is that and another is Yuris Revenge Modding Tutorials.... So, check it out, Hubb.

[Infraid]

Not really a tutorial, but my pick is DZ's encyclopaedia. Knowing what each tags means and is meant for, can be somewhat useful. All you need to do afterward, is letting your creativity mix them all for you.

So either choose to read all the tuts you find, then start practicing. Or learn as you "blindly" tweak the rules here and there... For example, as your first mission, you can try to replace the GI's weapon, by a nuclear strike (<-- will you get tempted by the n00b side of modding ? :scared.

An advice btw : create as many backups of your files as necessary. Internal Errors are quite common at the beginning, so it can sometimes be easier to locate them by switching from version to version, instead of tracking them down from your latest one.

[Whiteboy]

Learn by blindly tweaking the rules... that's probably the best way. It's the original way, the oldest way, the way I did it and also the way Cannis, Deezire, Mooman did it etc. etc. In fact I had never even heard of Deezire's Modding Encyclopaedia until AFTER I finished version 1.0 of my mod.

The way I did things was I played Red Alert 2 (never had a concept of "modding" a game at all) and then I found out that some people (very few at that time) could actually change the gameplay to add new things... they released software called a "mod". I palyed a few mods and they injected new life into the game and I played it more. One day, I decided I would change something - better paradrops. I managed to find something called a "rules" fiule. I knew about ini files in general from editing control chemes from other games, but this rules file was by far the larges ini file I had ever seen. After searching through it, I found the paradrops. I made a small change, and placed the rules file in the game's folder (as most inis should go...). It worked! I remember how cool it was to see a change I made in a game. After that I just read that rules file, explored it for days, using many different tags, tweaking many things. It was easy because I loved it. Eventually I had changed enough things to make the game quite different. It was around that time I started looking to the internet for help on making other changes such as art, cameos, game modes etc. I made new cameos and changed the appropriate game strings.

What I had then was my own "complete" mod. Never intended to be "released" - it was jsut mine. Shortly afterwards though, I decided to let RADEN host the mod - I thought up a name, put together a readme (the longest readme EVER mind you) and compiled the thing into a neat zip package. That was how WR came to be.

Then I discovered Deezire.net (never visited C-GEN because it was unviewable unless you signed up ) and started becoming more serious about modding, starting my own site and planning a much improved version. That version is STILL unreleased...

...and that's my life story from the ages 15-20.

[Hubb]

Well. It seems that there are very kind, funny and friendly people in these forums. You are very kind in helping me out. Ill try out your way, Whiteboy.

[redbear]

Hey. I've got a problem.

Once you've edited the extracted the rules file, and made the edits you wanna make, what do you do with it to make you changes take effect. This is the one stage of the modding process that is to my knowledge COMPLETELY UN-DOUCUMENTED, which makes it impossible for me to progress futher. Its prbably just cause i'm a dumbass, but help would be like mega appreciated. Thanks.

[Doctor Phileas Fragg]

Originally Posted by redbear";p=&quot

Hey. I've got a problem.

Once you've edited the extracted the rules file, and made the edits you wanna make, what do you do with it to make you changes take effect. This is the one stage of the modding process that is to my knowledge COMPLETELY UN-DOUCUMENTED, which makes it impossible for me to progress futher. Its prbably just cause i'm a dumbass, but help would be like mega appreciated. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Whiteboy";p=&quot

I made a small change, and placed the rules file in the game's folder (as most inis should go...).

[Infraid]

And if you need to get back to the original version, errr.. well remove them !

(Marshall's clean up program can be handy for that)

[Mr Graffitti]

Ok, your problem is solved lol.
Who like the Canadian Miss Universe?

[Whiteboy]

There's a Canadian Miss Universe?

But bah. I want this thread to be about RA2/YR newbies, not glamour contests.

[Mr Graffitti]

Well coolio. Lets continue with Hubb.