Meta/Modding Tutorial

Iron_Forge · Post by **Iron_Forge** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:00 am

I am currently thinking of hosting a tutorial session on IRC (freenode)...It would be schedualed later at night, probably Saturday - Monday...I don't know about this weekend, as its rather short notice...If I could get some of the other experienced people I know to help, that'd be great, if not, we'll see how it goes...

I've been thinking about doing this for some time, and lately there seems to be alot of questions about modding, and people just aren't reading the tutorials, or aren't understanding them...For my sanity, I'm going to assume the latter of the two...

I plan on this being a general question and answer session (very moderated of course), how much so will depend on the turnout...(It can be a much more open atmosphere if only a few people bother showing up)...However, turnout will probably reflect whether doing this is useful or not...

The questions and answers will be modding related, and will assume you've read the tutorials, and at least have a general understanding of offset swapping...I think there are plenty of tutorials that can get you this far, and if you honestly can't understand to that point from reading, you probably shouldn't be modding (no offence ;o)...I will gear it towards meta modding though, using a hex editor, not tools...I think tools are a great thing to have, to make your life easier, once you know what your doing...They're not a crutch to do the work for you so you don't have to understand the basics...

As such, questions about specific tools will probably be disregarded (again, depending on the turnout, and if other moderators who are familier with these tools are interested in helping)...

If you have any thoughts on this, feel free to post them here...(No, I have not set a date yet)...

Hopefully after this, a good number of you will have a better understanding of what meta is, what its used for, and how this can be of use to you...

SourceGuy · Post by **SourceGuy** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 11:36 am

Sounds very cool -- I'd participate in them

Bubbasparxxxv69 · Post by **Bubbasparxxxv69** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:46 pm

i would be willing to participate, i will have to go through the tut's first, but you can count me in... im assuming its on the same server as #halomods ??

Aztec · Post by **Aztec** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 12:58 pm

hey, Nice Idea Iron_Forge. If the time's okay for me you can count me in.

MR-T · Post by **MR-T** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:01 pm

I would also plan on attending.....

stunna · Post by **stunna** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 2:55 pm

ye athats hot ima have to peep that out

icanttype · Post by **icanttype** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:06 pm

i'll help if i can i can ask questions

[users]MaCeGaC · Post by **[users]MaCeGaC** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 3:11 pm

heh well now tht i got my xbox back mebe i can help/learn too

M.A.C. · Post by **M.A.C.** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 4:46 pm

i might be there

Jubb · Post by **Jubb** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 5:59 pm

Wow, thank you so much. I'll probably attend, and I just wanted to thank you because I have wanted someone to do thisfor the longest time.

losvedir · Post by **losvedir** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 7:00 pm

Hey! Neat idea! Unforunately I won't have my xbox till Christmas break, so I won't be able to ask questions, but I'll probably spectate at least! It's very nice of you! Thanks!

Iron_Forge · Post by **Iron_Forge** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 10:08 pm

We're going to do this Saturday Oct 18th, at 7PM EST (Thats 4PM for you's on the west coast)...It will be on freenode (irc.freenode.net), so if you can't connect yet, I suggest you get mIRC, and figure it all out...The channel will be decided later...Check back here closer to the time...

SourceGuy · Post by **SourceGuy** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 12:04 am

7 Pm... crap. At that time i'm asleep

Stefander · Post by **Stefander** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 1:44 am

I'll be there...

mtxboxfreak · Post by **mtxboxfreak** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:00 am

7pm est? no good for us people livin' in the UK.

Iron_Forge · Post by **Iron_Forge** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:18 am

Can't please everyone...With a 3-4 hour time range here in the US, and 5+ hour difference to Europe, its impossible to get a time that works well for everyone...This time was convinient for both myself and dmauro, so we went with it...

(I'm on 5 hours sleep right now, with 8 hours of work ahead before the tutorial, we all make sacrafices!..) ;oP

Grenadiac · Post by **Grenadiac** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:35 am

Iron_Forge, if you would like, you can do it on #halomods. Sourceguy set up a bot to log all of the discussions so if something interesting comes up, we have it archived.

Of course somebody could just save the log manually too...

SourceGuy · Post by **SourceGuy** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:42 am

A good idea gren.

Bubbasparxxxv69 · Post by **Bubbasparxxxv69** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:12 am

i can probly make that

Bubbasparxxxv69 · Post by **Bubbasparxxxv69** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:17 am

if we join this, do we have to know alot about gmax?

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