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:help: I'm reasonably new at modding. I can added ships and stations to my armada games, but i would like to do more. If anyone could suggest any programs, hints or tips to getting started i would be gratefull.
 
EAS_Intrepid

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Hello icanski.

You might find answers to your questions in our Armada II section.
This is the General Chat section, where Armada or any other games are not discussed.
As you are new on the forum, this is not a problem, but please take care to post your threads in the right forum sections. If you need any further help concerning the forum, feel free to send me a Private Message and I see what I can do for you.

EA

PS: Welcome to to MSFC!
 
Majestic

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Indeed, we have a Armada 1 and 2 section designed solely for those two games I have moved the thread to there so you are more likely to get assistance from the members here.

The biggest suggestion for general modding is Westworld's Big Book of Modding available in the downloads section. It covers 99% of modding the game (both games actually) and is considering the Modders Bible for the Armada games.

If you are interested in modelling (as I myself am currently doing) Milkshape is the cheaper alternative. It only costs about $25 to get a registration key to the problem and the Armada Importers and Exporters are available on the Milkshape site that will allow you to convert to and from SOD format. It's a cheaper alternative to the $2000 3D Max.

Other handy programs to have are graphic programs like Prestio Imagefolio, GIMP, Photoshop, Paintshop Pro etc. The best would be either one of the two latter ones as they can basically do anything you need for Armada including lightmaps/alpha channels.

I really can't suggest much more until I get a better idea on what you are actually planning on doing?
 
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:oops: sorry and thanks i'll post in the right place now.
 
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