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Hey everyone! I'm putting together idea's. Basically in my head. Some on paper. I learn something new on the forums here almost everytime I look around. What I wanna do is get info from you all. Whether I have to do this myself, or whether we put a team together, don't matter to me. I have a question, if you don't mind answering them.

1) Does everyone learn better, watching it be done? Or by text? (I have a Sony video camera, that is never used. I'd like to do step by step video tutorials including audio)

I wanna cover things from scripting, models, importing, texturing. No I'm sure not the best at these things, but I CAN do them all, and will pass on what I have learned. If anyone can contribute to this, it would be appreciated also. All of this for free. The first video I have coming is "Making Your first Model Using MilkShape" This is the least expensive, and it get's the job done. (25$ US)

What I'm trying to do here is make things easier for the new guys coming in. I once was there, as we all were. I'm currently going to school for game design/Game art, at westwood college. Im also in the U.S Marines, so stay with me when thing's aren't released daily or weekly. The education I'm paying 70,000$ for, I'd like to offer you all for free. Nothing thrilled me more, then the emails I got telling me I have helped someone. Especially with the "Signs" tutorial from earlier.

These tutorials will cover begineer, and later we'll get into advanced. Such as adding animations/skeletons, using our own scripts, making certain switches do this or that. etc. I believe FPS Creator has some great potential not yet tapped into. Sure there may be bugs, how many bugs are in Windows 95-XP? Let me know what you all think. Lets not make this an argue thread, lets make it a information thread. Let me know what kind of tutorials you would like to see. How, and what way's would you learn better?

In closing I thank you for checking out this thread. Please give me some information on what you'd like to see. If your advanced, this may not be your spot. But If you'd like to contribute then thank you.

This sounds like an excelent idea.

In the context of FPSC, I can't see where I need help at the moment so I can't really say what would be helpful to me, but if this is for the completely new, start with basics: placing floor, doors, replace walls, etc. I remember I almost got a nervous breakdown to get a door in place with a wall there.

Regarding the learning part, personally I prefer videos if it's something you are doing with mouse clicks. Regarding scripting for instance I prefer writting.

I hope this offers a little help to sort out your ideas. I bet many will benefit from this. Good luck!

V

Of course it does! And thanks for your input! Believe me, this goes from easy - advanced. Im kinda gonna let the new guys, and whoever looks them , grow together.

This would be great. Videos are great learning tools but tutorials and manuals often make for better references.

I don't think you can go wrong either way.

Jason Webb is also making a book at the moment, and is releasing some nice stuff in the Showcase forums. The more the merrier.

FPSC creator does have a lot of untapped potential. I think when someone shows off what it can really do, you'll probaby get less argue threads.

Sounds like an awesome idea Devildog - especially if it shows people how to expand on what FPSC already provides, like having the knowledge of how to make your own guns.

It's those skills that a lot of people are missing, and because of that they don't get as much from FPSC as those that can add their own stuff.

Good luck.


Van-B

Hello,

Here is a free product that might assist you with making video/audio tutorials. We use this at my company to help our end user understand how to use our office applications. Hope this helps? Thank you for helping us new members!

Desktop Recorder
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