Welcome aboard.
The pdf is generally about using fpsc and does not contain all the information you need for getting your work in the game. There are a few threads on the forum that covers some of this.
There is also a segment editor available for download. This is an internal development tool (use at own risk,save often) which TGC has kindly released with some video tutorials. Useful info in the videos, like what goes where, applying textures, filenaming,etc.
FPSC is still in infancy and is having teething problems, so there's still alot of wailing,kicking and screaming. Go past the racket and you'll find some pretty cool stuff going on.
There are a couple of threads on FPSC Chat regarding what users want. There's even a sticky for model pack requests. You might want to start by looking at these.
Enjoy the ride and have fun.
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