Where shall I start?

[username12345]

Hey peeps, I was just wondering where somewhat of a newb at modding and whatnot gets started around here. I want to contribute to the site and all, but I have virtually nil skills in modelling/texturing, I can pull off some very basic triggering, and I'm not so great with original terrain. So any suggestions on where to start? Should I just read some tutorials, and try my hand at making a few melee maps or something? Thanks for any help




Aight thanks redscores. I tried yesterday, and I took upwards of 10 minutes re-figure out how to add water to the map . Might need a bit more trial with my error. Thanks again

 

[redscores]

Trial and Error makes you the best possible, tutorials should only be used for very special stuff, so try by yourself first.

 

[chilla_killa]

So you want to learn modelling?

 

[The Reborn Devil]

If you want to do triggering I would advise you to start with GUI and follow some tutorials. Once you get the hang of it try go over to JASS which is a scripting language in wc3. GUI is a graphical version of that language. After you're getting decent in JASS you should go over to vJASS. If you already have some experience with other languages such as C++/C# or Java you can go directly from GUI to vJASS. vJASS is, btw, just an extension to JASS and gives you a bit more power.

 

[Teaspoon]

You have to tell us what you want to learn.

 

[Dentothor]

well, if you want to try texturing, you may come to some of the more experienced texturers and artists and possibly the skin mods (myself, 67chrome, THE_END, and CloudWolf) for advice and tips.

 

[redscores]

I wouldn't recommend THE_END, hes quite arrogant.

 

[Vengeancekael]

I wouldn't recommend THE_END, hes quite arrogant.

lol you don't say?
You could also just go to the chat and ask people for help, but not really recommended.