Newbie searching for help

bezzo0

I hate to bother you guys, but im lost. Youll all seem to know what your doing so well i didnt want to put a stupid post, but ive searched everywhere, all the posts, all the guides and random web searches, but i cant find a newb guide(and im talkin complete newb<--) ive downloaded the bible and some random plugs, which ive learned from. i just got nova tools working and i figured out how to mess with the data files, like the char by making a new pilot start with mad cash, and messing with the weight of some of your different weapon plugins. but i dont know how to make a plug in!!1 i can edit the data file and get it to work, but thats not a plugin, thats pretty much a system file. i was just wandering how you guys do it. do you start from scratch or do you open the data files to ?? someplease help, id love to express some creativity if i could just figure it out.

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(This message has been edited by bezzo0 (edited 03-17-2004).)

Captain Phillips

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Originally posted by bezzo0:
**I hate to bother you guys, but im lost. Youll all seem to know what your doing so well i didnt want to put a stupid post, but ive searched everywhere, all the posts, all the guides and random web searches, but i cant find a newb guide(and im talkin complete newb <--) ive downloaded the bible and some random plugs, which ive learned from. i just got nova tools working and i figured out how to mess with the data files, like the char by making a new pilot start with mad cash, and messing with the weight of some of your different weapon plugins. but i dont know how to make a plug in!!1 i can edit the data file and get it to work, but thats not a plugin, thats pretty much a system file. i was just wandering how you guys do it. do you start from scratch or do you open the data files to ?? someplease help, id love to express some creativity if i could just figure it out.

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You have to open a nova plug in Res Edit, open its info and copy the creator and type codes into a blank Res Edit file's creator and type fields. That makes a Nova plug. Mission computer makes plugs really easily if you have it. Once you've done that just copy the resorces you wan't to edit out of nova's data files.

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Zacha Pedro

There's even easier: just take a random plug (if you don't have one, download a light cheat plug), erase all the contents of the plug (copy it before if you wish to keep the original!), rename the copy "blank plug", and everytime you'll want to make a new plug just copy this blank one.

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UncleTwitchy

David Arthur's (url="http://"http://davidarthur.evula.net/mc.php")MissionComputer(/url) has the ability to create blank plugs as well -- and it's free.

(Edit) I see Captain Phillips already mentioned this, but I've provided you with the link to downloading it.

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bezzo0

Ahh :eyes opening wider: I seeeee Thank you guys so much you all ROCK!!(thanks for going out of your way to help a newb) now its time for the actual hard part.

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omeomi

yeah, i'm new at this too. I figured out how to mess with the game in about five minutes, but I'm not sure how a plug gets 'plugged'. say you make a new ship, rleD and shan and all, how does it go into the game? what has to go into your plug? does a plug automatically override the evn system information? could someone give me an example on how to do this or something of the type, because this is really confusing and I don't want to screw up my game. also - the bits are true false switches, i believe, but how do they get differentaited? i've seen plugs where every outfit has enable bit1 checked off... so what is necessary for a TC? what needs to be inserted? i mean, i know new ships, new missions, new universe but HOW? that is the serious failing of the bible. it gives definitions but no explanations or examples, and the string part is not explained at all. how do things RELATE? what needs to be done for anything?

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Captain Mephistopheles

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Download a plug-in (preferably several- a few 'new ship or outfit', several 'cheat'/'new mission string', and at least one TC), and dissect it in one of the editors. Then experiment by changing the datavalues in those plug-ins. And refer back to the EVN developer's documentation often- you seem not to have read it enough; it's not that difficult to understand.

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In the future, please try to name topics more appropriately so that people have a better idea about what they're looking at. It can only help you if more people know what you need and can respond quicker.