To all aspiring modders, please read.

[Desalus]

http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/Mychaeel/Mod_Startups
http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/Mychaeel/Modding_Etiquette

Although the articles do not directly pertain to Homeworld 2, they hold very valuable tips on starting up a mod and modding etiquette. If you're thinking of starting a mod, or have an idea for a mod, do yourself a favor and read these two articles.

These two articles were written by Mychaeel, not by myself.

[Dawn Falcon]

Sorry, but he treats users as if they're stupid - also, the notions he exponds only work for relatively simple FPS mods. I point you to Natural Selection as an example of why he's wrong. This point has been made several times by me in several forums before.

It's also FAR to UT-focused, and draws heavily on some cliched notions. Oh, and it's hard to read.

*shrug*

Of course, I'm leading a good mod team.

[Desalus]

Originally posted by Dawn Falcon

Of course, I'm leading a good mod team.

I guess these articles are more for all of the newb modders out there.

[Retroboy]

Although Dawn Falcon's mod project is almost certainly going to fly very far given the quality and make-up of his team, I'd say that only about 1 in 3 mod projects ever gets around to a functional quality release that's even mildly close to the original scope - the rest vanish into obscurity for one of many reasons. (I'm talking full-blown mods here, not tweaking configuration files that can be accomplished in a couple days by a single person)

An interesting (if short) read, with one major flaw.
Never join a project whose idea man or leader has no obvious development skills.This bit is wrong. I greatly assisted in organizing the Battlezone 2 Community Project modification - a HUGE mod - and I didn't do a stitch of art or development. Clicky to see a page I wrote (http://bz2cp.com/). If the project is big enough, there's room for a dedicated motivator/organizer/manager, which is the skill I brought to the table since that's what I do for a living. All I did was provide a chunk of the fanfic, manage the project for the first 4 months, create an idea "engine", and get (and hold) the roster together, yet I was arguably the captain in its inception stages.

An allegory: Does Dan Irish have to write code or skin ships for HW2 to be a success?

Edut f0r ytpos.

-- Retro

[Elif Tymes]

Originally posted by Retroboy
Although Dawn Falcon's mod project is almost certainly going to fly very far given the quality and make-up of his team,
Edut f0r ytpos.

-- Retro

Does that mean Im high quality? Or are you talking about Ignus, Rebel, Omi, and all the rest?

Anyways, Retro, Your link Be broken:-(