I'm seeing a lot of restraint here. Quite suprising. 😛
Technowiz:
gdorf hit the nail on the head. What this kid envisions, will take him years of work, a lot more than he thinks goes into something. I can assure you it took Phantom Menace a couple of months or more to get just the basic code down for ZC. Unless this kid realizes what we're trying to tell him, there is no room for him in either the planning or coding world until he's out of elementary school.
I know it wont be a couple of days even a couple of months it will take at least a year. i still want to do it. It wont be a walk in the park either but im still doing it. Now is there anyone who can texture
gdorf wrote:
You can't spell.
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by the way what the heck are you talking about its a forum for heavens sake thats the definition. bad spelling
hey that zelda mod is dead i cant find it the only web site is dead a live link would be apreciated
Bad spelling is not the definition of a forum. Some of us try to spell well and use good grammar because it's easier to read.
I think one of the questions here is what exactly are you trying to do? You say you are going to make a mod, but of what? And to what degree do you want to mod? Are you planning to make the enemies look like Zelda enemies, or do you want to make a full-on Hyrule where you can ride a horse, smash things with the hammer, and swing a sword? If you don't want to change too much, this project may be more do-able than I originally thought. Though I will reiterate my initial assertion that you should start with something simpler. Two-dimentional games are far easier to handle than three-dimentional ones.
Also, you should try to avoid posting several times in a row. It is generally frowned-upon around here.
No one has said what you want to do can't be done. We're just saying at the present time you have no hope what-so-ever of completing anything like what you seem to want.
If you want a half assed mod of quake, that's probably not hard. Ofcourse, it'll only be a half assed product.
After reading this kid's posts in the ZC forums, he doesn't even know how to move files from one directory to another. He's nowhere near capable.
hobo 575 wrote:by the way what the heck are you talking about its a forum for heavens sake thats the definition. bad spelling
A forum is loosely defined as a gathering place for the exchange of thought. Now, your thought is expressed with the writing style of a child in the third grade. Trust me, if you want people to take you seriously, use proper syntax. It'll do wonders for how people respond to you.
If the kid wants to try, let him try. No harm in that. If he fails, so what, at least he might have learned something.
Either way, I think this thread has outlived it's usefulness.
Glenn the Great wrote:After reading this kid's posts in the ZC forums, he doesn't even know how to move files from one directory to another. He's nowhere near capable.
The thing is, anyone who helps you will be doing all of the work. You'd be a 5th wheel to the process.
If you really want to start down the path of knowing what you are doing, start learning a programming language. There are a lot of sites on the Internet that give tutorials. Visual Basic is a good language for beginners. Figure out what software you will need and get yourself set up, and figure out how to get some small example programs running. Keep reading tutorials and practicing with small programs. You are going to need to try to learn everything you can about VB. Many people have to go to college to learn programming, but it is possible to teach yourself. I am a programming student, but I did get very far on my own before I started going to school, and all of that came from tutorials.
Once you are comfortable with the code, look around www.gamedev.net and try to learn some of the techniques that go into making a game. You are probably going to have to make some simple 2D games for a while. The whole process of getting to be competent enough to work on a 3D game like Zelda OOT may take you a good 4 or 5 years.
Infact it took Nintendo technically something like 4 years to go from nothing to the OoT completed product. And they were professionals.
lots of restraint being seen here. Lots of humoring.
How old are you, hobo?
If you can get a playable demo AT LEAST, people will have more respect for you and understand how good you are at programming. I'm pretty sure it'll be too hard to code a 3D engine/clone of Z64 for one person.
You're better off playing a rom online, or the actual game than coding this thing. :/
me2 wrote:How old are you, hobo?If you can get a playable demo AT LEAST, people will have more respect for you and understand how good you are at programming. I'm pretty sure it'll be too hard to code a 3D engine/clone of Z64 for one person.
You're better off playing a rom online, or the actual game than coding this thing. :/
It wouldn't be hard for one person to make something similar. But they'd actually have to have... oh what are those called... oh yes, skills and intelligence.
Orion wrote:If the kid wants to try, let him try. No harm in that. If he fails, so what, at least he might have learned something.Either way, I think this thread has outlived it's usefulness.
I agree.
You guys that had nothing but negative things to say should think before you post - this kind of stuff is what drives new members away. We cannot grow as a community if this continues.