Galthor
(Acolyte)
03/18/03 09:36 PM
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General Tips and Help v1.1
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(Since the Pinned post is out of date, and missing a lot of the newer resources, I figured I'd quickly put together a similar post, clearing the out-of-date links, and adding more current content to it. Hope ya enjoy)
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In the Render Window:
"A" Turns on/off All brightness for total lighting.
"C" Zooms in to an isometriC view of the selected object(s).
"D" Dislodges you from the selected object(s) to allow for more freeform movement of the camera.
"F" Drops (or makes the object(s) Fall) to the top level of the object below them.
"L" Allows you to see/not see the Light radius of all lights in the view.
"T" Zooms in to a Top view of the selected object(s).
"V" Allows you to zoom in and out on the selected object with the mouse.
"W" Turns on/off Wireframe mode.
"X" Allows you to manipulate object(s) in the X axis.
"Y" Allows you to manipulate object(s) in the Y axis.
"Z" Allows you to manipulate object(s) in the Z axis.
"F4" Shows collision detection of all objects in the Render Window.
In the Preview Window:
"A" Pans the view left.
"D" Pans the view right.
"S" Pans the view down.
"W" Pans the view up.
"Insert" Rotates the object on it's ? axis.
"Home" Rotates the object on it's ? axis.
"Page Up" Zooms in.
"Page Down" Zooms out.
"Down Arrow" Rotates the object on it's ? axis.
"Left Arrow" Rotates the object on it's ? axis.
"Right Arrow" Rotates the object on it's ? axis.
"Up Arrow" Rotates the object on it's ? axis.
General Tutorials/Help:
(These are tutorials covering more than one area of mod making, or are "general" in nature)
Official Tutorials
Original Thread (Many replies with helpful information!)
Dragonsong's Tutorial
TES Tutorial
General Tutorial
Info Dump #1 (compiled by T'or Drakkon)
Is Your Mod Clean? (by Dragonsong)
[url=http://thelys.free.fr/misc.htm#MODDERS%20SECTION] TESAME + Scripting bible + More tools (by TheLys) [url]
Specific Tutorials:
(These cover one specific area of creating mods)
Statics (by Deconstruction)
Weapons (by Yggradsil)
NPC Creation
Defining Models for a New Race (by Liquid Fusion)
Building a House (by Liquid Fusion)
Landscape Editing (by Liquid Fusion) and Landscape Editing
Teleport scripting (by blazman)
Editing/Importing Skins (by Kathykitten)
Chilliskinner (3D Max Skinner)
Texture Compression, TGA -> DDS (by Stevebtb)
Skin/Texture Editing
Creating a New Race
Factions
Scripting Reference
Links of Interest:
Morrowind Summit Mod Database
Morrowindfiles
Dragonsight Mods DB
Euro-Morrowind Mods + Information
Morrowind Mod Library
Adventurer's Guide Mods + Links
Shakti's Mods + MW Info
T'or Drakkon's Mods + Texturing Tools
Empty World Mod (by Palp)
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Have something to add? Let everyone know, post it here 
Edited by Galthor (03/18/03 09:56 PM)
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KingKong
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03/18/03 10:12 PM
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This is a recompalation of a list of links to:
Morrowind:Mods
Construction Set:Basics,Scripting
3D MAX:Tuts,Plugs,Free Modles
Photoshop:Tuts,Plugs,Free Texturs
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()Tutorials\Mods
Tuts-> http://www.weathersong.net/tomorrow/tuts/
Tuts-> http://www.rpgplanet.com/morrowind/tamriel/
()Utitilities
http://thelys.free.fr/misc.htm
()3dmax
Plugs-> http://www.cuneytozdas.com/software/
nif import-> http://66.106.110.151/Morrowind/index.html
Free modles, textures, online tuts, and more-> http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/freestuff.asp
()Photoshop
Main Site-> http://www.adobe.com/main.html
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That's a good compilation Mr. Kong . Here's my standard list I give folks, which duplicates yours somewhat:
I strongly recommend beginning with Dragonsong's tutorials. They start right at the beginning and are very thorough, giving advice and hints on how to avoid the typical problems you'll encounter when first using the Construction Set.
When you want to edit the landscape, try Scott Fisher's tutorials. That site seems to be including some annoying pop-up windows lately, but the tutorials are good.
The bible for scripters is GhanBuriGhan's excellent 'Morrowind Scripting for Dummies Ver.5', located here.
The LiquidFusion site has a good list of controls you can use in the Editor. The only thing I would add to Olsor's list is that besides zooming in the Render window by rolling the mouse scroll wheel, you can also pan by pressing the wheel down and 'dragging' the landscape or cell sideways or up & down.
Hope this helps...
...Klinn
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ALSO: Another EXCELLENT thread from Drendal, hope I spelled that right, about 3dsmax. It's got everything from applying textures, to animating your modle, enjoy-> http://www.elderscrolls.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=tesconstsethelp&Number=1114782&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=
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*More 3dsmax, free modles, textures, tuts, etc.
http://www.amazing3d.com/plugmax.html
http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html
http://www.help3d.com/index.html
*TONS OF GREAT plugins for max:
http://www.maxplugins.de/
http://www.dreamsandmagic.com/p_max.htm
http://www.max3dstuff.com/
http://max3d.3dluvr.com/
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*THE MOTHER OF ALL MAX TUTS! A tutorial searcher for 3dmax and also many other programes
http://www.threatenedspecies.org.au/tutorials/3dsoftware/3dstudiomax/default.asp?ct=1&ob=3
*A link to all kinds of links for free modles, textures, tuts, etc.
http://www.amazing3d.com/links.html
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I almost forgot about Photoshop-Mostly tuts in no particular order:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wolf359/adobepc.htm
http://www.ultimate-photoshop.com/ ->COMING SOON
http://www.boxtopsoft.com/plugpage/
http://robouk.mchost.com/
http://www.plugins.com/
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/
http://www.netstudio.com/index.asp?r=0&c=0
http://www.it-enquirer.com/index.php
http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/photosh0.htm
http://www.distortion.co.uk/freebies/tutorial.html
http://www.mccannas.com/pshop/menu.htm
http://www.elated.com/tutorials/graphics/photoshop/ ->NICE ONE
http://graphicssoft.about.com/library/tuts/bltut_apsidx.htm
http://www.spoono.com/tutorials/photoshop/
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Here's my contribution:
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/type/tutorial.asp?id=26086
There are quite a few good tutorials here as well, not just for Max, but other packages as well, plus links and tons of other stuff.
Pax,
Indigo
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MODS:All on the official page, not many others
*ELEDERSCROLLS
http://www.elderscrolls.com/index.php?url=/downloads/media_wallpapers.htm&bg=05
* http://morrowind.ttlg.com/plugins/
* http://www.rpgplanet.com/morrowind/mods/mods.asp
* http://www.rpgplanet.com/morrowind/mods/mods.asp
* http://www.rpgplanet.com/morrowind/chalice/back/back.shtml
* http://www.illuminatingdarkness.com/
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Theres already a link in the 3dmax answeres thread, which I hope will be pinned. Not much new except these two posted by others: ->
From Hatter:
I've found a great little utility which converts bmp and targa images into dds and vice versa. No need for photoshop, etc.
Download at:
http://www.mnwright.btinternet.co.uk/programs/dxtbmp.htm
It can also be used to view mipmaps and alpha channes. I think it was made for flightsims but it works fine with Morrowind.
H.
And from Dave Humphrey:
A better editor-
http://www.elderscrolls.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=tesconstsethelp&Number=1153475&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=7&fpart=
Enjoy, KK
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Galthor
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03/19/03 06:06 PM
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Galthor
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03/23/03 06:15 AM
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This isn't useful? 
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Grundulum
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03/23/03 06:45 AM
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It is incredibly, but I wonder if it could be added to the pinned thread. Or perhaps you could alert Thanos of Titan at thanostower@hotmail.com about this and perhaps merge this thread with his already-awesome tutorials page.
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Galthor
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03/23/03 07:36 AM
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*Nods* Emailed him at your suggestion, thanks
The thread that is currently pinned is very, very out of date. Many of the links in it are invalid, and there's been a lot of newer information that's shown up. Hence my quick collection of this stuff - the currently pinnned thread isn't of much use, except for the replies containing tips and information
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Galthor
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04/11/03 08:59 PM
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Bump (been a while)
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Galthor
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04/22/03 08:42 PM
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Galthor's Grumblings Mods Page
LadyEternity's Models
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