how do make plugins?
is the classic question
how do make them?
what do u use to make them?
and are they hard to make?

the classic question from pathitic teague

Plugins are created by adding or editing resources.

There are several EV plugin editors, such as MissionComputer and EV-Edit. Both are buggy in some aspects, If you want to tinker with something minor quickly, EV-Edit is your best bet. If you want to work on something with reliability, MissionComputer is for you.
Of course, neither of these work quite as well as ResEdit, but they get the job done fairly quickly.

It really depends on what you want to do. If you were to add a mission that gives you 100M credits upon landing on the planet you started from (a cheat plugin, basically), then it would be rather easy. If you wanted to create a Total Conversion of the game, it would probably be hard.

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(This message has been edited by Consul Bob (edited 08-28-2004).)

RES Edit isn't that hard to use. If you go to the add-ons section, RES edit should be a fairly easy search. EV-edit tends to crash, mission computer tends to suck, IMHO.

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(This message has been edited by Jimbob (edited 08-28-2004).)

And don't forget the Escape Velocity Developer's Corner and Bomb's Plugin Q & A here on the ASW forums. And get the EV Bible Annotated Version from the Addons page.

Good luck!

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EVONE works wonders. Probably my favorite editor. EV-Edit is the absolute (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/dragoon/pics/teh-suck.jpg")suck(/url), so don't even look at it.

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EVONE never worked for me...like I said, EV-Edit is good for tinkering with things. Don't expect to use it to create a TC or anything...

Edit: Ugh....I'm getting sleepy.

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(This message has been edited by Consul Bob (edited 08-30-2004).)

thanks ill take a look at them

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