??? how to make a mission cooler ???

[OFPfreak]

  ???I love making maps. I know how to make briefings, overviews, objectives, and nice cutscenes. But is there anyway I can make my own units (addons) .. well offcourse I can but what program. And my 2nd question is how do you make explosions just appear? If it has to do with scripting, I suk with scripting   (im 11 years old, maybe thats why. I own with counter strike and stuff but scripting... I know html too... a bit.. ONLY THAT SCRIPTING  )

[C0LDSt33L]

I'm glad to see that you want to advance your skills as a mission editor and make your missions cooler  .

Somebody else will have to tell you about addons as I've never made one but there's a thread at http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=20144 about making explosions from thin air. I'm afraid it can only be done with scripting  :-\ but you can just download a script from the editors depo as they have a vast array of explosion and bombard scripts. There are also plenty of tutorials on OFP scripting at OFPEC if you ever want to write your own or modify one you downloaded.

[macguba]

You do need a little bit of scripting to make explosions appear, but it's not difficult.  

Making your own units - addons - is more difficult and quite a lot of work.    If you want to try it there are tutorials in the Ed Depot to help you.    It's not a single stage process that you can do in one programme, it takes several stages.

[Maclav]

About making units - I`d advise you to visit this site - http://ofp.gamezone.cz/_hosted/brsseb/tutorials.htm.
Very good site to start.

[General Barron]

If you want better units than the standard BIS ones, I'd suggest you just use someone else's addon, instead of trying to make your own--unless you are REALLY dedicated...

BTW, how come your profile says you're 19, if you are only 11?  

[OFPfreak]

thanks to all of you for helping me. I know it says 19 but if the game finds out ;D dun wanna get banned! Anyway I just made my own HTML edited mission its quite cool. It's called Recruit Base.. It needs 2 addons for the intro... can't include them becuase 1 of them is 6 mb other 1 mb. there at
 ]=http://www.falklands.ofpr.com]

[macguba]

OFPEC welcomes members of any age.  

[Sui]

I think he means the MA15+ rating on the box the game came in ;D

Don't worry mate... we won't tell anyone

[dmakatra]

Dude, I was 9 or 10 when I got the game. Don't think CIA will come and hunt you down. OK, they will, but hey, who hasn't been chased by CIA these days?

BTW, you said you owned Counter-Strike. Try downloading the editor for that, belive it's like Valve Hammer Editor or whatever. Anyway, since am OFP addon is a direct game modification that'll include a totally new unit directly in-game, VHE will let you get an easy start, learning what textures and stuff are, and let you give some advice on simpler modelling. Just an advice, but it's gonna be much easier getting into OFP addon editing if you've had some other, easier, experience.

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat:

[DBR_ONIX]

Lemme just say, OFP editing is waaa'aaay easier than Counter Strike editing..
Find BRESBQ (Sorta)'s tutorials on this forum
- Ben

[OFPfreak]

oh yea i love CS map editing.. but that cheap editor  :-X got problems with max patches and directories ...! But anyway.. since this site didnt accept my mission (site =  **** *****:-X, well mission section is) I put my just released mission on a website just created. it's www.freewebs.com/jjjohan PLZ PLZ PLZ check it out guys! I dun a lot of work on it! (on the mission) And anyway I play 18 year and over games too.. so what.. including SOF2 (soldier of fortune 2  ;D)
Preview of mission below

[Nemesis6]

Well, one thing that always gets a positive reading from me is missionsd with additional effects, like explosions and burn effects, it adds to the atmosphere! That's one of the reasons that I made the FlashFX mod - The mission authors, for the most part, don't include all that spiffy eye candy. So my personal advice would be looking for something to spice up your mission, visually among some. About making explosions, there is a somewhat cheap trick you can use if you only want the effect - Try this, exp = "explosion" createVehicle (getpos NameOfAGameLogicUnitYouPlaceWhereYouWantTheExplosion)
I used that effect to simulate a helicopter's tailrotor exploding, while not actually making a huge boom and taking out the chopper.

[dmakatra]

Lemme just say, OFP editing is waaa'aaay easier than Counter Strike editing..
Find BRESBQ (Sorta)'s tutorials on this forum
- Ben

Editing maybe, but not modelling.

And yea, I play 18+ games too. It's just a recommendation dude, not like they're going home and killing your cat just 'cause you're underaged.

:beat: *Gets Shot* :beat: