New Modder - Where should I start?

[PirishLad]

 So, uh... yeah. I'm new around here, and I've been heavily considering starting to get into mod development for JK3, but I have no idea where to start. I have some experience modeling/animating and I've done a tad bit of scripting in Valve's Source Engine (which I know is a bit hold-handy), if that helps hint toward where I should go.

 

Also sorry if this is the wrong place to post this kind of thing but it was my best guess.

[Archangel35757]

What 3D modeling package do you use?

[PirishLad]

I used to do Softimage Mod Tool but now I use Blender (I'm a cheap bastard.)

[PirishLad]

Also, perhaps I should have put this in the first post, I want to focus more on singleplayer modding/mapping. I have some mapping experience in Source as well.

[Circa]

Take a look at our tutorial section. It's a great place to start.

 

http://jkhub.org/tutorials/

[PirishLad]

I'll be sure to look at those, thanks.

[mrwonko]

If you're experienced with modelling an obvious place to start are new player and weapon models (including lightsabers). Preparing them for export is a bit of a pain though since the format has some annoying requirements that few if any of the exporters can handle automatically.

 

You can also create a map almost entirely out of models - you just need to place some colliders, entities and antiportals in the map editor later.