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I'm not exactly a expert developer, but I'd like to participate in developing Vegastrike. I know some Python and C++, but surely it's insufficient, so if anyone wanna tell me what I have to learn, I'll learn it (thrust me, I'll learn it). Of course, my english is pathetic, so you'll need some crystal ball to guess what I'm trying to say.
Well, I'm waiting for your reply.

Python. That's very useful, there's few people with python skills around here.

AFAIK, Python coding is heavily required for campaign scripting. All that is in modules/*.py, so you could take a look, but you'll quickly get lost without knowing the link to the engine.

Sadly, I don't know much about campaign coding, but some other people do. Like dandandaman, or JackS. Feel free to ask them questions, or perhaps to assign you some work if you don't have a preferance.

Hey!

Sorry, missed this in my rushed forum readings... but ya, I guess what do you want to work on? Have a project you'd like to start, continue, or help with? Have any sort of preference to teh sort of work (campaign, dataset tools, main codebase) you'd like to do?

I guess reply with any ideas you have, or ask for anything that needs doing, and we'll be able to find plenty for thee

Dan

Well, I was thinking about some improvements in the controls interface, polishing rules and gameplay, and (of course) help with missions and campaings. But i'd like where i must to start reading, I'm not a good programmer, so I'd like to learn about the game implementation first.

Well, if you're up for diving into python, there is a fair bit of (old, but mostly valid) documentation for the mission system, and a little for the campaign somewhere I can dig out if you want.

With teh c++ side, unless there's some super secret document that I don't know of, I don't believe there's really much to read...

I dunno, I guess 'controls interface' is c++, but I'm not sure what you mean in regards to improving this. 'polishing rules and gameplay' I guess you have specific ideas for, but otherwise could be just about anywhere.

So ya, um, I guess I'll wikify the stuff that isn't wrt the campaign stuff and post a link. otherwise you'll just have to ask questions If you can catch someone on IM it's probably easiest (mostly), but otherwise forums or dev list (you will need to be subscribed) are also good

Dan

See here for the python intro, and stuff about the mission system:
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/ ... t_Missions

And here for a very brief intro to campaigns (too brief ... i appear to have lost some of the overview i used to have).

http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/ ... _Campaigns

Dan

dandandaman wrote:I dunno, I guess 'controls interface' is c++, but I'm not sure what you mean in regards to improving this. 'polishing rules and gameplay' I guess you have specific ideas for, but otherwise could be just about anywhere.

Well, some feature requests are focused in rules or gameplay, some days ago I was posting in a topic that deviated to "how-to-board-a-ship", so, there are some sugestions that you have not much time to implement.
I guess it will take some time before I can understand the system and its code, but with the clues you gave to me it will take a little less.
Excuse my english. Cya

I would genuinely like to help, I love what you guys have done...

I have a very broad base of programming syntax knowledge so I can pretty much dive into anything... But since you guys all have intimate knowledge that takes so much time to aquire it might make sense if you can point me towards some lose ends or other grunt work that would otherwise monopolize your time so you guys with the S|<iLLz can keep working on the magic.

let me know

Kavar wrote:I would genuinely like to help, I love what you guys have done...

I have a very broad base of programming syntax knowledge so I can pretty much dive into anything... But since you guys all have intimate knowledge that takes so much time to aquire it might make sense if you can point me towards some lose ends or other grunt work that would otherwise monopolize your time so you guys with the S|<iLLz can keep working on the magic.

let me know

Just to make sure this doesn't get lost among the forum posts, I'd recommend that you fire off an e-mail to the VS mailing list.

well I feel like an r-tard... where the heck is the mailing list email?

Kavar wrote:well I feel like an r-tard... where the heck is the mailing list email?

vegastrike-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

due to spam, the members only option has been turned on, so you will need to subscribe before you can send mail to the list.

try the sourceforge project page http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=19507 there is a link to subscribe to the various lists.

Enjoy the Choice

Much Gras!

Kavar, just making sure you are in fact the "noob on the scene".

Dan