A Development Tutorial: Chapter 01

A Development Tutorial: Chapter 1
Get the developer tools and try building new content for this game!
Season	3
Status	Progress Stopped
Completion	75%
Authors	Slowhand
This Chapter	01: Development Kit Setup
More Chapters	Title Page Development Kit Setup Making Maps The World Map Editor NPC Dialogues Create a 2-Map Zone Monsters, Loot, and Scripts Tracking Quest Progress Scenery Scripts Dialogue-to-Quest Location Chapter 10 Setup of Scripting Environment Understanding Quest Scripts Chapter 13 Dialogue: The "SAY" Menu Chapter 15 Lockpick Cooldown Repeatable Locations Floating FA Text Roulette Game Dialogues vs Scripts Simple Kill Quest Chapter 21 Mysterious Stranger Perk Perk Installation Black Jack Game Black Jack Installation Sound Effects Pro Tips
Notes	{{{notes}}}

• Download the SDK
  • Download the Server and Mapper and the full Client
  • Keep these 2 zip files for later use so you can start over from scratch if you mess things up very badly
  • Copy the Client, Mapper, Server, and Tools folders from the zip files to your development folder.
• Setting up the Mapper: (don't use yet)
  • If you start the Mapper for the first time, it will use the default video resolution, which is set in the client. Unfortunately, this will trim down the Mappers interface, so the first thing you should do, is launch the FOConfig.exe in the Client folder and set the resolution to at least 1024*768
  • It is advisable to disable Full Screen mode
  • Save and Exit
• Try out if it works
  • Start the Server and wait for the scripts and everything to load. When it's done, you will see something like this: *** Starting game loop ***
  • Start the Client, create a new character, and log in. If no errors, then you are done with the setup
• If you got problems with this part, you might try to set up your environment again, if it fails, search Questions and Answers at fodev.net