How to make an add-on?

[PaulTheMurderer]

I'm bored, and I had an idea for an add-on. But I don't have a single idea of how to make one.  If someone could help, i'd appreciate it. I'll even give you a cookie c: 

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[Conan]

well the first thing is to identify what your addon is

is it an item? a playertype? a vehicle? a server script? a client script?
you will need to spend time learning how to code or at least read code if you want to do any of these
as well as modeling, for items/vehicles/custom playertypes

the best way to get started is by opening up an addon and reading its code. just open server.cs and any other .cs files with notepad or any other text editor (not microsoft word or openoffice though)

[phflack]

some relevant stuff:

what kind of addons?
there are many kinds, and the work involved varies drastically

client mods
server mods
weapons
vehicles
systems
prints/decals
bricks
other?

without describing what you want to make, it's difficult to say what you need to do to make it

and

weapons require a model, for which you can either use a preexisting model in the game (ie default gun and recolor it if you want), or you'll need to find/create a .dts model to use
to create models some common programs people use are milkshape, blender, and I think google sketchup, sketchup I think required some extra steps to export/convert it to a .dts

for the scripting behind weapons/server mods, notepad works fine

one of the best ways to figure out how to create what you want is to examine something similar to what you wish to create
to me, it seems that badspot created/included the default addons as examples for others to make mods off of

weapon scripts are somewhat simple, as you just copy a script for a different weapon and modify it
the server mod could be a bit more difficult because you haven't described what you're trying to do

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