Author Topic: [!] [Request] Brick add-on tutorial [!]  (Read 1302 times)

As the title says, I'd really admire it if someone who knows how to create brick add-ons would make a tutorial on how to.
I've been trying to get the hang of it for about 4 days now and it's just not working out.

Here's some points that might come in handy.

- What software is used in the progress (which is the most easy/smartest to use?)
- How do you edit a .blb file to make it fit your brick?
- How to use .blb editor
- Custom .dts collision

Right now there are 0 tutorials for this out there, and I think this must be changed.

I'd love to help if someone decides he's wanting to share this knowledge and make a tutorial.

I hope everyone agrees for this has been bothering me for quite a while.  :panda:
« Last Edit: September 23, 2012, 01:15:23 PM by JakeBlade »

My process for creating .blb files is generally

> Write/change the file to suit what you want
> Open Blockland to see if the brick looks right or causes a crash
> If it doesn't look right or causes a crash, jump to step one
> Consider it done, forget I ever made the thing, and never touch it again


Don't know how to do .dts collision, though.

I see, Basicly what I'm trying to ask is if someone could make a step-by-step (with pictures or a screenrecording) tutorial from modeling the brick to having it ingame.
I'm having trouble getting a custom brick model ingame, adjusting it to the correct brick grid, making it the correct size, having the textures done right etc.
« Last Edit: September 23, 2012, 12:34:53 PM by JakeBlade »

having the textures done right etc.

Ditto. I can never figure out how to not make it look like crap.

I personally believe a brick making tutorial was never made because so many people would start posting their stuff bricks whenever they make something.  I really do believe in the ability to learn from something already provided-this is the way I learn, you might not be the same learner as me, but from what I have seen throughout the forums and ingame, I am just like everyone else in terms of learning-using this method, I have done many things, including learning to play the guitar, piano, saxophone, viola, mandolin, harmonica, understanding complex physics and chemistry concepts, learning to cook, learning french and greek, and learning to play football, soccer, and volleyball.

As Einstein kinda once said, "The best way to learn is not throught memorization, but by hands-on studying".  I forgot what the exact words were because I'm not a memorizing kind of guy.  Trust me, you will know how to do things better than anyone else if you just go into the .blb file and change stuff around one piece at a time, going back and forth between game and file, until you've learned every little bit of coding needed to create a brick.