List of modding-related articles

This is a list of articles related to modding, including modeling, texturing, and conversion.

For information about mission design, see the FRED portal.

For coding, see the Source Code Project category.

Modeling

• Detail box
• Hierarchy
• Rampage's Post Modding Guide
• Subobject and subsystem properties
• Turret setup
• List of user-made ships

Applications

• 3D Studio Max
• Blender
• Lithium Unwrap
• Maja
• ModelView
• POF Constructor Suite
• POF Constructor Suite 2
• trueSpace

Texturing

• Index

• Goober5000's Orion nameplate tutorial

Conversion

• Blender to POF conversion
• Collada Importer
• Styxx's POF Conversion plugin for 3D Studio Max

Tabling

List of table files

• Animation code
• Beam weapon tutorial
• Modular table
• Ship template
• Subsystem
• Terminology

Miscellaneous

• Custom HUD elements (basics)
• FreeSpace 2 data structure
• File types
• Five things you'll forget to do before you release
• Installing mods for FreeSpace 2 Open
• Karajorma's FreeSpace FAQ: General Questions
• mod.ini
• Squadron insignia
• User-made effects
  • Lightspeed's Nebula Pack
• User-made music

VP files

• QuickVP
• VPMage
  • Using VPMage
• VPmake