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[Chooch]

I am just starting to get into this and after reading some of the various tutorials I was wondering how the more experienced modders mode and set up their workflow?

I would seem that quite a bit could be automated using templates and such?

[SConrad]

I think this is very individual and difffers from modder to modder. I guess one has to find the system that fits best for himself. It's also varies depending on what type of mod it is. I sincerely doubt that a tweak mod goes through the extreme amount of banter editing an NPC mod does, for example.

As for templates, I always say that there's no need to reinvent the wheel, if someone's already done it. Note that this probably only applies to coding and such. Still, I would say that you still need to know what you're doing, even if you're using a coding template. Knowing how it works may prove vital.

[Seifer]

Knowing what you want to actually to create helps as well.

[Yovaneth]

As they've said, it very much depends on what you're doing. I'm finishing up a new area at the moment and for various reasons, I needed a load of very similar scripts that were all going to need tweaking multiple times. Rather than write them all individually - or even cut'n'paste - I took time out to code up a tool in VB that writes/modifies all the scripts for me, based on a few input variables.

I think you'll find that whatever the type of mod you decide to create, its form and function will drive the way you work. We've all discovered this the painful way....

-Y-

[Shed]

Although the above applies, a good place to start is here: the Modder's Resource Center.