[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

OOh, exciting news for you!

Fly zo on why the informatation was guarded:

He has a good point. See but what about ppl like me. I like doing 3D and stuff and i want to help more by learning how to Edit these java class files. (In fact i started taking some scripting classes but i dropped them) (can u add a working tail hook with out the FM edit?)

i do understand you m8, and i know how you feel ... it's just i'm tired of wrong perception that modders have some kind of obligation to teach others . Fact is ... teaching depends on modders free will , just like with making mods . There is also some language barrier so some modders can't help even when they like to .... And lastly , we did burn our fingers by teaching some people which turned out have no integrity and self moderation ...

Just like with everything in life , if you're determined and patient enough you'll get what you're asking .

regards
Z

And, better for you, AAA's having a policy rethink:

Righto, here we go.

With 2009 there is a slight change in our policy towards assistance and free talk on the boards. We will now allow open discussion of 3D work, be it heir.him editing, or general 3DS Max assistance. This, coupled with importer assistance, should provide a pretty solid base of information to potential aircraft (or other object) builders. Coupled with the existing IL2 Modeling database (located at the top of this thread) should be ample to build most of what is needed for an aircraft. If someone wants to make a tutorial for these factors, then fine, they can submit it through official channels for approval, and upload.

This means that, 3D work, Map making, modeling new 3D objects, and getting them imported, will be the standard, and allowed talk. However...

ALL Java assistance, work, talk is still forbidden. Advanced code talk is still forbidden. Like it or not, we are not going to allow that to be free knowledge, this is to protect the sim the little we can. Take it or lump it. The adjustment in administrative policy will allow a much more wider assistance base to be had, but we will NOT change the position on these more dangerous lines of work. The only way this knowledge will be learned, will be the same as it always has been. Either some modder or team will take you under their belt and teach you, or, you can learn yourself, the hard way, the same as most modders.

So my advice to you is to find a mapper and ask very nicely for his help and advice!