Where to start as a mod developer?

[thermobaric]

Hi!

I've coded lua for a while in garrysmod. I would love to start making mods/addons for KSP.

Where should i start? What program's do i need (like notepad++ and such)? Any advice for good C# tutorials?

Thx for reading!

[tommygunyeah]

You could check out the Add-on Support forum where you can ask some authors anything about add0ons, other than that I would say Google some tutorials maybe?

[EndlessWaves]

Well the modding forums are a good place to ask questions, as is the irc channel (#kspmodders on irc.esper.net, alongside #KSPOfficial).

Mods is a bit general and covers a lot of things, as you've mentioned C# and lua you're presumably interested in the plugin side of things rather than modelling and texturing?

You can use notepad++ and compile with the C#/Mono compiler (the former is csc.exe, included with the normal .NET framework) but most people use a C#/.NET specific IDE - Xamarin Studio (formerly MonoDevelop), SharpDevelop and Visual Studio Express (2010 for Vista, 2012 for 7/8) are the popular three.

The following two links contain most of the KSP-specific basics:

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Main_Page

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/10296-0-15-code-update-PartModule-KSPField-KSPEvent-ConfigNode-and-PartResource

I knew Java which is similar to C# so I can't recommend any tutorials from personal experience (from what I remember Lua is similar to Python), but codeproject tend to be pretty good so you could have a look at their beginner's section:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/#Beginners

[Swifty]

Also. As KSP is made with unity it could be good looking there to better understand how MonoBehaviour scripts work and the execution cycle. OnAwake -> OnStart, update, fix update etc.

[Echo 8 ÉRÀ]

Also. As KSP is made with unity it could be good looking there to better understand how MonoBehaviour scripts work and the execution cycle. OnAwake -> OnStart, update, fix update etc.

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/index.html