http://buildism.net/forum/Thread-Tips-Get-started

I hope an moderator will make it to the *Important Threads* section too,
cause its very useful.

~Tips: Get started //[v.4]//~
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(These ''Tips'' are not complete. They will be updated from time to time. Make sure you check back every few days to see if some new ''Tips'' has been added.)
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Hello Buildismer!

I hope you like Buildism!

So you wonder how to Get Started at Buildism?
Simple, I'm going to teach you how to Get Started.

I've already told you how to Upload a Skin to your Avatar or how to publish 'em to Skin Catalog.

If you don't know how to Upload Skins, here is the link to the *How to: Upload Skins* Thread (Which I've made).

http://buildism.net/forum/Thread-How-To-Upload-Skins

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//How to Get Started Easily.//
(I'm teaching you how to Edit your character blurb)

1. Login to Buildism
2. Go to your player profile
3. Nearly under your Avatar there should be text which says:
(Edit) click it.
4. Scroll all the way down.
5. You should see a little screen and on top of it, it says *Bio*
6. Click the little screen and change the text to whatever you like.
7. Now scroll all the way down and you should see text which says *Update Profile* click it.
8. Your done!
9. Go back to your Player Profile and you should see nearly under your Avatar there should be the text you've made.

Ok, I hope you understand how to make a player blurb.

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Ok now the second step which I'm going to teach you is:
(How To: Build)

Its very easy and simple to build, Jacob_ (Site owner) Have some threads which might help you how to Build, heres the link to 'em:

http://buildism.net/forum/Thread-How-to-...s-Together

Scripting is also a part of the building but you don't have to learn it if you don't want to:

http://buildism.net/forum/Thread-Scripting-Tutorial

Ok, then the Wiki part.
(Wiki is where they tell you everything about Buildism and what Buildism is about)

Here is the link to the Wiki.

http://buildism.net/wiki/w/index.php?title=Main_Page

Also here's Jacob_'s
Basic Building Editor Tutorial

http://buildism.net/forum/Thread-Basic-B...r-Tutorial

~Instructions how to walk in a game~
Its very Simple, you can move with W,A,S,D or the arrow buttons.

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//How to create a Signature.//

I'm now going to teach you how to make a signature!
It's simple. Just follow these steps.

1. Go to buildism.
2. Login to your account.
3. Click ''Profile''
4. You should see (Edit) nearly under your avatar.
5. Click it.
6. Scroll down to the ''Your profile'' in the ''Menu'' on your left, and you should see text:

Edit Profile
Change Password
Change Email
Change Signature
Edit Options

8. Click the ''Change Signature''
9. Now Edit your Signature to whatever you want it to be.
10. Now scroll down a bit and click the ''Update Signature''
11. Now your done!!!
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I hope this thread helped you in many ways!
If you have questions or need help with something, you can allways post 'em to the *Help* Forum, or then you can find help in this Forum.

And remember to read the Rules!

~Eric~
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• Fixed "unknown property" errors
  
• Resizing boxes no longer messes up grid snapping
  
• Resizing fixed boxes no longer unfixes them
  
• Fixed a problem that could make saving a model sometimes not work
  
• Adding a link to the wiki help page in the help window
  

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!?!?!?!??!

WHY!?!?!?!?!? ._.

To make games on Buildism, you use the Buildism Editor. There are two ways to access the editor:

• Go to your profile, and find an empty game. Click "Build."
  
• Click "Launch Editor" in the top right corner of your screen.
  

1. New game
   
2. Open game
   
3. Save game to your computer
   
4. Copy selected objects
   
5. Cut selected objects
   
6. Paste the objects that you have copied
   
7. Group/ungroup selection
   
8. Arrow-select/move parts
   
9. Hand - grab parts (only works when physics are running)
   
10. Resize - change the size of boxes that you have already placed
    
11. Rotate
    
12. Build box
    
13. Build circle
    
14. Place hinge
    
15. Place weld
    
16. Place rope (click then drag)
    
17. Place water
    
18. Place ladder
    
19. Place seat
    
20. Create terrain
    
21. Start/stop physics simulation
    
22. Show/hide grid
    
23. Enable/disable snapping parts to grid
    
24. Draw in front of parts
    

• Fixed: If this is set to 'true', the part will not be affected by physics. It won't rotate and it won't move.
  
• Collidable: If this is set to 'true', parts can hit and bounce against this part. If 'false', other parts will go though it and it will fall through other parts -- including the ground, unless it is Fixed (see above).
  
• CharacterCollide: If this is set to 'true', players can hit and bounce against this part. Collidable must be set to true for this to work though. If it is set to 'false', players can go through this part, even if Collidable is set to 'true'.
  
• MaxForce: If you change this value to something higher than 0, then impacts with enough force will 'shatter' this part into many smaller parts.
  

I just updated the scripting tutorial: http://buildism.net/wiki/w/index.php?tit...rst_Script

If any of the experienced scripters have anything to add, tell me or one of the other mods.

You can "weld" boxes and circles together to create more complex shapes! The parts you weld don't have to be on the same layer, so you can make moving vehicles are just about anything else you can think of.

1. Drag the parts you want to weld until they overlap.
2. Click the chain icon in the toolbar to activate the weld tool.
3. Click where you want to place the weld, making sure it is touching the area where the two parts overlap.

After you weld parts, they move together, even when you drag them. If you want to move them individually, click the weld and press Delete to remove it, make your changes, then place another weld.

At my MIDI test place, I have a script that specifically tells the music to stop when the box holding the sound is clicked. It waits half a second, changes the music's Sound, waits another half second, and then plays it.

Here's the thing -- it doesn't stop.

Even when I type "game.World.Box.Soundtop()" in the Command box.

WHY?

Soon, or by my time? Soon will not effect the way I write. I ask because the way I do it is almost never, and I need my motivation to write stories/books/long things.