Going to start building soon- SC or DW?

MarkShot · 11-12-07, 04:13 PM

I am really getting into SC/DW these days and I am playing through all the third party stuff. I got three four categories of stuff to play through: SC 1.08, SCXIIC, DW-LWAMI subs, and DW-LWAMI non-subs. I am still in going through the SC 1.08 missions at the moment.

At some point, I think I want to go in there and start doing my own missions. I understand how the editor works reasonable well as I am often looking at how missions were put together.

For me, when I go for it, a big question will be should I go for SCXIIC or DW-LWAMI? It seems that the DW mission editor has some more advanced features over the SC editor with the absence of being able to test for user actions. Like I just heard of how sprint/drift could be easily done with a script.

My goal would be to produce highly dynamic missions such that being their author does not deter me from playing them.

So, first, if I was only making these for myself, then should I still go with DW or are there reasons to stick with SCXIIC?

So, second, if I plan to share my work would it be preferable to go with DW? It seems that the community is more active than SC. However, SC missions can be converted whereas the reverse is not true. But for SCX, I get the impression that SCX missions are not available to new SC owners via NCP, because SCX cannot be installed to NCP.

Comments? Thanks.

11-12-07, 04:13 PM	#1
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Going to start building soon- SC or DW? I am really getting into SC/DW these days and I am playing through all the third party stuff. I got three four categories of stuff to play through: SC 1.08, SCXIIC, DW-LWAMI subs, and DW-LWAMI non-subs. I am still in going through the SC 1.08 missions at the moment. At some point, I think I want to go in there and start doing my own missions. I understand how the editor works reasonable well as I am often looking at how missions were put together. For me, when I go for it, a big question will be should I go for SCXIIC or DW-LWAMI? It seems that the DW mission editor has some more advanced features over the SC editor with the absence of being able to test for user actions. Like I just heard of how sprint/drift could be easily done with a script. My goal would be to produce highly dynamic missions such that being their author does not deter me from playing them. So, first, if I was only making these for myself, then should I still go with DW or are there reasons to stick with SCXIIC? So, second, if I plan to share my work would it be preferable to go with DW? It seems that the community is more active than SC. However, SC missions can be converted whereas the reverse is not true. But for SCX, I get the impression that SCX missions are not available to new SC owners via NCP, because SCX cannot be installed to NCP. Comments? Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!