Just a thank you

[Sophia]

I am going to post here, because I am not signed up to the Guild of Maintainers or any of the other "places" (yet). I just wanted to thank you all for your hard work. Just the other day I reinstalled PotS and got to see some of the fan created ages. Absolutely stunning, I was so impressed!!! It made me even more convinced Uru is NOT dead at all Murray and I are trying to follow the great tutorials posted here and elsewhere, so hopefully in the not too distant future we will be able to contribute some ourselves. Once again, thank you, everybody, and I can't wait to see more. Big Thumbs Up from us both!

[Robert The Rebuilder]

Glad you like them, Sophia and Murray! And welcome!

[andylegate]

wow, thanks! and Yay! More aspiring Writers! Ask questions....LOTS of them. And Jennifer is running a REALLY good Blender Classroom on this forum, you might want to check it out.

[Ehren]

I too have been impressed with what has been done, but I've kind of lost hope in being able to write for myself, blender is just too complicated and I don't know how you would get something from there to uru anyway. But even if I had all needed files and converting to uru things... It is just too much for me to learn, no way can I remember what all those buttons do, you all who wright ages must be like... super smart. This age making thing just doesn't seem for normal users, I guess when working in full 3D worlds, it never will be but for advance users.

[Robert The Rebuilder]

Ehren: you might think that it's only for advanced users, but you'll change your mind when you visit the "Jennifer's Classroom" thread (as mentioned by Andy above) in the Builders department. She's taken absolute beginners and turned them into skilled 3-D modelers - it is simply amazing!

So, before you abandon all hope, try taking a couple of her lessons.

[Ehren]

Ehren: you might think that it's only for advanced users, but you'll change your mind when you visit the "Jennifer's Classroom" thread (as mentioned by Andy above) in the Builders department. She's taken absolute beginners and turned them into skilled 3-D modelers - it is simply amazing!

So, before you abandon all hope, try taking a couple of her lessons.

Thanks, but wish it wasn't already up to 12 pages...
Gah, I feel like I'm jumping into a dance lesson but I don't even know how to walk!

[andylegate]

Ah! But just because it's up to 12 Pages, doesn't mean you missed anything!

The really NEAT thing about Jennifer's classroom is that, it's a class that you can attend anytime you want, when you can, and when you have time. You won't miss anything like you would a real life class room.

If, when doing the first parts of your tutorial, you can either PM her questions if you're afraid of "distrupting" her class, or you can post your question on the forum here! Most people will either be more than happy to help, or point you to the right place that will tell you what, and how to do something.

[mar]

Ehren, don't give up.

I know also the time that I had the feeling I never learned it .
But with many time falling and standing up again I have learned a lot about Blender and agebuilding. I am sure you can do it but take your time and don't hasitate to ask when you have a problem. There are always people on the forum who take time to answere your question.
Don't forget to go to Jennifer's classroom it is a good way to learn Blender from the start.

[Ehren]

Ehren, don't give up.

I know also the time that I had the feeling I never learned it .
But with many time falling and standing up again I have learned a lot about Blender and agebuilding. I am sure you can do it but take your time and don't hasitate to ask when you have a problem. There are always people on the forum who take time to answere your question.
Don't forget to go to Jennifer's classroom it is a good way to learn Blender from the start.

Thanks, but where would the best place to ask be? Am I suppost to be asking in the classroom thread, or was that being disruptive to it?

I find the instructions helpfull, but still seems to progress a bit too fast in some ways, and they don't seem as clear to me as other people find them.

[Sophia]

Hmm, I don't know where to answer, here or in the classroom thread. I guess here, to avoid unnecessary clutter in that one.

Ehren: speaking for myself I have had no past experience with Blender or any other 3D program... Lesson 1 to 5 was relatively easy and fun, but I have just started lesson 6 and yes it's still fun but plenty tough. I shall never be able to do 5 lessons in one day anymore, that is for sure. I have no idea yet what Python does (here) or how to transfer my creation into a proper age, I just installed it for now. I am sure that will all become clear in time, I am willing to stick it out and find out.

However, I must say that from some of your messages I sort of get the impression you started in the middle. Then went back to skim over the first lessons, read them quickly, and while not understanding them, moved on to the next. No wonder you are frustrated. You said you don't even know how to rotate views? Neither did I, until today. It is explained very clearly in lesson 1 and I am sure I shall have to refer back to it more than once. I have been struggling for 4 hours now trying to figure out how to create a gear using just a cylinder and a cube. I shall have to sleep over it and continue tomorrow. Who knows, maybe spend the next two weeks trying to figure it out. But until I do, I shall not move on to lesson 7. Does that make me dumb or slow? Perhaps... but I did not spend the rest of my life crawling just because I did not learn to walk in a day like some other kids.

Why don't you take one lesson at the time, and stick with it till you grasp it fully? What does it matter if you need a week to complete a lesson? It is more rewarding than just running away frustrated. Just my 2 cents.