This is meant to be a quick n dirty starter to get people going on modding various aspects of Supreme Commander. I'll be collecting info and links for everything I can find that may help the clueless get a clue. If anyone has useful info that I don't have posted or linked on here, please email me at yahoo.
Tutorials:
Setting up to mod - DO THIS FIRST!
UI modding:
Non-destructive function hooking - a tip of the day thread with a very basic tutorial for UI modding the right way
Basic UI modding - excellent tutorial thread by Saya
Unit modding:
namrog84's tutorial - hosted here.
textures
mapping
sound
packing mods up the right way - SCDs in /gamedata/? unpacked in /mods/? need info.
Links:
Wikis, etc :
Wikia Wiki - the officially unofficial official wiki
Cytosis Modding info - a page a lot like this, but nicer looking. =]
Lua users wiki - tons of info and tutorials for lua
Supreme Commander wiki - includes lua documentation from the 'luadoc' console dump
www.SupComDev.net - another wiki
XaTriX's wiki and forum
Tutorials, etc:
New faction guide - excellent long tutorial post by Saya, on the gamereplays forums
Unit making thread - more great info from Saya, on the gamereplays forums
namrog84's tutorial - simple unit modding tutorial
Useful threads on the GPG forums:
"Useful Information"- sticky thread on the GPG forums with the best single collection of links to info
What do I need to create a mod? - the question, and lots of good answers, with the same purpose as my tutorials
Lua editors with syntax highlighting - excellent big thread with many options for a good code editor
Model and animation formats - actual format header data and such, straight from the devs
SupCom web pages:
Tools:Official GPGnet forums
Gas Powered Garage - official beta forums
SC Mods - a few mods for download
RTSCommunity SupCom page - craploads of mods, maps, etc for download
GameReplays.org forums - very active mapping and modding forums
Supreme Commander Universe - forums, unit database, media, tutorials, the works
Supreme Commander HQ - another total site, with active forums, tutorials, etc
SupCom forums on Rebelz-Nation - active forums, with a bit of a hack/cheat slant, it seems
Supreme Commander Source - no forums, but active news and file downloads
Supreme Commander RTSC - forums, media, info
SupCom-live - forums, info, strategy
Wargrounds - forums, news, media
www.InsideSupCom.de - includes german Modding Forums
Unit Database - this needs its own section. excellent, indispensable resource for modders and players alike. up to date and complete.
WinRar - shareware zip/rar/etc archive tool
7Zip - free, open source zip tool
NotePad++ - good free code editor with syntax color coding, code folding, function lists, and more
TextPad - shareware text editor with some nice development features like syntax color coding
TextPad Lua syntax definition - the color coding for lua, the SupCom scripting language
XNview - excellent freeware image viewer that reads more formats than you ever heard of, including decent .dds support
Nvidia .dds plugin for Photoshop - convenient for creating .dds images
GPGnet thread about code editors - options probably better than textpad