Ship Creation Tool(s)

[carrotman106]

Hello all. I'm in love with FTL, and I have been trying to further my endeavors by creating new weapons and ships. Now, the issue is, I'm using Superluminal, an exceptional ship editor made by kartoFlane (shoutout, love the mod). That in itself is not the problem, no, the problem is that I have no idea how to make a new ship. I want to draw up a whole new ship, and I want to make custom room graphics and such as well. There are many ship mods (ie. The Administrator, The Omicron ships, The Shard) that have obviously custom made ships, with their own custom rooms and such. Which tool(s) is used to create these magnificent ships? I would really love to know.

[English Narwhal]

Superluminal is used.
Vanguard of Valor does a pretty good job of unintentionally explaining how to use it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A31U0CtvU0w

[kartoFlane]

@English Narwhal

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Now, the issue is, I'm using Superluminal, an exceptional ship editor made by kartoFlane (shoutout, love the mod). That in itself is not the problem, no, the problem is that I have no idea how to make a new ship. I want to draw up a whole new ship, and I want to make custom room graphics and such as well.
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Well, read the post -- he already uses the editor

@OP
Why thank you, I'm glad you like it From what you're describing it looks like you're looking to learn how to create the graphics for the ships, like hull and interior images...
For that, you need a graphics editing program -- most commonly used are Gimp (free) and Photoshop (paid), as well as other, more specialized tools for pixel art. The former is more than sufficient for any task regarding FTL modding.

It might take some time to get familiar with the tools, but there are many tutorials, just a google query away, that can help you to get a hang of it.

[carrotman106]

Thank you both. And Karto, I might have to sue you for getting me unintentionally addicted to Superluminal. I have created about 30 ships on it and I can't seem to stop. Also, karto, if you have any spare time, I would like to ask you a few questions. If you would be so kind as to email me, I can be reached at colt.max65@gmail.com. (and I dont need to be reminded of the risks of posting ones email on a public forum)