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Re: What's a good place to start learning how to program (script)? (ROBLOX)

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RoLegionnaire is not online. RoLegionnaire
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31 Jan 2012 03:47 PM
Hello, I am RoLegionnaire.

The question above isn't very specific. What was your first script? How can I learn the basics? Where can I learn how to do advanced scripting? These questions all apply here.
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Vitouliss14 is not online. Vitouliss14
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31 Jan 2012 03:48 PM
Learning to script is a Great way of making Cool places,Models etc on ROBLOX!

You could go to the wiki at wiki.ROBLOX.com or Try Dingdong272's Tutorials!

http://www.roblox.com/ROBLOX-Lua-BEGINNER-Scripting-Tutorial-item?id=363960

Or try TaslemGuy's Scripting Tutorials:(It mostly teachs about math in Lua)

http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/Taslem_Scripting_Tutorial

Camoy's Cookbook:

http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/Cookbook

And last but not least Crazypotato4's Tutorial! INGORE THE TITLE:

http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/User:Crazypotato4/Test
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HotThoth is not online. HotThoth
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31 Jan 2012 07:00 PM
+1 to you, sir
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nate890 is not online. nate890
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31 Jan 2012 07:01 PM
wiki.roblox.com
Or you can find tutorials outside of the wiki, such as this one I made awhile ago (It's a pastebin)
/qEctjpNx

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Ferretguy is not online. Ferretguy
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01 Feb 2012 12:12 AM
I learned by pull apart scripts on free models. I found simple ones, and took them apart in an attempt to understand what each word, line, and bit of punctuation was there to accomplish. Learning Lua from general Lua sites or documentation helps you get into making new things faster.

Also, keep in mind, some things may be beyond you at the current moment. Sometimes, you just haven't developed your problem solving skills enough to effectively script or program.
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stravant is not online. stravant
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01 Feb 2012 12:19 AM
Off topic:
"http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/Cookbook" => "... lookupify{ ... }"

I'm pleasantly surprised to see my lookupify construct being used in the wild. It's such an elegant piece of code, I'd like to see it used more often in stuff.
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JulienDethurens is not online. JulienDethurens
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01 Feb 2012 12:28 AM
@Vitouliss14

"or Try Dingdong272's Tutorials!"

How dare you even recommend Dingdong272's tutorials? They're almost as worse as a video to learn to script...

"Camoy's Cookbook:"

Camoy's Cookbook is really nice, but it isn't a tutorial. It just gives the solution to certain particular problems. I like referring to it on scripting helpers when a player has one of these problems.

"And last but not least Crazypotato4's Tutorial! INGORE THE TITLE:"

I think it should be moved to the article namespace, considering it is already a really good tutorial. That crazy potato isn't that crazy, considering he managed to explain things in depths and yet still in a friendly and easy to understand way.
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RoLegionnaire is not online. RoLegionnaire
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01 Feb 2012 02:29 PM
Thanks for the help, all.
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ENET is not online. ENET
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01 Feb 2012 04:23 PM
I am working on a guide on the wiki aswell.

http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/User:ENET/StepByStep
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Merlin11188 is not online. Merlin11188
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01 Feb 2012 04:28 PM
Me too :D
wiki.roblox.com/index.php/User:Merlin11188/Sandbox
(Please don't edit anything. Not even a grammatical error or the likes. Just post onto the discussion page if you want an edit. I'm not done yet, of course.)
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01 Feb 2012 08:25 PM
@merlin
[[Ta-da! For now and the rest of the tutorial, that box on the left is the output.]]
I think you mean the box on the RIGHT :)
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SDuke524 is not online. SDuke524
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01 Feb 2012 09:18 PM
I was starting a quiz to help find the best tutorial for you

( http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/User:Sduke524/test0 )

But then I ran into the problem of it being easily cheated. If we had the UrlGetParameters extension and some simple way to do a conditional, I could make it harder to cheat.
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aboy5643 is not online. aboy5643
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01 Feb 2012 09:19 PM
@SDuke

*mouses over all answers* picks the one that isn't a tutorial page :P
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SDuke524 is not online. SDuke524
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01 Feb 2012 09:23 PM
> But then I ran into the problem of it being easily cheated. If we had the UrlGetParameters extension and some simple way to do a conditional, I could make it harder to cheat.
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aboy5643 is not online. aboy5643
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01 Feb 2012 09:25 PM
> There are conditionals O_o Use a form??
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aboy5643 is not online. aboy5643
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01 Feb 2012 09:33 PM
A good extension I found (it sounds familiar, do we have it??)

mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms
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Merlin11188 is not online. Merlin11188
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01 Feb 2012 09:33 PM
Yeah, I noticed that. Because I'm using an amazing computer I don't even have to save my work when I quit my 'ROBLOX Wiki' application :D
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Vitouliss14 is not online. Vitouliss14
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02 Feb 2012 03:44 PM
"How dare you even recommend Dingdong272's tutorials? They're almost as worse as a video to learn to script..."

Yes It is quite outdated now....I will remove that from my Tutorial Document.
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