[CASH_MON3Y]

I'm tired of getting routed to these generic and general places on where to start scripting SA-MP. I want to know where some of you guys started scripting. I mean from the very beginning because I'm starting over. any help?

[[SF]RobMob]

I started by downloading the sa-mp server packager here http://www.sa-mp.com/download.php Then I went through every thing in the grand larc game mode to see how things worked and used wiki and the forums here to learn the code and started editing the gm and testing it and when I needed help I posted here http://forum.sa-mp.com/index.php?board=10.0

[aircombat]

i started by downloading filterscripts and gamemodes from the forum and see how each function works and what does it do and not to mention http://wiki.sa-mp.com

[CASH_MON3Y]

What's the difference between Filterscripts and Gamemodes and does it matter which I want to learn first?

[aircombat]

gamemodes are the basics , the ones which ur server can't run without it like TDM , RP , DM , Stunt
Filterscripts are some additional scripts which are added to make ur server better like Fuel Filterscript , Afk system etc..


i recommend that u learn gamemodes first and if u want a good link where u start making ur own GM here is a good link :

https://sampwiki.blast.hk/wiki/PAWN_tuto...eam_deathmatch

[cessil]

I started looking at other peoples GMs, my first script was a anticheat which today is pretty good.

[Anthony_Brassi]

Heh, I'm starting on a deathmatch script

[Correlli]

You should definitely start here:
pawn-lang.pdf (official guide for PAWN language, you can find it on ******.com)
http://wiki.sa-mp.com

[Jakku]

As I remember since 2006, I was searching for some scripts to edit. I successfully edited a few ones, now I have my own big gamemode

[Extremo]

I downloaded godfather and read it over and over again. I never used wiki nor the forums. I modified things as I wanted them to do be and tried my best in getting it to work. If It didnt work I just overwrote the whole script with the original godfather again and edited other things. I can surely recommend you to learn programming with godfather, but I cannot recommend you use that in anyway. Once you understand how programming works in godfather, PLEASE read all the topics made by Y_Less about important code optimisation, read the pawn-land.pdf if you understand it. Make sure you care alot about optimization and also learn alot about what you actually do. In godfather you will not learn the theory, you will only learn how it "works" but not "why it works". Remember, a good programmer knows "why" he does something and not "how" to do something. While when you know why, you know how