Coding newbie looking for help with a custom item.

[Sploshy1]

Yo, whaddup? I'll be frank, I'm pretty crap when it comes to coding, so I was hoping to get some advice from you lovely peeps. So I was hoping to make a new instrument which is basically the pan flute (puts critters to sleep) except it's a ukulele. I know I'd need to make new animations for it, among other things, but I'm not really sure were even to begin going about starting this thing.

 

Any help would be much appreciated and thanks in advance.

[TheShadeofTheNorth]

Before anything else, take a look at these guides : 

http://forums.kleientertainment.com/topic/28021-getting-started-guides-tutorials-and-examples/

[Sploshy1]

These tutorials will come in handy, many thanks! I had a good look over them and learned a lot.

 

Now what's concerning me is the animation process, especially when it comes to making the character move as the instrument is being played. I particularly wanted it to be played by just one character, though I've no idea if that makes it any easier, and it'd probably be some really simplistic animation. So I guess what I'm asking is how would I animated the character model when it plays the instrument?

 

Thanks again!

[TheShadeofTheNorth]

Hmmmmmmmmmm,  i never tried somethin like that, you can try and look the anim.tex of the pan flute and follow as a template then you compile it.