quesions about turret modding (mod rookie)

Hi, space engineers community.I am tom, a space engineers player and mod learner.


Recently, I am making battleship turret mod. And,it is my first time making a mod, I am confused about following steps.

Top structure of turret



rotation part(barrel) of turret


base of turret


So, I need to do in following steps are


1. Link all the component together.


2. Set up collision model,mount-points and Block mirror of the turret.


3.Texture


4.Create a file for update.


If I miss any steps, please tell me.


Then, I have questions about the following steps.


So, I write a list of question.


1. As you can see, the components of turret are a group of object.


Should I join all components into one object? (Using the blender hot key Ctrl + J , Joining function)


2. Should I convert blender file to fbx file before I continue?


3. How do I set the camera view, conveyor interface and control panel interface?


(You know the conveyor interface and control panel interface are highlight and controllable.)


I think I need to create an “Empty” and change its name to “detector_conveyor”.


I am not sure about that.



4. How do I texturing my mod? Which software do I need ?


I think I should export uv map of mod and import into graphics editor (such as Photoshop or GIMP), and draw a texture.

But, I have no clue how to convert it to Dx11 texture.

In the end, thank for the help of space engineers community.


Hopefully, I can finish this mod and make more WWII Navy turret in the future.