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[Thundercraft]

I have a lot of respect for those who are able to create and maintain mods and utilities, particularly the massive ones like Genesis and Masterwork. Aside from the time, effort, and know-how required, the task of organizing and planning such a large project seems daunting.

Years ago, I released a tiny graphics set. But I wanted to try my hand at a mod or two and get into good habits - habits to help not just with DF modding, but also with other projects and creative writing I've attempted. I've had difficulty with organizing and planning such. Writing ideas down in drafts is a first step. But I wanted to ask if any of you have recommendations in terms of software and habits to help organize.

Do any of you use mind-mapping software to organize a mod project? A few years ago I played around with VUE a bit. But I never used it for much. And aside from mind-mapping, any other software you would recommend?

Software I currently use:

• Notepad++
• Metapad (A nice Notepad replacement.)
• OpenOffice
• WinMerge

[Meph]

Notepad++, BeyondCompare (instead of WinMerge), Photoshop, Dreamweaver, 7zip/Winrar, VisualBasics.

[smakemupagus]

Textpad and post it notes

[Dirst]

Notepad++, GIMP, WinZip for general software; DFFD and Rubble are the only DF-specific tools I use.  Keep my work in Dropbox folders for automatic backup, actual DF instances in a completely different drive to ensure I always know if I'm editing an "original" file or a disposable copy.

My incredibly bad planning document is TODO.txt in the root of my modding work folder.

As you might have guessed, NOT a professional software developer