Hi, my name is HFI, and I SUCK! Well... not completely, but I do need a LOT of help.

Basically, I don't know how to properly mod. I can sprite objects, (and by the way, I don't even know the CC pallet) but I have pretty much no idea how you code and all that !!!****!!!.
If someone could explain to me how one goes about doing this, then I'd be very, very, very, (and possibly one more) VERY greatful!
I have no idea, looking through the code of other people amazing creations ( ) , what most of it means. Please help!

Thanks!

http://www.datarealms.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16824. Did you even check that? It'll really help with any kind of modding.

You're being too hasty, go look around mod making, many of the questions have been answered. And there's a nice tutorial that's stickied at the top of Mod Making. Templates are your friend, examine them. For the most part, modding here is merely .ini editing.

First, and this is a polite request, please use less smileys. Now, onto your problem. First off, you'll want to grab a vanilla weapon (the SMG is a very good place to start), copy it into another .rte, re-name it (the weapon, not the file) to whatever you want so you don't confuse it with the original one, and then start messing around with the variables in it. Experimenting is a better way of learning than if someone explains everything to you.
Mod structure should be something like this:
[modname].rte (folder) -> Index.ini -> [file with the particles which your weapon will use, it's vital you add this in the Index BEFORE the weapon].ini -> [weapon].ini.