Here's a very good little (700kb) program I found, which is of great use for mod-makers. It's called FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page), and is a mindmap program, written in Java. Below is a screenshot of what it looks like.

Usage is very simple: <Left Click> to open/close a node, <F2> to rename a node (hover mouse over the node or use arrow keys to select it), and most importantly: <ins> to insert a new key. To delete a key, the easiest way is to select it and press <ctrl+x> (cut). To move it, select a node (Ctrl+LeftClick to select several, Shift+LeftClick to select all in between) and either cut-paste, copy-paste, or drag'n'drop. It automatically makes the orders for the nodes so usage is very simple.
Here is a sample mindmap: http://koti.mbnet.fi/peksoft/wwii.mm

It can also save the mindmaps in html format for others to see who don't have FreeMind. They are simple lists, but understandable nevertheless.
Example: http://koti.mbnet.fi/peksoft/wwii.mm.html

That is REALLY handy, there, Paasky... :shock:

Very useful! Thx for sharing.

:thanx:

That's great!

I'm gonna use it too now, so thanks. :)

I've tried it and I'm using it immediatly for my Dragonlance mod. It's so easy.

A modder knows what a fellow modder needs ;)

Hm, I could also use this as an ideas organizer for fiction writing :)

Totally didn't work. I have JAVA version 5. Tried regular, max, and binary version. Nothing worked.

That's strange... My install said that Java was not detected (perhaps I have an older version, dunno. Never downloaded anything Java related though) and it works perfectly...

The strange thing is that it works on my laptop computer. But not on my desktop computer. Strange. (Perhaps it's time for the harddrive to be written over with an old ghost.)

It's a nice program! Easy to learn. And simple. I hope it helps me organize projects.

Very useful and really easy to use, thanks :b:

I'm dowloading this for my RPG making I've been doing, Extremly cool, thanks :)

This will help me with my programming. Thanks :)

I cant install it... I've installed the latest Java and I still get the same error when I try to launch the installer;

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/5474/error6lb.jpg

I get this error on all installations based on the Innosetup Installer (http://www.innosetup.com)


Anyone have an idea of why?

No idea... I have FreeMind in a rar (I couldn't install it on our schools computers so I rarred mine & extracted it there, works perfectly). I can rar it again if you want it.

K, Ill try installing on another computer on the network.

Would be nice to know WHY I cant install it though.

Currently working on getting it to run on my laptop. I haven't tried the desktop yet.

I tried Java 5 with no good results to report. I have uninstalled 4 and will try 1.3 and 1.4 later today.

It looks like a really cool program, if I can get it to work. :)

Got it to work. Installed it on a laptop and copied the folder to my comp.

Great program. Got alot of design work done for the mod im working on. :thumbsup:

Got it to work. Installed it on a laptop and copied the folder to my comp.

Great program. Got alot of design work done for the mod im working on. :thumbsup:

Also know why the installer doesnt work. Its because my login wasnt the administrator. But using the Run As... command worked.

I really like this little program. Its great for organizing your ideas!

It is a nice program... The only thing I think it really needs is the ability for a child node to have two different parents. There's a feature that lets you create vectorized arrows that can be used as a substitution, but they're too unwieldy for more than occasional usage.