Forums:
Why
Forums? Well they are the best place to find the information
you need. The better forums for map makers are: the Project
Red: Engineering
forum, where a dedicated Mapping community exists, the author
as well as most of the contributors can be found in there and
also in the Relic
Forums. The Relic Forums are
the longest existing and most popular forum where most members
of the homeworld community visit from time to time. Absurdly
popular, there will always be help available here and I can't
recommend it enough.
Brand
new and growing rapidly is the Barking
Dog Forums, these forums are moderated directly by the BD
staff and so where better to ask question when your stuck and
so on.
Finally
the Sierra
Forums are worth noting in that they deal with homeworld
and cataclysm and they are haunted by the Cataclysm developers
who may or may not come out of the shadows to answer any questions
you may have. Word of warning though, if you are not a regular
member with post counts in the triple numbers and up, then it
will be quickly pointed out. A new Mods section has opened up
and this may prove to be more helpful as long as the spammers
stay away, but I would still recommend the PRED or Relic Boards.
Two
other forums well worthy of note are the Clan boards for the
Old Men Online (OMO Forums)
and the Drunken Pirates (DP
Forums).
Smaller and more intimate, these forums are haunted by clan
members and are usually pretty quick to reply to any questions
and never with a "Use the Search Engine you Gimp"
flames. The author can be found on the OMO boards along with
a growing number of accomplished map makers, specifically Aged,
Beltemall, Geritol and Senility at the time of writing. The
DP Forums are home to Overkill, Teelan, and Medamanx so you
will be in good hands there.

mIRC:
Real
time help can always be found on mIRC, if you don't have it,
go and download the Relic
Board mIRC program (its free and small, a quick download).
RBmIRC has the added benefit of connecting you direct to the
Homeworld community, but if you are using the normal version
of mIRC, then join irc.Telefragged.com and look for the #Homeworld,
or join Austnet and seek out the #Relic and #Cataclysm rooms.
Classic mIRC can be found using a search on any search engine,
I got mine from a local tucows server.

E-mail:
You
can contact the author of the Primer at: hwprimer@ntlworld.com
I will try to answer most of your questions concerning editing,
alternately, if MissionMan is your thing then you might want
to drop a line to Medamanx
at the Homeworld Screenshots Archive who is one of the best
authorities on the subject.

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