Noob wanting to make a game

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is it better or reccommended to try to create all the map pieces and items and what not or make some and use some from som or maybe the better question is what do u all reccomend for customization tactics?
how much to create urself Vs how much to use from the already avaliable?

It's a judgment call. Verdite has been amazing, but I've seen several other people on these forums who seem to get bogged down trying to make everything custom and eventually give up. My advice would be to make your first game relatively short (you can add another 'episode' to it later if you want) and just create a few new Items or Objects. I think gameplay is mostly about story and play, so custom parts are just 'frosting on the cake'.

A rough list of 'easiest to hardest' to make parts:
1) Accessory (rings, pendants), non-hand armor, generic items (bottles etc)
2) Weapons, hand armor, non-animated Objects (barrels, plants etc), simple map Pieces (wall, floor etc),
3) NPCs, switch Objects, pedestal Objects, chest Objects, complex map Pieces (staircases etc)
4) Doors, enemies, trap Objects

You might check the Metasequoia tutorials listed in the top post here for basic information on what all the buttons do.

Since you're new to it, here's some basic 3D 'theory':
3D models are made of flat shapes called polygons.
A polygon will be a triangle with 3 corners or a 'quad' with 4.
The points in the corners of these polygons are called 'vertices' (singular is vertex).
Each polygon has a 'face' which is the flat surface drawn between the polygon's corners (vertices). Faces make up the visible parts of a model.
A face can only be seen from the front; it is 'invisible' from behind. So a polygon that can be seen from both the front and back is called 'double sided' since it is actually two faces back to back.
A model is shaped by moving it's faces and vertices around.
A 'line' is just a line drawn between two vertices.
Most of the controls in Metasequoia are just different tools to help you select, align, move or add faces/vertices to you model. ‎ 
Metasequoia's 'Command' panel is where most of the controls you will be using are located so if you learn those button's functions, you will be well on your way.

To make a 3D model, you can create faces manually using the 'create' button, but this is quite hard to do from scratch so we usually start a model by making a pre-formed 'primitive' shape and editing it into the model we want to make. You can press the 'primitive' button to see the shapes available in Metasequoia. For instance, the 'hoop' primitive would be a good start for making a ring accessory model.

A 'material' is something like a paint that you apply to a polygon's face to give it color or a design etc. A 'texture' is one type of material that uses a picture (.BMP in SoM) which is applied to the faces in a model. You can make a texture graphic from scratch or just use a photo. There are also a decent number of free textures online. The 'UV' system is a coordinate system to set how you want a texture aligned on a polygon's face. Verdite's 'UV Projection' tutorial on the forums here is a good starting method for setting up a texture. ‎ 

Basic view controls (Verdite already covered most of these):
'Move' button pushed: left-click+drag = select model parts
Right-click+drag = rotate camera
Center-click+drag = ‎ move camera L/R
Center wheel = Zoom in/out
F1, F2, F3 = center view on side/top/front
F4 = toggle split view

Hope something there helps ;p