i gotta do a project by tomorrow
Im sorry to say this but expecting a forum to help you within 24 hours on ANYTHING is just stupid*. I mean even with a tutorial/plugin/whatever your going to need to decipher the entire methodlogoy and that most likely eats all your time allotment anyway. Your bound to have some constraints.
So i cant see much, except perhaps bare bone basics, you could get up to scratch with within 24 hours.
But ill push you on your way:
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/character/c/dodo-master-feather-system-for-maya-update-v0-2--2
just dont expect miracles.
As for installing things, this may differ from script to script so open the script file in your chosen script editor, and read if theres any instructions then follow those. Its impossible to give a definitive answer taht would encompass all scripts and systems. To even begin with this i would need to know what operating system your using, maya version, script (yeah you siad that but you should LINK it in its not very good form to let us search it ourselves), your skill level** etc etc.
But usually, about 50% of the time you copy the mel files into your userspace maya scripts folder. What that folder is depends on what operating system you use. Buut you can kindly ask maya for this folder. Its probably, tough not allways (especially in more complex setups) the first or second item you get by typing:
getenv MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH
in your mel commadnline inside maya. Items are separated by ;
- In my experience the roundabout time for solutions on forums range somewahere from a few days to a few months, A timeaspan under a day being reserved for very thghtly defined and expertly put, accidentaly very clear or well known much asked questions.
**Beginner, yeah but beginner is many things do you know how command lines work for instance would be useful to know. Sometimes beoeple get installing isntantly others need 30 posts to get on ethe basic level so thet one can commuiniacet with them usefully. So sometimes this is a 10 second explanation sometimes its a week long lecture. Hell ive actually spent days on explaining about just basics file folders.