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Detail maps - fixed resource

Ok guys, looks like we fixed the detail map issue in TGE, as described http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=76451 and [url=http://www.garagegames.com/blogs/38667/1...

Author Apparatus Date 06/22/2008 (12:22 pm) Comment 27 comments

TGE Detail maps (let's fix it)

I know detail map code is in there, Milkshape exporter has (had?) it, Lightwave exporter has it (complete with detail scale), 3dsMax (version 8 tested) exporter has it if you add the detail texture in...

Author Apparatus Date 06/21/2008 (5:26 pm) Comment 23 comments

TGE Trees Work

I moved from water and rocks a bit to add some life to the mission; As it is right now large corona trees are not entirely great looking in TGE without some sway resource - animation may be a bit too ...

Author Apparatus Date 06/20/2008 (6:38 pm) Comment 12 comments

Airfield? or Crossbow Frag? Oh?

Four years ago I purchased Torque game engine. At the time i think it was version 1.2 or something; I remember it presented me with a pass and CVS repository address w I had no idea how to use. Eventu...

Author Apparatus Date 06/20/2008 (2:26 pm) Comment 14 comments

TGE River Test

I used the waterfall as a test for some rapids (that waterfall water must go somewhere - or come from somewhere for that matter); what I did actually was set to planes in a row at a distance (to simul...

Author Apparatus Date 06/19/2008 (5:45 pm) Comment 24 comments

Waterfall complete (video)

I managed to complete a waterfall and I think it's effective and simple; I used a plane (2 polys) UV animation, and 2 particle datablocks. Updated the rainbow as well and now it shows up nicely. [i...

Author Apparatus Date 06/18/2008 (2:31 am) Comment 9 comments

TGE Rainbow

I still have some tweaks to do on this one, but I am quite content with the results; It's no real rainbow but might be good for some scenes; next, fake light shafts and other similar stuff; that, if i...

Author Apparatus Date 06/17/2008 (1:40 pm) Comment 13 comments

Waterfalls, cliffs, rocks...

Somewhere down the road I will make a modified crossbow and maybe a new Kork altogether but for now, I am obsessed with what else can be brought in TGE to make it look great. What's missing, what's th...

Author Apparatus Date 06/15/2008 (12:47 pm) Comment 11 comments

New Content Pack Released

I just finished Bridge Pack. Hope you all like this new stuff. A bunch of bridges to get you on the other side of the river : ) So, what's in it? - up to 4 levels of LOD - complex colli...

Author Apparatus Date 06/13/2008 (3:11 pm) Comment 18 comments

Mountains in TGE

I updated a bit the bridges pack with a cliff set, to spice up the game levels a bit and go from highplains to mountains; With proper lighting and a couple of cliff modules your level can look a lot b...

Author Apparatus Date 06/11/2008 (6:06 am) Comment 17 comments

Fantasy Bridges Pack

It's a plan. I started out with a spin of ye old torque tools (constructor, xsi2dts beta) and ModTool and so far i got a nice collection of bridges; wooden or stone. A few more and a couple of details...

Author Apparatus Date 06/09/2008 (6:09 am) Comment 3 comments

(Constructor, Lightmaps) - update

Right, doesn't really sound like a plan, but it is actually, this post is here just to fill in some dots: I picked up constructor a few days ago and noticed with both the orc and the buggy models ...

Author Apparatus Date 06/07/2008 (1:08 pm) Comment 13 comments

Constructor, editors

it's been a while.. picked up constructor for a spin and its quite cute (ok: nice). A few minor (very minor) bugs, other than that, working piece of software. Nice to have: ability to export the sh...

Author Apparatus Date 06/05/2008 (2:15 pm) Comment 6 comments

Update * Game Artist Illustrated Magazine

Hellos The mag content is going up, the latest addition is the XSI Exporter developed by Matt Summers who was kind enough to join this project with a few answers about his exporter(s). Moderniza...

Author Apparatus Date 06/05/2007 (6:31 am) Comment 9 comments

NOW FREE : Game Artist Illustrated Magazine

Hi there fellow torquers, The decision has been made, everything is set to go. Game Artist Illustrated Magazine (available as PDF for download online) will be released FREE of charge. Only t...

Author Apparatus Date 05/31/2007 (3:53 am) Comment 18 comments

Game Artist Illustrated Magazine

Howdy, In the near future the first issue of Game Artist Illustrated Magazine will ship as both online PDF (download version full color) and CafePress booklet (color cover, b/w illustrations...

Author Apparatus Date 05/28/2007 (7:45 am) Comment 16 comments

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