TGE Plugin now working in IE 6.0
by Neil Marshall · 03/24/2006 (8:04 am) · 11 comments
Source Code: tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/TGE/Code/How_to_make_torque_a_plugin
Debug IE/Firefox plugin running in IE: Works (Can't exit or reload)
Debug IE/Firefox plugin running in Firefox: Works (Can't reload, mouse issues)
Release IE/Firefox plugin running in IE: Not setup yet
Release IE/Firefox plugin running in Firefox: Works
Debug Firefox plugin: Works
Release Firefox plugin: Works
I'm still looking for someone to help port the Firefox only plugin to Linux and Mac.
I'm also looking for someone to help get the reload button to work.
Any takers? :)
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#2
03/24/2006 (9:31 am)
So can you run an entire TGE game in the browser then? Is that what this is?
#4
03/24/2006 (10:55 am)
Very Cool!!! Is this plugin same to the used in the version online of the game ThinkTanks?
#5
03/24/2006 (11:33 am)
No, the ThinkTanks plugin just downloaded the executable and ran that in a new window. This runs in the browser window and contains no executable.
#7
Drop me a line, I would not mind looking at the linux port. It will not be on my high pri list as TGE-L, Constructor and TSTPro are consuming clock cycles
-Ron
03/24/2006 (3:12 pm)
Neil,Drop me a line, I would not mind looking at the linux port. It will not be on my high pri list as TGE-L, Constructor and TSTPro are consuming clock cycles
-Ron
#9
05/28/2006 (12:14 pm)
Oh my goodness! This changes everything. :)
#10
01/22/2007 (8:32 pm)
What kind of footprint could I expect with plugin ability? Is it streaming or possible to stream so the object can be very small like WildTangent's plugin? How does TGE Plugin compare in terms of of WT. Seems to me TGE is a lot closer to being a full 3D game engine than WT but perhaps, less capible of being a extremely thin client object for web. Afterall WT plugin means your games can be 300K, streaming everything else in. Problem is WT's license model sucks, and it appears to me they removed access to their tools. Last time I had access was in 2004, checked today and nothing is on their site. I'm not yet a TGE developer/user but would like to, if a TGE plugin to fit my needs is possible. Any help would be gratefull.
#11
The executable if I remember correctly is 2-3mb. The web browser plugin is that same code, just compiled as a dll so it will be the same size. Then from there you need the art. The art will only make it bigger. The plugin code does have the ability to download levels at the start, but it doesn't stream down the models at the second that they are needed. I think I got the original plugin down to about 8mb or so and then about 15mb to download the first mission, but it was by no means optimized. A lot of my textures were 512x512 still.
What it sounds like you're looking for may be Shockwave (Owned by Adobe now).
01/23/2007 (8:12 am)
If you're looking for a small file size then Torque is probably not what you're looking for.The executable if I remember correctly is 2-3mb. The web browser plugin is that same code, just compiled as a dll so it will be the same size. Then from there you need the art. The art will only make it bigger. The plugin code does have the ability to download levels at the start, but it doesn't stream down the models at the second that they are needed. I think I got the original plugin down to about 8mb or so and then about 15mb to download the first mission, but it was by no means optimized. A lot of my textures were 512x512 still.
What it sounds like you're looking for may be Shockwave (Owned by Adobe now).
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