Plan for Akio

I've been busy with many enhancements in TGE. I guess some people are wondering why I'm putting so much effort into TGE. Well, that's because I feel TGE is the best engine available. Its scenegraph is powerful, the scripting language is powerful, and all the built in mechanics (processes) and features are just outstanding.

I'm also writing this plan to acquire artists: 3D modelers, texturing, level designers and editors. I prefer Maya user and someone who understands DTS and DIF exporters. When I say DIF exporter, I mean the knowledge of BSP modeling concepts similar to those used in Quark, Valve Hammer, and Q2Radiant.

Here are some of the stuff that I've been working on.


Below is a picture screen for TGE collision and physics enhancements. I've corrected some mistakes that I found and the physics and collision response gotten hell of lot better.
You can download the Windows demo, 6.01MB.
www.inoculousgames.com/ggposts/tgeenhancecolphysics.zip

The vehilce (buggy) is too wabbly. Here is a better car.dso file if anyone wants it. For those of you not familiar with TGE, place this file under starter.racing\server\scripts

Here is an executable that has ODE integrated, 1.27MB. Just drop the .exe file in the same folder and you can compare the physics and physics integration. The collision detection routines are exactly the same.
www.inoculousgames.com/ggposts/tge-odedemo.zip



Try it and tell me what you think.


This is a tool set created to make artists work a little easier. Eventhough it uses Maya, heavy BSP contruction rules apply using this exporter. For example, only use face UV mapping, meaning select the UV maps for the entire face and you can translate, scale, and rotate to get a perfect UV mapping. To export properly, first have your transformation frozen, and second, you must have all your texture files in the output directory. You can check whether the model exported correctly by checking the 'maya2dif.log' file in the output directory. Sorry, but I'll add an immediate feeback of the export status later. Remember the BSP construct rules.
The maya2dif exporter is for Maya 5.0, Windows only. You can download the exporter by clicking on the link below, 2.8MB.
www.inoculousgames.com/ggposts/maya2difexport.mll

The pictures below show what the model looked like in Maya then in the game.

Maya model

DIF model
Any feedback is welcomed.



And finally, my game demo. Well, it actually has one level to showcase the features of the game. Click on the link below to see it.
www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=35099

And, that's all folks.