Plan for Ben Garney
by Kyle Carter · 11/23/2005 (12:31 pm) · 22 comments
Torque Game Engine 1.4.0 is out! Get it now!
Just in case you missed my last .plan about 1.4 being imminent, and about all the goodies that are in it...
Torque 1.4 is the most polished Torque release yet. There's a slick tutorial to get you started (make your first game in just an hour or so!), an integrated RSS feed reader (with source!) so we can let you know when updates come out, significantly enhanced editors... Unicode support, better localization tools, enhanced multithreading support, a vast number of code cleanups, hugely better Mac support (thanks Paul!), map2dif plus, new GUI controls, Integrated, crossplatform video playback via the Ogg Theora codec, better OpenAL support, and over 200 other improvements.
And it's up for download now on your account page, if you're a Torque licensee. :) Go get it!
Incidentally, the feature demo now comes with a neat little video called "Are You Popular?", encoded in Ogg Theora. It's based on a video from the Prelinger Archives, of the same name. Of course, our version has a Torque spin. :)
Linux builds of the installers & demos are coming soon, and many of the content and code packs are already updated to be 1.4 compatible. We're taking a little time off here at GG as Thanksgiving is this week, then it's back to work, getting everything upgraded and up to date.
Some of us will be doing post-launch tasks on 1.4 (preparing for subsequent releases, making sure everything is going smoothly), while others will move on to new projects. A few of us will do both. As for myself, I'm looking forward to getting back to TDN and TSE and giving them the love they sorely deserve.
And with that, I'm driving home for Thanksgiving. Delicious homecooked meals, here I come!
PS- Make cool games with this.
Just in case you missed my last .plan about 1.4 being imminent, and about all the goodies that are in it...
Torque 1.4 is the most polished Torque release yet. There's a slick tutorial to get you started (make your first game in just an hour or so!), an integrated RSS feed reader (with source!) so we can let you know when updates come out, significantly enhanced editors... Unicode support, better localization tools, enhanced multithreading support, a vast number of code cleanups, hugely better Mac support (thanks Paul!), map2dif plus, new GUI controls, Integrated, crossplatform video playback via the Ogg Theora codec, better OpenAL support, and over 200 other improvements.
And it's up for download now on your account page, if you're a Torque licensee. :) Go get it!
Incidentally, the feature demo now comes with a neat little video called "Are You Popular?", encoded in Ogg Theora. It's based on a video from the Prelinger Archives, of the same name. Of course, our version has a Torque spin. :)
Linux builds of the installers & demos are coming soon, and many of the content and code packs are already updated to be 1.4 compatible. We're taking a little time off here at GG as Thanksgiving is this week, then it's back to work, getting everything upgraded and up to date.
Some of us will be doing post-launch tasks on 1.4 (preparing for subsequent releases, making sure everything is going smoothly), while others will move on to new projects. A few of us will do both. As for myself, I'm looking forward to getting back to TDN and TSE and giving them the love they sorely deserve.
And with that, I'm driving home for Thanksgiving. Delicious homecooked meals, here I come!
PS- Make cool games with this.
#3
11/23/2005 (1:01 pm)
What a great Holiday gift. Good work guys. I'd like to second the thanks to Paul Scott for the Mac specific work.
#4
11/23/2005 (1:04 pm)
Thank you so very much
#5
11/23/2005 (1:05 pm)
Awesome! The moment I've been waiting for the past 4 months! 
#6
11/23/2005 (1:38 pm)
Great job on 1.4
#8
11/23/2005 (3:39 pm)
cool whats in 1.4
#9
11/23/2005 (4:00 pm)
Beautiful ... thanks Ben!
#10
11/23/2005 (5:09 pm)
You've earned it; have a great holiday. Thanks for the hard work. 
#11
Thank a lot GG!
11/23/2005 (7:15 pm)
unbelievable... ;) FULL UNICODE SUPPORT! Yay! Now in my game ppl can talk using cyrillic ;)Thank a lot GG!
#14
Nick
11/24/2005 (5:41 am)
That's great news Ben! After playing around with it a little, I was pleased to find out that it's very robust. HEAD used to crash a lot.Nick
#15
11/24/2005 (9:03 am)
(Angry 6yr Old Childs Voice) I WANT MY 1.5 TORQUE GAME ENGINE NOW! :)
#16
11/24/2005 (9:06 am)
Sweetah!
#17
11/24/2005 (9:23 am)
Thanks Ben!
#19
Don't forget to post feedback in the forums so we can continue to improve Torque. ;)
11/25/2005 (6:28 pm)
Thanks for the kind words, guys! :)Don't forget to post feedback in the forums so we can continue to improve Torque. ;)
#20
11/27/2005 (2:01 am)
LOL @ "Are You Popular" 
Torque 3D Owner Tim Muenstermann
-Tim