Torque Lighting Kit 1.4 silent release - Oh so awesome :)
by John Kabus (BobTheCBuilder) · 02/08/2006 (10:10 pm) · 28 comments
Mirrored on my personal blog: Bleeding Edge Indie
It's been a month since the Torque Lighting Kit's 1.4 silent release, and it's definitely time to start letting the rest of the GarageGames community in on the release. The response to TLK 1.4 was overwhelming; once again TLK takes Torque to a whole new level!
Whats in the latest TLK?
More than even I could imagine. Among the usual tweaks and enhancements TLK received a massive upgrade, including:
-Interior detail mapping
-Multiple dynamic DTS shadows
-Mountable lights
-Faster relights
-All new documentation and modeling guides
-Already built TLK executables - no compiling necessary!
TLK owners: for more info on these and other features check out the TLK release notes (packaged in the TLK 1.4 release), or head over to the Torque Lighting Kit private forums!
Almost immediately we received a ton of positive feedback on the new documentation. Documentation takes a tremendous amount of time, and seeing that effort make such a positive impact, quite frankly, couldn't have made me any happier.
Soon after the TLK 1.4 release one particularly talented TLK user was already digging into detail mapping, which, as you can see from his screen shots, makes the texture detail very consistent at any distance:
Well another kick ass TLK release - I can't wait to see these features in the Torque community's hands and the awesome projects that are sure to follow. :)
-John Kabus
Blog: Bleeding Edge Indie
Synapse Gaming
It's been a month since the Torque Lighting Kit's 1.4 silent release, and it's definitely time to start letting the rest of the GarageGames community in on the release. The response to TLK 1.4 was overwhelming; once again TLK takes Torque to a whole new level!
Whats in the latest TLK?
More than even I could imagine. Among the usual tweaks and enhancements TLK received a massive upgrade, including:
-Interior detail mapping
-Multiple dynamic DTS shadows
-Mountable lights
-Faster relights
-All new documentation and modeling guides
-Already built TLK executables - no compiling necessary!
TLK owners: for more info on these and other features check out the TLK release notes (packaged in the TLK 1.4 release), or head over to the Torque Lighting Kit private forums!
Almost immediately we received a ton of positive feedback on the new documentation. Documentation takes a tremendous amount of time, and seeing that effort make such a positive impact, quite frankly, couldn't have made me any happier.
Quote:
"I would like to give you a virtual pat on the back for TLK1.4. Very good work. The documentation/merge info/release notes are brilliant. I went over all documents and must say, that they are very easy to read and to understand. Even for a non-native speaker."
Soon after the TLK 1.4 release one particularly talented TLK user was already digging into detail mapping, which, as you can see from his screen shots, makes the texture detail very consistent at any distance:
Well another kick ass TLK release - I can't wait to see these features in the Torque community's hands and the awesome projects that are sure to follow. :)
-John Kabus
Blog: Bleeding Edge Indie
Synapse Gaming
#3
02/08/2006 (11:19 pm)
Great stuff John, as always.
#4
Thanks guys!
02/08/2006 (11:20 pm)
Hey Brian, good call I changed the links to bleedingedgeindie.blogspot.com - thanks!Thanks guys!
#5
02/08/2006 (11:29 pm)
You are the man John! :) But you probably already knew that.
#6
02/08/2006 (11:33 pm)
Freaking awesome stuff as always John! Loving it up. :) Didn't know you had a blog (bookmark'd).
#7
Does that mean that if I buy TGE 1.4 and TLK now I have this version, or is there extra wait ?
As the demo is still in 1.3, I was wondering...
02/09/2006 (12:24 am)
Seems great !Does that mean that if I buy TGE 1.4 and TLK now I have this version, or is there extra wait ?
As the demo is still in 1.3, I was wondering...
#8
02/09/2006 (12:29 am)
The TLK is awesome! You forgot to mention the decal projectors in the list of features! 
#9
02/09/2006 (3:53 am)
I was looking forward to the TSE version, thought it was part of this release, since the teaser video of a few months back showed off the TSE. :(
#10
Hi Nick, you're right the decal projectors are awesome (thanks for reminding me to include a pic):
02/09/2006 (7:14 am)
Hi Marcel, yup TLK 1.4 is available for download (TLK 1.3.5 is also available for projects using TGE 1.3)!Hi Nick, you're right the decal projectors are awesome (thanks for reminding me to include a pic):
#12
02/09/2006 (11:23 am)
Oh my head, John, AWESOME looking stuff here. And yeah, same as Tim, consider your blog bookmarked :)
#13
02/09/2006 (12:17 pm)
anychance of us getting our hands on a demo of that first shot? http://www.synapsegaming.com/content/linkedimages/IGC-2005-5.jpg
#14
-Ajari-
02/09/2006 (1:49 pm)
Congrats John. I'm glad to hear (but I'm not suprised) that everything is going great with your kit.-Ajari-
#15
02/09/2006 (6:30 pm)
Can we see some screenshots of the multi-dynamic shadows? I'm interested in this. 
#17
I do have one question though, ask a TLK owner, was I supposed to know about the silent release? I'm on the site pretty much every day, but don't frequent the TLK forum specifically, so if it was there I didn't see it. Anyway, I was just wondering about that - keep up the great work!
- Don
Edit:
Thanks for the reply, John. I'll have to make it a point to poke my nose in there more often. I've been working in T2D pretty much exclusively and when I was in TGE, TLK was just doing it's thing without any issue! =) Thanks again!
02/10/2006 (12:00 pm)
Hey John, it looks fantastic! I do have one question though, ask a TLK owner, was I supposed to know about the silent release? I'm on the site pretty much every day, but don't frequent the TLK forum specifically, so if it was there I didn't see it. Anyway, I was just wondering about that - keep up the great work!
- Don
Edit:
Thanks for the reply, John. I'll have to make it a point to poke my nose in there more often. I've been working in T2D pretty much exclusively and when I was in TGE, TLK was just doing it's thing without any issue! =) Thanks again!
#18
There was a big announcement in the TLK Private Forums: Torque Lighting Kit 1.4 is now available.
02/10/2006 (2:12 pm)
Hi Don,There was a big announcement in the TLK Private Forums: Torque Lighting Kit 1.4 is now available.
#19
02/11/2006 (9:21 am)
That is some incredible stuff. Is the downloadable demo updated to the new version?
#20
02/11/2006 (9:51 am)
Hi Brian, not yet - we're working on the awesome demo featured in the first and second screenshots. :) 
Torque Owner Brian Richardson
Edit: Ok, I undumbified and could find it at: http://bleedingedgeindie.blogspot.com/ but not at bleedingedgeindie.com.
heheh, congrats on the release!