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by LF · in Torque Game Engine · 08/16/2004 (7:35 am) · 5 replies

Hello, sorry for stupid question but im complete lost with torque.

Im starting reading the tutorials, and i stop in the 1st with this problem:

http://www.garagegames.com/docs/torque/general/ch05.php

Tutorial Says:
"Load the Torque Game Engine and type the following in the console: "

Okay, the question is... how?
What torque engine? torqueDemo_DEBUG.exe
how drop the console down?

Sorry, for the questions... but how i say before... complete lost.

And sorry again for the poor english... im from Brasil.

Thanks
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Torque Owner J. Alan Atherton
#1
08/16/2004 (8:29 am)
The torque engine generally is torqueDemo_Debug.exe, yes.
The console appears when you press the ~ key (without shift). It is in the very top-left corner of the US keyboard, directly below esc.

Good luck!

Torque Owner LF
#2
08/16/2004 (8:54 am)
Thank's for answer...

But im still complete lost... i really dunno how engine works.

Have any tutorial then teaches how start a "blank project"?
I need start with newbie exercises.. like "Loading a image" or things like that.

I not understanding how engine start's... stupid things i know, but what can i do?

Thanks

Torque Owner Eric Prem
#3
08/16/2004 (6:38 pm)
There are some very good Tutoriols at the Torque Game Engine link under the Purchased Products header on the left side of your my garage page.

Torque Owner Tim Ryness
#4
08/20/2004 (9:22 pm)
I hate to say this but expect to be completely confused probably for awhile, I have had the engine for a few months and I don't really know what I'm doing, the 3D game programming all in one, is a good book though. You probably will be extremely frustrated on a daily basis, I still get that way, quite a bit. I think the fact that the fps. demo project(if thats what you want to use), is very confusing, because of all the files, and folders, it's a wild goose chase to follow anything in there it seems. I'm not sure I love the torque engine to be honest, but I think in time I will be better off with it. There is a lot of things that torque does out of the gate, that to write, yourself would take a long time; besides nobody said making games was easy :) If I didn't have my hands in like 20 different things I would be more comfortable with it.

Torque Owner Banshee
#5
08/21/2004 (4:23 am)
If your starting games programming/creation then I don't really think the torque engine is a great idea. Try something like Visual Basic 6 with Revolution3D(thats how I started) after like 2 years of jumping between engine, learning php and loving C++ I stumbled here around one year ago and I noticed the difference. Torque is compilicated at first but it will grow on you.