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What is Torque like to use?

by ___ · in Torque Game Engine · 09/14/2004 (1:23 pm) · 3 replies

I am a newb at 3D game development and scripting. I have made 2 simple 2D games with the Coldstone Game Engine. (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/coldstone/)

Anyway, I was wondering how hard it would be to make a sort of futuristic "Fighter Pilot" game with Torque, and if I could import graphics from Strata 3D. (www.Strata.com) or if Torque has a sort of built in 3D editor and if it does, what is it like?
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Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#1
09/14/2004 (1:38 pm)
Well, you could download the demo and play with it a bit. This way you can see what the world editor, terrain editors, etc are like.

AFAIK, no one has created a DTS exporter for Strata (I hadn't even heard of it until about a month ago when someone else asked the same question), but Blender is a good option (once you learn the workflow). Plus, it's free. Otherwise, Milkshape, GameSpace, Maya, Max, or LightWave are your best options.

I do know that people have worked on space shooters in Torque, but I have no idea how much modification they've had to make to the engine.

Torque Owner Fucifer
#2
09/14/2004 (1:58 pm)
Save your work as 3ds or obj then import into Ultimate Unwrap3D. That has DTS export. I had no problems use that software. You uv map there to.

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#3
09/14/2004 (2:12 pm)
According to the Strata Features List, it doesn't support saving/exporting to 3DS or OBJ. It can import them, though...

*EDIT: added the 'n't' to 'does' so that the meaning was correct.