Merging Light Pack

#1 Hi Jun,

Great lets get started!

The latest versions of the Torque Lighting Kit do not come with the individual changes listed in the docs, or the patch files, because these were problematic and very time consuming for both new and existing TLK customers. Having the full source actually makes the process easier because you can use a tool to merge the TLK changes very quickly into your source. However I admit upgrading from pre 1.3 TLK can be time consuming (because you need to remove the old macros, but I think we can find a way around this).

So I can better understand what you're looking for let me ask a few quick questions:

Are you looking for a patch file?

What specifically do you find easier to work with in the older TLK versions?


Again if the problem is removing the old macros, we can easily get around that.

-John

#2 Thank you for your fast response.

To answer your questions,

1. We are looking for older version of Light Pack (1.1.5 or 1.2, the version was available at the time of we purchased - June, 04)

2. At this moment, we are almost finish with coding original Tarque, and we decide to insert Light Pack (we have not done any work with Light Pack yet). With older version, there was a list indicating where to insert code for Light pack, so if we have the older version, we might think that we could type in the code.

If there is better way to insert light pack at this stage, please kindly let me know.
We are working with the merge tool (WinMerge), but honestly, we are not sure how use the tool. But we are trying to figure out.

Thank you for your help.

-Jun

#3 Thank you for your fast response.

To answer your questions,

1. We are looking for older version of Light Pack (1.1.5 or 1.2, the version was available at the time of we purchased - June, 04)

2. At this moment, we are almost finish with coding original Tarque, and we decide to insert Light Pack (we have not done any work with Light Pack yet). With older version, there was a list indicating where to insert code for Light pack, so if we have the older version, we might think that we could type in the code.

If there is better way to insert light pack at this stage, please kindly let me know.
We are working with the merge tool (WinMerge), but honestly, we are not sure how use the tool. But we are trying to figure out.

Thank you for your help.

-Jun

#4 Ahhh... From your original posts I thought you were trying to upgrade to a newer TLK.

If you're using an older TGE (version 1.2.x) then I definitely recommend using an older TLK, as a newer TLK requires your project to be running TGE 1.3.

If you're already running TGE 1.3, then the older TLK may not work properly and using the latest TLK is recommended (I can help explain how WinMerge works).


Assuming your project is based on TGE 1.2.x:

Go to the TLK download page (through your GG home page), right click and copy the url of the 1.3.0 release, and paste the url into your browser's address bar, which should look like this:

http://download.garagegames.com//synapseGaming_lightingPack-1.3.0.zip

Then change the version number in the url to:

http://download.garagegames.com//synapseGaming_lightingPack-1.1.5.zip


And hit enter. Technically the older versions are still on the server, just not available for direct download (because they're no longer supported).

Let me know which way you end up going (new or old TLK),

-John

#5 Thank you John,

We are using TLK version 1.3, so I should use newer version of TLK.

We are trying to figure out how to use WinMerge.
Is there any thing I should note when we use WinMerge to merge TLK into TGE?
If there is any, please let me know.

Thank you so much for your help, and I may have few more questions during our work.

-Jun

#6 I use Beyond Compare, I find it much easier to use than winMerge, but I think it depends on how you use it.