The update worth it?
by Arya Vaseghi · in General Discussion · 11/21/2006 (4:58 pm) · 11 replies
Well, I just got the whopping 1,000 page book '3D Game Programming ALL IN ONE', and to my suprise, it comes with the 1.4 Torque Engine, which I really was happy about. Although, when I found out that there was a brand new update out, that frown turned upside down. I don't have any money for a new engine, and I don't plan on having any money soon, but if I tried, I really could. Just a question, is THIS UPDATE really worh it? I mean, are there a lot of major things that I need to know about? Is it worth the $50 to spend? What are the pros and cons? Thanks in advance!
-Arya
-Arya
#2
11/21/2006 (5:09 pm)
I have the Second Edition, and on the back, it says that it comes with the "Torque Game Engine 1.5 plus demo scripts." I may be a total idiot, but doesn't that mean the full thing? 
#3
11/21/2006 (5:14 pm)
Nope. It is the same as the demo download here. The license allows you to distribute your games commercially, which you cannot do with the demo, I believe.
#4
11/21/2006 (5:16 pm)
No that does not, scripts is not the engine. Script is use to add things to the game that is already precompile exe from the engine source. You want to add some cool stuff you will need the engine source. Yes $50 is worth upgrade, you will get the source and precompile exe and some nice building. TGE 1.5 run pretty good but you have the demo so play around with it. To me you cant go wrong with price you get for.
#5
11/21/2006 (5:17 pm)
There is a very big difference between the source code (C++) and the scripts(torque script). So really you answered your own question ;)
#6
11/21/2006 (5:19 pm)
So.. do I have to pay a whole $150 to get it?
#7
11/21/2006 (5:20 pm)
Afraid so.
#8
11/21/2006 (5:25 pm)
Guess I could fiddle with this for a while. Thanks, guys.
#9
11/21/2006 (5:28 pm)
Actually, there goes my Wii. But it's worth it. :)
#10
11/21/2006 (5:55 pm)
Access to the documentation is worth the license fee alone. Although alot can be done using the demo alone.
#11
11/21/2006 (10:19 pm)
Arya when you pay for the engine you get the source code. you can use the source code to manipulate the engine at a low level, but script is always used to program the gameplay. you can create a high-quality game using scripts alone without ever touching the source. odds are, at some point youll want to make a few tweaks to the engine source to accomodate your game better, or you may want to add code to make the rendering better, or you may want to remove source code that your game never uses to decrease the size. these kinds of things you would need the source code for. 
Torque 3D Owner James Bond