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RTS Starter kit compatibility

by metalliandy · in Torque Game Engine · 12/06/2006 (11:16 am) · 3 replies

Hey all,
Im thinking about buying the RTS Starter kit for use with the TGE 1.5.
Are there any compatibility issues that may occur as the kit is made for TGE 1.3?
What problems will i run into and are they fixable?
Thanks for the help

-metalliandy-
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Torque 3D Owner James
#1
12/06/2006 (1:00 pm)
There's a very handy patch and step by step process to update the pack to 1.5 by Guy alland (sp). There is also the possiblity that GG will update the pack in the near future as well.

HOWEVER - if you're on a Mac, the patch won't work as yet. Not sure why. The Pc version compiles and runs with no problems as far as I can tell.

It's a good kit and if it's your thing, then it makes a great base to start from.

Torque Owner metalliandy
#2
12/06/2006 (1:16 pm)
Thanks for the quick reply :)
Where can i find info on this patch?
And how possible is this possibility of GG releasing a patch?..lol
Any more info/Documentation you could point me to would be great :)

-metalliandy-

Torque 3D Owner James
#3
12/06/2006 (7:28 pm)
To access the step by step update thread, you have to own the RTS Kit. It was developed by a member who posted it to the community (That's what its like here :) ).

GG has already said they will be releasing an update the moment the schedules clear (which I hope is soon) but no date was mentioned. It will happen when it happens. In the mean time Guy Allard's update works very well and is very easy to implement.

Here's a snippet from the RTS forum:
Quote:
The completely unofficial, unsupported, DIY way to get the RTS kit to compile and run with TGE1.5 (also known as the 13 steps to enlightenment).

These Instructions assume that you are using VS2005, and that you can already compile TGE1.5 with it. If you're using a different compiler, you'll have to figure out how to set that up yourself.

Warning: Follow these instructions EXACTLY! Failure to do so may cause extreme stress!
Although I've tested for a couple of days, there may be issues with this conversion that I've not been lucky enough to experience yet.

These instructions, and the stuff I did to get it working with 1.5 are based heavily on William Fox's excellent RTSkit to 1.4 solution.

You'll have to buy the kit to access the rest of the post.