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Torque X - Vista Issue - No Templates

by Britt Gray · in Torque X 2D · 05/25/2007 (9:54 pm) · 8 replies

I have loaded all the required software ( I believe). I tried to start a new project through XNA Game Studio Express and there are no Torque Templates.

I was able to see them on my Laptop running Windows. Any idea why I can't see them on Vista?
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Torque 3D Owner Will O'Reagan
Modern Intrigues
#1
05/26/2007 (4:46 pm)
Uninstall TorqueX, And XNA then Re-install Visual C# in that order. I think C# gives a repair or reinstall option, use that after you have uninstalled XNA and TorqueX.

Then Install XNA

Then Install your TorqueX

I had the same problem, and that did it for me. Don't forget to run C# at least once after each install

Torque 3D Owner Jonathon Stevens
#2
05/29/2007 (11:18 am)
Make sure you aren't just installing XNA after Visual C# Express. You need to do this exactly from a clean OS (no visual C# express, no xna, no tx)

Install Visual C# Express Edition
Install Game Studio Express Refresh Edition (this also installs XNA)
Install TorqueX latest beta.

Torque 3D Owner Keith Mc Dowell JR
KYPCTECH, LLC
#3
06/04/2007 (10:40 am)
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I've been using VSPro 2005 and XNA prior to purchasing TGB Pro. But, none of the project files are showing up when I runng XNA with VS C#. Both C# and XNA; have been on my system for quite some time. Any suggestions to this would be awesome !.
Thanks,

Torque 3D Owner Will O'Reagan
Modern Intrigues
#4
06/04/2007 (6:06 pm)
Did you try the above methods?

Torque 3D Owner Jonathon Stevens
#5
06/05/2007 (7:28 am)
XNA and TorqueX don't support VS.net 2005 pro so that could be part of the problem. Obviously you can program XNA/TorqueX games using vs.net 2005 pro, but that doesn't mean the installer sets the templates up properly.

Torque Owner Josh Curry
#6
06/05/2007 (8:04 pm)
I spent some time looking into this because the whole Uninstall/Reinstall seems like a hack. I've spent enough time troubleshooting 'weird' issues to know that these things are usually simpler than they seem. I came looking for the answer to the exact same problem. What I found is a lot simpler. The paths I use here are for my system, yours should be similar

You will find the .zip files for the project templates here:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\VCSExpress\ProjectTemplates

If you read through Books Online you will find that there is an option for where VS will look for project templates. Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> General. By default the project template folder is located at:
C:\Users\\Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Templates\ProjectTemplates

So, simply copy the GarageGames_whatever.zip files from the first location to the second location, fire up GSE, New -> Project, and TA DA! You can now see all the templates.

Torque 3D Owner Keith Mc Dowell JR
KYPCTECH, LLC
#7
06/05/2007 (9:49 pm)
Thanks, Josh.... talk about technical support ! That is freaking awesome ! I was getting tired of shaking the dead chick above the keyboard, and praying the C# gawds to save me..

:)

Torque Owner Josh Curry
#8
06/06/2007 (4:27 am)
It's funny that you mention 'Technical Support', because after years of being a developer I now work in a support role for Microsoft. Issues like this are small fry compared to what I see on a daily basis.

I'm glad I could help you out. Hopefully this will save a lot of other people some time and headache as well.