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any publically available documentation?

by Tara Panella · in Torque Game Engine · 07/23/2002 (9:06 am) · 2 replies

I'm considering buying Torque. Is there a link to documentation on the API?, i.e. something similar to this:
[url]http://crystal.sourceforge.net/docs/online/pubapi/hierarchy.php [/url]

I've read through the faqs and forums, so I have a sense of what torque can do, but I was hoping to get a feel for the class structure and interfaces before I buy. I'm only a novice-to-intermediate C++ programmer, and I want to make sure the engine isn't completely out of my depth.

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#1
10/18/2002 (9:42 am)
As far as I know, almost all the documenation is restricted to Torque Licensees :-/
#2
10/18/2002 (1:44 pm)
Unless you're planning on messing with the rendering, metwork layer, or anything real deep like that, you'll only need to edit the scripts. There's a partially-completed documentation of the scripting language (which is a fair bit like C/C++) submitted as a resource:

www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=2759

All of the actual gameplay is encapsulated in the scripts, so it's entirely possible to make a game using just the precompiled Realm Wars binary and heavily modifying the scripts. If there are specific engine features you want, you might be able to get someone with a license to add/change them and give you back the modified .exe, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to find someone willing to do that.