Converting to 1.5 & how to get 1.1.3
by baylor wetzel · in Torque Game Builder · 07/12/2007 (9:48 am) · 2 replies
Hi, i'm a teacher whose TGB class for the new quarter will start on Tuesday, which is when the students will download TGB. A new TGB came out (1.5) and i can't figure out how to open 1.1.3 projects, which is inconvienent since that's what all the course sample code, tutorials, framework, etc. are written in
Does anyone know if 1.5 can open 1.1.3 projects. Is it backward compatible with 1.1.3?
Given the time frame, it would be better for us if we could stay on 1.1.3 this quarter. Anyone know if it's still possible for new customers (our students) to download 1.1.3?
Does anyone know if 1.5 can open 1.1.3 projects. Is it backward compatible with 1.1.3?
Given the time frame, it would be better for us if we could stay on 1.1.3 this quarter. Anyone know if it's still possible for new customers (our students) to download 1.1.3?
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Given your situation, I would highly recommend sticking with your 1.1.3 class materials for this next quarter, and working on revising them for next quarter. Behaviors specifically are such a fundamental change that it would be quite difficult to "move up to the next version" without redesigning the curriculum. Also, fixed tick vs variable tick is probably going to cause issues with immediate ports to 1.5.
Currently (at least in my personal "My Account") you are able to download both 1.5 and 1.1.3. If you could confirm this on your own account, I'm reasonably certain your students will be able to grab the correct versions.
If you have any issues, don't hesitate to contact me directly via email, and we will do what we can to ensure you can still use 1.1.3 in your class starting next week.
07/12/2007 (10:02 am)
There is a discussion about this topic here.Given your situation, I would highly recommend sticking with your 1.1.3 class materials for this next quarter, and working on revising them for next quarter. Behaviors specifically are such a fundamental change that it would be quite difficult to "move up to the next version" without redesigning the curriculum. Also, fixed tick vs variable tick is probably going to cause issues with immediate ports to 1.5.
Currently (at least in my personal "My Account") you are able to download both 1.5 and 1.1.3. If you could confirm this on your own account, I'm reasonably certain your students will be able to grab the correct versions.
If you have any issues, don't hesitate to contact me directly via email, and we will do what we can to ensure you can still use 1.1.3 in your class starting next week.
Torque Owner Gary Preston
If you're not affected by the ticked physics changes, then it's probably going to depend upon the verbosity of your course material. The changes may be enough to make getting hold of 1.1.3 the better option for the duration of the term.
You'll probably be better off firing an email to GG regarding 1.1.3, I can't see there been a problem in providing students with 1.1.3 once they're licensed to use 1.5 (although there could be an issue with activation on the binary only version - not certain as I've got a source license, so I'm not sure how that's done) either way.