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Multiple Versions of Torque

by Chris Harpan · in Technical Issues · 09/12/2007 (9:14 am) · 9 replies

This is a problem I keep running into, and I'm just reformatted/upgraded my computer so I figured I'd try and get this right on the first try.

I have all the versions of Torque (ie. TGE 1.5.2, TGEA 1.0.3, RTS Kit, AFX, etc) and even though when I change the file paths on thise, I can't seem to have any of the two on my computer at once (ie. TGE 1.5.2/RTS kit and TGE 1.5.2 or TGE and TGEA, etc) I can have TGE or TGEA and TGBP on my computer at the same time, but none of the other combinations.

Anyone else have the same problem or have a solution?

Thanks in advance!
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Employee Scott Burns
GarageGames
#1
09/12/2007 (9:29 am)
What exactly do you mean by you can't them all on your computer at once, what's it doing?

I've never heard of or encountered anything like this before, and I still have copies of 1.3, 1.4's along with 1.5.2, TGEA, AFX and TGBPro all on my computer.

Torque 3D Owner Chris Harpan
Default Studio Name
#2
09/12/2007 (11:36 am)
Sorry, horrid typing on my part I guess. For some reason, I can't compile. My fault, I should have been more clear.

Although with TGE 1.5.2 and TGE 1.5.2/RTS kit merge, TGE won't run( ie: the demos won't start and will not compile), only the RTS merged version will.

Employee Scott Burns
GarageGames
#3
09/12/2007 (12:08 pm)
Sounds like you may have mixed up some files while merging them. For instance, including a file in the project only from the wrong directory and changing, so that one solution will compile correctly while the other will not. There's also the possibility that the solutions may have the wrong working directories set.

Those are just a couple guesses as to what may be happening, but as long as you have the different versions in their own separate directories, and they're not referencing something from the others, you shouldn't have a problem.

Torque 3D Owner Chris Harpan
Default Studio Name
#4
09/12/2007 (12:41 pm)
That's what I thought Scott, but I thought I covered everything. I just reformatted and upgraded, so I'm going to be double sure that everything is seperate. I know have 3 different hard drives and maybe I'll just install my different versions of TGE and TGEA on different drives.

Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
#5
09/12/2007 (1:22 pm)
I have multiple installations of multiple products on my machines, with no conflicts at all. All I can think of is that you are somehow trying to share configurations or project files when you shouldn't be.

Every installer should go to a different directory, and when opening up a different project in VS 2005, you should make sure you are opening up the installation specific solution file for that installation.

Torque Owner Nikos Beck
#6
09/13/2007 (10:19 am)
I'm sorry, I have to ask... why are there so many people four or five versions of the engine at once? Is it to support multiple projects in different engines?

Employee Scott Burns
GarageGames
#7
09/13/2007 (10:22 am)
That's one reason. Others are backups/pre-merges, older work, clean copies, etc.

Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
#8
09/13/2007 (10:32 am)
For me, it's support...I need to have each of the most recent builds so that when someone asks a complex question, I can make sure I'm using their installed code base to answer--upgrades and such sometimes have things that older releases do not.

Torque Owner Nikos Beck
#9
09/13/2007 (11:52 am)
Oh. Thanks. I hadn't thought about keeping a clean version of Torque as I dug into it. I always comment out code that I'm replacing or modifying. I can see how a copy of the source completely untouched might come in handy. I'll do that.