TGE features...
by Cortex · in Torque Game Engine · 11/04/2002 (8:42 am) · 6 replies
Hi,
I plan to make a game. As I don't want to take the time to make a 3D engine, I think that TGE is a really good thing for me.
However, I've some questions to be sure that it's a good thing for me to use it :
- in all the screenshots I see, the buildings look like to be uniformly enlighted... For example, the face opposed to the sunlight, the faces are enlighted the same way the other are (they would be less enlighted in reality). Is this an engine limitation or a work which is not totally finished ?
- is it possible to create some detailed buildings ? All the things I see are quite big scaled and there's no little detail... Is this an engine limitation or a choice from the deisngers not to draw to many polys at the screen ?
Thx for your answers ;)
I plan to make a game. As I don't want to take the time to make a 3D engine, I think that TGE is a really good thing for me.
However, I've some questions to be sure that it's a good thing for me to use it :
- in all the screenshots I see, the buildings look like to be uniformly enlighted... For example, the face opposed to the sunlight, the faces are enlighted the same way the other are (they would be less enlighted in reality). Is this an engine limitation or a work which is not totally finished ?
- is it possible to create some detailed buildings ? All the things I see are quite big scaled and there's no little detail... Is this an engine limitation or a choice from the deisngers not to draw to many polys at the screen ?
Thx for your answers ;)
#2
For the other question, thx for the answer ;) I know Quark and Worldcraft and I'm glad that it's possible to make detailed models/levels too.
mmhhh really cool :)
11/05/2002 (7:22 am)
I'm certainly not very clear... But that's not very easy to explain ;) I don't mean shadow of buildings on the floor, rather shadows on themselves. The faces that are exposed to the sun light would be more enlighten than those on the other side of the building... Am I more understandable ?? :pFor the other question, thx for the answer ;) I know Quark and Worldcraft and I'm glad that it's possible to make detailed models/levels too.
mmhhh really cool :)
#3
The engine is provided as a stepping stone.
11/05/2002 (9:31 pm)
Just remember that you can add improved versions of the features you mentioned by developing them.The engine is provided as a stepping stone.
#4
cool. TGE is really nice ;) I think I'll use it, if we have the money to.
11/05/2002 (10:08 pm)
eheh :) ok ;)cool. TGE is really nice ;) I think I'll use it, if we have the money to.
#5
11/06/2002 (6:04 am)
Cortex, the buildings are lit correctly. Take a look at screenshoot 4 on http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=v12&page=screenshots, especially the bits near a light source. 
Torque Owner James \"Corvidae\" Williams
2. Tribes 2 didn't have much detail in the buildings, but as all the interiors are done in Worldcraft or Quark, the opportunity exists to make the interiors s detailed as you'd like.