Newbie Walkthrough Guide Available

#1 I saw that you were working on this a while back...

Glad you got it completed...

and THANKS!!!

looking at it now...

--Mike

#2 This is great! Just what I was looking for!

#3 So is this guide lost forever? Does anyone have a link that works, or (miracle beyond miracles) a copy of this elusive guide?

#4 It's not lost forever. The gug server was destroyed in a fire but all of the data was safely backed-up, so is recoverable. Since this is funded out-of-pocket, it will take some time to restore the servers and connections, but probably won't need to wait for the insurance company to pay out, though. My guess is another week or two.

#5 If you need a temporary spot to put the tutorial, I'd be glad to host it on ym own server.

#6 I wanted to take the guide down anyway, it needs to go through some changes, i'll post again when it ready for public viewing

#7 Hurry Devon... Hurry!!!

It's my only real reference to Torque!!!

What will I do without it :)

>>>> Just Kidding... <<<<

As always... I appreciate the work you've done and the help that the Guide has given me...

--Mike

#8 hehe Thanks Michael,
but you ain't seen nothing yet ;)
I'm fleshing out some new topics, just hope i have time to do em all

#9 Having just downloaded the SDK, I look forward to reading your document!

#10 Many thanks for this, I'll be sure to check it out. Hey Mike Hense, how are you? I'm Dynamo from the DB and BB boards :)

#11 hey guys,
any word on the tut? I've had TGE for a few months now, and I still feel lost and/or overwhelmed a good part of the time (less than when I started, though). A good guide to organize and make sense of some of the beginner information would be great and greatly appreciated (at least by me).

thanks,
joel

#12 I can guarantee you it will well worth the wait

#13 Hi,

I am sorry but may be better to release at least part of tutorial? I thin it would be better then wait and wait and wait.....

#14 Devon is working with us to make his tutorial a part of the official Torque documentation. Once we have something that is ready for testing, we will have some testers for feedback. Watch for news. Be patient.

-Jeff Tunnell GG

#15 Sergei: I understand how you feel, however I am only human and being so I can only dedicate a certain amount of time per week fleshing out topics due to my day job and all. But just to give you idea of what i'm up against, the documentation will have over twice as much content as the original revision.

#16 I dont suppose anyone could send me a copy of this?

heroshadow@yahoo.com

#17 *sigh*
I have 24 hours in a day just like everyone else. 10 I usually spend sleeping, 5 days a week i work from 9 til about 6-6:30pm as a sale rep. On saturdays I have piano lessons, 1/2 hour a day I practice the piano and another 1/2 hour i practice my guitar. Now, the point i'm getting at is that I have at least 2 full man hour days till I complete this guide, I'm pushing as much time as I can to get this done, its no easy task. All I'm asking for is a little patience, once done I will hand it over to Jeff who at his sole discretion will decide who will get to test read the new guide.

#18 Remember that there are no precident documents for what I am writing, which means that everything I am writing has to be learnt from scratch. Now here's a little teaser, this is the current planned table of contents over 60% of the content is now complete. However, do expect changes. These topics are not set in stone. Actually this should be in the documentation forum. hmmm i think i will have to post there as well.

#19 1. Introduction 6
1.1. Conventions Used In This Tutorial 6
1.1.1 Underline Words 6
1.1.2 Bullet Points 6
1.1.3 Focusing Attention In An Image 7
1.1.4 Special Notes 7
1.1.5 Instructions And Comments 7
2. Starting up 8
2.1 Initial Steps 8
3. The Bare Essentials 9
3.1 Understanding TorqueDemo.exe 9
3.1.1 What is TorqueDemo.exe? 9
3.1.2 Torque Command Line Arguments 10
3.1.3 Loading Mods 12
3.1.4 Loading The Show Tool 13
4. Mission Editor Basics 14
4.1 Where To Start 14
4.2 Moving Objects Around In The Mission Editor 16
4.2.1 Position 16
4.2.2 Rotation 17
4.2.3 Scale 18
4.2.4 Shape 18
4.3 Moving Objects With The Mouse 19
4.4 Moving Around The World 19
5. The Mission Editor In Detail 20
5.1 Accessing The Tools 21
5.2 World Editor 22
5.3 World Editor Inspector 22
5.4 World Editor Creator 23
5.4.1 Choosing A Object To Add 23
5.4.2 Adding The Object 25
5.4.3 Locating A Newly Placed Object 27
5.5 Mission Area Editor 28
5.5.1 Quickly Moving Around The Map 29
5.5.2 Editing The Mission Area 31
5.5.3 Centering The Mission Area 32
5.5.4 Mirroring 33
5.6 General Information On Terrain Editor Tools 35
5.6.1 Terrain Editing Actions 36
5.6.2 Terrain Editing Brushes 37
5.7 Terrain Editor 39
5.7.1 Changing A Selection 40
5.7.2 Adding Dirt 45
5.7.3 Excavate 46
5.7.4 Adjust Height 47
5.7.5 Flattening An Area 49
5.7.6 Smoothening Areas 51
5.7.7 Setting Height 53
5.7.8 Creating And Removing Empty Space 55
5.7.9 Painting Materials 58
5.8 Terrain Terraform Editor 60
5.8.1 General Information About The Terrain Terraform Editor 61
5.8.1 What Are Operations? 62
5.8.2 Applying Operations 62
5.8.3 The General Operation 66
5.8.4 Applying fBm Fractal 67
5.8.5 Applying Rigid Multifractal 67
5.8.6 Applying Canyon Fractal 67
5.8.7 Applying Sinus 68
5.8.8 Applying Bitmap 68
5.8.9 Applying Turbulence 69
5.8.10 Applying Smoothing 70
5.8.11 Applying Smooth Water 70
5.8.12 Applying Smooth Ridges/Valleys 71
5.8.13 Applying Filter 71
5.8.14 Applying Thermal Erosion 72
5.8.15 Applying Hydraulic Erosion 72
5.8.16 Applying Blend 73
5.8.17 Applying Terrain File 73
5.9 Terrain Texture Editor 73
5.9.1 Adding A Material 73
5.9.2 What Are Placement Operations? 73
5.9.3 Listing Of Placement Operations 73
5.9.4 Place Texture By Fractal 74
5.9.5 Place Texture By Height 74
5.9.6 Place Texture By Slope 74
5.9.7 Place Texture By Water Level 74
5.10 Terrain Texture Painter 74
5.10.2 What Is A Texture Palette? 74
5.10.3 Where Are The Textures Located? 74
5.10.4 Adding A Texture To The Palette 74
5.10.5 Changing A Texture In The Palette 74
5.10.6 Creating A New Texture 74

#20 6. Using The GUI editor 74
6.1 Getting Started 74
6.2 Areas Of The GUI Editor 75
6.3 GUI Editor's Controls 76
6.4 Changing The Back Ground 77
6.5 Adding A New Element 80
6.6 Adding Some Basic Functionality 82
6.6.1 How Torque Manages GUIs 82
6.6.2 Testing A GUI 83
6.6.3 Making GUIs Load Persistently 84
6.7 Creating A New GUI 86
6.8 All Gui Controls 87
6.8.1 CreatorTree 87
6.8.2 DbgFileView 87
6.8.3 DebugView 87
6.8.4 EditManager 87
6.8.5 EditTSControl 87
6.8.6 GameTSControl 87
6.8.7 GuiArrayCtrl 87
6.8.8 GuiAviBitmapCtrl 87
6.8.9 GuiBackgroundCtrl 88
6.8.10 GuiBitmapBorderCtrl 88
6.8.11 GuiBitmapCtrl 88
6.8.12 GuiBorderButtonCtrl 88
6.8.13 GuiBubbleTextCtrl 88
6.8.14 GuiButtonBaseCtrl 88
6.8.15 GuiButtonCtrl 88
6.8.16 GuiCanvas 88
6.8.17 GuiCheckboxCtrl 88
6.8.18 GuiChunkedBitmapCtrl 88
6.8.19 GuiClockHud 88
6.8.20 GuiConsole 88
6.8.21 GuiConsoleEditCtrl 88
6.8.22 GuiConsoleTextCtrl 88
6.8.23 GuiControl 88
6.8.24 ControlListPopup 88
6.8.25 CrossHairHud 88
6.8.26 GuiEditCtrl 88
6.8.27 GuiFilterCtrl 88
6.8.28 GuiFrameSetCtrl 88
6.8.29 GuiHealthBarHud 88
6.8.30 GuiInputCtrl 88
6.8.31 GuiInspector 88
6.8.32 GuiMenuBar 89
6.8.33 GuiMessageVectorCtrl 89
6.8.34 GuiMLTextCtrl 89
6.8.35 GuiMLTextEditCtrl 89
6.8.36 GuiMouseEventCtrl 89
6.8.37 GuiNoMouseCtrl 89
6.8.38 GuiPlayerView 89
6.8.39 GuiPopUpMenuCtrl 89
6.8.40 GuiProgressCtrl 89
6.8.41 GuiRadioCtrl 89
6.8.42 GuiScrollCtrl 89
6.8.43 GuiShapeNameHud 89
6.8.44 GuiSliderCtrl 89
6.8.45 GuiTerrPreviewCtrl 89
6.8.46 GuiTextCtrl 89
6.8.47 GuiTextEditCtrl 89
6.8.48 GuiTextEditSliderCtrl 89
6.8.49 GuiTextListCtrl 89
6.8.50 GuiTreeViewCtrl 89
6.8.51 GuiTSCtrl 89
6.8.52 GuiWindowCtrl 89
6.8.53 MissionAreaEditor 89
6.8.54 ShowTSCtrl 89
6.8.55 TerrainEditor 90
6.8.56 WorldEditor 90
7. The Show Tool 90
7.1 What Is The Show Tool? 90
7.2 Running The Show Tool 90
7.3 Loading Shapes 90
7.4 Loading Sequences 90
7.5 Controlling Threads 90
7.6 Detail Control 90
7.7 Lighting 90
7.8 Misc 90
8. Scripting Basics 90