• Edit the world, terrain, weather, objects and set triggers.
  
• Fully scriptable interfaces and controls, all without exiting the GUI.
  
• Mesh exporters include, Maya, 3D Studio Max, LightWave, Blender, MilkShape and more.
  

• Several algorithmic and fractal generators.
  
• Ridge and valley localized smoothing.
  
• Thermal and hydraulic erosion operators.
  

• Torque Lighting Kit enhances Torque's lighting and rendering models.
  
• Adds flexible in-game lighting editors and tools to increase game atmosphere and design efficiency.
  
• New mission light objects configurations.
  
• Static, dynamic, omni or spotlights, capable of illuminating multiple interiors, DTS objects and terrain.
  

• Strong multiplayer networking foundation built into the code using both UDP and TCP.
  
• Support for multiple data delivery requirements.
  
• Partial object state updates.
  
• Ghost manager.
  
• Packet stream manager, and an optimized NDP.
  

• Seamless integration of interior and exterior rendering.
  
• Portal-based interiors, with detail brushes and animated light maps able to connect directly with environment-mapped terrain.
  
• Multi-pass texturing, lighting, and layered volumetric fog.
  

• Allows for the use of animated multi-bone skeletons for dynamic, flexible character actions with a high level of detail.
  
• Dynamic projected shadow maps.
  
• Mesh vertex deformation animation.
  
• Support for multi-layered animation.
  

• Provides nearly unlimited ability to modify and improve upon the TGE engine.
  
• Modify the networking code.
  
• Convert the level editor to an isometric level editor.
  
• Use all of the cool stuff that all of the other TGE users are making and contributing to the community.
  

• Proprietary script common among the family of Torque products.
  
• Experienced with TGB? scripting will be second nature.
  
• New to Torque? The skills you learn will be translatable to other Torque products in the future.
  
• TorqueScript syntax is similar to C++.
  

• Scripts will run on Windows or OSX; community-supported Linux version also available.
  
• Seamless porting into other Torque products.
  
• Build your game for Microsoft Xbox 360 with a separate license.
  
• Commitment to multi-platform functionality.
  

• Support for hardware reaching back to Windows 98 and Voodoo 3 video cards, in addition to CodeOnce platform support.
  
• Torque Game Engine has the potential to reach a huge audience, very important point for independent developers.
  

• Purchase a plethora of additional resources such as the RTS Starter Kit or Content Packs.
  
• Models and environments from the likes of BraveTree and Tim Aste.
  
• Increase knowledge of TGE using one of the available books, such as The Game Programmer's Guide to Torque.
  

Customer review from Shutt, Oct 26, 2006 at 23:53 GMT

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