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3D Game Programming AI1 errata :: chap 4 Bill, it's all good. However, it works better for the process I have to go through if you also email... read more 06/11/2004 (12:13 pm)
Friday... Friday!... read more 06/11/2004 (10:41 am)
3D Game Programming AI1 errata :: chap 4 Hi guys, thanks for the nice comments. @Bruno, that's not a typo, that's how you do pass-by-refer... read more 06/10/2004 (6:53 pm)
Game Research Space Quest !!!!! ;-)... read more 06/10/2004 (5:53 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Yeah, what he ^^ said ! :) :)... read more 06/10/2004 (2:08 pm)
Introduction and Torque Distribution System Question [OT] Hi Ben. I think I was talking to you on the phone the other day, and didn't realize it was you... read more 06/05/2004 (9:07 pm)
New pathway into Torque Yeah Josh, I use LithUnwrap and would have used Unwrap3D in my book, except for the fact that Brad w... read more 06/05/2004 (9:04 pm)
Browser Plugin/Activex version of Torque Short answer: not such a great idea, been discussed several times before over the past 3 years - at ... read more 06/02/2004 (6:08 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Re Alex- There are only two variations: 1) The book code (item 1) above) and the [i]installed... read more 05/31/2004 (5:36 am)
Friday... Dangit it's Saturday already and I forgot to enjoy yesterday for its Fridayness !... read more 05/28/2004 (9:17 pm)
Heres a good argument (keep it civil) *cracks whip*... read more 05/28/2004 (9:08 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One @Rex - did you get the problem figured out? @caf - !S @everyone in Canada - if you find my boo... read more 05/28/2004 (4:58 am)
Slanted Water @james:[quote] Ken, The intended effect Jacob is trying to create is of water flowing downhill a... read more 05/28/2004 (4:49 am)
Slanted Water Hmmm, if you slant the water block, wouldn't all the water just drain out? I mean, what good's a dry... read more 05/28/2004 (4:04 am)
Torque Developer(s) required in Toronto,Ontario Na'ama, can you post a little more background about your company - how long Immersion Studios has be... read more 05/28/2004 (3:58 am)
TGE on Warcry Very well written article... and thanks for plugging my book, too !... read more 05/27/2004 (5:23 pm)
Beginning C++ Game Programming Hi Chris, I think this book has just been released, so there probably aren't a lot of people who'... read more 05/26/2004 (5:42 pm)
WB has lost thier freaking minds! Talk about Loony Tunes !... read more 05/26/2004 (8:56 am)
Sign up to revive Terrain Manager Heh, used to have some 78's - dunno what happened to them. Went looking for them after reading the a... read more 05/26/2004 (7:33 am)
Sign up to revive Terrain Manager [quote] @Ben: (sings) "You make me so, very happy!" (hehe..anyone know that song? it's REALLY old!)... read more 05/25/2004 (7:43 pm)
Damn doors How about this: Make an external portico for the door, and make it part of the outdoor model. The... read more 05/25/2004 (6:30 am)
Running a simple hello world script Hmm, it just occurred to me. You can't run the Torque installer I provided on the CD. Therefore you ... read more 05/19/2004 (6:19 pm)
ML files Yes, you can delete them.... read more 05/19/2004 (5:44 am)
Running a simple hello world script Tyler, try this: Open ./main.cs (that's the root main.cs, located in the same folder as tge.exe)... read more 05/18/2004 (7:40 pm)
Running a simple hello world script Can you use AppleScript or whatever it's called to invoke tge.exe with parameters ? If not, I'll se... read more 05/18/2004 (7:17 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One DWB - Thanks for that - the creation of the CD didn't properly conform to my installation narrative.... read more 05/13/2004 (2:39 pm)
Developing without the source Demo.exe is the torque.exe referred to.... read more 05/12/2004 (8:15 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Jordan, try it now. The Alt Ch. 6 link is correct now. The CD contents have been taken down, due ... read more 05/11/2004 (11:41 am)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Heh. Double-post demon gotcha!... read more 05/10/2004 (1:28 pm)
Docs for writing a .dts exporter - Do they exist? Good point Alex. Usually when I lose my source code (twice that I can recall so far, in several deca... read more 05/10/2004 (11:53 am)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One There are some layout problems in a few places. Many other problems are minor in nature. There i... read more 05/10/2004 (11:18 am)
TGE Book : Developers Thread Hey David, Belated Congratulations to you on your books! Lots of great reviews on Amazon.com - th... read more 05/10/2004 (7:34 am)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Mike, email me if you like with what you find. The errors are being corrected for 2nd printing in 2 ... read more 05/09/2004 (6:34 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Jordan, I will check it out. Server has been wonky past few weeks... (is it a DNS error?)... read more 05/09/2004 (2:42 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One No, no need for concern. If you look in common/main.cs, you'll see that it makes a call to Parent::O... read more 05/09/2004 (6:20 am)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Thanks for that Jordan - there is a naming error in the on CD code, an early prototype name was left... read more 05/08/2004 (11:40 pm)
IGC Questions Has a date been set for IGC yet?... read more 05/08/2004 (4:46 pm)
Book on Torque: "3D Game Programming All in One" by Ken Finney I invite anyone so inclined to take 5 minutes and head over to amazon.com and write up a review. Gi... read more 05/07/2004 (6:50 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One I invite anyone so inclined to take 5 minutes and head over to amazon.com and write up a review. Gi... read more 05/07/2004 (6:49 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One No no no! Thank YOU for buying my book, guys!!!... read more 05/07/2004 (1:06 pm)
Friday... Yeah, got a dl happening there now. 3 hrs to go... :-(... read more 05/07/2004 (1:03 pm)
Friday... I will be me! but I'm having problems right now. I don't have the latest version installed, and ... read more 05/07/2004 (12:37 pm)
Friday... Rock on, thread! Badguy, u gonna be badguy or some other guy in AA ?... read more 05/07/2004 (12:13 pm)
3D game programming book question Firas, yes it's covered elsewhere in the book.... read more 05/07/2004 (11:47 am)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Joe, d/l the CD contents [url=http://cerdipity.no-ip.com/book/3dgpai1.zip]here[/url]. The link will ... read more 05/07/2004 (5:23 am)
To buy, or not. I wrote my first program in 1974 - we wrote them on cards we filled in with pencils. Ran them throug... read more 05/06/2004 (8:49 pm)
To buy, or not. Jarrod, it was 1982 and the computer was an Apple 2C.... read more 05/06/2004 (8:02 pm)
To buy, or not. Anthony, there will be an Instructor's Resource coming out as a companion for my 3DGPAI1 book within... read more 05/06/2004 (8:00 pm)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One Hey Stephen, no worries. More than half my personal free copies of my book are being donated to the ... read more 05/05/2004 (8:45 pm)
Book on Torque: "3D Game Programming All in One" by Ken Finney I believe that WH Smith ships to Europe for free? I'm pretty sure I saw that somewhere...... read more 05/04/2004 (7:43 am)