Help. I am new and just getting started.

#1 Torque 3D (open source MIT license) is now found on GitHub

#2 Here's the link

https://github.com/GarageGames/Torque3D

Toolbar at the top has a ZIP button. Grab that, it's the easiest and you don't need an account there. Click should start the download.

Unzip and look for the Torque 3D.exe That program manages projects.

#3 i downloaded and unzipped GarageGames-Torque3D-v1.1-0-gd0de864. I didn't find any Torque 3D.exe file.

#4 Now that you have it, you can create a project by running Torque Toolbox.exe. From there, you can run generateProjects.bat from your project folder if you are going to be modifying the source code.

#5 The project manager thing that Kenneth mentioned got renamed as Torque 3D Toolbox.exe, it's in the topmost directory of the zip archive.

Once you create a project (based from a template example) you can navigate to that project's directory (located under My Projects) and run your game directly, bypassing the Toolbox altogether.

#6 OK. Found it. Thanks.

#7 Another question/problem. I have successfully launched the torque Toolbox editor. I then clicked new project and gave it a name. When I click create, nothing happens. What do I need to do?

#8 It should create the project. Are you running the Toolbox as administrator?

#9 As far as I can tell. I am the admin on my machine. I noticed there are no Templates in the dropdown to the right. SHould that be?

#10 You have to make sure that you are running the Toolbox application with elevated rights. Get out of it by right-clicking on it in the system tray and choosing Quit. Next, shift-right-click on the Toolbox and ensure that you choose Run as Administrator (you should get a UAC warning for it when running it, but if you have disabled warnings at some time, it can load in a restricted mode.

You should have four templates in the drop-down when you make a new project. Did you get the whole repo?

#11 Thanks David for your time in helping me debug this. I have done as you suggested and it is running as Administrator. Still the same thing. Could I have installed it wrong? I chose the ZIP file option from the file page on the website. https://github.com/GarageGames/Torque3D

#12 The first step of the FPS Tutorial is a very good place to start. It covers all the steps needed to install Torque3D

#13 Just downloaded the zip to my Windows 7 machine. Here is what I see when I run Toolbox as administrator and create a new project:

#14 I got it to work finally. I had to reinstall. THanks for all your help. This is great that so many people are willing to help. Thanks again.

#15 All right. I now have another error. When I try to create another project I get the error:"The Torque Toolbox manages and launched your 3D projects has stopped working" Torque then forces a shutdown and I have to relaunch Torque. Any ideas?Thanks

#16 If this is occurring at the end of creating a project, it is a known Toolbox bug reported here. If you re-open Toolbox, it should show up in your project list and be accessible. Or you can open the executable manually from the directory where you placed it.

#17 I have tried that David and as soon as I click on the Project list it gives me the error and then shuts down.

#18 Have you tried opening it manually from the project directory? Are you clicking on your new project?

#19 No I have not tried to open it from the project directory. I usually launch the executable and then try the project. Here is something new. I can't click on any project except for the first one I created. Any other project creates the error.Thanks for all of your help David. I know how much patience it takes to work with us newbies.Steve

#20 I can't replicate that at all here. It opens all of my projects, whether it failed at the final step or not. I've exited Toolbox via the system tray several times and tried with it still open. I cannot get it to crash in this manner.