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No demo exe for mac in sdk??

by Mike Rowley · in Torque Game Engine · 07/05/2006 (3:10 pm) · 8 replies

I downloaded the mac sdk and took a peek at some of the code.
First off, I've never done anything with mac. (including but not limited to: turning one on)
I have my demo ready for my team to test, but thought it would be great if all my team could test it. I downloaded the sdk to grab the exe and dlls from the example folder to use. The problem is, there isn't an example folder, demo.exe, or dlls. Is this correct? or did my unzipper on my website goof the unzip?
(had to use the one on my website becouse alpha zip wouldn't unzip it on my windows box)
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Torque 3D Owner Tom Bampton
#1
07/05/2006 (3:20 pm)
On the Mac, you want the .app folder ... on a real Mac, it shows like a .exe does on Windows. Note that for Torque there will be symlinks in the zip, which is why you can't extract it on Windows. If you dont have a real mac you'll need to package up the .app on a box that supports symlinks, which is why you had to use your webserver (I am assuming it's running on Linux or something similarly Unix-ey).

T.

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#2
07/05/2006 (3:24 pm)
Quote:I am assuming it's running on Linux or something similarly Unix-ey
You assume correctly. :-)
Thanks for the help. I'll upload the demo folder and get things moved around from there until I can get a mac.

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#3
07/05/2006 (6:02 pm)
After reunzipping the zip file on my server, I find that I don't have an app folder.
I have the following folders: (bold text for root folders, regular for sub folders)

bin
bison
flex
nasm

engine
audio
collision
console
core

Am I missing something??

Torque Owner Brian Hill
#4
07/05/2006 (6:22 pm)
In the archive I downloaded, there was a folder named 'example'. Inside that folder, there were two applications: Torque Demo OSX.app and Torque Demo Debug OSX.app (which will appear to be folders if you unpack it on Windows).

There was also a 'pb' folder that contained the XCode project files to build them.

So it looks like you might be missing some folders if those are the only ones you have.

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#5
07/05/2006 (7:06 pm)
All I have is what I showed above. I even redownloaded it and uploaded it directly without attempting to unarchive, but came out with the same folder structure.
I guess I'll just have to wait until I can afford a mac.

Torque Owner Rob Terrell
#6
07/07/2006 (11:10 pm)
Mike, as I recall, the SDK contains the Mac project files (as you found), but not a compiled build. If you're using stock 1.4 TGE, just download the Mac demo app and replace your data files as needed.

BTW on Macs, an application is a "bundle" which is essentially a directory. You can stuff all of your Torque data inside the app itself.

Torque Owner Mike Rowley
Mike Rowley
#7
07/08/2006 (7:55 am)
I've got lots to learn about macs. I've purchased one and it should be here within a week, so will check out the engine properly on it.
First tho, I'll have to figure out how to turn it on. :D (j/k)
I've never used a mac.
Thanks for all the help here. This is a great group of people on this forum. :)

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#8
07/08/2006 (9:04 am)
Once you Mac gets there, make sure to install the developer tools from the second CD (I think it was the second CD). That way you will have XCode installed and a full development suite for the Mac.