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Introducing TXB!

Name:	Thomas Buscaglia
Date Posted:	Jun 14, 2007
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That's right, feast your eyes on the brand new Torque X Builder!

Ok, so it's nothing new...

Here's the skinny: due to overwhelming confusion concerning Torque Game Builder X (TGBX) and what the heck it was, we decided to rename it to Torque X Builder (TXB). It's still got all the same functionality, but now it's got a more meaningful name, thus making oral recital of our tech product line 27% less likely to induce seizures.

One last time:
Torque X Builder is the level builder for Torque X, previously known as TGBX.

Recent Blog Posts

List:	11/29/07 - Torque X 3D Beta is here! 06/14/07 - Introducing TXB! 06/09/07 - WTF is a clipmap? 04/10/07 - Something to look forward to... 02/07/07 - About this deadline... 08/13/06 - GG: Thanks for everything 06/21/06 - Interning at GG

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Will O*Reagan (Jun 14, 2007 at 06:05 GMT)

Whoa...

Peter Dwyer (Jun 14, 2007 at 08:03 GMT)

When is that platformer starter kit coming out. It seems to have been on the promised soon list for a long time now. GG is starting to get a reputation as a team of starters and lacking any finishers!

Stephen Zepp (Jun 14, 2007 at 08:18 GMT)

@Peter--this has been covered a couple of times, but it's timed for marketing purposes with the release of the Creators Club/Torque X 1.0 release date--which is controlled by Microsoft. Both the platform starter kit and Torque X 1.0 have been ready for quite some time.

Thomas Buscaglia (Jun 14, 2007 at 08:22 GMT)

As a matter of fact, the Platformer Kit, along with Torque X 1.0, has been done for several months now. We've been waiting on some pending details from Microsoft regarding the Creator's Club bundle deal for quite a while (specifically, a web API to verify Creator's Club members). Regardless, we plan to be releasing both within a week from today and I guess Creator's Club members will just have to wait for MS to hook everything up to get their free TXB licenses. It's a shame that our reputation is suffering, because we've had the release builds sitting around collecting dust for a long time.

Aun Arinyasak (Jun 14, 2007 at 09:04 GMT)

It really sucks that MS wouldn't let people in certain counties sign for the Creator's Club membership.

I had to borrow my friends name and credit card in England to buy the membership.

I just hope people like me (in Thailand) could buy the bundle deal from garagegames instead of Xbox-Live.

Aun.

Jonathon Stevens (Jun 14, 2007 at 15:01 GMT)

What really sucks is that this has been said like 10 times if you kept up to date on it Peter...

Dylan Romero (Jun 14, 2007 at 17:01 GMT)

Yay! I love TGBX Builder Extreme for Torque!

Tom Eastman (Eastbeast314) (Jun 14, 2007 at 18:29 GMT)

Sweet Zombie Jesus! Too many cool engines.

Please stop. I want to play with shaders in TGEA right now.

Neo Binedell (Jun 14, 2007 at 19:21 GMT)

@Aun:

Same here (South Africa), but I looked up a London code and voila, worked like a charm ;p

Alexander "taualex" Gaevoy (Jun 14, 2007 at 19:43 GMT)

Is it compatible with TGB? Can I create levels in TXB and use them in TGB?

Stephen Zepp (Jun 14, 2007 at 21:10 GMT)

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Is it compatible with TGB? Can I create levels in TXB and use them in TGB?

No. TGB has it's own editor. TGB and Torque X have very little to do with each other from the end user's perspective, except for a common "look and feel" in the editors.

Jason Swearingen (Jun 15, 2007 at 00:46 GMT)

very cool, i also like the hints at 3d i see sprinkled around... being new to the area, I'm glad to hear that GG has been writing it (rather than porting from TGE)

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