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Cycle mission question. The return order is dictated by the lower level OS API calls. IIRC, MS-Windows returns files in orde... read more 02/11/2005 (8:49 am)
Teachers Edition It's become a Instructor's Resource CD. With PowerPoint slides, Exams & Discussion points, Lecture N... read more 02/09/2005 (4:51 pm)
Mount prob: animation delay in the linked head. Firing up the Wayback machine yields this resource from Justin Mette... [url=http://www.garag... read more 02/09/2005 (2:51 pm)
Torque STP in Develop Magazine :) Dave, you should get GG to change the name to "Dave Wyand's Torque Show Tool Pro" a la Sid Meier, et... read more 02/09/2005 (1:18 pm)
3DGPAi1 VS official Torque Engine The tge.exe that ships with the book is version 1.2 stock Torque. EDIT: the specific version on... read more 02/07/2005 (6:07 pm)
Question on Rights To Kenneth Finney Double post... read more 02/05/2005 (8:35 pm)
Question on Rights To Kenneth Finney You can use any of my copyrighted programs, artwork and other resource material in the book for anyt... read more 02/05/2005 (2:17 pm)
Using Max instead of MilkShake in Emaga6 Hmmm, there's nothing particularly special about tge.exe on the CD, except that it's a 1.2 build fro... read more 02/05/2005 (2:11 pm)
Chapter 4 Video issue Assuming that there are no errors in your typewritten modules, then run the emaga4 installer again (... read more 02/05/2005 (1:54 pm)
Transmission of datablocks during mission load Check the resolution in [url=http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=16762]this th... read more 10/29/2004 (9:00 am)
Ch 18 - Skybox Images bending the wrong way Zach, can you post your images so I can have a look? I'm not quite sure I understand what you are de... read more 08/17/2004 (5:07 am)
Some Flickering Interesting. I don't get this at all - but I'm using nVidia on all my computers.... read more 08/17/2004 (5:04 am)
Chp5 problems Hi Craig: 1) "validation required..." that's not an error, actually. It's warning from the engine... read more 08/17/2004 (5:02 am)
CH 20 - Missing Line? The $Game::StartTime line should have been included in the book text in chapter 5, but I see that it... read more 08/17/2004 (4:43 am)
Chapter 15 - why can't I assign Material? Try making sure you have selected the mesh that will receive the material first, before trying to as... read more 08/17/2004 (4:38 am)
Parody - what is, and what isn't? >> Name 'em Todo, Smarm, and Feeble, and you'll be fine... or Fargo, Jam, Berry, Pip-pip, Airbor... read more 08/06/2004 (9:37 am)
2nd Edition out, what's the diff? Tim has it. [url=http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?muskalipman+YKPfjD+159200136x.html+]My book... read more 08/06/2004 (7:22 am)
What if you dont have a publisher? [b]Ben[/b] [quote] When you have a complete game, do show it to GG... There's no fee involved in h... read more 08/03/2004 (8:21 am)
Can this be found in Canadian book stores? [just found out that what I had posted here in this reply was a lot of hooey based on bad informatio... read more 08/03/2004 (8:11 am)
Question about releasing a game Heh. I saw this: [quote] Ned - "GG members are developing on the Mac platform too. Is there a... read more 08/01/2004 (8:18 am)
Chapter 8: FPS Demo: Building not showing up I've done some digging, and this is what I think has happened: The chapter was written early last... read more 08/01/2004 (8:13 am)
Open Question: What kind of content packs do you need? An animal content pack would be great - at least one each of 3 sizes of birds, small mammals, and la... read more 07/31/2004 (6:14 am)
Chapter 6 Hi guys. OK, a few things to report. 1) Over the past few hours (it's 3 a.m. :rubseyes: ) I've v... read more 07/29/2004 (11:09 pm)
Can this be found in Canadian book stores? Which Indigo was that, Bill? There have been 'sightings' in Canadian book stores since April, but... read more 07/28/2004 (3:34 pm)
Friday... Beautiful baby ya got there, Gonzo. In about 5 or 6 years or so, yer little monkey is gonna be telli... read more 07/23/2004 (9:40 am)
US Presidential Election (And Saddam) How about a rousing match of [url=http://69.192.168.213:800/cerdipity/archives/000323.html]rock, pap... read more 07/22/2004 (7:55 pm)
Car Upside Down - How do I check this? [quote][i]Andrea[/i] It's about a week that I'm collecting forum posts and links, I'll use it for... read more 07/15/2004 (10:43 am)
Mission Editor Problem Kevin - [b]MoveMap[/b] is the name given to the key mapping object in the Standard Torque demo sc... read more 07/15/2004 (10:30 am)
Chapter 4 problems For Chapter 4 issues - there is a known problem with the CD Copyable code for that chapter. If you ... read more 07/05/2004 (1:03 pm)
Friday... Backpacks loaded up, canoe loaded up, off we go to the back country... Cuz it's FRIDAY!!!!... read more 07/02/2004 (12:58 pm)
Pictures of Indie Offices Joseph - yes that's a Tektronix scope, and the orange thing is a Fluke portable oscilloscope.... read more 07/01/2004 (1:01 pm)
Pictures of Indie Offices OK, here's mine. No snickering. Just out of sight at lower right is my main desktop computer, and o... read more 07/01/2004 (11:16 am)
Pictures of Indie Offices *drools*... read more 07/01/2004 (10:58 am)
Book Should Be Required Reading for Newbies Thanks Leslie (Is Les ok ?) Do you still work for Sony ? (EDIT: nevermind, I see in another threa... read more 07/01/2004 (10:54 am)
Book engine and Torque Indie engine I toyed with the idea of adding a few of the resources that I use to the engine, but since the book ... read more 07/01/2004 (9:26 am)
Forum Kickoff Just a note: the book code and the install kits are mentioned in the book copy, therefore they are c... read more 07/01/2004 (8:24 am)
"3d game programming all in one" - worth buying ? ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:29 am)
3D Game Programming All in One - must be a popular item ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:29 am)
Book on Torque: "3D Game Programming All in One" by Ken Finney ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:29 am)
Please help how do I compile a .cs file to a .exe file ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:29 am)
IDEA: Torque and a book! ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:28 am)
Torque Book: 3D Game Programming All In One ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:28 am)
"3D Game Programming All In One" Errata, Issues, etc. ******************************************************************************************* GG ha... read more 06/26/2004 (11:27 am)
"3D Game Programming All In One" Errata, Issues, etc. @Bob Richardson: I've just spent the last few hours double-checking chapter 5: A) 1) Using ... read more 06/24/2004 (7:38 am)
Xp and resolution problem DX or OpenGL mode?... read more 06/21/2004 (3:12 pm)
Action/RPG game needs a name. Shell of Empty Souls Well of Empty Souls... read more 06/21/2004 (3:10 pm)
Sierra Bye-Bye?? and Whats the Vivendi story? [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3825523.stm]Vivendi ex-boss arrested[/url]... read more 06/21/2004 (2:39 pm)
Friday... This! Thread!! Even!!! Defies!!!! Entropy!!!!!!!!!111111eleven!!! Wheeeeeeeee! :-) It's Frida... read more 06/18/2004 (1:18 pm)
3D Game Programming AI1 errata :: chap 4 Bruno, no I didn't receive anything yet, but give it until tomorrow p.m. - due to spam filter proces... read more 06/11/2004 (4:41 pm)
Game Research Hmmm, looks like that Jump to Lightspeed may address at least two if not all of the three biggest pr... read more 06/11/2004 (12:29 pm)