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Support for Linux?

by notme · in Torque X 2D · 12/22/2009 (12:59 pm) · 4 replies

Greetings, hope I'm in the right section.

I have recently discovered Torque while looking for a way to bring some games (2d and 3d) to Linux. While I see small mentions of Linux being used in some games, I'm wondering what package I should/shouldn't buy.

Are there versions that will not support Linux? Are there some that will? Is linux support still happening, or has it been dropped off?

ANY answers or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I'm looking to bring several 2d and 3d games to Linux, where should I start?

Thanks for your time!

I should mention, I would gladly work/edit under windows, I just want to get the games running on linux if possible.
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    Torque 3D Owner Henry Shilling
    Smokin Skull
    #1
    12/23/2009 (2:16 am)
    TorqueX is created for using with the XNA C# game framework. I think you may be more interested in Torque Game Builder or Torque 3D. I don't believe there is a linux version however.

    Torque Owner Mathias Kahl
    #2
    12/23/2009 (6:31 am)
    TorqueX completely depends on XNA to work. XNA is first of all a windows technology. However, there is a project called Mono.XNA which might enable you to run TorqueX games on Linux in the future.

    Right now, however, it is not possible to run TorqueX based games on Linux, as far as I know.

    notme
    #3
    12/23/2009 (12:27 pm)
    Thanks for the replies and help. There are so many versions.. need to sort them all out.


    Torque Owner David Janssens
    Nebulagame.com
    #4
    12/29/2009 (6:08 pm)
    TGE 1.5.1 (not currently on sale separately, you need to buy T3D to get it) was the last version to 'officially' build for Linux.

    TGB 1.5.1 should be ok, later versions are unsure. More info here.

    There is an effort going on to get T3D working under Linux. It seems to have stalled a bit though.

    Officially, TorquePowered has stopped supporting linux after TGE 1.4.x. After that, there was the community supported version. As TGEA and T3D never supported Linux in any way, there is much work to get one of these engines to work, and it's not supported officially.