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The three books

by jumpingbunny · in General Discussion · 02/02/2010 (9:11 pm) · 6 replies

hi,

I want to know if the three books that is on sale on this website is actually of great use for torque3D. since torque3D is quite a new software (september 2009)
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Torque Owner Samarie
#1
04/23/2010 (11:00 pm)
Could someone respond to this post. I already own the All in One Programming book and The Game Programmer's Guide to Torque. I've read both books. I would like to know if I will be able to jump right into Torque 3D without any problem.

PLEASE HELP!!!

Torque Owner Christian S
Oak-Entertainment
#2
04/24/2010 (2:35 am)
I own them as well, and to me ressources, forum and online info have been a source to much more usable information...

Ricardo Amaral Furtado
#3
04/26/2010 (7:29 am)
So, in your oppinion these books are of no use?

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#4
04/26/2010 (7:48 am)
With the exception of paths, the scripting references with the books should convert well to Torque 3D. However, TGE and Torque 3D are structured quite differently, so your mileage will vary depending on your experience with converting simple code references.

Torque Owner Christian S
Oak-Entertainment
#5
04/26/2010 (10:20 am)
Quote:So, in your oppinion these books are of no use?

They was to me (and I was blank, but persistent) yes, but David covers it really good with;

Quote:, so your mileage will vary depending on your experience with converting simple code references.

If your totally blank about C++/Torquescript, they do give a eased up experience with coping how to solve things, which can be a pest 'finding' and 'coping as its evolved' in the forum, ressources and blogs.

Torque Owner Ken Johnston
Indiestructable Systems
#6
04/26/2010 (2:39 pm)
The books are very useful for understanding scripting and the logic of how then engine functions a lot has changed and much of what is in the books are no longer valid but it will give you a core understanding of how the engine works and some basic understanding of torque script. It is not however a buy these books and you will have mastered the sdk, a lot of study and experimentation will still be necessary.