Tutorials?
by James Ruschman · in General Discussion · 09/17/2010 (3:16 am) · 4 replies
For the life of me, I CANNOT find any useful tutorials that delve into making your own game from scratch. I want to learn Torquescript, and I understand the basics of programming logic (I know some Java and C++). The only tutorials that was useful (though not on the level I am looking for) was the Getting Started that comes with the Engine. Any tutorials I've found online have either been too simple or too complex (and they presented you with code, but didn't tell you what it meant). I found one site, but the man who wrote the tutorial made some spelling mistakes and other errors in his code (even when I copied and pasted it, as he requested, it didn't run as he said it would). I can't learn from code that isn't written properly because I don't know what any of the code means.
Plus; is it just me, or is GarageGames, like, disregarding TGE in light of 2D,3D, etc? 'Cause even on the main torque documentation page I can't find TGE stuff. I have to scrounge around to find it..
Does anyone know of any useful, helpful, step-by-step tutorials that are clear and can get me on track as soon as possible. Also, please share how you yourself learned the ins and outs of the TGE. It might be helpful, I dunno.
Thanks
Plus; is it just me, or is GarageGames, like, disregarding TGE in light of 2D,3D, etc? 'Cause even on the main torque documentation page I can't find TGE stuff. I have to scrounge around to find it..
Does anyone know of any useful, helpful, step-by-step tutorials that are clear and can get me on track as soon as possible. Also, please share how you yourself learned the ins and outs of the TGE. It might be helpful, I dunno.
Thanks
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#2
09/17/2010 (5:14 pm)
There is a tab for TGE on the documentation page. 
#3
Here let me throw you a bone. First, Torque came from the Tribes 2 engine. Tribes 2 had tons of mods all written in torque script. It even had mini RPG's. Go search the internet for Tribes 2 modifications and download them and port them to the current engine version. This is one the ways I learned torque script that I felt was meaningful. I learned how to program game concepts, and I learned the syntax at the same time. I hope that helps!
09/17/2010 (7:23 pm)
@JamesHere let me throw you a bone. First, Torque came from the Tribes 2 engine. Tribes 2 had tons of mods all written in torque script. It even had mini RPG's. Go search the internet for Tribes 2 modifications and download them and port them to the current engine version. This is one the ways I learned torque script that I felt was meaningful. I learned how to program game concepts, and I learned the syntax at the same time. I hope that helps!
#4
09/18/2010 (12:12 am)
@JesseL: That's awesome! I'll definitely be doing that. 
Jerry Davis
Do you intend to continue on with TGE?
I know this isn't an answer to your question however I'm interested in the answers from the community.