Question about getting torque to install other programs
by Max Thomas · in General Discussion · 07/11/2004 (9:41 am) · 5 replies
I have a question about getting torque to install openGL and direct 3D to the computer that you're trying to run the game on. I want to make it so that when you start torque up it will automaticly install the newest version of openGL and direct3D so that there are no things saying that you can't run the game because you don't have the right grafix card and such. Because I bought the matrix game and my brand new dell xp computer wouldn't work with it and iit was quite anoying to try to get it to work by downloading patches and such. So I just wanted it so people wouldn't have to go through a big hassle to just get a game working.
#2
Some games offer to also install the latest DirectX when you install the game. That isn't so bad.
But when you talk about the latest OpenGL, that's handled by video card drivers. They require finicky install proceedures with reboots and sometimes reseting of display properties. Well beyond the scope of what a game should be doing at startup.
07/11/2004 (9:52 am)
Bad idea.Some games offer to also install the latest DirectX when you install the game. That isn't so bad.
But when you talk about the latest OpenGL, that's handled by video card drivers. They require finicky install proceedures with reboots and sometimes reseting of display properties. Well beyond the scope of what a game should be doing at startup.
#3
Thanks guys, then is there a way to make torque look at the grafix card and change the game grafix to work with that specific computer?
07/11/2004 (10:02 am)
Hmmm,Thanks guys, then is there a way to make torque look at the grafix card and change the game grafix to work with that specific computer?
#4
Max, TSE and Torque both have card profiling systems in them that are meant to solve this very problem.
07/11/2004 (10:22 am)
Wrong forum, guys. Torque discussion goes in the Torque forum areas.Max, TSE and Torque both have card profiling systems in them that are meant to solve this very problem.
#5
07/12/2004 (12:03 pm)
Ok, Thanks. 
Torque Owner Peter Dwyer
You will find a lot more complaints than thank-yous if someone installs a game you've written and then has a new version of DX or OGL forced upon them, in some instances this may even cause a users system to crash or no longer execute their programs.