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by Marcel Klimo · in Torque Game Engine · 10/24/2004 (5:32 pm) · 4 replies

I just ordered the book from amazon and I was wondering whether there is a complete error fix list in somewhere online, because I heard there are many problems in the code that could cause major problems to a beginner. I have some basic experience with C and a little bit of C++ experience and ofcourse some with VB, which I guess many people know. I hope this is enough, but I can get some books if some other programming skills are needed

If Ken could compile a list of all errors in the book it would be very helpful for newbies and I guess even for everybody that buys this book. I hope I dont regret buying this book. I will purchase the Indie license if I find it interesting.
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Torque Owner Geoffrey Fulton
#1
10/25/2004 (1:09 am)
Most issues are at least pointed out here in the forums, however i havent seen many clear fixes. I found it best to work through his book and just 'look' at his samples and see how they work with the code. When you start messing around with stuff, your better off messing around with starter.fps i think. With his code, you will break stuff and have no idea why, like the animation issue. If you havent purchased a TGE license yet you can download the demo to get ahold of the starter.fps codebase. You will also begin to see where he modified starter.fos for his examples, which i think further helps the learning process.

Good Luck,
-gf

Torque Owner Rex
BrokeAss Games
#2
10/25/2004 (5:08 am)
Well, it certainly would be nice to find One complete sticky thread with a bulleted list of all the corrections...I've taken to correcting the text with pencil right on the pages of the book...I myself am not a code hound but an artist and I was left wondering many times, 'why isn't this working as the book describes?'....it's hard to sift thru direct book corrections and operator error of syntax questions...with this set up...true corrections get buried underneath operator miskeystroke Threads...

Torque Owner Roger Delgado
#3
10/25/2004 (11:00 pm)
When I went to Singapore, I bought the book (it is not available in my country). I haven't finished reading all of the chapters yet. however, during one time while just browsing it, I found repeated chapters 21,22 and 23. It might be some errors from the printers or i'm just an isolated case.

rgds,
roger

Torque Owner Joe Bestor
#4
10/25/2004 (11:19 pm)
No repeated chapters here.

The proof reading of the book and comparison of the book code to the cd code is rather poor compared to other tech books I've read. However, most of the bugs in my scripts were my typos when entering the code from the book. One positive fact from this was the practice at tracing through the script and using other debugging tricks.