Does this mean it's ready?

#1 Got all excited, and then went to download it. The file still says it's version 1.1.5, so perhaps they will update it soon, but it's not up yet.

#2 When its finally released they'll have to extra servers for the load!

"The news you've all been waiting for...Lighting Pack for 1.3 is OUT! Please wait in the queue so you don't all kill our servers, thanks : )"

Could a 5mb kill a server? Only if its the lighting pack :)

#3 Update should be up very soon, yes.

#4 It's ready! :)

-John

#5 Nice! ...great work John!

#6 Is the download supposed to be so much bigger, or was the wrong archive uploaded?

This download is about 29 Mb compared with 4Mb for version 1.1.5

#7 Thanks John. Looks good ;)

Wysardy:It's the whole Torque 1.3, so far as I can tell -with- the Lighting Pack integrated into it.

Speaking of which, will you be releasing an old-style patch at all? Will a simple compare against stock 1.3 show us the relevant changes just fine?

#8 Hi guys,

That's right the full TGE 1.3 source code is included, all changes were kept simple and heavily commented. As an example:

void TSStatic::initPersistFields()
{
   Parent::initPersistFields();

   addGroup("Media");
   addField("shapeName", TypeFilename, Offset(mShapeName, TSStatic));
   endGroup("Media");



 [b]  //-----------------------------------------------
   // Lighting Pack code block
   //-----------------------------------------------
   sgInitPersistFields();
   //-----------------------------------------------
   // Lighting Pack code block
   //-----------------------------------------------[/b]
}

All code outside of the comment 'Lighting Pack code block' is pure TGE 1.3, this makes the Lighting Pack very easy to merge into your existing source.

Of course if you're only using the Lighting Pack there's no need for any work at all - just download and compile, it's all ready to go!

-John