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TSE Development Status Update?

by Christian Bodmer · in Torque Game Engine · 03/02/2006 (1:55 pm) · 5 replies

I was wondering what the current state of development of the TSE is. Apparently, all the good information is "hidden" away for paying customers. Since I don't intend to buy the cat in the sack, I am posting this here.

The latest information on TSE I was able to find is roughly 1 year old - when milestone 2 was completed.

* What's the current state of dynamic lighting?
* What's the current state for shadows?
* Does the World-Editor support arbitrarily large terrains (using the new terrain engine in TSE)?
* What's the current state of the material framework?

I am going to hold off on buying TGE+TSE, until I get clear picture of where TSE stands currently and whether it's still being actively developed and receiving updates.

Thanks
-Chris
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Associate Tom Spilman
Sickhead Games
#1
03/02/2006 (2:51 pm)
Dynamic lighting, shadows, and editors for the Atlas terrain are all part of M3 and are not complete yet.

The material system works, but the loading process needs some improvements.

TSE is being actively developed... you might have seen this game recently released using TSE. Since GDC is less than 3 weeks away i suspect nothing new is being announced/revealed till then.

Torque 3D Owner Stephen Zepp
#2
03/04/2006 (6:52 am)
Tom is absolutely correct--this being just a few weeks prior to GDC, you can expect that not much information will be coming out until then, and then a flood.

Torque 3D Owner Hokuto
#3
03/04/2006 (7:23 am)
I guess this will be the first time people will actually look forward to a flood!
:)

Torque 3D Owner Rodney (OldRod) Burns
#4
03/04/2006 (11:37 am)
I hope they announce M3 is nearly done then... oh, and I hope they announce Constructor is finished! :p

Torque 3D Owner Hokuto
#5
03/04/2006 (12:09 pm)
I can see this thread mutating into a HOPE list :)