Is the book helpful for TGB programmers?
by Nicolas Olhaberry · in Torque Game Engine · 12/12/2006 (7:26 am) · 4 replies
I been using TGB for a couple of months now and been having some problems running my game on different computers. Things like some graphics look blocky, not getting certain game sounds, GuiFadeinBitmapCtrl doesn't show the actual fade, etc. My problem is that torque script is very high level, so there's not much I can do to fix them, I've also found the documentation rather lacking, it gives some concret examples of how to use the script but there's not much detail of what's going on underneath. I guess my question is if this book will help me to understand better what the torque script is doing and be able to fix those weird bugs I'm getting on some computers.
I also would like to know how up to date the book is. I'm not at all familiar with the torque engine and I'm concerned if it won't aply to the TGB I'm using, v1.1.3.
Thanks a lot,
Nicolas.
I also would like to know how up to date the book is. I'm not at all familiar with the torque engine and I'm concerned if it won't aply to the TGB I'm using, v1.1.3.
Thanks a lot,
Nicolas.
#2
Sorry, I just want to make sure this book has what i need before i spend $60 on it.
01/17/2007 (7:04 pm)
I'm deciding if i should get this book or not also, I only have TGB and was looking for a good book that discussed TorqueScript in great detail. Could someone tell me how well this book goes into describing TorqueScript? Sorry, I just want to make sure this book has what i need before i spend $60 on it.
#3
01/18/2007 (5:14 pm)
This book is all about TorqueScript. It's definitely a good reference.
#4
I also had the same problem trying to play my game I built in TGB on other PCs, more specifically the PCs that don't have TGB on them fail to execute the exe file for the game. My instructor said this may be due to an incorrect build when the game is compiled for copying. Hopefully this book will have some insight into this problem. Does anyone have any answer or leads on how to fix this problem so that I can at least run the game on a PC that does not have TGB?
01/21/2007 (4:23 pm)
In response to Nicholas Olhaberry's post on Dec. 12, 2006.I also had the same problem trying to play my game I built in TGB on other PCs, more specifically the PCs that don't have TGB on them fail to execute the exe file for the game. My instructor said this may be due to an incorrect build when the game is compiled for copying. Hopefully this book will have some insight into this problem. Does anyone have any answer or leads on how to fix this problem so that I can at least run the game on a PC that does not have TGB?
Torque Owner Stephen Triche
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Learning Torquescript, the GUI editor, the general concepts of datablocks, there are many aspects that both TGB and TGE share that make this book very helpful. You will need outside help for learning about TGB objects and the TGB level editor, but TGB provides many helpul tutorials in this area and, honestly, TB objects are straightfoward enough that .dumping and instance of any object in the console gives you pretty much everything you need to know.