TGB or Lite-C?
by Senior · in General Discussion · 01/30/2007 (5:49 am) · 7 replies
Hello,
Is any of you familiar with Lite-C?
http://www.conitec.net/english/gstudio/litec.htm
I'm not sure if I should choose TGB or Lite-C for my casual game. Lite-C's code examples look much more simple, but I can't see too many technical specs at their website.
Any advice from a TGB user is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Is any of you familiar with Lite-C?
http://www.conitec.net/english/gstudio/litec.htm
I'm not sure if I should choose TGB or Lite-C for my casual game. Lite-C's code examples look much more simple, but I can't see too many technical specs at their website.
Any advice from a TGB user is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
#2
I prefer TGB, but A6 is a nice engine.
EDIT:
My post was concerning A6, conitec's full engine of 3D Game Studio. I hadn't realized that they had separated out their scripting language (Lite-C) into a separate product. I'll be playing with it here in the future to see how it measures compared to other game languages (BlitzMax, PlayBasic, Dark Basic, etc).
As the scripting extension of A6, it was a nice, if somewhat jumbled language. Since it has been extracted from the full engine, there was probably a lot of legacy cleanup done.
01/30/2007 (7:12 am)
A6 is oriented more for 3D games. You can make 2D games (and have been able to for a long time), but A6 is primarily a 3D engine. A6 is a nice engine, though the 2D tutorials are out of date now. The AckNex magazine has some excellent 2D tutorials, though.I prefer TGB, but A6 is a nice engine.
EDIT:
My post was concerning A6, conitec's full engine of 3D Game Studio. I hadn't realized that they had separated out their scripting language (Lite-C) into a separate product. I'll be playing with it here in the future to see how it measures compared to other game languages (BlitzMax, PlayBasic, Dark Basic, etc).
As the scripting extension of A6, it was a nice, if somewhat jumbled language. Since it has been extracted from the full engine, there was probably a lot of legacy cleanup done.
#3
01/30/2007 (10:11 am)
Thank you for the replies. I've got the trial version of TGB but the code for it looks a bit too complicated. Lite-C appears to be more simple and able to load 3D levels as well. 
#4
01/30/2007 (10:12 am)
Screw both, get TorqueX.
#5
Good luck.
01/30/2007 (10:46 am)
Learning any language for the first time is complicated and requires dedication and work, regardless of the features.Good luck.
#6
01/31/2007 (10:43 am)
Amen preach on^ 
#7
01/31/2007 (2:28 pm)
I may be biased, but I'd definitely go with TGB. The tools, community and resources are all fantastic. Personally I'm not a fan of writing everything from scratch in C/C++. Which is what Lite-C seems like to me. Another downside (to me) is that there is no Mac or Linux support. In the end of course go with what you feel is the best for your money, but I'd have a hard time recommending Lite-C when you could be using TGB. 
Torque Owner Vashner