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In Game Character Editor?

by Angry Breed · in Game Design and Creative Issues · 02/05/2008 (5:35 am) · 2 replies

I am curious as to how difficult it would be to create an "In game"
character editor? The best example that comes to mind would
have to be the "Tony Hawk" style editor with the "use your
own pic" feature. The head and body proportion adjustment
features are really cool also, so basically I want to build (or
perhaps purchase) a Tony Hawk style in game model editor.

Is there anything like that currently available for Torque?
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    Torque Owner Adam Kirchgessner
    Prosimian Productions
    #1
    02/05/2008 (5:58 am)
    No, you have to add in resources like Hidemesh, and Dynamic textures. Then you will have to figure out the scripting to make it all work in game, We're trying to figure this very same thing out using the above resources and Sqlobject for our game Battle. When we are done figureing it out well submit it as a resource but we are not great coders so it will be a while.

    Its feasible if you want to take the time to learn it.
    Hide Mesh
    Texture layers or Dynamic Textures
    SqlObject

    Angry Breed
    #2
    02/05/2008 (8:47 pm)
    Thank you for the reply. I too am a new coder, very new actually. As a
    matter of fact I'm planning on picking up a copy of TGEA this week or next.
    I've been looking at different products and I think Torque will work
    perfectly for what I want to do. I've checked out the demos and read
    what seems like a thousand reviews... Torque just feels like the right
    move, and the price is very reasonable.

    I came up with an online game concept that is absolutely un-touched,
    and I would really like to make it happen. I think I can pull off the level
    design... I already have a background in graphics, and I've done some
    modeling & animation, but I need that character editor. I'm going to
    figure this out, even if I have to pay a pro to do it (which is probably
    what will end up happening), but I have a lot of faith in the game
    concept, so I think it would be worth it.

    Either way I'll post my progress.