Help on tutorial for torque
by Mark Stanton · in Torque Game Engine · 06/15/2008 (6:00 am) · 2 replies
Hi all i have just brout torque game engine. I was doing the geting started tutorial. And ran into some problems with runing the game. I have done evenging the tutorial sayes and when i rune the game all i get is. (WATING FOR SERVER) our (LOADING MAPDATA) and it dosenot load enthing i seam to think that i have wasted my money on this game enging so can eney one please help me thanks for all your time.
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One helpful hint that I have for you is that when you get in those situations where it gets stuck with things like "Loading Mapdata", hit the "~" character on your keyboard which pulls up the console window. The console window often offers some helpful hints as to where the problem is at. And you can type "cls" to clear out what is in the console window before you try to open a mission, which makes it so that you will only have to look at the part that is specific to opening that mission.
06/25/2008 (8:40 am)
Re-installing everything can get you back to where you started, if you need to do that.One helpful hint that I have for you is that when you get in those situations where it gets stuck with things like "Loading Mapdata", hit the "~" character on your keyboard which pulls up the console window. The console window often offers some helpful hints as to where the problem is at. And you can type "cls" to clear out what is in the console window before you try to open a mission, which makes it so that you will only have to look at the part that is specific to opening that mission.
Torque 3D Owner Scott Warren
The "Getting Started" written tutorial needs a re-write. The tutorial briskly takes the reader through and doesn't explain enough of the how and why.
Some parts of the tutorial are pre-fab so you can plug it in as you go along. It's designed to carry you more then teach you.
The tutorial does work, but you need to slow down and re-read it. Also note that the tutorial intentionally takes you through a "problem" with the GUI size when you place the button.
Just try the tutorial over again. you'll see the error and why the game hangs.
Maybe i'll re-write that tutorial to be more friendly.