Where is the 'tgb' project?
by Shaz · in General Discussion · 06/17/2008 (4:59 pm) · 2 replies
So as not to clutter up the documentation thread...
The 'Feature' tutorial often instructs the reader to "open the tgb project" because that's the project that all TGB users will have. It apparently has all the starter art, animations, scrollers and particle effects.
I'm about half way through the Feature tutorials and have come up again and again with the problem of bits missing from the project, keeping me from finishing the tutorial. Going back to basics, I wondered if I was even using the right project, because I don't HAVE a 'tgb' project.
So... I completely uninstalled TGB (Indie license), Torsion (demo) and all the projects I'd created or that were created by the install. Searching my entire system for anything containing 'proj' drew a big blank.
Reinstalled TGB 1.7.3 and Torsion.
A new search for 'proj' system wide brings up the following folders containing project.t2dproj files:
AStarDemo
BehaviorPlayground
BehaviorShooter
Blackjack
Reactor
Solitaire
TutorialBase (this is the one I have been using until now)
There's no folder anywhere named tgb that contains a project.t2dproj file.
I did not install TorqueXBuilder (don't have MS-VC installed so it dies). Maybe THAT'S where the tgb project comes from, though I'd be surprised.
So - big question is, WHAT and WHERE is the 'tgb project' that I'm meant to use for the Feature tutorials?
The 'Feature' tutorial often instructs the reader to "open the tgb project" because that's the project that all TGB users will have. It apparently has all the starter art, animations, scrollers and particle effects.
I'm about half way through the Feature tutorials and have come up again and again with the problem of bits missing from the project, keeping me from finishing the tutorial. Going back to basics, I wondered if I was even using the right project, because I don't HAVE a 'tgb' project.
So... I completely uninstalled TGB (Indie license), Torsion (demo) and all the projects I'd created or that were created by the install. Searching my entire system for anything containing 'proj' drew a big blank.
Reinstalled TGB 1.7.3 and Torsion.
A new search for 'proj' system wide brings up the following folders containing project.t2dproj files:
AStarDemo
BehaviorPlayground
BehaviorShooter
Blackjack
Reactor
Solitaire
TutorialBase (this is the one I have been using until now)
There's no folder anywhere named tgb that contains a project.t2dproj file.
I did not install TorqueXBuilder (don't have MS-VC installed so it dies). Maybe THAT'S where the tgb project comes from, though I'd be surprised.
So - big question is, WHAT and WHERE is the 'tgb project' that I'm meant to use for the Feature tutorials?
About the author
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I'm running version 1.7.4 and I keep coming up empty handed with various textures, effects, etc.
To be honest, this is a pretty amateur mistake in QA for GarageGames, considering this problem persisted a year ago and now, a year later, it still persists.
It's a simple tutorial document, either send out a patch with all the correct files or update the tutorial so that it doesn't ask for stuff GG does not provide.
09/07/2009 (10:10 pm)
I'm encountering the same problem. Sorry for bringing a dead post abck to life, but there's literally nothing I could add to the OP's post.I'm running version 1.7.4 and I keep coming up empty handed with various textures, effects, etc.
To be honest, this is a pretty amateur mistake in QA for GarageGames, considering this problem persisted a year ago and now, a year later, it still persists.
It's a simple tutorial document, either send out a patch with all the correct files or update the tutorial so that it doesn't ask for stuff GG does not provide.
Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
So, I provided bad information in my last post about this issue. I was thinking of .vcproj, the Visual Studio project file. I should have payed more attention, since you were referring to t2dProj. Very sorry about that =(
So, after reading your new thread I've concluded this indeed still involves documentation.
I could be wrong, but after looking through my files and the docs, I believe "TGB project" literally means "project.t2dProj"
If you do a search for "project.t2dProj" you'll notice that such a file exists in each of the major game folders.
Now, looking at the docs more thoroughly, I'm currently under the impression that the Feature Tutorial is intended to work off the TutorialBase game.
I'm going to read into this a little bit more.