Getting Starter Project to Show
by Kyle Marcroft · in Torque X 3D · 07/07/2009 (1:01 pm) · 6 replies
I have been on hiatus for awhile ( new babies suck up a lot of time ) , and am rebuilding my development laptop. I have come to installing TorqueX Pro 3D ( after XNA ), and I do not get the starter project showing in C# VS 2008 Express. I think the solution to this problem has been posted before, but I cannot find it in the forums.
I already pulled all of the '.'s out of the file path for the Torque installation directory.
Any suggestions for getting the starter project to show?
Thank you.
I already pulled all of the '.'s out of the file path for the Torque installation directory.
Any suggestions for getting the starter project to show?
Thank you.
#2
Visual Studio installed templates
Windows Game (3.0)
Windows Game Library
Xbox 360 Game (3.0)
Xbox 360 Game Library
Zune Game (3.0)
Zune Game Library (3.0)
Content Pipeline Extension Library (3.0)
Platform Starter Kit (3.0)
My Templates
Search Online Templates...
If I go to "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates\" I see a base.vstemplate. Looking in that shows me something, I am just not sure what. I am especially puzzled by the reference to "rosoft.Xna.GameStudio, Version=2.0.0.0".
<VSTemplate Version="2.0.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005" Type="Project">
<TemplateData>
<Name>Torque</Name>
<Description>The Torque X Game Engine Framework.</Description>
<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
<ProjectSubType></ProjectSubType>
<SortOrder>1000</SortOrder>
<CreateNewFolder>true</CreateNewFolder>
<DefaultName>Torque</DefaultName>
<ProvideDefaultName>true</ProvideDefaultName>
<LocationField>Enabled</LocationField>
<EnableLocationBrowseButton>true</EnableLocationBrowseButton>
<Icon>__TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
<PromptForSaveOnCreation>true</PromptForSaveOnCreation>
</TemplateData>
<TemplateContent>
</TemplateContent>
<WizardExtension>
<Assembly>Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d5c3888ef60e27d</Assembly>
<FullClassName>Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.Wizards.NestedProjectWizard</FullClassName>
</WizardExtension>
<WizardData>
<Folder Name="EngineData" TargetFolderName="EngineData">
<ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="Content.contentproj">Content.contentproj</ProjectItem>
</Folder>
</WizardData>
</VSTemplate>
So, the Starter Project Template has not been installed. I am hoping there is a trick to getting it installed, or if someone could post the xml from that template so that I could manually add it.
07/09/2009 (5:56 am)
If I go to start a new Project, I see a list of installed Templates ( the term I should have used in my original post ).Visual Studio installed templates
Windows Game (3.0)
Windows Game Library
Xbox 360 Game (3.0)
Xbox 360 Game Library
Zune Game (3.0)
Zune Game Library (3.0)
Content Pipeline Extension Library (3.0)
Platform Starter Kit (3.0)
My Templates
Search Online Templates...
If I go to "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ProjectTemplates\" I see a base.vstemplate. Looking in that shows me something, I am just not sure what. I am especially puzzled by the reference to "rosoft.Xna.GameStudio, Version=2.0.0.0".
<VSTemplate Version="2.0.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005" Type="Project">
<TemplateData>
<Name>Torque</Name>
<Description>The Torque X Game Engine Framework.</Description>
<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
<ProjectSubType></ProjectSubType>
<SortOrder>1000</SortOrder>
<CreateNewFolder>true</CreateNewFolder>
<DefaultName>Torque</DefaultName>
<ProvideDefaultName>true</ProvideDefaultName>
<LocationField>Enabled</LocationField>
<EnableLocationBrowseButton>true</EnableLocationBrowseButton>
<Icon>__TemplateIcon.ico</Icon>
<PromptForSaveOnCreation>true</PromptForSaveOnCreation>
</TemplateData>
<TemplateContent>
</TemplateContent>
<WizardExtension>
<Assembly>Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d5c3888ef60e27d</Assembly>
<FullClassName>Microsoft.Xna.GameStudio.Wizards.NestedProjectWizard</FullClassName>
</WizardExtension>
<WizardData>
<Folder Name="EngineData" TargetFolderName="EngineData">
<ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" TargetFileName="Content.contentproj">Content.contentproj</ProjectItem>
</Folder>
</WizardData>
</VSTemplate>
So, the Starter Project Template has not been installed. I am hoping there is a trick to getting it installed, or if someone could post the xml from that template so that I could manually add it.
#3
I think this has to do with the order in which you install visual studio and TorqueX.
You have to install visual studios first and then TorqueX.
I would recommended uninstalling both restart the computer and then reinstalling them in this order.
Alan
Senior Software Engineer
Perfect Dork Studios
07/09/2009 (7:49 am)
We have run into this issue before.I think this has to do with the order in which you install visual studio and TorqueX.
You have to install visual studios first and then TorqueX.
I would recommended uninstalling both restart the computer and then reinstalling them in this order.
Alan
Senior Software Engineer
Perfect Dork Studios
#4
Strange thing is i can`t find base.vstemplate file (to give you the xml)
07/09/2009 (11:18 pm)
I agree with Alan. Looks like your torquex engine is not configured properly. But as you wrote that the sequence was VS - XNA - TorqueX ,there shouldn't be any problem. Strange thing is i can`t find base.vstemplate file (to give you the xml)
#5
I too am curious where the XML for this "Starter Game 3D (3.0) Pro" template lives.
07/10/2009 (10:26 am)
Well, I found the starter project. It was one level up as a "Visual C#" project template, and not as a "XNA Game Studio (3.0)" project template.I too am curious where the XML for this "Starter Game 3D (3.0) Pro" template lives.
#6
07/25/2009 (12:32 am)
The templates live in here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\VCSExpress\ItemTemplates 
Torque Owner Faisal Zahid