New Torque Documentation - Part 3
by Michael Perry · 05/24/2007 (5:07 pm) · 21 comments
This tutorial is part of a collaboration between Michael Perry and Ed Johnson. There is a lot more to come, and we hope to get your feedback on formatting, ease of use, and material covered.
You can get the tutorial here:
MS Word Tutorial 3 Download Link
Open Office Tutorial 3 Download Link
The included files are in MS Office and Open Office format.
You can get the current version of the sample game here: Project Files
The TDN Version will be available soon.
[EDIT]
7-30-07
Updated Super.Tag.rar to reflect changes from this tutorial.
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9-25-08
This is the last entry in this series. Since I am now writing tutorials and reference information for the Official Docs, you will not see any more resources released. However, this does not mean the information will not be available. The Official Docs will contain similar tutorials in the near future. Thanks for the support everyone!
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*NOTE*- Website and links to files restored. Sorry for the inconvenience.
You can get the tutorial here:
MS Word Tutorial 3 Download Link
Open Office Tutorial 3 Download Link
The included files are in MS Office and Open Office format.
You can get the current version of the sample game here: Project Files
The TDN Version will be available soon.
[EDIT]
7-30-07
Updated Super.Tag.rar to reflect changes from this tutorial.
[/EDIT]
[EDIT]
9-25-08
This is the last entry in this series. Since I am now writing tutorials and reference information for the Official Docs, you will not see any more resources released. However, this does not mean the information will not be available. The Official Docs will contain similar tutorials in the near future. Thanks for the support everyone!
[/EDIT]
*NOTE*- Website and links to files restored. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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#2
05/25/2007 (1:49 am)
This guides need a lot more exposure!
#3
06/02/2007 (4:20 pm)
Keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next installment.
#4
08/22/2007 (7:39 pm)
is there a tutorial for part 4 yet?
#5
Can`t wait for the rest of the tutorial :)
08/26/2007 (11:53 am)
Just wanted to say THANKS! I finally feel like I`m getting somewhere with Torque! Actually helped me understand a whole lot of how to program it :)Can`t wait for the rest of the tutorial :)
#6
12/27/2007 (4:23 pm)
YES!! thanks so much dude.
#7
12/28/2007 (7:31 pm)
OMG NEED MORE!
#8
When making the options screen... there is a rather obvious and easy to fix mistake:
Screenshot Label:
Name = OPT_RenderModeLabel
HorizSizing = relative
VertSizing = relative
Text = Render Mode :
Should be ScreenshotModeLabel and text = Screenshot^something.
Just thought I'd help out. Love this tutorials approach btw.
12/29/2007 (12:33 am)
Yay, I get to help out finally.When making the options screen... there is a rather obvious and easy to fix mistake:
Screenshot Label:
Name = OPT_RenderModeLabel
HorizSizing = relative
VertSizing = relative
Text = Render Mode :
Should be ScreenshotModeLabel and text = Screenshot^something.
Just thought I'd help out. Love this tutorials approach btw.
#9
02/11/2008 (9:44 am)
i think i need the part 4 ^^
#10
I really would like to see the next steps in this tutorial, Adding the Grphics player location and adding a small prop
excellent work
09/25/2008 (8:46 am)
this set of tutorials has helped immensly,I really would like to see the next steps in this tutorial, Adding the Grphics player location and adding a small prop
excellent work
#11
09/25/2008 (9:10 am)
Glad everyone liked the tutorials. However, the rest of the material will make its way into the Official Documentation. This series, as resources, will not continue.
#12
10/06/2008 (8:31 am)
I don't care where this series continues, I'm just hoping it will continue. Torque is really lacking a tutorial that goes from start to finish with a simple game
#13
I will keep reading and working on other tutorials. C++ is a new language to me, but I am not new to programming languages (javascript, vbscript, PHP) I'm just trying to get into 3D programming as a new frontier and I was hoping it was as well documented as web programming. Clearly I have a learning curve but things are much tougher (and seemingly less well documented) for this than the promo's for this engine make it out to be.
I found these tutorials fundamentally well written but the writer has assumed some knowledge on the part of the user that they may not have, even if they have programming experience.
01/06/2009 (2:43 pm)
i feel similar to eedok... i did this tutorial start to finish and my audio menu semi-works, there was no continuation as was promised in the tutorial text... i just wanted at least to complete the GUI... which i have been able to do reading the source .cs files, but I really hoped for the instruction and implementation guides i had in the graphics, audio, and initial menu setup guides, not to mention actually working on game implementation.I will keep reading and working on other tutorials. C++ is a new language to me, but I am not new to programming languages (javascript, vbscript, PHP) I'm just trying to get into 3D programming as a new frontier and I was hoping it was as well documented as web programming. Clearly I have a learning curve but things are much tougher (and seemingly less well documented) for this than the promo's for this engine make it out to be.
I found these tutorials fundamentally well written but the writer has assumed some knowledge on the part of the user that they may not have, even if they have programming experience.
#14
I'm going to start completely from scratch with Torque3D documentation, which will include an extremely strong and detailed "From Scratch" tutorial.
01/06/2009 (2:47 pm)
These tutorials are what landed me the job at GG. They obviously liked my approach to writing tutorials, and I'm letting that flow over into Torque3D.I'm going to start completely from scratch with Torque3D documentation, which will include an extremely strong and detailed "From Scratch" tutorial.
#15
04/07/2009 (9:22 am)
These are amazing!!! can somebody please give a link to were the rest of the tutorials are. I got 1, 2, and 3 done. i cant wait to finish! thanks so MUCH Micheal Perry! Glad to hear you got a job at GG!!
#16
04/07/2009 (10:09 am)
@Lucci - Thanks. Unfortunately there are no other entries after this 3rd one. There are some other great tutorial links you can find in the documentation pages we have set up.
#17
04/07/2009 (6:17 pm)
Ok, thanks. I cant wait to make my first game.
#18
@ALL - PLEASE! If you have a copy of this resource, can you host it for me or e-mail me the files so I can get these back online. I would be very appreciative!
06/13/2009 (9:48 am)
Unfortunately all my resources have gone down since the site hosting the files has a dead subscription. I'm still trying to find local copies of everything.@ALL - PLEASE! If you have a copy of this resource, can you host it for me or e-mail me the files so I can get these back online. I would be very appreciative!
#19
10/29/2009 (6:17 pm)
Links are not working
#20
02/08/2010 (3:23 am)
The links to part 2 and 3 of this tutorial don't work.Can you please fix them? -thank you 
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