Turbocharge your Torque Engine with AFX! Get a head start on your game with superior effects and visuals, powered by AFX.

Do you want ... ?


• ... characters that throw giant boulders of fire?
  
• ... dynamic lights mounted on your weapons?
  
• ... complex explosions with bright lighting flares and mountain-sized shockwaves?
  
• ... dynamic target selections with style?
  
• ... characters that die dramatically in a conflagration of fire, goo, and blood?
  
• ... and come back to life amidst fire, light, and effervescence?
  
  Get all this and more with AFX!
  

AFX brings high quality spellcasting and other special effects to the Torque Game Engine, comparable to those seen in top game titles like World of Warcraft and Everquest II. For games featuring magic spells, otherworldly powers, or futuristic weaponry, AFX is indispensable.

AFX:CoreTech will get you started with everything you need to create great special effects for your games. It includes the core technology of AFX, 5 complete spell effects, and more:

• * Great Ball of Fire (combat, fire)
  
• * Reaper Madness (resurrection)
  
• * Astral Passport (teleportation)
  
• * Light My Fire (environment)
  
• * Occam's Laser (in 3 variations) (sci-fi)
  
• * 6 Selectron styles
  
• * Plus 5 more experimental, novelty, and utility spells

Need help getting started with the tech? AFX is packed with over 120 pages of information spanning 4 documents: User Guide, Reference Guide, Spell and Demo Guide and a Merge Guide.

For additional spells and effects check out the AFX:SpellPack1 or get both SpellPack1 and CoreTech together in one package with the AFX:ComboPack for TGE.

AFX:CoreTech for TGE is currently at version 1.0.2 and is compatible with TGE 1.5.2.

Generalized Effects System

Coordinate many different effect types: Explosions, particle emitters, sound effects, animated models, character animations, lights, script events, specialized decals, and more, are all timed and positioned using a common mechanism.

Flexible Spell System

Represent a varied assortment of magic spells: quick instant spells, elaborate conjuring spells, long-lasting buff and de-buff spells, damage over time spells, area effect spells, guided projectile spells, creature summoning spells, resurrection spells, teleportation spells, and more.

Powerful Constraint System

Independently constrain the position and orientation of any effect to other scene objects such as a spellcaster, a target, a projectile, or the camera. You can even attach effects to animated nodes of an object, such as a character's hand. Create complex tracking effects using constraint history.

Spellcrafting Starter Kit

Get a head start on your magic spell effects with a varied set of pre-built example spells. These are complete implementations of showcase spells, including audio, covering a range of spell types typically found in RPG and MMORPG games.

Documentation

AFX is packed with over 120 pages through 4 different documents: User Guide, Reference Guide, Spell and Demo Guide and a Merge Guide.

Windows
Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP
Pentium II 500, 128 MB RAM
OpenGL or DirectX Compatible 3D Graphics Accelerator, DirectX compatible Soundcard
Supported Compilers: Microsoft VC++ 7.0 and above. Others with community support.
Requires TGE 1.5 SDK for Windows

MAC OS-X
G3 +, 64 MB RAM
OpenGL Compatible 3D Graphics Accelerator
Supported Compilers: Project Builder (OS-X only)
Requires TGE 1.5 SDK for Mac

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