Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine shows game programmers how to get the most out of the Torque Game Engine (TGE), which is an inexpensive professional game engine available from GarageGames. This book allows people to make multiplayer games with TGE and also tells them how to improve their games by modifying the engine source code itself. After reading this book and completing the exercises on the accompanying CD, game programmers will be well prepared to make their own complex, exciting games using the Torque Game Engine.

Features:

Step-by-step examples demonstrate how to use the engine to its full potential.

Detailed system descriptions clearly explain how Torque and other game engine work.

Full Torque Game Engine demo included on the CD offers all you need to get started making games on your own.

In-depth references provide quick look-ups for engine classes, subsystems, and script functions.

Lesson kit included on CD allows you to learn at your own pace.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Introduction

Introduction

Part 2: Multiplayer Games

Torque Multiplayer Games Primer

Game Connections

Servers

Communications

Game Phases and Organization

Part 3: Advanced Scripting

Artificial Intelligence

Collision Detection and Response

Containers and Ray Casting

Part 4: Engine Coding

Introduction to Engine Coding

Creating and Using New Game Classes

Part 5: Debugging

It's Broken! Debugging Torque

It's Slow! Performance Profiling

I'm Stuck! Getting Help

Index