Trouble Decision Making
by Sam.E · in General Discussion · 01/21/2011 (12:50 am) · 6 replies
I am having some trouble making a decision between Torque 3D and Torque 2D?
I already have Torque 2D Binary and Torque 3D Binary but I don't know which I should get for the source before I leave for a long time.
Can anyone tell me what I get with the source of both and help me make this decision?
Also when does the offer finish?
I already have Torque 2D Binary and Torque 3D Binary but I don't know which I should get for the source before I leave for a long time.
Can anyone tell me what I get with the source of both and help me make this decision?
Also when does the offer finish?
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#2
01/21/2011 (2:27 am)
With Torque3D source can I remove the torque splash screen when the program begins? If I buy the source I expect to get everything. Also will I get TGE and TGEA? If so I think that will change my decision. 
#3
01/21/2011 (7:42 am)
@Sam.E -Quote:With Torque3D source can I remove the torque splash screen when the program begins?No, the splash screen is still required regardless of having source.
Quote:If I buy the source I expect to get everything.You get exactly what you had with the binary + source code. The source licenses also give you access to betas.
Quote:Also will I get TGE and TGEA?I don't know for sure with the new licensing. I'll check with licensing and reply back in an hour or two.
#4
01/21/2011 (11:25 am)
Yup. For T3D, you will get TGEA and TGE - but our website might still be buggy so they might not be showing up yet.
#5
@Michael - Congrats on getting your job back, it's not classic GG without (I remember you were like the first employee to help me a few years back)
@Erik - I am guessing you are one of the new owners (or the new owner?), congrats!
01/21/2011 (2:16 pm)
Okay thanks guys! @Michael - Congrats on getting your job back, it's not classic GG without (I remember you were like the first employee to help me a few years back)
@Erik - I am guessing you are one of the new owners (or the new owner?), congrats!
#6
Source is good to have when you want to implement requirements of things like the Mac App Store (program must exit in certain ways when receipts are invalid; can't check those from script), DRM/wrappers from Big Fish/PopCap etc., or whatever special things you'd need for other app stores.
T3D is trickier to do non-FPS games in without source, yes. It can be done, but many people agree it's better to be on the safe side and have full source.
If you have any special needs for either and you don't have source access, you can hire someone with source access to implement it and give you the binaries you need to make use of it. You wouldn't need this until you are ready to ship a game anyway, so that's an option. But since either is $99, it'll be cheaper to just get both and familiarise yourself with parts of the code which might need changing :)
01/21/2011 (6:48 pm)
Yes, you can finish a game with T2D in 100% script. You can even finish a pretty advanced game with just script.Source is good to have when you want to implement requirements of things like the Mac App Store (program must exit in certain ways when receipts are invalid; can't check those from script), DRM/wrappers from Big Fish/PopCap etc., or whatever special things you'd need for other app stores.
T3D is trickier to do non-FPS games in without source, yes. It can be done, but many people agree it's better to be on the safe side and have full source.
If you have any special needs for either and you don't have source access, you can hire someone with source access to implement it and give you the binaries you need to make use of it. You wouldn't need this until you are ready to ship a game anyway, so that's an option. But since either is $99, it'll be cheaper to just get both and familiarise yourself with parts of the code which might need changing :)
Torque Owner Giorgio Zanetti ( JoZ )
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Further that it depends of the platform you want to target at...
Wait for other people suggestion anyway, I never experimented T2D and what I said is based on what I heard from other people and maybe also GG employees...