Some questions for Torque Developers

#1 1 - Yes
2 - No (too expensive to justify the cost atm, don't really need it but still considering upgrade)
3 - No
4 - Yes, it adds much needed improvements to the Lighting and Shadowing system to bring consistant and smooth shading, and increase the realism of your scene.

#2 Thanks for the answer. Oh, and I added another question.

Thanks,
Okashira

#3 1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes

I guess I love the Torque products. I am develop with all of them.

#4 1: yes
2: yes
3: no (not interested in 2d dev.)
4: no (I don't see it worth buying with TSE final so close)

I use TGE to test out my scripts, because my TGE test world loads ALOT faster than my TSE test world.

#5 1. yes
2. no, the hw requirements are higher than our target audience
3. no, we're doing a 3D thing. have considered TGB for UI tho.
4. yes

#6 1. Yes
2. No (I work primarily on the Mac platform)
3. No (Owner, but no projects yet)
4. Yes

#7 1. Y
2. Y
3. N
4. N (TSE instead)

#8 1. Yes, and it rocks
2. No, but soon
3. No
4. No, but even sooner <-is that a word :o)

#9 1. Y
2. N (Waiting to see how it progresses)
3. N
4. Y

#10 1. Y
2. Y
3. Y
4. N (will be integrated in TSE, project for TGE didn't need that)

#11 Yes for all

#12 1. TGE - Yes - main tool right now.

2. TSE - Own it - just played with the demos so far - still can't compile it *sigh

3. TGB - Own it - tried some tutes - can get the sucker to compile *sigh - no Theora video :(

4. TLK - no... doesn't TSE make this obsolete? Anyway - if I used TGE for a commercial projects, I would use the fxLight plugin, DIF lighting and bump mapping to achieve the same result - but then again, this would take some time to implement - so for $50 TLK might be a smarter option - looks nice, especially the latest inclusion (HDR etc)

#13

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TLK - no... doesn't TSE make this obsolete?

Not really. TSE and TGE are two separate products with different uses, purposes and target audiences. TLK for TGE is still a must if you want decent lighting within TGE. Just because it's being merged into TSE does not make it obsolete in my opinion. Not everyone wishes to use TSE.

#14 1.Yes
2.Yes
3.Yes
4.Yes

#15 1. Yes.
2. I own it and have played with it, but I do not use it in my primary development and prototyping mainly because it is higher than my target hardware market. Plus I'm currently more concerned with prototyping fun than I am making it pretty. I can port to pretty.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.

#16 1. Not anymore.
2. Oh yes, it's so much faster and prettier than TGE and worth every penny.
3. Nope EDIT: Just noticed the TGB 250 tag for pro (source code), I'd use ajax and flash if I were doing a 2d game
4. Not currently, performance loss wasn't worth the visual result for what I was doing.

#17 1: Yes. ;-p

2: No - don't need what it does (yet!!). My target market is casual games and people without multi-hundred-dollar video cards so Torque/TLK does what I need how I need it done.

3: No, I don't write 2D games at this point. If I do anything 2D it'll be browser-based, probably in Java.

4: Yes! TLK provides lighting effects I need (I do environmental/exploration games so I need to be able to set mood etc. with lighting).

#18 1. yes
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes

#19 1.Do you use TGE?

Yes on occasion

2.a.Do you use TSE?
__2.b.If not, why?

No because it has poor compatibility with older hardware, Geforce 2, Geforce 3, and Geforce 4mx or earlier because it requires a shader enabled card, and does not have fallbacks for older hardware. And many integrated chipsets like S3 and Intel who have a huge chunk of the market on systems used to play casual and indie games.

3.Do you use TGB?

No

4.a.Do you use TLK?
__4.b.If not, why?

No

#20 > 1.Do you use TGE?

Yes

> 2.a.Do you use TSE?

Yes

> 3.Do you use TGB?

No (I'd love to buy it but the price is too high for just playing around, which would be what I do.)

> 4.a.Do you use TLK?

Yes