Why Torque need Modifications for Melee?

#1 You don't NEED to do engine modifications to do melee, but it would make for a better melee fight.

The thing that the engine doesn't come with out of the box is Joint Intersection. So it doesn't know when your sword connects with someone's head without an engine mod.

What you could do instead, is just make some swing animations, a sword, mount is as normal. When you fire with the sword out, have it play the animation once, and shoot an invisible, short lasting projectile that does the damage your sword would.

This would emulate you swinging a sword and hitting someone, but for real nice connections, an engine modification would be necessary

#2 Thank you Maxwell!!!

#3 The other option (without projectile) is to cast the ray from an eye of player object to see if it's collides with another needed object, and after that apply damage.
do search for "ContainerRayCast" or look at TDN articles regarding that.

#4 Thank you bank, I'll see this! ;)