Normal Maps and Bump Maps for TGE 1.5.2

#1 I didn't know it was so hard to read product info... Especially when game engines should always be throughly researched before a purchase.

http://garagegames.com/products/torque/tgea/

#2 @Neil: he was speaking of TGE not TGEA

bump maps only if Modernization kit is integrated (free resource, but lot of work).
Fake normal maps, only.

#3 Stephan, what do you mean by 'fake' normal maps?

#4 @Sean: now that I read it again... I certainly goofed with Environment Mapping. 8-P
I haven't taken a look in Modernization Kit for a while, but I don't remember Normal Maps are supported.

#5 Yes, normal mapping is supported in the MK, as well as parallax mapping.
It'll make some basic normal/depth maps for you on generation *for DIF only*, however this is intended for test and prototyping use only, as you'll get much better results with produced normal/depth maps the traditional way(modelling them and converting to texture, etc).

#6 Thanks for the help.

I meanwhile found a useful page with product info about TGE on the GG site,
you have to look for "feature comparison":

http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque/tge/featurecomp/

I hear about the Modernization Kit (MK) for the first time. Where can I find it?
Why does it not get integrated into the regular TGE?

#7 Simple. The Modernization Kit is the work of Alex Scarborough before he became an employee of Garage Games.

While it is a very powerful kit and free, it is also true that TGEA has more features. Additionally, the reason why they won't integrate it would be, they already sell a Shader supporting engine. Giving it away for free would be bad business. Alex was just really generous.

As for where to get it:

tmk.superiorcode.com/


If you want the user name and password you will need to get it from the private SDK owner forums. Just do a search for Modernization Kit.

#8 @Ron: Actually, that's not the reason at all. TGE is a product designed to support target hardware that does not have shader capable video cards. Putting in shaders would remove that capability.

#9 Well see, I stand corrected. Heheh.

But look I said something stupid, and you got the official word. So in a way my idiocy was useful LOL.

#10 @Ron

Uh, the other thing you might want to consider is moving the link/username/password to the MK to a private forum, since the Modernization Kit contains source code...

#11 Good point Alan. I updated the post.