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Discount for TGBX version?

by SteveY · in TGB Platformer Kit · 09/11/2008 (1:54 pm) · 2 replies

Hi,

Purchased this and realized it doesn't work with TGBX, is there a discount for the TGBX version (noticed it is also cheaper and supports windows, XBox 360) since I already have the TGB version? I didn't know about the TGBX version until someone told me about it after purchasing the XNA CC and didn't see it when I purchased the PSK on this page http://www.garagegames.com/makegames/.

Thanks,
Steve
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Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#1
09/11/2008 (2:25 pm)
Let's clear up the acronyms first. There are two products: Torque Game Builder (TGB) and TorqueX (TX). The TX version of the platformer kit was released first and Philip O'Shea undertook a lot of pain and programming talent to make the platformer kit for TGB. The codebase is completely different (of course since one is in C# for XNA and the other is for TGB, which is a C++ and TorqueScript engine). There isn't really a 1:1 comparison between the two since they come from different development backgrounds. They share assets and some core functionality, but that is about as close as it gets.

Torque Owner SteveY
#2
09/11/2008 (2:48 pm)
Ah ok thanks, my mistake I kept calling it Torque Game Builder X instead of Torque X since for some reason that is what I thought/remember that what it used to be called. Thanks for the clarification. I tried importing the TGB into torque game builder x via the option in Torque X Builder 2D and wasn't successful. Ended up checking here and saw there was a version for TorqueX. Didn't realize the TX version came out first. I don't come here too often. I understand that Philip did a lot of work and I appreciate it, but I thought there may have been a discount since I've seen some before and figure it wouldn't hurt to ask.....I don't mind buying both :), since the current version I own works great, but doesn't import to TX via the "Import TGB to Torque X project" option. Anyways, keep up the good work Philip and I look forward to more products from you. I'll chuck it up and purchase the TX version as well.