1.5 is, by far, the largest upgrade we've ever done to TGE. In addition to our internal dev team consisting of Matt Fairfax, Chris Calef, Paul Scott, Ben Garney, and Justin DuJardin, we've also had major help from lighting guru John Kabus for many months, and have received additional contributions from Joe Maruschak, Tim Aste, Dave Wyand, Tom Bampton, and many other community members. So, we are not exaggerating when we say that this is a huge update and a true community effort. By purchasing the upgrade to TGE 1.5, you're supporting not only GarageGames, but these excellent members of our community who are helping to make Torque the best game development platform anywhere.

  • Integrated Torque Lighting Kit - John Kabus has rolled several years worth of research, development, and QA from the Torque Lighting Kit into TGE 1.5. John didn't just merge the TLK into TGE 1.5, he re-factored the lighting system so that it is cleaner and
    easier for people to use, so that developers can easily introduce custom lighting models.
  • John also added new features specific to TGE 1.5; some of which include: vastly improved interior rendering performance with dynamic lights, improved dynamic light blending on terrains, and updates to the TGE waterblock system to allow for terrains with block sizes smaller than TGE used to, allowing for higher geometry and texture detail.
  • Huge Mac Update - Many OSX platform updates have been integrated into TGE 1.5.
    • The Mac platform code has been almost totally rewritten. Much of the code now uses standard POSIX interfaces where they exist. The platform attempts to maintain support for versions 10.2 - 10.4(Universal) of Mac OS X.
    • Event handling and windowing code is much, much cleaner.
    • Code that uses deprecated APIs have been removed.
    • Many niceties have been added to try to make Torque more Mac-like.
    • The Mac platform is multithreaded, to take advantage of multiple processor hardware, including multiple core intel hardware.
    • Debugging is easier, as many randomly placed globals have been snipped or reorganized into platState.
    • Wide screen displays supported, and window resizing are supported.

  • ShowTool Pro - TST Pro is a 3D visualization tool for the Torque Game Engine. It helps artists and programmers inspect their game art for aesthetic and technical accuracy by simulating the in-game environment, and providing easy access to behind-the-scenes structures. And now David Wyand's essential ShowTool Pro will now be included with TGE version 1.5.
  • Additional Art Assets - A selection of building and character models, environmental art, effects, and other content is now part of the TGE 1.5 package.
    • Elf Character
    • Redone Interactive Walkthrough Environment & Mission (Includes Skybox, terrain, etc)
    • Replaced Trees & Rocks with new ones (Courtesy Games Extract)
    • Redone buildings (Monument, Orc Tower, Hovel)
    • 5 Starter Skyboxes (Courtesy of Red Thumb Games)
    • RTS Environment Pack, Winter Environment (Courtesy Todd Pickens)
    • Tim Aste Environment Pack #1
    • Tim Aste Combo Pack #2 Particle FX Sampler
    • Foliage Sampler from FPS Environment Pack (Courtesy Todd Pickens)
    • Redone GUI from Interactive Walkthrough

In addition to a huge Mac update and other features, we have added $150+ worth of tools and content that will vastly improve the initial and ongoing TGE user experience.

Code in TorqueScript and/or C++, then run your game on PC, OSX, or even XBox360 (with separate license) with TGE's multi-platform CodeOnce feature... or bring your game into other Torque products, such as Torque Game Engine Advanced.

This is not just an SDK. Torque is a whole game development approach. We provide the technology, framework, methodology, tools, and a like-minded developer community of thousands; you provide the creativity and the drive to make your game.

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Our new modeler Zynthetikk has been working hard to create a few new weapons and vehicles.

Now some are still being worked on, but we have some great screenshots of the RN Sniper Rifle.

RN Sniper Rifle: Generally used for Recon, this Rifle has a 9x40 scope, weighs in at about 13.5 pounds, and uses custom 50 caliber bullets designed to pierce armor.
Great in long range and can take down most enemies in a bullet or two, however if you manage to fire off all 20 rounds, you'll find the clips are hard to reload, not to mention you can only carry so many.

We still have more models on the way! Our artists are hard at work so you'll see some great new concept drawn up real soon. Even our mappers seem to have some new works up their sleeves...

The only thing we're still missing is a character modeler.

Thanks for reading!

To Crimson Crow 

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