Porting Tribes 2 to the upgraded Torque engine?
I'm assuming that the answer to this is a preemptive "no", but I still figured I'd ask:
I don't know all of the issues with T2, and I won't pretend to. I do know a few of them though, and I also know that upgrading the engine definitely could help with some of them. I also realize that even though this is the same engine we're talking about, the upgraded version would probably require quite a bit of tweaking to make sure T2 runs properly with it. Or would it have to basically be rebuilt from the ground up in many ways?
There's also a matter of finances. The engine isn't really expensive, but it's still money. Of course, if porting it is an actual possibility, we could see about getting the community to donate the costs for the engine. I know I'd be happy to help.
Assuming the community is willing to help cover some, or even (probably) all of the costs, the question comes down to whether it would be worth the effort involved in the port?
Here's me wishing...
I don't know all of the issues with T2, and I won't pretend to. I do know a few of them though, and I also know that upgrading the engine definitely could help with some of them. I also realize that even though this is the same engine we're talking about, the upgraded version would probably require quite a bit of tweaking to make sure T2 runs properly with it. Or would it have to basically be rebuilt from the ground up in many ways?
There's also a matter of finances. The engine isn't really expensive, but it's still money. Of course, if porting it is an actual possibility, we could see about getting the community to donate the costs for the engine. I know I'd be happy to help.
Assuming the community is willing to help cover some, or even (probably) all of the costs, the question comes down to whether it would be worth the effort involved in the port?
Here's me wishing...
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Torque is a horrid, horrid, horrid upgrade. It'd be a downgrade, not an upgrade.
Not to mention any legal concerns that would come about if the "new" game were to be called Tribes in any manner.
Interestingly enough, on my current computer, I haven't UE'd a single time. Can alt-tab outta T2, switch to windowed mode during the game, and even running duel core. Pretty cool. My primary gripe is the object limit.
What OS?
I tend to UE only when something steals focus from Tribes, whether that's Alt-Tab or an IM popping up and demanding attention.
I guarantee Mr. Keen knows more about this topic than anyone on these forums (unless Byteasc has registered here =P ). You can consider his answer authoritative.
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//ps this is serverside by the way
*rolls eyes*
Legends uses the Torque Game Engine (TGE).
Ascension (by RenWerX) uses the Torque Game Engine Advanced (TGEA), the TGE replacement.
Legions is built on GG's in-house version of TGEA.
Legends has nice Tribes-like physics. I don't know about Legions.
Ascension, well, I don't think there are many people that know....right now I'd say the 5 developers that tested the new build last night, but probably not anyone else.
You must have missed my post right above yours.
In case you just don't believe me, I'll provide you with a source:
http://www.legionsplayers.com/articles/faq/
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And while we're at it just force everyone's brightness up to maximum, call it Bloom, and they'll think they're playing TF2 or FF in the future.
Sure, you could do that for awhile, but eventually you'll be stopped by engine limitations.
i used to have vengeance but lost my keycode and i can't install it since i had to reinstall my os. but i would still be playing vengeance also.
And, probably because it wasn't enough like Tribes 2 ::)
Heresy!
WON = removed, could be replaced
Immersion = did anyone use this?
As far as scripting goes they consolidated most of the GUI controls. A move to TGEA would give us new eye candy, future upgrade possibilities, and years of scripting goodies developed since T2's release not possible with the current engine.