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Hello guys
I was few months since I posted here any news

Update is really good I believe. I have finally manage to successfully run Torque3D under Linux
I will in next few days share code with others on my GitHub fork (along with updated cMake for compiling solution) so everybody can use and test it

Here is two screenshots and pastebin link with console.log.
EDIT: I will update more photos when I try game on real Linux machine (currently I have Ubuntu inside VMWare)

Screenshot 1


Screenshot 2


console.log
http://pastebin.com/vCjcEf02

That is great news... how about you set up a donation page? After all the GG campain for a Torque3D Linux port had $10k pledged and some of those people might be willing to donate for a working port as well!

As I promised yesterday.
More screenshots of WORKING Torque3D on Linux (I have test this on Debian and Ubuntu).

Screenshot 1


Screenshot 2


Screenshot 3


Screenshot 4


console.log
http://pastebin.com/N6qEX9ce

OMG! Are you going to contribute these changes back?!

I can't see the toolchain being ported anytime soon, but that's pretty awesome, good job Dushan.

Evropi {l Wrote}:OMG! Are you going to contribute these changes back?!

I can't see the toolchain being ported anytime soon, but that's pretty awesome, good job Dushan.

I will see about tools for Torque3D in next few days :-)

Youtube video as proof of working Torque3D on Linux


youtu.be/_2bdP2ibXAY

That should become an official part of Torque3D Great work so far!

Bit choppy... still awesome

Well, to be honest, I never said that its perfect port and that is working perfectly, there is still much work, input system is kinda broken, OpenGL renderer need to be brought on the same level as DirectX renderer, there are more stuff what I don't like there. As I posted on GarageGames forum, I strongly believe its better that we unite all platforms under SDL, so all supported platforms (Windows, MacOS, Unix, Android, iOS, FreeBSD, ARoS ...) have ~ same OpenGL context, audio, window management and input.

This and Übergame would seem to have somewhat overlapping goals (at the very least, both using Torque3D, both FPS games with realistic aspirations).

One more update on whole Torque3D on Linux thingy

I got semi-working OpenAL sound inside my fork of Torque 3D

EDIT: picture is too big so I uploaded as attachment

To share one picture

http://pastebin.com/ML3yjDA



This maybe is looking like something bad, but see in pastebin console.log that this is Torque3D working on Gallium 0.4 on SVGA3D; build: RELEASE, version 2.1 Mesa 9.0.2 provided by VMWare.

I would like to present working Sixense Razer Hydra for Torque3D on Linux

EDIT:
provided better console.log
http://pastebin.com/HC0cR4ty



I don't have device to do real testing, but I believe that its 100% working.

This build is also with Bullet physics enabled. As you can see inside "% - Initializing Physics Tools" you don't have anymore "No physics plugin exists." like in my other builds and console.logs what I shared here.
EDIT: As you can see inside pastebin link, there is "Bullet Physics parallel threads: [2]"

Very good!

Have you actually tried running it outside a VM though? Maybe all the fancy OpenGL will work and the graphics will display when you run it with real drivers and not just Mesa.

This youtube video is showing Torque3D working on real Linux machine (not VMWare)


youtu.be/y1PkbkVTp88

In this video, you can see OpenGL renderer with basic lighting, OpenAl sound system and World Editor.

Awesome work so far! What GPU (and drivers) was this running on?

Julius {l Wrote}:Awesome work so far! What GPU (and drivers) was this running on?

GPU is nVidia GT525M with nVidia Propitiatory Drivers

Any news on this awesome porting effort?

Julius {l Wrote}:Any news on this awesome porting effort?

Nothing important considering Linux port, I did small things there on filesystem (I didn't commited that on public repo on GitHub)
My other work on Linux port is located on GitHub what I shared with community, but I am not really happy with feedback what I received from GarageGames community.
When others posted that I was working and have semi-working (two things are broken inside Linux port - input system and editor) they started debating how there should one GFX system, and stuff like that ...
I have open to public my Linux repo and hoped that somebody will contribute to that so I don't be the only one who is working on it, but so far I didn't actually saw that there is pulse in community for helping others who came after Toque3D went opensource under MIT license.
Technically how I see on some stuff they are ignoring community wishes and their own Feature Requests and Suggestions! I would be really excited that somebody prove me that I am wrong on that one.

My latest work considering Torque3D development was successfully support for Dual Monitors inside engine (there is little secret inside that, I was shooting at supporting full Eyefinity, but it's shame that I don't have hardware to fully test that), so I tested only with two monitors.

I would help , but I have no idea on the coding part.

But I would not say that they are ignoring the wishes, I think there is just not many people working on these things, for example there is just one garagegames employee working full time. Similar problem was discussed in this thread: http://www.garagegames.com/community/forums/viewthread/133982/2#comment-843808

The open source Torque3D version is very young, the community has yet to grow, especially the linux side.

Yeah, same here, would love to help, but coding is really not my strength.
Maybe once there is an open-source game actually using Torque3D, we will be able to gather more interest in the port from the outside Linux community.

Update - T3D on Linux, again with Gallium3D, just much better now

You have here screenshots how it looked before, few months ago


This is how it is looking now


I will post more screenshots after I test this on real machine

Do you have a 64bit binary release somewhere which I could try?

I don't have Torque3D for x64 Linux distributions. I only have Windows x64 at this moment (I believe that it shouldn't be really hard to provide x64 Linux version). When I posted on GarageGames forum that I have little problems on Win64 build with reading Torque3D script files (.cs), Scott Burns from GarageGames told me, let me quote that (you can find that on GarageGames forum, I can give you link to topic)

" T3D is a 32-bit application, not a 64 bit. Trying to build it in 64 bit will fail because it's not supported. "
and
" Sorry, I should have worded that differently. I meant the problem is that you built it on x64, which is not supported. "

Because of all that I have kept my x64 support for Torque3D only for myself at this moment (I will share it with others after I provide proper Ubuntu Touch interface). I will update Linux repo at GitHub with my latest Linux stuff. At that time when I asked for little help from GarageGames community, I was rookie and just started to learn Torque3D engine, and after I asked for little help ( to point me in right direction on fixing problem ) they answered to me like that. To tell truth I really didn't like that kind of answer from him.

Hi guys

I would like to show and to present something what I was working.

This is video of Tremulous ATCS map working on the new engine.


youtu.be/9u79dPjfHlE

I would like to know what you think about all this. Pros and cons.

Thanks