what kinds or games are you gonna be making Leiden... i think that that is a key factor in the choice of your tools...
i've licensed Torque... and it has a lot going for it, for sure, after all, it's an already built game that is highly moddable, so you don't wind up having to make your own rain, clouds, character, gun ballistics... all fine, if you're gonna make a fps... anything else is most likely gonna require you delve into and mod the engine code... scripting or c++ you're in for a lil bit of work before you're gonna be productive... the hardest part is getting the information you need... but there is a big and helpful community, and 2 books, so...
TV3D is a more established dev environment... soild looking api... less of a moddable affair and more of a coding affair... no prebuilt game here to mod... amazingly fast from what i've seen...
i've looked at the C4 engine... has promise... but, like someone above said, seemed kinda slowwww...
good luck L...
hey NA, what's your experience been with Power Render...
--Mike
i've licensed Torque... and it has a lot going for it, for sure, after all, it's an already built game that is highly moddable, so you don't wind up having to make your own rain, clouds, character, gun ballistics... all fine, if you're gonna make a fps... anything else is most likely gonna require you delve into and mod the engine code... scripting or c++ you're in for a lil bit of work before you're gonna be productive... the hardest part is getting the information you need... but there is a big and helpful community, and 2 books, so...
TV3D is a more established dev environment... soild looking api... less of a moddable affair and more of a coding affair... no prebuilt game here to mod... amazingly fast from what i've seen...
i've looked at the C4 engine... has promise... but, like someone above said, seemed kinda slowwww...
good luck L...
hey NA, what's your experience been with Power Render...
--Mike