2. Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more
by Ty Newton · 07/29/2008 (10:04 pm) · 0 comments
I'm back again to follow-up on my experiences getting started (again) with TorqueX.
Last time I ran into an installation hick-up when all the templates didn't appear in my Visual Studio. I spent a while looking for answers and when none were found I decided to investigate further.
Getting Started #2
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I built a fresh PC and installed Visual C# Express (VC#E), XNA v2, TorqueX v2 pro and to my surprise the templates did not magically materialise. It seems that either the documentation is out of date or the installation program is buggered. Either way, my plans to mess about with a couple of the starter projects is buggered...
If you read my last blog you'll remember that I also have the Platformer Kit. I decided to try and get it installed. Wow, this turned out to be a pain in the neck. Here are the gory details:
I tried to run the installer on my Visual Studio 2005 pro (VS2k5p) PC and it flat-out refused. It told me I didn't have VC#E installed so it wouldn't install. I looked around the forums and found that this is a well known problem - but, you guessed it, no fix is available for it.
Every time I find myself bitching about actually paying hard earned cash for this stuff I remind myself that I'm trying to get the software up and running in a 'no-so-supported' configuration; and I calm down a little.
Here's a tip if you have the time and inclination: it worked for me but I can't guarantee it would work for you.
If you have access to an installation of the Platformer kit; or know someone who can give you the files; try this:
copy the GarageGames_Demo_Template_bin.zip and GarageGames_Starter_Template_bin.zip files from a machine the VSC#E installation. You can find the files in your VSC#E installation directory: Common7/IDE/VCSExpress/ProjectTemplates copy them into your VS2k5p installation in these 2 directories: Common7/IDE/ProjectTemplates/CSharp/XNA Game Studio 2.0/ and Common7/IDE/ProjectTemplatesCache/CSharp/XNA Game Studio 2.0/
Open a Visual Studio command prompt (make sure you do this 'as administrator') and run this command: devenv /installvstemplates
The next time you open VS2k5p you should have the platformer kit demo and starter projects. I also copied the installation directory of the platformer kit and created some links to the files so I could get to the doco easily.
I think I have all the software installed now. Now it's time to try and get these starter projects up and running on the XBox360. Hopefully things will go more smoothly than the installation. I'll let you know.
Last time I ran into an installation hick-up when all the templates didn't appear in my Visual Studio. I spent a while looking for answers and when none were found I decided to investigate further.
Getting Started #2
------------------------
I built a fresh PC and installed Visual C# Express (VC#E), XNA v2, TorqueX v2 pro and to my surprise the templates did not magically materialise. It seems that either the documentation is out of date or the installation program is buggered. Either way, my plans to mess about with a couple of the starter projects is buggered...
If you read my last blog you'll remember that I also have the Platformer Kit. I decided to try and get it installed. Wow, this turned out to be a pain in the neck. Here are the gory details:
I tried to run the installer on my Visual Studio 2005 pro (VS2k5p) PC and it flat-out refused. It told me I didn't have VC#E installed so it wouldn't install. I looked around the forums and found that this is a well known problem - but, you guessed it, no fix is available for it.
Every time I find myself bitching about actually paying hard earned cash for this stuff I remind myself that I'm trying to get the software up and running in a 'no-so-supported' configuration; and I calm down a little.
Here's a tip if you have the time and inclination: it worked for me but I can't guarantee it would work for you.
If you have access to an installation of the Platformer kit; or know someone who can give you the files; try this:
copy the GarageGames_Demo_Template_bin.zip and GarageGames_Starter_Template_bin.zip files from a machine the VSC#E installation. You can find the files in your VSC#E installation directory: Common7/IDE/VCSExpress/ProjectTemplates copy them into your VS2k5p installation in these 2 directories: Common7/IDE/ProjectTemplates/CSharp/XNA Game Studio 2.0/ and Common7/IDE/ProjectTemplatesCache/CSharp/XNA Game Studio 2.0/
Open a Visual Studio command prompt (make sure you do this 'as administrator') and run this command: devenv /installvstemplates
The next time you open VS2k5p you should have the platformer kit demo and starter projects. I also copied the installation directory of the platformer kit and created some links to the files so I could get to the doco easily.
I think I have all the software installed now. Now it's time to try and get these starter projects up and running on the XBox360. Hopefully things will go more smoothly than the installation. I'll let you know.
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