Torque3D
  • General
    • Welcome!
    • Features
    • Release Notes
      • Version 4.0.3
      • Version 4.0.2
      • Version 4.0.1
      • Version 4.0
      • Version 3.10.1
      • Version 3.10
      • Version 3.9
      • Version 3.8
      • Version 3.7
      • Version 3.6.2
      • Version 3.6.1
      • Version 3.6
  • Getting Started
    • Introduction
      • What's the Torque3D Engine?
    • Getting Familiar
      • Getting a Copy
        • Torque Project Manager
        • Downloading it Yourself
      • Getting Ready for Launch
        • Running Pre-Built Binaries
        • Building the Engine Yourself
      • Launching the Game
        • Opening the Example Level
        • Launching the Editors
      • Your First Game
        • Introduction To The Engine
        • The Module System
        • Creating an empty gamemode
        • Adding a Player
        • Adding a Coin
        • Adding a win-condition
        • Custom coin asset
        • Counting coins
        • Adding some effects
        • Supporting multiplayer
        • Adding a Scoreboard GUI
        • Keeping the scoreboard up-to-date
      • Deep Dive: BaseGame Directory Structure
    • Best Practices
    • Porting a Legacy Project
  • For Artists
    • Assets
      • What are Assets?
      • How to Create a New Asset
      • Working With Assets
      • Deep Dive: Creating a New Asset Type
    • Art
      • File Formats
      • 3D Art
        • Shape Specifications
        • Coordinates System
        • Mounting Shapes
        • Animation
        • Player Setup
        • Blender -> Torque3D Pipeline
      • 2D Art
        • Working with Adobe Substance
    • Animation
    • GUI
      • Loading and Initializing a GUI
      • Expanding a GUI via Script
      • How to Network GUIs
    • Materials
      • Material Mapping
      • Material Animation
    • Terrain
    • Shaders
    • Lighting
    • Audio
  • For Designers
    • Base Classes
      • SimObject
      • SimGroup
      • SceneObject
      • Scene
      • Datablocks
    • Game Classes
      • Creating an Object
      • Destroying an Object
      • Gameplay Scripting
        • Spawning an Object from Gameplay Code
    • Modules
      • What are Modules?
      • How to Create a New Module?
      • Making a Module do Things
      • Installing Existing Modules
        • Where to Get More Modules
    • Scenes and Levels
      • How to Create a New Level
      • How to Load a Level
        • Deep Dive: Level Loading Scripts
      • How to Edit Levels
        • Opening a Level in the Editor
        • Spawning Objects from the Asset Browser
        • Working with Scenes
        • Using SimGroups
        • Changing a Level's PostEffects
        • Deep Dive: LevelAsset Companion Files
    • Game Modes
      • Creating a New GameMode
      • Making a Level Use Your GameMode
      • Adding Gameplay Code to Your GameMode
    • AI
      • Navmesh
      • Objects
      • Scripting
    • Inputs
      • Inputs and Keybinds
        • ActionMap
        • Bind Functions
        • ActionMap Stack
    • Localization
    • Editors
      • Changing Editor Settings
      • World Editor
        • Scene Editor
        • ConvexShape Editor
        • Terrain Editor
        • Terrain Painter
        • Material Editor
        • Spline-Based Tools
          • Mesh Road Editor
          • River Editor
          • Decal Road Editor
        • Datablock Editor
        • Particle Editor
        • Decal Editor
        • Forest Editor
        • Navmesh Editor
        • Deep Dive: Creating Your Own Editor
        • Shape Editor
      • GUI Editor
        • Interface Details
  • For Programmers
    • Compiling the Engine
      • Setup Development Environment
        • SDK and Library Installation
        • Git
        • Cmake
        • Creating a Fork on Github
      • Create a Project
        • Creating a Project With CMake
        • Creating a Project With the Project Manager
      • Compiling
        • Compiling in Windows
        • Compiling in Linux
        • Compiling in MacOS
      • Building the Project Manager
    • Introduction
    • Code Style Guidelines
    • Expanding the Engine
      • Creating a New Object Class
      • Exposing Object Classes to Script
        • addProtectedField
      • Adding a New Library to the Engine
    • Major Components of the Engine
      • Core
        • Console
        • Platform
      • Audio
        • SFX
      • Rendering
        • GFX
        • Render Bins
      • Physics
        • Stock T3D Physics
        • Physics Wrapper
          • PhysX
          • Bullet
        • Classes
    • Rendering
    • Math
    • Networking
      • Client and Server Commands
    • Physics
    • Collision
    • Scripting
      • TorqueScript
        • What is TorqueScript?
        • Basic Syntax
        • Variables
        • Types
        • Operators
        • Control Structures
        • Functions
        • Objects
        • Module Interop
          • QueueExec
          • RegisterDatablock
          • CallOnModules
          • ModuleExec
        • API Reference
      • Other Languages
        • C-Interface
    • File Inputs/Outputs(I/O)
    • API Reference
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  1. For Programmers
  2. Compiling the Engine
  3. Setup Development Environment

SDK and Library Installation

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Last updated 2 years ago

Unsurprisingly, a piece of software as complex as a game engine requires supplemental SDKs(Software Development Kits) and Libraries in order to compile and run.

These are generally platform-specific, so the steps to set up will be handled by platform below

Windows

To compile on Windows, the main thing that is required is the Windows SDK.

If you're installing Visual Studio (2022 is the recommended edition) then as long as you have these options enabled in the Visual Studio Installer:

Then you'll have everything you need to compile Torque3D on Windows.

If you're not utilizing Visual Studio, or prefer to do it manually, then you'll need to download the SDKs from here:

Ensuring to have at least the current Windows 10 SDK.

Mac OSX

On Mac, you only need to install XCode via the App store:

And install any additional components it requires.

As an additional option, Microsoft also offers Visual Studio for Mac, which can be acquired here:

Linux

On Linux, there isn't a singular, simple route to ensure everything is installed and ready to go, however due to package managers, a series of commands can easily get your system up to speed and ready to go:

Ubuntu

Binaries:

sudo apt-get install git build-essential nasm xorg-dev 
sudo apt-get install ninja-build gcc-multilib g++-multilib 
sudo apt-get install cmake cmake-qt-gui

Libraries:

sudo apt-get install libogg-dev libxft-dev libx11-dev libxxf86vm-dev 
sudo apt-get install libopenal-dev libfreetype6-dev libxcursor-dev 
sudo apt-get install libxinerama-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev 
sudo apt-get install libxss-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgtk-3-dev

Additional Libraries

The file dialogs require GTK3 as well, so you will need to get the package for that if you do not already have it. The recommended command is this:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk-3-dev

Depending on your project needs, you may need to have OpenSSL installed for libcurl support. The command line for that is here:

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
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