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Torque ShowTool Pro (TST Pro) is a 3D visualization
tool for the Torque
Game Engine developed by David Wyand, and published
by GarageGames.
It helps artists and programmers inspect their DTS shapes
for esthetic and technical accuracy by simulating the
in-game environment, and providing easy access to behind-the-scenes
structures.
TST Pro is available immediately for Mac OSX and Windows
from GarageGames.com.
Please see below for a partial feature list, and the
Screen Shots section
to see Torque ShowTool Pro in use.
3D View
• Capable of loading multiple DTS objects into their
own view. DSQ files may be loaded individually or through
a standard .cs file to import multiple animation sequences
at once. A list of the last five loaded objects is available
for quick reloading.
• Multiple rendering formats: textured shaded, untextured
shaded, flat shaded, textured wireframe, front face
wireframe, wireframe, vertices, bounding boxes, and
triangle strips.
• In addition to the perspective view, a number of
orthographic views are available.
• Any loaded object may be mounted onto any other object
using any node. Includes correct orientation for TGE
vehicle wheels.
• Levels of detail may be manually selected or automatically
determined as they would in-game.
• User selectable bitmap for environmental mapping.
• Background may be a solid color or a loaded bitmap.
A snapshot of a game´s level could be used.
• Object bounding boxes, collision meshes, and line
of sight collision meshes may all be rendered.
• The light source may be moved around with the mouse
in a ´trackball´-like fashion, or turned off for unobstructed
viewing of the applied textures.
• Full support for the Synapse
Gaming Lighting Pack. See how your object will look
if you add this product to your game.
Materials
and Texturing
• The current mip map level may be changed at any
time with a key press. Mip mapping may also be turned
off by locking the current mip map in place.
• Textures may be flushed and reloaded with a key press.
They may also be reloaded automatically on a user defined
interval.
• All DTS material properties are displayed.
• Activate the TGE´s reskinning code to change a loaded
shape´s textures, such as for different team uniforms.
Animation
Sequences
• Animation sequences may be played forwards or backwards
at a user defined time scale. The sequences may also
be scrubbed through using the animation time slider.
• Multiple animation threads may be layered with full
blend support.
• All animation sequence parameters may be viewed,
including a list of controlled nodes and defined triggers.
Shape
Structural Views
• All nodes and their parent/child links may be shown.
When a node is selected, its world or local position
and rotation are shown along with a graphical representation
of the node´s axis.
• If a node controls a mesh´s vertices, they are rendered
with color coding indicating their weighting.
• View the hierarchical structure of an exported DTS
object using a number of methods. Useful for debugging
a shape.
• See the rendering structure of your object at each
detail level to determine the order the meshes will
be drawn in.
• View the rendering order of BSP-based sorted meshes
to check that pieces are not overlapping inappropriately.
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