I wrote this guide originally for a good pal, but I thought that it might be helpful for others too. Here it goes... Oh and one more thing it's just the way I would do it. Someone else might do it different way.

Before the guide, shortly said what all the parts contain.

1: Getting the TGE and Installing it.
2 - 5: Adding files to TGE and Creating a batch file for TGE. ( This steps you can skip, but if you do them it will be very useful for you later. If you don't to them you can't place rocks/trees with TGE, use ThinkTanks textures, use ThinkTanks skies. You won't have already done example map, which is easy to edit, and will appear on right place with ThinkTanks objects after you move it to ThinkTanks. )
6: Starting TGE and Getting to a point where you see the terrain from the sky.
7+: Editing the terrain. ( Shortly said how to edit it. )

Tutorial to create your own terrains with TGE(Torque Game Engine).

Firstly,
1. Download the TGE from www.garagegames.com. This is a straight link to download page http://www.garagegames.com/pg/demo.php?id=1
2. Choose Begin Download.
3. Choose download now for the operation system you use.
( Your firewall might ask if you want allow Application Layer Gateway, you must allow it or otherwise the download won't begin. )
4. After you have downloaded it, Install it.

Secondly,
1. Now open up your Torque Demo folder to main view. ( You should see common and demo folder. )
2. Copy your full demo folder and paste it. Rename your just pasted folder to "game" folder.
3. Now move to Torque Demo/game/data
4. Now you open up ThinkTanks/game/data
5. From ThinkTanks/game/data folder copy & paste full skies and terrains folders. Paste them to Torque Demo/game/data folder.
( It will probably ask if you want replace some files, just answer yes to them. )
6. Now you move to ThinkTanks/game/data/shapes. From this folder you copy & paste Blue, Green and Red folders to Torque Demo/game/data/shapes folder.

Thirdly,
1. You go to your ThinkTanks/dedicated folder and copy & paste one of dedicated batch files to Torque Demo/game folder.
2. Example in TT1_1B reads:
cd..
ThinkTanks -dedicated -mission game/data/missions/TT1_1.mis -game B

You'll edit it to:

Cd..
demo -console -mod game

And place it to Torque Demo/game folder. If you don't have dedicated folder with batch files. You can easily create one yourself. Open up Notepad (or other text editing program) copy the lines above and paste them to Notepad. Save the text as xxxx.bat (replace xxxx with a name you want to call your batch file) and it will be a batch file which you can use.

Fourthly,
1. Go download one of Triv's maps (both.mis and.ter files) from http://n.domaindlx.com/Triv/Terrains/ (Site may be seldom down if so try later again.)
(All you need is one map for an example wiztriv07.mis and wiztriv07.ter)
2. Copy & paste your previously downloaded.mis and.ter files to Torque Demo/game/data/missions folder.
_{If you prefer dash's maps you can try to download such as D16.mis and D16.ter from http://thinktanks.jkdg.com/terrains/ , but the site may have gone offline.}

Fifthly,
1. You go to Torque Demo/game and run your batch file.
2. It will start up the TGE.
3. There will appear two MS-DOS windows. First one will have only few lines (this one you can shut down). Second one will have a lots of lines (this one you can't shut down or the TGE will shut down too).

Sixthly ,
1. You go to TGE's main view (Where you see: Torque Engine Overview, Feature Walkthrough, Fps Multiplayer and Multiplay Off-road Racing).
2. You choose FPS Multiplayer which will start up a game with an orc. (You can use the racing one too, if you want.)
3. Check create server box.
4. Now game will load up.
5. You get out of the orc's view by pressing F8. (You control camera from wasd keys.)
6. Press F11 to bring up menu.
7. Go to File > Open Mission... > and there choose the dash's map you downloaded and put to Torque Demo/game/data/missions folder.
8. It will load up the map, you can see the orc falling down. Press F11(to shut down the menu) and then press F8(to get control of the camera).
9. You will probably be right now in a "blue hell" without seeing nothing but blue. To get out of there move your mouse towards yourself and then hold up "s key". And you'll start to raise and see the map.

Seventhly,
1. Now you can start editing the terrain.
2. Press F11 to bring up the menu again.
3. Window > Terrain Editor will start up the Terrain Editor which lets you edit terrain. ( See Action menu for different editing styles and Brushes menu for different sized brushes. )

More things,
1. From Window > Terrain Texture Painter you can choose what kind of textures you use on your map.
2. From Window > World Editor Creator lets you put rocks & trees to your map. So you don't have to do it on ThinkTanks anymore.
3. If you want know more about the ablilities of the TGE and how to use them. You can press F1 to get a help page up.

- Trivox

Last edited: Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 3:37:19 PM

Look for your self... :'(

It brought somthing up saying.....

You do not have the correct version of the tourqe demo or the resources to play on this server.please contact the server operator or visit the tourqe project website for more information.(invaild packet.) please help!!!! :S

I know how you feal I have the same prob

Last edited: Monday, August 22, 2005 at 3:44:26 AM

:'( I wanna do it but it wont load my ter and mis file :S

@superman

You have to create your own server.

I have had the same problem. Lithium what do u mean by create your own server.

I have the same problem as all of you too U just can't get it to work :S

My TGE crashes when I try to open the file TT1_1.mis for some reason. :S

You must use the ones that are already modded with torque original TT files are not seen by torque follow triv's intructions to the T it works very well the instructions that are given are very helpful just go slow and READ!!!!!!!! ;)

I have the same problem, it says you do not have the correct version of TGE. Invalid packet. PLEASE HELP!

That link doesnt work triv 8(

And if you have a mac triv I dont think you will have a Think Tanks/dedicated folder like if you have windows. So is there another way to do it on mac?

I wrote that guide totally Windows XP on my mind as that is my own operator system, but it should work same way for all other Windows systems, and Linux probably too. If you have a Mac everything I wrote there works the same way as for Windows XP expect the batch file part. It differs from Windows...

Oh no wonder I didnt have a dedicated folder. And triv, thanks for adding the link to your site the other one didn't work on my mac I guess. :)

I just need a dumb dedicated foler and I have TGE working!! Thanks triv!!! XD

I'll write one up for Linux soon. It is the only OS which is missing a guide on how to do this.