* [Complete Torque 3D 3.6 zip package](http://mit.garagegames.com/Torque3D-3-6.zip) with updated TorqueScript documentation, the *Project Manager*, and compiled versions of the templates.
The templates included with Torque 3D provide a starting point for your project. Once we have created our own project based on a template we may then compile an executable and begin work on our game. The following templates are included in this version of Torque 3D:
If you plan on creating a project that uses PhysX you will first need to have the PhysX SDK intalled on your computer. Without the PhysX SDK in place the project generation step will fail when using either the *Project Manager* or manual project generation methods.
The *Project Manager* may be used to create a new game project based on one of the templates that are included with Torque 3D. If you are using Torque 3D directly from the [GitHub](https://github.com/GarageGames/Torque3D) repository then you will need to get the *Project Manager* from the [Torque3D-ProjectManager](https://github.com/GarageGames/Torque3D-ProjectManager) repo, or download a pre-compiled version from the [Project Manager Wiki Page](https://github.com/GarageGames/Torque3D/wiki/Project-Manager).
The following steps use the *Project Manager* to create a new project. This is a quick summary and more detailed instructions may be found on the [Project Manager Wiki Page](https://github.com/GarageGames/Torque3D/wiki/Project-Manager)
We may also manually create a project based on a template. The following steps outline how to do this:
1. Open the *Templates* directory.
2. Right-click on the template you would like to use and choose *Copy*.
3. Go to the *My Projects* directory and paste the template there.
4. Rename the pasted template to the name of your project/game.
5. Go into your project's *game* directory and rename all executables, DLL files and the .torsion file (and maybe .torsion.opt) from the template name to that of your project (these files may not be present at this time).
6. Open the .torsion file in a text editor and replace all references to the template's name with that of your project (you only need to do this if you plan on using Torsion). You will need to also do this with the .torsion.opt if it exists.
7. Open you project's *source/torqueConfig.h* file in a text editor and change the `TORQUE_APP_NAME` define to the name of your project.
8. In your project's *buildFiles/config* directory open each .conf file and find each reference to the template's name and replace it with the name of your project.
9. Open your project's *game/main.cs* file in a text editor and change the `$appName` assignment to the name of your project.
10. Go to your project's directory and double click on the *generateProjects.bat* to create your project's solution files.
Compiling Torque 3D (Windows)
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If this is the first time you will compile Torque 3D, or if you have added or removed any files to either the standard Torque 3D *Engine/source* directory or your project's *source* directory, you will need to run your project's *generateProjects.bat* file. This will rebuild your project's solution and project files. Now follow these steps to compile Torque 3D:
1. Navigate to your project's *buildFiles/VisualStudio 2010* directory (or the *2008* directory if that is the version of Visual Studio you are using).
2. Double click on your project's .sln file. This will open Visual Studio.
3. When Visual Studio has fully loaded, press `F7` to start compiling your project.
Compiling Torque 3D (Linux)
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This version of Torque 3D supports being run as a dedicated server under Linux. As with a Windows build you will need to run your project's *generateProjects.command* file to properly generate the required make file.
Prior to compiling Torque 3D under Linux, you will need to make sure you have the appropriate libraries and tools installed. The exact packages will depend on which Linux distribution you are using. For example, under Ubuntu you will need:
* build-essential
* nasm
* git
* php5-cli
* libsdl-dev
* libogg-dev
With everything in place you may now follow these steps to compile Torque 3D:
1. Change to you project's *buildFiles/Make_Ded* directory.
2. Enter the `make clean` command.
3. Enter the either the `make debug` or `make release` command depending on the type of build you wish to make.
4. Go to your project's *game* directory.
5. To start your game enter the following command (we'll use the name *MyGame* as the example project name):
