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I see parts of c-script that are easy to write and even me, I can modify them, other parts are too complex that I could understand it. But, we use the SDK too, so then, when I look at his programmings in C++ - there is almost nothing that I can understand.

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This is the key point
In a professional software house some people are pure coders working on the SDK some others focus on the gameplay
Nowadays it makes non sense ,in my opinion, to starte from the scratch
( direct x \ opengl) but I am also scared of a game engine which makes to much for me

If a game engine supplies a function for examaple

AttachWeaponTo()

I am not happy
I prefer a game engine enabling vertices manipulation
If so,I am sure I can attach everything, everywhere

Normaly these kind of engines are the ones which originally have been developed for a specific commercial game ( Torque for example ) for the reason explained by PapperHeimer

That's said , I am still very interested in LawMaker, it looks really great

First of all Alberto you are not a programmer so I don't take lightly that you are putting the lawengine down just because you don't understand the code. If such function as "AttachWeaponTo()" existed, there are modifiers you can call to modify it to attach it to anywhere you want with vertex. You should be lucky such functions even exist in the first place, in 3dgs you have to code all of this yourself. The Lawmaker code also does provide functions to support melee weapons as well. Only a few functions are specific to FPS genre upon hundreds of them. Such large SDK is truly a wonder to have and for anyone serious enough to take on the learning curve, it's awsome!

If you claim that LawMaker is a multipurpose engine which supplies just a few FSP oriented classes, that's fine

Generally speaking I remain however of my opinion

I dont think it is common practice for commercial software houses to adapt an existing FPS engine to develop an RPG game or a racing game
Normally they prrefer either to use a similar engine or to develop a brand new one

There is a reason, I suppose, that a programmer should know

This is particulary true for an audience of hobbyest or semi professional game programmers

Anyway I was talking about Torque rather than LawMaker which I have no experience of

It is a matter of fact that it is hard ( onece again , not impossible ) to use this excellent engine for anything else but a FPS game

This is the opinion of hundred developers, not only mine

I am just concern to come across the same problems with LawMaker

Last , In my opinion , such " Top down " behaviour is neither useful nor intelligent

Dont you get the point yet ?
Well, Capanno said that he is waiting for a racing game or an RPG game in LawMaker
No need to wait so long
Let's make the following exercise
Take some AUM'S example and try to develop them in Torque
Again I have no experience at all with LawMkaer, I was not ironic in my previous post, maybe Hellcrypt is really right

Well I tried to develop for example an RPG movement
The player follows the mouse regardless of the camera position and orientation

In 3dgs takes just a few line code
The same even using supposed toy_like game engines such as Blitz3D

Well I found out with dismay that with the AAA torque game engine ( again I am not ironic) it is not so easy
Of course you can , a Torquer was so kind to address me to some resources
but you must tweak the engine
Again this is a non non sense for an audience of hobbyest game programmers

This is at least my limited experience with game engines

It is not definitly true, in my opinion, that all the engines are more or less the same stuff

Moreover I accept that you are more keen about the level editor, being, I suppose, an artistic oriented guy
The LawMaker level editor is fantastic, no point

However the level editor is an option

A game engine must be evaluated, in my opinion, mainly for its software architecture

They should do like BV engine, Torque engine , A6 and put a demo version,
that way , you could really see what you can do and how wthe engine handle
frame rate with a 3D world.

They have an Eval version, and they do have a demo you can play around in TheExpert.

Just wait a few weeks. They are re-working all documentations. The complete team is working on documentation right now. So I am quite sure it will become more clear after it.

Right after writing the docs they plan to add fbx-support.

PheMox

Look on GameDev.net - alternative libraries
TMichael's opinion about Torque