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litepulsar Junior Member Posts: 16 From:UK Registered: Apr 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 02:18 AM Phabius, that is good advice, that's what I'm doing at the moment, since I'm a beginner. A lot of playing with the tutorial level as well as reading the manual, and reading in here As well as experimenting with Srpix and TRWest, I added a Stargate to tut1 hehe and my triggers worked, woohoo! *does a little dance* screenshot of the Stargate, if anyone's interested:- http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/icebluethunder/lst?.dir=/TRLE+Screenshots&.src=ph&.last=1 [This message has been edited by litepulsar (edited 04-22-2002).] IP: Logged
Chronicles2 Member Posts: 204 From:a boring town- nothing happens, in the best state in the us! MASS RULES!!! Registered: Mar 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 02:48 AM quote: Originally posted by Bullet ridden monkey: I wish the LE was still working on my comp though, I've been aching to do a Resident Evil type movie level ... stupid Windows XP. Anyone know a fix for it? I have the Le and windows xp and it works fine, what is the problem you get, an error message, or something else, maybe i can help. just tell me wahts wrong, im good w/ computers ------------------ Creator of professional levels (: jokami63@aol.com now working on TR: Exotic Locations IP: Logged
Chronicles2 Member Posts: 204 From:a boring town- nothing happens, in the best state in the us! MASS RULES!!! Registered: Mar 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 02:50 AM oh and littlepulsar, that pic is great, how did you make that? is that an object or texturs, it looks great!!! ------------------ Creator of professional levels (: jokami63@aol.com now working on TR: Exotic Locations IP: Logged
litepulsar Junior Member Posts: 16 From:UK Registered: Apr 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 06:11 AM thanks Using TRWest, I added door_type 8 to tut1 wad, then extracted the bmp textures using strpix, retextured (with a paint program) them to look like the stargate, reimported them and voila! It's still rough around the edges (doesn't help being a typical Virgo, having to be a perfectionist even at beginner level *rolls eyes*) Ooh I've had a brainfart....maybe experienced level creaters could be beta testers for newbies who've created their first levels ie play it, then give constructive criticism, tips etc [This message has been edited by litepulsar (edited 04-22-2002).] IP: Logged
Chronicles2 Member Posts: 204 From:a boring town- nothing happens, in the best state in the us! MASS RULES!!! Registered: Mar 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 11:32 AM ya that looks great! does the wad have a lot of strpix'd stuff in it as good as that? ------------------ Creator of professional levels (: jokami63@aol.com now working on TR: Exotic Locations IP: Logged
litepulsar Junior Member Posts: 16 From:UK Registered: Apr 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 12:14 PM nope...not yet though, I hasten to add, I'm working on it! (sorry to go off topic everyone, me bad). IP: Logged
jeffrey van oort Member Posts: 945 From:Monkey Island Registered: Jun 2001 | posted 04-22-2002 12:47 PM My first level was, I believe it was Area 56. I was planning to let the guard walk to the gate and let him opening the, instead of ythat Lara walked to the gate and did some wierd dances and died. I don't know why. Then the guard came and just didn't moved. The lights didn't worked and I was soooooo happy when I got the motorbike. Now after that I was trying the experimentate with Trwest, All my wad got screwed up. I'm just brilliant, than I just found out how to make cd sounds. How the story ends??? You don't wish to know. IP: Logged
Chronicles2 Member Posts: 204 From:a boring town- nothing happens, in the best state in the us! MASS RULES!!! Registered: Mar 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 12:52 PM quote: Originally posted by jeffrey van oort: You don't wish to know. Actually, I do wish to know. ------------------ Creator of professional levels (: jokami63@aol.com now working on TR: Exotic Locations IP: Logged
jeffrey van oort Member Posts: 945 From:Monkey Island Registered: Jun 2001 | posted 04-22-2002 12:59 PM quote: Originally posted by Chronicles2: Actually, I do wish to know. Well I guess it ends with what I am now and what my reputation now is. Not succesfull I suppose. IP: Logged
Chronicles2 Member Posts: 204 From:a boring town- nothing happens, in the best state in the us! MASS RULES!!! Registered: Mar 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 01:06 PM that makes sense, but ive played area 56, not bad, never finished it tho ------------------ Creator of professional levels (: jokami63@aol.com now working on TR: Exotic Locations IP: Logged
litepulsar Junior Member Posts: 16 From:UK Registered: Apr 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 01:36 PM Jeffrey, don't be so hard on yourself IP: Logged
Chronicles2 Member Posts: 204 From:a boring town- nothing happens, in the best state in the us! MASS RULES!!! Registered: Mar 2002 | posted 04-22-2002 03:53 PM quote: Originally posted by litepulsar: Jeffrey, don't be so hard on yourself i agree ------------------ Creator of professional levels (: jokami63@aol.com now working on TR: Exotic Locations IP: Logged
Phabius Phodes Member Posts: 653 From:Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Registered: Jun 2001 | posted 04-22-2002 11:19 PM Hey Yasin and everyone! Soon I´ll be finishing my FIRST complete project with 3 levels. "The Escape" (that´s my third level) is doing very well, even I´m not working a lot on it due to the trip. I´m going to play in Spain next saturday. I just need some ideas for traps using most objects from the Karnak WAD... I´m having a "writer´s block" here. Maybe it´s my brain, which is full of information with all the songs and stuff... Well Lara has the Asphaeings Amulet now and she returns to the surface from the buried Temple of Azzivullas. She´s back in City of Blezqi Zatsaz and now she must escape to the desert... Maybe I´ll add a motorbike ride at the end, if it´s safe to add this object to my WAD (I have 2500 texture infos by now). The level is about 60% done, from what I expect it to be... Oh... About my last posts in this topic... Yes it´s also a good idea to have TR2PRJ, TRViewer and all other tools for opening and analysing the original projects, from the original CDs. It gives you cool ideas for room shapes and also shows how rooms are connected to give a certain effect. If you´re having trouble modeling your rooms, that could be a way to start and build beautiful places right away. Then of course you must use your skills and imagiantion to improve over what you´ve seen and learned. So customize your rooms. Follow all the manual section on modeling rooms and play around A LOT! Usually the first rooms you build tend to be square and blocky. So avoid that. Try dome ceilings and stepped floors. Use arches. Play with the arrows! In organic rooms, use triangular surfaces and random floor and smooth floor... Ooops I had an idea and I´ll go back to my project! IP: Logged

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