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TRoosevelt_26 Member Posts: 428 From: right behind you... Registered: Dec 2001 | posted 01-20-2002 06:33 PM Anyone else have this problem? I have ideas (lots) as well as practically the entire next three levels laid out, but I can't muster the want-to to work on them (and I'm not being lazy, either - I love making levels). For now it's pure drudgery. How does everyone else get over this? IP: Logged
Wee Bald Man Member Posts: 578 From:Simple Mud Hut (Near Twisted Gnarltree), The Swamp, Dagobah, Distant Sluis Sector of the Outer Rim Territories Registered: May 2001 | posted 01-20-2002 06:44 PM 1% is inspiration, 99% is perspiration. IP: Logged
aktrekker Member Posts: 947 From:WA, USA Registered: Apr 2001 | posted 01-20-2002 07:04 PM Sometimes you just have to take a break. It's called vacation. IP: Logged
Yasin Member Posts: 96 From:Netherlands Registered: Jan 2002 | posted 01-21-2002 03:31 AM Trooseveld. Thats normal. Whenever you finish a few levels you get the feeling your tired. You dont even want to touch the editor nor build 1 single room. Believe me i had this for a month. My problem was lose of inspiration for creating Jungle levels. So i started playing tr3. And it really enjoys me to play the india levels. While playing i take a good look at the enviroment and lightning, texturing. And it gives me idea's. Then i start making my texture set and custom wad. After building 1 room with a tree and lighting it looks great. I advise you to play India levels and Coastel islands level if your making tropical / Jungle level. Take a good look around while playing, feel the energy listen to te sound of the birds, monkeys of the level track.... lol getting psychological here it works though for me ------------------ The best thing and last thing is to try ( ^_^ )=b IP: Logged
craziej2k Member Posts: 382 From:in front of my PC Registered: May 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 05:56 AM just play summink else until you want to go back to the level editor. I did, I spent the better part of last month playing Rollercoaster Tycoon and now I'm hooked back onto the level editor ------------------ If ignorance is bliss I'm in heaven Stupidity is not a disorder, it's a way of life. Proud member of the Toothy Smile group IP: Logged
TRoosevelt_26 Member Posts: 428 From: right behind you... Registered: Dec 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 06:37 AM Whew!.....I was afraid it was going to be permanent. I'm still checking here every day (just in case anything spectacular happens), so I'll still be around, just dormant for awhile. IP: Logged
Brad Casali Member Posts: 628 From:Sandusky, Ohio, USA Registered: Jun 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 11:09 AM Just take a little break That's what I did after three levels, for only a month, and now I have so many ideas! ------------------ C'est en faisant des fautes que nous apprendrons http://www.geocities.com/hicho15/Lpage.html IP: Logged
tombs_on_the_brain Member Posts: 207 From:A little to left of you... Registered: Jun 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 11:12 AM just remember, take a break now and then, or you'll become an insane person like myself, who's having a nervous breakdown and who's marriage is a sham. (just close your eyes, count to five and it'll all go away...) ------------------ Check Out My Site!!! http://www.geocities.com/base_station_trle IP: Logged
wgell Member Posts: 295 From: Registered: Apr 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 11:28 AM When it becomes drudgery don`t do it. Leave it well alone. After a couple of weeks you`ll know whether you want to go on or not. I haven`t opened the editor since November and have absolutely no intention of doing so ever again. I`m free of it and don`t want to get into it`s evil clutches ever again. ------------------ Will Gell Download Raidon.. http://www.wflg.clara.co.uk/music/raidon.mp3 IP: Logged
TRoosevelt_26 Member Posts: 428 From: right behind you... Registered: Dec 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 11:38 AM Why ever not? IP: Logged
Yasin Member Posts: 96 From:Netherlands Registered: Jan 2002 | posted 01-21-2002 11:44 AM The editor is evil * shiver * I think this is an addicting thing. I am making tr levels every day for hour or 3, 3 hours a day - almost 7 days a week.... Dont ask me if i am addicted cause i alrdy am ------------------ The best thing and last thing is to try ( ^_^ )=b IP: Logged
GokuZ Member Posts: 323 From:UK Registered: Sep 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 01:08 PM I agree it more fun to play levels than make them, but you need to think of the end result and how all the boring stuff will pay off, I suggest making something that will take months to finish but something that really inspires you (maybe its a place you wish you could go and explore or your fave film, series or dare I say Anime Cartoon that you would like to see turned into a game and make it at your own pace. Remeber you could learn a New TrLe skill like remeshing objects or creating your own playable charicter. TRLE is at a really good point now and I see loads of possibillites for levels with new effects and features. Keep the Faith ------------------ Currently Working On; The Dragon Ball TR Saga Often in the Chatbox / AOL Instant Messenger Name is : GoTenchiZ , MSN ; Gokuz99@hotmail.com IP: Logged
wgell Member Posts: 295 From: Registered: Apr 2001 | posted 01-21-2002 01:29 PM quote: Originally posted by TRoosevelt_26: Why ever not? Cos it`s all consuming! When I finished my last level I started experimenting more with TR2wad and TRWest and other stuff but it all just complicated the process even more. There came a point where I just thought...."AAAARGH!!!!" And that was it! ------------------ Will Gell Download Raidon.. http://www.wflg.clara.co.uk/music/raidon.mp3 [This message has been edited by wgell (edited 01-21-2002).] IP: Logged
TRoosevelt_26 Member Posts: 428 From: right behind you... Registered: Dec 2001 | posted 01-22-2002 05:58 PM Whoaaaaaaaaaaa!! I just got Rogue Spear in the mail today, and I know what I'm going to be playing for the next month, two months, year... IP: Logged
Netslider Member Posts: 499 From:Entroncamento, Portugal Registered: Feb 2001 | posted 01-23-2002 07:20 AM I've got that problem too. But vacations made it worst. ------------------ Keep visiting Tomb Raider Level Editing: IP: Logged

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