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moose562 Member Posts: 861 From:London, England Registered: Dec 2000 | posted 02-09-2001 11:39 AM How do you change room sizes? In the pages of the manual my cousin sent me it said make a room, say 6x8, how?! that is my question. oh and i hate water rooms by the way. i think someone should publish the ediotr on a site cos for those like me who can't get it..it would help!! ok thanks whoever John (MOOSE562) www.geocities.com/trclothes IP: Logged
Raider of Tombs Member Posts: 442 From: The mining ship Red Dwarf Registered: Dec 2000 | posted 02-09-2001 12:03 PM just select a part of the room and choose bound from the room menu. ------------------ Visit my site, The Tomb Raider Library, at http://members.tripod.com/joeverdi/ IP: Logged
moose562 Member Posts: 861 From:London, England Registered: Dec 2000 | posted 02-09-2001 12:54 PM That is another thing that bothers me. I mean, how do i select the ceiling on its own or the flor and all the walls? I am missing all the basics..i learnt only today how to make a pyramid holding ctrl & floor+ oh dear. thanks i am going crazy IP: Logged
Raider of Tombs Member Posts: 442 From: The mining ship Red Dwarf Registered: Dec 2000 | posted 02-10-2001 07:38 PM The ceiling and floor are always selected together. This isn't a problem, though, because you can use the floor and ceiling up/down buttons to tell it which to change. ------------------ Visit my site, The Tomb Raider Library, at http://members.tripod.com/joeverdi/ IP: Logged
Trocinth Member Posts: 122 From:Bronx, New York, USA Registered: Dec 2000 | posted 02-10-2001 08:19 PM Okay, Moose, here are the basics to get you started.... Size your room by highlighting the appropriate number of squares in the "plan view" grid (top left of the screen.) Now click on BOUND ROOM, and room will be sized. Now adjust the height of your ceiling. Lara is 3 clicks tall, so keep that in mind. The default room height is 20 clicks... way too big in most cases. Highlight the room again in the PLAN VIEW grid and click on CEILING (-) to lower the ceiling (you'll see the height being adjusted in the grey text window at the lower part of the screen. For now, lower the ceiling to a height of 6.) Use the 2-D Map button to toggle between an overhead 2D view of the room, and a 3-D model of the room. You can customize your room by viewing it as a 3D model and clicking on individual squares. As you pointed out, both the ceiling and the floor will be highlighted in red when you do this, so use the CEILING +/- and FLOOR +/- buttons to adjust everything. If you left click on a particular square several times, you'll notice a white arrow. You can create slopes this way... if the arrow is pointing to the right, for example, and you click FLOOR +, you'll get an incline to the right. Lara can run up a slope that is one or two clicks steep. To texture your room, click on FACE EDIT, and start applying textures (make sure you loaded a texture set first-- select LOAD TGA from the menu at the top of the screen.) To join two rooms, place the rooms next to each other so they are just touching. Now select the square (or several squares) that are on the border with the room you want to connect, and select the DOOR button. And since everyone has this question when they first start, I'll answer it now-- HOW DO I MAKE LEDGES? You can't make outcroppings from a wall. If you want a balconey (or whatever) to go around your room, you'll need to create another room above the one you're currently working on (use ROOM +/- to change room elevations.) For now, make this new room the same size as the old one. Now, place the new room above your old one, select the squares on the floor that will form the pit between the two rooms (remember to leave some squares unclicked, as you'll need a floor for your balconey) and click on the DOOR button. Since you probably don't want the balconey to have a paper-thin floor, click on those squares and raise them by one click. Oh yeah, you'll also want to use the DRAW DOORS button so you can see the rooms as they join together. Obviously there are tons of other things to learn, and I know you don't have access to the manual, so good luck! (couldn't you just download another version of Acrobat?) IP: Logged
moose562 Member Posts: 861 From:London, England Registered: Dec 2000 | posted 02-11-2001 10:05 AM thank you I'll give it a go. Moose562 IP: Logged

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