Difference between revisions of "Level Builder"

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A Level Builder is a person who created a Custom Level using the Level Editor. There are four skills one can learn for a level.

Building

Building is the skill to build and texture levels. While being the most popular, are also one of the crucial parts of a level. Geometry for a level can be further changed through objects or Meta2TR.

Objects

Objects are the detail of a level ranging from a Medipack to a Rollingball to Urns, Statues and even some more advanced geometry. Object are stored in files called wads (.was) and they can be transferred between each other in a program called WADmerger. Objects can be built through lots of 3D modeling software like MetasequoiaLE or 3Dsmax. TRsearch.org has a huge inventory of objects.

Scripting

The next cruicial part of a level needs Scripting. the files for scripting are the Script.txt (Main Script) Script.exe (Converter) English.txt (Strings) English.dat and maybe NGCenter. Here is a basic script example:

;**************************************
;
; Tomb Raider IV Script File
; Release Version 1.00
;
;**************************************

;--------------------------------------
; Platform Definitions
;--------------------------------------

[PSXExtensions]
Level=	.PSX
Cut=	.CUT
FMV=	.FMV

[PCExtensions]
Level=	.TR4
Cut=	.TR4
FMV=	.BIK

;--------------------------------------
; Language Filenames
;--------------------------------------

[Language]
File=	0,ENGLISH.TXT
File=	1,FRENCH.TXT
File=	2,GERMAN.TXT
File=	3,ITALIAN.TXT
File=	4,SPANISH.TXT
File=	5,US.TXT
File=	6,JAPAN.TXT
File=	7,DUTCH.TXT

;--------------------------------------
; Options
;--------------------------------------

[Options]
LoadSave=	ENABLED
Title=		ENABLED
PlayAnyLevel=	ENABLED
InputTimeout=	18000		; frames * seconds = 60x30
FlyCheat=	ENABLED
Security=	$55
DemoDisc=	DISABLED

;--------------------------------------
; Title
;--------------------------------------

[Title]

LoadCamera=	84246,-533,78233,81622,-1514,78208,40	;src x,y,z target x,y,z, room
Level=		DATA\TITLE,104

;--------------------------------------
; Levels
;--------------------------------------

[Level]
Name=		(Your Level Name here)
Puzzle=		1,(Puzzle_Item),	$0017,$0500,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0002
PuzzleCombo=	1,1,(Puzzle Piece 1),   $0017,$0500,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0002
PuzzleCombo=	1,2,(Puzzle Piece 2),	$0017,$0500,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0002
Puzzle=		2,(Puzzle_Item),	$0018,$0300,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0002
LoadCamera=	0,0,0,0,0,0,255
LoadCamera=	87075,-14188,26581,89090,-15443,25670,29
Level=		DATA\(.Tom Name Here),107

Animations

Animations are the things Lara or an object does like running, shooting or jumping. Animators use either the animation editor in WADmerger or 3Dsmax

Projects

People start projects for their own games like Tomb Raider Anniversary Retold

Notable Builders

Here are a few famous builders

• Titak
• God Horus
• Zolee
• ggctuk
• PH
• Teeth
• George Maciver

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