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tomb raider fan
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posted 01-06-2001 05:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tomb raider fan   Click Here to Email tomb raider fan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
well i have had it with this level i might just flaming well delete it i will tell u the stroy.

well first of all i made a level called village of evarus i have finished making it and now i want to polay my level to see if everything works okay.(lights,switches,keys)etc........../

but i put lara in the game and save my project and then save it under coastal.TOM because iam using the ruins WAD and covert it it under coastal.TOM but when i go on to play the game under coastal ruins it is about to load up on the bar and when the loading bar gets nearly to the end it crashes and goes on to the desktop (i have tried everyting) is it some kind of bug? too many items,switches doors) oh andi i have tried putting in lara_start_pos and that didn't work either so u got any suggesttions????????

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Super ME
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posted 01-06-2001 05:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Super ME   Click Here to Email Super ME     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Maybe that coastal.TOM-file is damaged... Maybe it helps if you copy your level files
to a different place on your computer, and uninstall your editor, and re-install it again... Check than if your coastal level plays...

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tomb raider fan
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posted 01-06-2001 05:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tomb raider fan   Click Here to Email tomb raider fan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
yeah but i tried it i reinstalled it and installed back in again and it still won't play?????????

got any other suggestions?

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tomb raider fan
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posted 01-06-2001 06:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tomb raider fan   Click Here to Email tomb raider fan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
oh and i downloaded a level from a site and that was coastal.TOM and it played and loaded alright i think it is something to do with my level don't you think????????.

oh and what do u mean by it's damaged?????????.

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friendcalled5
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posted 01-06-2001 07:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for friendcalled5     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I know it seems silly, but have you made sure that Lara is placed in the level? I mean the acutal object called Lara, you have to place that or else it won't work. When you complie the level in tom2pc it lists any errors in the pane on the right, check that.

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tomb raider fan
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posted 01-06-2001 12:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tomb raider fan   Click Here to Email tomb raider fan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
nope i put lara in the level and no errors come up and when i try nd play it,it just turns off and goes to the desktop????????????????//

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Ocasious
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posted 01-07-2001 01:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ocasious   Click Here to Email Ocasious     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You know now that you mention it I am having the same problems, but im using the tut wad and every time Use the draw doors button the editor closes too. I see no error messages and everything is playing right in the game.
And it wasnt always doing this. In fact I think it has something to do with using flipmaps, because thats when it first happen,,,,,by any chance is the start room of your level a flipmap or is there a flipmap very close by?.....post back, trying to figure out problem.

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posted 01-07-2001 07:16 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Load up the example coastal ruins project and make a TR4 file and see if it plays. If it does, you may have developed a bug in your project. Go back to earlier versions to see if any of them work. (you did save different versions, I hope!) It is really important to check your level frequently 'in-game' to make sure it works....it is no fun to have spent days on something only to find out you may have to trash the whole thing....If the original coastal ruins doesn't work, then reinstall because some of your files may have been corrupted. Good luck!

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tomb raider fan
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posted 01-08-2001 08:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for tomb raider fan   Click Here to Email tomb raider fan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
yep the original coastal ruins project works and it doesn't work on mine and yes reb you are right i have spend about 1 week on this project and it's really good but i can't play my level? ahhhhhh

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mirai
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posted 01-09-2001 03:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mirai     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
no worries, I had the same problem but fixed it.
One of your objects is outside the room area, perhaps just by one click, check all your objects especially doors.
The objects are nearly always the cause of crash outs for me...

For a total bug fix, you are gonna have to separate all your rooms one by one to check them.

You should be running and testing your level constantly because you are dealing with delicately buggy software which doesn't allow
space for errors.

But it all works fine if you do it right.

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posted 01-12-2001 07:12 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
We did try to stress often in the tutorial how important it is to save different versions and to save often and to test often. I hope you get it working!!! Good luck!

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posted 01-13-2001 12:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tomb raider fan   Click Here to Email tomb raider fan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
nope it didn't work so i deleted ahaaaaah

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