posted 01-14-2001 01:24 PM            

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Originally posted by foxy_9362:
hey every1,
my level editor seems all outta wack, i mean is it supposed to be this way? I clicked, tools and went into room edit thingy and clicked load and maps and all that but it still wont work it just has this screen that has a little graph looking thing and some buttons (monkey, death, box, wall, door, etc) does any-1 know what im talking about? can any1 help me?

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Have you even BOTHERED to read the manual? What you have on your screen is the room-editor; now all you have to do is build your rooms, connect them, set your traps and triggers, place lara in the level, apply your textures, compile the level, and you've got a level... what exactly is the problem?

Best regards,
Striffelbuur.

posted 01-14-2001 02:00 PM            

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Originally posted by Gum Drop:
This is a joke right?

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Not really... this guy is describing the room editor and then asks why it won't work, while everything he says indicates that it DOES work. He descibes everything as something of a 'thingy-looking thing', so it's quite clear he has not read the manual, or he could at least refer to the different parts of the editor by name.

People too lazy to even bother reading through the trouble-shooting part of a manual are not very likely to be productive members of the trle-community, unless they get their act together, and use their brain first to figure out how to do something before they start asking questions.

posted 01-14-2001 02:49 PM            

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Originally posted by MichaelB:
not too lazy --- it's not very clear that the Manual is there unless you look for it in the "\core design\trle\Manual" directory. it took me a while to find it myself...

...and browsing through the posts, it sounds like a common dilemna.

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Among the shortcuts placed in the START-menu there is, apart from Room Editor and Level Convertor, quite clearly a Manual; it would be quite puzzling if anyone would actually expect to do with Core's editor what Core usually takes about a year.

Best regards,
Striffelbuur.

posted 01-14-2001 03:15 PM            

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Originally posted by Gum Drop:
I'd be only too happy to help others learn the basics!

never enough hours is there?

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Absolutely true... I've just about gotten the grips with building rooms, actually, and only now I feel I'm ready to move along to experimenting with traps, baddies, and puzzles...

I must say that I'm really glad about this forum, and about Eidos' support. Hopefully the combined effort of all the trle-users 'out there' will result in some interesting levels... Myself, I visit the forum whenever I've got a couple of spare minutes to see if there are any questions I can answer, or if there's an important trick explained...