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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-23-2001 03:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sign up here if you want to help make the Eidos TRLE Forum's FAQ. The permanent link to the FAQ will be placed at the top of the page (take a look at the Thief Forums for an example of this). If you are good at using any aspect of the Level Editor please say what area you'd like to contribute to. For example:

Creating Soundtracks, Creating Water, Lighting Techniques, Known Bugs, Outfit Creation, Game Design, Script Writing, Creating Textures, Beginner's Questions, AI (Artificial Intelligence), Triggers, Animating Textures, Crack Free Modelling, Camera Techniques, Known OCBs (Object Code Bits), Making Flipmaps, Creating Custom WADs, Editing Meshes, etc etc etc..

If you have any other Topics you'd like the FAQ to answer please add them here.

Your UserName will be credited as an author of any FAQ Answer you contribute to. Think of the glory..

Any helpful hints are appreciated!

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Kiopo
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posted 08-23-2001 03:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kiopo   Click Here to Email Kiopo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Add all sorts of things such as outfit links, tools, WADs, maybe even level links and stuff!! It'd be great!!

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posted 08-23-2001 03:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DJTch7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sure! Just tell me what you want me to write.....

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-23-2001 04:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by DJTch7:
Sure! Just tell me what you want me to write.....



What areas would you like to write about? This is entirely in the hands of the members of this forum so you decide. If you like the idea of helping new people then you could answer frequently asked easy questions. Or, if you want to write about something which you have a particular interest in, then you could write about that. It's entirely up to you.

Once we know how many people share a similar interest in any topic we can pool our ideas together and decide on the best way to present the FAQ answer for that particular topic.

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-23-2001 04:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Kiopo:
Add all sorts of things such as outfit links, tools, WADs, maybe even level links and stuff!! It'd be great!!


Good idea. Maybe we could have a sort of 'Where Can I Find.. WADs, Utilities, Outfits etc' link?

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Driber_IF
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posted 08-24-2001 04:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
yes, I'll sign for that!
like, "where can I find a list of custom levels > michael prager's site"
and "where can I find a tutorial on making outfits > DaleR's site"

other things could be links to TRwest, Stripx and other well known programs

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LeeO
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posted 08-24-2001 09:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LeeO   Click Here to Email LeeO     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A page full of Links!

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DJTch7
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posted 08-24-2001 08:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DJTch7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'd like to do a short section on adding sounds and music and how to make your own.

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-28-2001 08:40 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for the suggestions everybody! All of your ideas would be great to have in the FAQ links. I would be very happy if you want to start writing out your FAQs so that we can post them up. As soon as you have something ready - let me know and we can see if anyone wants to add anything, and then.. we publish

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DKSM
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posted 08-28-2001 04:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DKSM   Click Here to Email DKSM     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'll do: Creating Water.

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Kiopo
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posted 08-28-2001 04:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kiopo   Click Here to Email Kiopo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'll do game design if you like.

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-29-2001 05:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great - go for it!

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-29-2001 05:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by the_last_frustration:

question: do we have to include pictures?

[This message has been edited by the_last_frustration (edited 08-28-2001).]


You don't have to include pics but you can if you like. If anyone needs help with how to grab screenshots just ask and peeps will help.

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Driber_IF
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posted 08-30-2001 10:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WBM, I have a little tutorial on my website about using multible triggers to trigger 1 event
take a look at it to see if it's any good for the FAQ please

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 08-30-2001 03:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi Driber,

I looked at all of your tutorials and it would be great if they could all be made available...

If anyone else has got tutorials on their web site that they would like to have made available on the Eidos TRLE FAQ just email them to me and I'll put them up once there's enough.

WBM

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Driber_IF
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posted 08-31-2001 06:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WBM, I just sended you an e-mail with a modified version of the turorials on my website.
I've also added the right credits, because I didn't make all of them myself.
The one by Will Gell is very handy for TRLE newbies if I may say so

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 09-04-2001 04:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
*bump*

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bob5
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posted 09-27-2001 12:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bob5   Click Here to Email bob5     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ok,
I'll do a lighting and trigger section.

Here is a fog chart I made.

What do you think?

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tommy tomb raider
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posted 09-27-2001 05:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for tommy tomb raider   Click Here to Email tommy tomb raider     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WBM,
Check the Tips and Tricks section at LARA'S WARDROBE and see if it's worth adding.
Currently working on a mesh section as well.

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 09-28-2001 02:53 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi bob5 and tommy tomb raider,

Great stuff!

Email me the files and we will get it posted up permanently as soon as we can. We may need to make a few changes to any HTML files in order to make the links correct for the Eidos TRLE FAQ pages.

Send to: wee-bald-man@tombraiders.co.uk

Thank you - good work!

WBM

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moose562
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posted 09-28-2001 10:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for moose562   Click Here to Email moose562     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Is TRClothes still needed? Cos if it is, I don't mind chatting about costume design although it is dead easy and everyone seems to do it now!!!
I am also quite good at suggesting characters that should return for custom levels, ie. Sophia Lee (check ) etc...

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 09-28-2001 11:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hi moose562,

That would be very cool - we would like to have an extensive FAQ and Help section which can always be available at the top of the page (like the "Unofficial" TRLE Network & Chatbox link).

WBM

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 10-05-2001 04:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
To all those who contributed,

I've handed over all your files to Driber who will continue to work on the 'Top of the page FAQs Links' project. Please continue to send him your tutorials and useful files so that we can create a good and permanent reference library of TRLE info.

Many thanks,

WBM

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Driber_IF
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posted 10-06-2001 07:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"Wee Bald Man"
"member"

doesn't that sound odd all of a sudden?
lol

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 10-06-2001 08:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It sounds odd but feels great!

[WBM's voice echoes in the empty room of his little cottage. He looks around to see if there is anyone creeping up behind him with a knife.. then he realises that it was all just a dream.. He puts his Uzzi 9mm down, picks up his printed out copy of the TRLE Manual, and blows the dust off it..]

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Data
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posted 10-06-2001 08:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Data   Click Here to Email Data     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Wee Bald Man:
[WBM's voice echoes in the empty room of his little cottage. He looks around to see if there is anyone creeping up behind him with a knife.. then he realises that it was all just a dream.. He puts his Uzzi 9mm down, picks up his printed out copy of the TRLE Manual, and blows the dust off it..]

Hello Counsellor, Hmm ... are you in fact a fictional character that has come to life .... it is probably the way you refer to yourself in the third person just lately ..... or is it just your Tombraider perspective?

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Driber_IF
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posted 10-14-2001 06:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
DJTch7, DKSM, Kiopo: you made some suggestions for the FAQ pages, are you still willing to go ahead on this?

bob5: the link to that fog table you made doesn't appear to be working anymore, can you e-mail it to me?

moose562: you mentioned you were willing to make a faq about clothes, can you take a look at tommy tomb raider's site ( http://www.angelfire.com/mi4/laras_wardrobe/wardrobe.html ) and see if you can add anything to the perminent FAQ pages about making clothes?

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jeffrey van oort
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posted 10-17-2001 10:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jeffrey van oort   Click Here to Email jeffrey van oort     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I wish to help too.
I can explane how to use fog or sinks or room effects camera's etc.

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Driber_IF
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posted 10-17-2001 10:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Driber_IF   Click Here to Email Driber_IF     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I don't think those things have been covered yet, so go for it!
if you could write a tutorial about sinks and fog we'de be most gratefull

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Wee Bald Man
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posted 10-17-2001 12:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wee Bald Man   Click Here to Email Wee Bald Man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Data:
Hello Counsellor, Hmm ... are you in fact a fictional character that has come to life .... it is probably the way you refer to yourself in the third person just lately ..... or is it just your Tombraider perspective?

Hi Data,

WBM is indeed a fictional character who has come to life. Since he left his duties as a Moderator he has retired and bought a little cottage of his own. This has left me, a simple and foolish humanoid hiding behind an electronic curtain, to fend for my poor family alone.

I do view life in the third perspective as I do not like to see the world only from my own viewpoint. I am particularly fond of Lara's camera position - I find that first person perspective is rather like trying to interact with reality from within a cardboard box.

I hope but do not imagine that I have made my predicaments any clearer.

WBM

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Driber,

I have a simple .prj and TGA file which demonstrates all the OCB codes for the teeth spikes, It would be particularly useful for beginners who are trying to understand the orientation of placing teeth spikes and their corresponding OCBs. Would you like me to send it to be added to the FAQ?

WBM

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