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People, i am not asking to No one to stop doing wherever you are : doing; if you are making a viewer or wherever tool then is ok, thanks. : I am not in any way critizen the work of anyone, all you deserve the credit for : your tools and all us are grateful with you. : : This is just a general request to the people that want to start to make a new TR tool; the goal is make a way that someone can edit/create new TR levels, so if you are asking in what way you can contribute, consider the fallow task. : This is in my opinion the task that need to be cover to make able : to edit/create new levels and can be coded in one or more independiently tools: : : 1.- Textures : -------------- : We need a tool where we can modify/add the textures in the levels, : Stefan has Jack.exe, and Popov has TRviewer, this 2 are good enough : for this task (i use Popov'trviewer), but if you want to contribute in some way, : you are welcome. : : 2.-Room Meshes : --------------- : The vertex table, the Reactangles table and the Triangle tables need to : be edited if we want to change how look the rooms, right now there is none : program that can edit the room meshes, Rview export the meshes to a DXF so we can use a extenal CAD program, but no everyone has a expensive CAD program. : TReditor also create Room meshes but in a cube way, this is ok for Houses kind rooms, but not for Caves rooms, so if you can make a kind a CAD program that read and edit the room meshes, (position,light and textures) will be very appreciate. : : 3.- Portals View : ----------------- : Each room has a Portals view table, there is the poisition, orientation and : what adyacent room is showing. This table dont has the command to make lara change the room, just show a window to the other room. : I have cover this table in the TReditor, i will release this weekend a treditor : with this option, but may be you can implement this a a better way. : 4.- Solid Room : --------------- : This is a litle tricky, maybe this need to be implemented at te same time that : the room meshes. : In this section we define where Lara can walk, and also it define what happen when lara step over a tile. : Mainly my TReditor try cover this section, and the next treditor release will be : the last that use the 2d interface, after this weekend i will spent time rewriting the interface to a 3d way. : 5.- Source Lights : ------------------ : Each room has a source light table on in, this table has where in the room the : source light is, the orientation, etc. : Right now there is none Tool from anyone where we can add/change the source light for each room. : So if you can help us with this, will be Great. : 6.- Statics objects. : ---------------------- : Each room has Static Object table, in this table we define what ornaments, chairs, tables, statues, pilars etc are in the room. : will be nice to see what statics are availibles in the levels, and change it position or add it to others rooms. : Right now there is none Tool from anyone where we can add/change Statics Objects. : So if you can help us with this, will be Great. : : 7.- Floor data Commands : ------------------------ : This is a hard section, here we define what comands we will use in the level, : we need to show the availibles commands, select one or more commands and apply it to a tile in the Solid/tile room section. : This sections is the Hart of the Game fun in my opinion, and need to be very : analized before start coding a tool for it. : I support this section partialy in Treditor just for Slant floor and ceiling. : : 8.-Object/Character meshes : --------------------------- : In this section we see what objects and characters are in the level, stefan and E.Popov make a great work with this section. : We maybe need change how look some characters, Popov is working on a 3DS exporter so somebody can edit the characters. : Also we will need a way to include characters from a level to other; i want a level with Wolfs and Lions for example. : : 9.- Boxes, Ground and fly zones. : -------------------------------- : This is a very important section; We need this i we want to create a new room. : TReditor make new rooms but without ground and fly zones for it, so it is imposible to include Animals on in. : So this section need to be cover before we can add Animals to new rooms. : : 10.- Animated textures : ----------------------- : This is a ease section, i have a litle tool in DOS mode but all we want visual : tool, so we can define new animated textures in the level. : So if you can implement a visual tools will be nice. : : 11.- Items table. : --------------------------- : This is a important section. : Here we define where Lara will start in the level, (position editor program edit this in the savegame but no in the PHD/TR2 file). also in this table we need to define where we want to put the medi-packs, armos, guns and animals/monsters, Doors, switch etc. : Right now there is none Tool from anyone where we can add/change Items to any room. : -------------.------------- : Maybe there is more section but i my opinion this are the most important to be cover if we want to change/edit levels. : If you are a great programer and have a lot a time to code all the whole editor then all we will be grateful with you, but if not, please help us with any section. : : Thank you all for your attention. : : Turbo Pascal.

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