Getting
Started Playing Tomb Raider Custom Levels with the TR Level Manager
By Selene
I've seen many people struggle with the Level Manager, so I
thought I'd make a walkthrough on how to convert a level
with this splendid tool. Custom Levels have never been
easier to convert.
1) Make sure you have Tomb Raider Level Editor installed on
your PC.
If you don't own the Level Editor cd that followed with Tomb
Raider Chronicles, you can download the Editor from
the Editor Tools page.
2) Once everything is up and running and you want to start
playing, first of all find a site that hosts Custom Levels.
Lara's Levelbase is one of these site. Simply click the
downloading link of the level you want, in the next pop-up
box click on Save, choose the folder you want to save the
level in and click on Ok/Save.
3) Now we're ready to convert the levels into playable
games.
Step I)
Open the TR Level Manager
Step II)
Click on Levels at the menu bar on top of the level manager
and choose Add Level.

Step III)
In the window that pops up, click on the Add File button
which is marked with a red circle in the screenshot below:

Step IV)
Choose the Zip Folder of the level you want to play that you
just downloaded, just like shown in this screenshot and then
click on the marked Open button:

Step V)
Now you have two choices: If you find that on the Level
Manager there is a box saying 'Compile TOM Files And Create
TR4 Files', click on that button to start the conversion
process. The button is marked by a red square on the
screenshot below:

The conversion process will now start
automatically and a white screen with lots of typing on it
will appear on your screen. Just sit back, wait and let it
finish off by itself.
However, if the 'Compile TOM Files.....' does not appear on
the screen, simply click on the Done button at the bottom
left side of the Level Manager. If there are any audio files
that needs to be converted this will happen when you click
the Done button
If it doesn't, don't worry about it, it just means that
there are no audio files to convert and this will NOT affect
the gameplay in any way.
Step VI)
Alrighty then, now you should be taken back to the Level
Manager main screen. Simply click on Play like shown below:

Happy Raiding everyone.
Selene
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