Information for MAC Users

by Uvavoo

The level editor for Mac works in the same way as for PC with the following differences.

1. Drag and drop. To convert your tom file into a level (.tr4) file simply drag the .tom file and drop it onto the Tom2PC icon.

2. Drag and drop. Edit your scripts in Simple text. Drag and drop the Script.txt file onto the ScriptEdit icon . A new English.dat and Script.dat will be created. Move these to the root level editor folder.

3. LOAD screen needs to be 640x480 @72 dpi in bmp format.
4.Opening a project. For some reason opening a project is faulty on the Mac. You have to do the following a) LOAD TGA b) Load Project and finally c) Load your object (WAD) file. Clicking on the project file will give you errors.

Operating System

MacOSX. The level editor is NOT a native MacosX application.
For best results you must boot up into OS9.x.
Running the level editor in the 'Classic environment' under OSX is problematic but can work ok on some systems. Depends on the version and video card.
I highly recommend running in OS9.x.

Bugs

Horizon bug This bug prevents using distance fog effectively (although distance fog works). The horizon reflects light from the level thus changing the colour of the horizon and ruining the effect.

Volumetric Effects The Mac version does not support 'fog bulbs'.

Effects/Sounds menu If you get just a blank window when trying to add sounds from the effects menu do the following: open the Sounds.txt file with simple text in the 'Sound' folder. Remove all the 'squares' (these are the symbol for the PC lline end which is redundant on a mac) and resave the file. Your sounds should now appear in Effectts/sounds dialogue.

Utilities

If you have Virtual PC installed on your mac then you can use software like Wadmerger and Strpix without issue. The PC version of the level editor will not run under virtual PC, nor will Dextre3D.

Requirements

The level editor does not need much in the way of resources and will work fine on even very old macs. The very earliest i-macs work fine for both building and playing the levels.

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