Tomb Raider Level Manager
Set up Instructions
By Paolone
On
this page you will find installation instructions to set up
the Tomb Raider Level Manager and the Tomb Raider Level
Editor. These two programs work together to allow you to
easily play custom levels.
Important Note
If
you already have an older version of the Level Manager
installed (above version 1.3) you should choose same
installation folder as your current version and ignore all
the following steps in these instructions.
These steps are only necessary when you install the Tr Level
Manager for the first time your computer.
Please note that steps 1
through 7 are ONLY executed during your initial installation
and setup of the TR Level Manager. These are instructions
you only perform once.
1. Prepare Tomb Raider Level Editor
It's
better if you install and prepare the Tomb Raider Level
Editor before launching the first execution of the Tr Level
Manager.
There are two possible situations:
- You
already have the Tomb Raider Level Editor installed;
however in this case you must be sure that your
configuration of the Tomb Raider Level Editor is in its
original installed state. If you have played custom
levels, your configuration is not original and you must
re-install the Tomb Raider Level Editor before launching
the TR Level Manager.
- You do not
have the Tomb Raider Level Editor installed, in which
case you should download and install it before launching
the TR Level Manager. The Tomb Raider Level Editor can
be downloaded from the Tools page.
- Please
note that your fresh install of the TRLE should be
updated with the Revised WADs and the XP fast loading
patch (XP Patched TRLE exe), both of which are available
from our Editor Resources
page.
2. Install Tr Level
Manager
To install the TR Level Manager setup files:
Download the TR
Level Manager V1.4 from the
Editor Tools Page
Unzip the file and install the Level
Manager.
3. The First Time you Install the TR Level
Manager
When you first start the
programme, the first step is to locate where on your hard
drive your Tomb Raider Level Editor program is installed.
If you had already installed the Tomb Raider Level Editor
(TRLE) you should see in green row at the bottom of the
current window the full path to your TRLE folder. If this
green row is empty you should click on the button Browse
to find/change folder and choose the TRLE folder where
you installed the TRLE.
When you have selected the correct folder, you can click on
Ok.
4. Is your TRLE configuration
original?
By original configuration
we mean that all the files in your TRLE folder are the
original files. If you played custom levels, the
configuration is not original. Please do not skip this step.
If your configuration is not original, you will experience
gaming problems. The TR Level Manager must have the original
files to work with.
If your files are not original, please click
the No button, exit the TR Level Manager program,
re-install the Tomb Raider Level Editor with the original
files and then re-start the Level Manager.
If your files are original you can click the Yes
button and go to next step...
5. Which kind
of backup?
An internal backup will be
performed only once and this is an essential operation so
that the Level Manager can handle level swapping.
It's adivsable to choose FULL backup and so select the
Yes button.
However, if you have very little free space on your hard
drive, you could choose compact backup (No button)
and swapping levels will work well enough, but you may
experience problems with sounds (wav files) being different
from those included with each download. It is highly
recommended, therefore, that you choose a full backup.
6. Create or
load archive?
If the Level Manager doesn't find
an old .prf file in installation folder, it will ask you to
create a new archive or load an old archive. If you have no
previous archives of custom levels, choose Create New
Archive.
However if you have an older version of level manager
installed and you wish use the old archives associated with
it, you can choose Load Archive and select the .trl
file(s) in your older Level Manager folder.
7. Choose
Folder for New Archive
If in step 6 you chose Create
New Archive, the TR Level Manager will ask you to choose
the main folder where you will save your zipped custom
levels.
Theorically you could change the default folder and create
new folders, but it's recommended that you accept the
default folder the Level Manager proposes.
8. Choose settings for Tomb Raider Level
Editor
When you first execute the Tomb
Raider Level Editor program by clicking on the Play
button in level manager, you are going to see the Settings
dialogue box for the the TRLE. This is where you should
choose the graphical and audio settings you prefer.
In this window it is better to change only the options
enclosed within the red frame (in above image). This is
because the other settings have been established
automatically and are usually the best options.
Remarks
It is not always
adivsable to choose output resolutions above 800 x 600.
Some custom levels
require Volumetric FX to be switched off (in the case of
distance fog) while others require Volumetric FX to be
switched on. Always check the readme!
These TRLE settings can be changed at any
time once the TR Level Manager has been installed and setup
properly:
Level-Editor->Change graphical and audio settings of
Level Editor
It's not advisable to install custom
levels without first having chosen the settings for the
Level Editor.
Now that you're ready to go, please read the tutorial by
Selene on how to play custom levels with your new TR Level
Manager:
Getting
Started Playing Custom Levels with the TR Level Manager
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