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The NGLE Manual
Installation (Windows7 and Vista)
by Bedazzled
This tutorial shows how to install the level editor and TRNG
under the Windows 7 operating system, and covers both the 32
bit and 64 bit versions of Windows 7. It is suitable for the
complete newcomer to the level editor, and assumes you are
doing a fresh install of the editor and TRNG which is by far
the best way to avoid problems.
While this tutorial was written specifically for Windows7 it
should also be relevant to installing under Windows Vista.
Users of Window 7 Professional or Ultimate should note that
TRNG will not run in the virtual Windows XP environment.
To begin with you'll need the following:
The full level editor downloadable from Skribblerz or the
original level editor CD supplied with Tomb Raider
Chronicles
- The revised Wads available from Skribblerz
- Angkor Wat WAD, Map and Textures available from
Skribblerz
- Library and Guard WADs, Maps and Textures available
from Skribblerz
- TRNG MK2 full installer available from Skribblerz
- The latest TRNG update available from Skribblerz
- MousePatch v2 available from Skribblerz
- Visual Basic 5 and 6 Runtimes available from the
tools section of TRSearch
- WadMerger 1.98Beta 3 also available from the tools
section of TRSearch
Installing the Level Editor:
By default this would install into a folder in program files
unfortunately doing so will cause the windows User Account
Control to create no end of problems for you. The simple
solution to this particular problem is to install the level
editor in the documents folder.
Run the level editors setup program and install the level
editor until you reach one of the screens shown in
Figure 1 or
Figure 2 depending on your operating system
version.
Figure1 above shows the 32 bit version
of windows
Figure2 above shows the 64 bit version
of windows
In either case click the browse button and browse to the
documents folder, once you have done that you will need to
manually complete the installation path by adding "\trle"
without the quotes as shown in Figure 3
regardless of the OS version.
Figure3
Continue with the installation opting for a custom install
and removing the tick from the DirectX 7 checkbox see.
Figure 4
Figure 4
You can then allow the installation process to
finish.
If you are familiar with and have previously used the level
editor skip down to the section Installing the VB-Runtimes:
if however you will be using the level editor for the first
time continue here.
Revised wads and extra wads:
The wads supplied with the
original level editor have several of Lara's animations
missing from them. Simply extract the files from the revised
wads download into your trle\graphics\wads folder replacing
the originals to give Lara all of her animations. It should
be noted that the tut1 wad does not have an updated version.
There are also three extra wads which were released after
the level editor, they are the Guardian, Lost Library and
Angkor Wat wads. Installing them allows you to build levels
with the objects and textures from those TR4 levels. The
Angkor download also includes a project file. The Guardian
download also includes an alternative City wad named new
City, the differences are that it contains a night sky
horizon and the locust swarf has been replaced with a
domestic looking dog.
To install these extra wads please see the readme file
included with each download for full instructions.
Installing the VB-Runtimes:
Before going any further install both the Visual Basic 5 and
Visual Basic 6 Runtimes into their respective default
folders.
Figure 5 and
Figure 6 show their respective
32 bit paths and Figure 7 and
Figure 8 show their respective
64 bit paths
Figure 5
Figure 6
Figure 7
Figure 8
Installing WadMerger:
Windows 32 bit - All files from
the WadMerger download should be extracted into the
C:\program files wadmerger folder, this folder would have
been created automatically when Visual Basic 6 was
installed.
Windows 64 bit - All files from
the WadMerger download should be extracted into the
C:\program files(x86)\wadmerger folder, again this folder
would have been created automatically when Visual Basic 6
was installed.
Installing TRNG MK2:
Allow the TRNG installer to
install into it's default folder Figure
9 shows the 32 bit path and
Figure 10 shows the 64 bit path.
Figure9
Figure10
At the next screen click continue, TRNG will
install and you should see a message saying the NG Center
Setup was successful. You will now be asked to select the
trle folder you want to use for TRNG. Browse to the trle
folder contained in the documents folder as shown in
Figure 11.
Figure11
You are now asked to verify various folders, just click ok
on this screen and the next then click install. Click ok at
the install completed message and then click the quit
button. You will see a DOS type window open and a lot of
files being installed.
Again you will be asked for the location of the trle folder
you want to use with TRNG, browse to and select the trle
folder located in the documents folder.
The main NG Center window will now open showing the trle
script.txt file, the next job is to install the latest TRNG
update. You can either run the update downloaded from
Skribblerz or while in the main NG Center window, click on
the updates tab and then on the check for available updates
button to download it from Paolone's site.
Whichever method is chosen the procedure is the same, run
the update and click the install button, once the updater
has finished click the quit button and after a dos type box
has flashed up the main NG Center window will open again.
Before using the level editor new Script and English.dat
files need to be produced by clicking the build button in
the NG Center main window. However if you do that now you'll
receive several error messages, and the new files will not
be produced.
Highlight and delete any unwanted language.txt lines from
the script. In my case only the English.txt is required.
Also remove the following duplicate lines from the level
sections of the script, this will prevent the error
messages.
Tutorial level
LoadCamera= 0,0,0,0,0,0,255
The Tomb of Seth
LoadCamera= 0,0,0,0,0,0,255
City of the Dead
Puzzle=1,Nitrous Oxide
feeder,0004,$0300,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0002
New City
Puzzle=1,Nitrous Oxide
feeder,0004,$0300,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0002
Now click the tools tab and the "convert texts to new format
button" then follow the prompts, finally click the save
button followed by the build button in the main window. TRNG
is now installed and the new dat files have been built.
You should also use the NG_Tom2pc program to build each Tom
file to ensure your trle\data folder contains a TR4 file for
each level.
Very
Important notes:
- The level editor should only be started by clicking
on the NGLE.exe in the trle folder or by using a
shortcut to this file. Avoid using the NGLE button in
the NG Center window as doing so creates problems with
the editor.
- The Tomb 4 setup icon will no longer work and you
will need to create a new one pointing to the correct
path as explained in this tutorial
Creating a playable
folder
- It's possible that when applying textures the walls
of the room in the editor window will turn white until
you zoom out of the window. This is a
graphics card driver issue
updating to the latest drivers for your card or in some
cases installing an older driver may solve the problem.
Updating WadMerger:
In both versions of Windows 7 and possibly Vista TRNG does
not automatically update WadMergers object H and TR4 objects
files, so we must do it manually. Failure to do so will
result in objects such as the TR5 Laser Head not being
listed correctly in WadMerger. I would advise updating these
two files every time you install a new TRNG update, just to
be certain that any new objects Paolone makes available are
correctly listed by WadMerger.
Windows 7 32 bit:
Browse to C:\program
files\NG_Center\Versions\x.x.x.x where x.x.x.x is the latest
update version, locate and copy these two files.
Objects
TR4objects.dat
Paste them into the C:\program
files\wadmerger folder replacing the originals.
Windows 7 64 bit:
Browse to C:\program files(x86)\NG_Center\Versions\x.x.x.x
where x.x.x.x is the latest update version, locate and copy
these two files.
Objects
TR4objects.dat
Paste them into the C:\program
files(x86)\wadmerger folder replacing the originals.
WadMerger is now updated.
MousePatch:
This makes rotating and zooming
rooms in the level editor so much easier by eliminating the
fast spinning room problem. Simply extract the patch into
the main trle folder and drag the NGLE.exe icon onto the
patch icon. Please note the patch operates erratically on 64
bit Win 7
Handy tip:
Once you have the level editor installed, make a copy of the
trle folder, rename it to master copy and move it to a safe
location. Should you then need to re-install the level
editor at any time, just use a copy of this master folder to
replace your old trle folder.
3rd party tools
The following 3rd party tools while not being completly
tested have been found to run under both the 32 and 64 bit
versions of Windows 7 unless otherwise stated.
CDaudio.wad player(using win 98 compatibility mode)
SoundJack V2 (using win 95 compatibility mode)
SFX Manager V1.1
RView
TR2wad
TR2prj 2.25
TBuider 2.4 revision 1
Meta2tr_V6
Meta R2.3b.2
Strpix 2.95 Rev 11
Audiacity and Lame MP3
Fexinspect
Screamer (32 bit windows only) unless the 64 bit version of
Win7 Pro or Ultimate is installed, in which case Screamer
will run under the virtual PC win xp mode.
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