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Old 26-01-19, 23:31   #2
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Pardon me if this isn't the best place, but it's not a mod per se, it's for games not "supported" by the mod sub-forum and the most eyes are here to (hopefully) give me the earliest feedback.

There used to be a utility called Mouse Raider which enabled the use of the mouse in at least the original Tomb Raider, but it vanished from the net 5 years ago. I and others have tried over the years to find it and come up empty. When someone asked about it once again on the GOG forum last week, it dawned on me that I might be able to make something similar, since I've made several mouse helpers for other games (Dune II, Warcraft, Outlaws and SkyNET). This was a little different because it involved mapping movement, rather than just button presses, but I'm pleased with how it's come out and I now have something to share and get feedback on.


Tomb Raider Mouse Helper is a Windows utility for the first five Tomb Raider games (I, II, III, The Last Revelation and Chronicles) that runs in the background and provides mouse control in those games by converting mouse movements into keypresses. This allows you to move the mouse to turn left and right and, while holding the right mouse button, look all around. It also enables firing with the left button, drawing weapons with the middle button and using WASD to move as you would in a shooter.

Features
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* Move the mouse to turn left and right (also can be used to rotate menus).
* Press and hold the right mouse button to look around (without moving).
* Press the left mouse button to fire and grab ledges (also can be used to select from a menu).
* Press the middle mouse button to draw weapons.
* Press W and S to forward and backward, respectively.
* Press A and D to sidestep left and right, respectively.

Instructions
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Simply run TombRaiderMouseHelper.exe and then run the game.

(Optional) Create a shortcut that will run the helper and game together:
1. Click on the "Create shortcut" button on the helper's main window.
2. Drag and drop either the game's shortcut or its .exe file onto the next window.
(This will create a new shortcut that runs the helper, then the game, then exits the helper when the game exits)

The above sections are excerpted from the Readme. I suggest reading the entire Readme in the zip, since there's more information.

Download: Tomb Raider Mouse Helper v0.9

Please give it a try and post feedback. If you do and you have an issue to report, please note the game and which version of it (ex. whether TR1 is the GOG version running in DOSBox or the Windows/"Automated Fix" version running from tombati.exe). I'm calling this v0.9 because I want to fine tune it and fix any bugs before declaring it v1.0 and uploading it elsewhere. Thanks a lot for testing it for me.
I'm going to try this!

Will you be posting source code?
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