Tomb Raider - Soviet Underground Base

ShadowyXJaw724 · 21-09-23, 11:43

Hello everyone! I wanted to share a release of mine and CharlesKane, which I think is somewhat impressive considering it's built in the TR5 Engine:

https://trcustoms.org/levels/3560

Screenshots:
https://www.tombraiderforums.com/pic...ictureid=17115

https://www.tombraiderforums.com/pic...ictureid=17117

*Sorry if the pictures are a little big*

It's a collab effort between me and CharlesKane, in order to make a good quality TRC level. Most levels in his engine are test levels, and people seem to be a bit disappointed at the amount. I can say a few things on that matter:

The engine is quite buggy, and unlike most other engines outside TR4, animations and objects can be difficult to shuffle through- for example, you can't just import a switch and have it work right away, the animations would be broken.
For Tomb Editor building, you have to make your own list of sound effects ( customize a TR5.xml ) to actually get sound effects working, which you could use TR4's SFX collection for a base, but you still have to manually choose from the TEN SFX directory for TR5 sounds, as there isn't an easily accessible TR5 SFX Folder with the names in the TR5.xml
Editing the script is the hardest from any of the 5 engines, including patches available- you generally can use the TRC Demo files for a TRC level, but for more ambitious projects you could use the original TR5, but that might carry a lot of issues to deal with. You have to use Scripter4 2.0 for editing the script, and you might not be able to a lot of the things you could do, say, in TR4, sadly. At least you can still name pickups, keys, puzzles and such, which is good.

It was a little painful getting TRC to properly build in Tomb Editor, but in the end I hope me and CharlesKane did our best and make a good TRC level that stands out from the rest in a positive way

CheshireBitch · 22-09-23, 20:17

I played it from start to finish and it was a nice level !

I just did not understand what was the artefact !

I hope we’ll see more TR5 levels in the future !

21-09-23, 11:43	#1
ShadowyXJaw724 Hobbyist Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: Behind You Posts: 75	Tomb Raider - Soviet Underground Base Hello everyone! I wanted to share a release of mine and CharlesKane, which I think is somewhat impressive considering it's built in the TR5 Engine: https://trcustoms.org/levels/3560 Screenshots: https://www.tombraiderforums.com/pic...ictureid=17115 https://www.tombraiderforums.com/pic...ictureid=17117 Sorry if the pictures are a little big It's a collab effort between me and CharlesKane, in order to make a good quality TRC level. Most levels in his engine are test levels, and people seem to be a bit disappointed at the amount. I can say a few things on that matter: The engine is quite buggy, and unlike most other engines outside TR4, animations and objects can be difficult to shuffle through- for example, you can't just import a switch and have it work right away, the animations would be broken. For Tomb Editor building, you have to make your own list of sound effects ( customize a TR5.xml ) to actually get sound effects working, which you could use TR4's SFX collection for a base, but you still have to manually choose from the TEN SFX directory for TR5 sounds, as there isn't an easily accessible TR5 SFX Folder with the names in the TR5.xml Editing the script is the hardest from any of the 5 engines, including patches available- you generally can use the TRC Demo files for a TRC level, but for more ambitious projects you could use the original TR5, but that might carry a lot of issues to deal with. You have to use Scripter4 2.0 for editing the script, and you might not be able to a lot of the things you could do, say, in TR4, sadly. At least you can still name pickups, keys, puzzles and such, which is good. It was a little painful getting TRC to properly build in Tomb Editor, but in the end I hope me and CharlesKane did our best and make a good TRC level that stands out from the rest in a positive way __________________ < You must break the cycle, or the loop will repeat tommorow. >

22-09-23, 20:17	#2
CheshireBitch Archaeologist Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,223	I played it from start to finish and it was a nice level ! I just did not understand what was the artefact ! I hope we’ll see more TR5 levels in the future !