Tutorials

In this section you will find all tutorials in PDF format that are also available in the Tutorials section. You can easily download them and print them if needed.

Dxtre3D CZ

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Czech manual for DXTre3D editor version 2.1 (4.4.2010). The manual is intended for editor version 2.x. It contains several chapters where you gradually learn how to control the editor. If you manage to work through the manual to the end, you should be able to create your own levels. Successfully completing this manual assumes more advanced PC knowledge.
This is the final version and I will not update the manual again, unless someone sends me an update.

Dxtre3D AN

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Again a manual for the DXTre3D editor, this time in English. In some respects it may be more detailed. It also contains a detailed tutorial for creating a test level. I definitely recommend looking into it from time to time as well.

Editing fonts in TRLE

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You may have wondered how to make TR-4 and TR-5 completely Czech, including diacritics. For a long time it looked like an unsolvable problem. Fortunately someone took the trouble to find out how to integrate Czech characters into the font. Thanks to Joey, it is no longer a problem for your level to contain a completely Czech or Slovak menu and all texts.

Test projects

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This is an accompanying tutorial for the DXTre3D editor describing some interesting procedures. Test projects are included, making everything clearly visible.

Installing custom levels

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This tutorial describes in great detail how to install custom levels into all Tomb Raider games.

TombPC Editor

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Tutorial for a program intended for creating scripts for TR-2 and TR-3.

Script editing

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In this tutorial you will learn in detail how to edit scripts for TR-4 and TR-5.

FexMerger

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Tutorial for creating and editing a Base Level in FexMerger, including a description of the limitations of the individual Tomb Raider engines.

WADMerger

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Description of Base Level creation in this most complex editing tool for Tomb Raider.

Creating and editing animations

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Miro's tutorial on object animations in WadMerger.

Strpix

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A simple tutorial on how to retexture objects in a Base Level. It can also be applied to PixStr.

PixStr

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A description of this program and more can be found in this tutorial by Artefactor. Texturing objects, lighting objects and collision boxes are only a brief sample of what the tutorial contains.

TGAStudio

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A brief description of a program for creating textures.

Creating and editing textures

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Artefactor prepared a simple picture-based tutorial showing how to edit your own textures in Adobe Photoshop. As always, the tutorial is in PDF format.

Description of TRLE files

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Description of the files included with the TRLE editor. The description was prepared by Miro.

Description of objects from TR1-TR3

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Description of all objects from TR1-TR3, including AI. Images, ID numbers, level names where the objects appear, and the trigger used for each object are included. The descriptions of objects and OCB for TR4 and TR5 are still being worked on.

The following tutorials are not in PDF format. They are in various formats, for example Help.

Help DXTre3D v1.4

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Nicely prepared editor help by Miro.

Help DXTre3D v1.4 CZ

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The same manual as the previous one, but with Czech translations of the functions. Ideal if you use Czech in the editor.