Re: TR version problem: help needed
Posted on 2006-05-02, 09:25
You want mine too? I have the original UK non-UB release.
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-29, 16:57
The problem with FTP is that users all need some client software and the ability to use it -- while I'm sure everyone already making packs would have no problem with that, I'd like to have a system with as few barriers-to-entry as possible for any future artists wanting to get in on the action. I …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-29, 12:36
In looking at the structure of the site and aware that in the future I will be spending less time on the computer, I need to have a way that the site is fairly self-managing. I therefore propose that I include an admin section of the site where artists can upload a complete texture pack with a …
Re: Texture pack selection
Posted on 2006-04-29, 12:01
Yup, I'd agree with that -- much better all round for the end user.
Re: new Glidos TR1 textures coming soon?
Posted on 2006-04-27, 11:38
Thanks for the kind comments! The answer for me is 'no, I dont know' -- the project has taken a back seat for me for a long time. However, others are doing good stuff which you can find in threads on this forums (look for packs by JC and Antonijadis). I am however working on a new website which will …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-24, 13:45
Hmmm... yes and no. I'll write up my thoughts once complete...
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 21:35
OK, you think about it. 😀 I'm gonna try and avoid this bloody great stone ball in Ghana, again! Ihate weird camera angles and non-inverted controls.... Oh, that's Legend I'm talking about by the way...
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 20:04
Please note, I got the listing for version 2 from someone else, I don't actually own it. If I did, I could generate a master equiv file myself which obviously I'd share with everyone. I think the more we can do ourselves to help users, the better this will turn out. I think it would be cool if we …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 19:58
Of course, no reason why we can't do this if there *are* more than 2 distinct versions of the PHDs... we just need to get hold of them. Version 1 PHDs: 25/10/1996 Version 2 PHDs: 05/11/1996 Version 1 Listing: 1996-10-18 10:40 106,587 CRED1.PCX 1996-10-18 10:40 196,985 CRED2.PCX 1996-10-18 10:42 174, …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 19:51
I *could* be wrong, but I think there's only 2 actual versions of the PHD files on the various versions of the game. I have what I consider version 1. I believe JC has version 2. We have both captured the entire game. Should we share our captures and generate one big equiv file that we (all artists) …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 16:49
I am still using link files, but there is only one link file for each texture - the equiv file does the rest where a given texture gets re-used. OK, so your link file still points to nice named textures in nice named folders? How do you ensure that you delete all the duplicates of this texture in …
Re: Dealing with the texture differences between the various versions of TR
Posted on 2006-04-23, 15:16
OK, well, I don't know what was going wrong before with my whole-game equiv file. I just tried a simple test with a couple of folders and just uisng a simple equiv file to share a passport image between the Title and the Caves. This worked fine both with the folders copied into the Textures folder …
Re: Having trouble posting in some forums
Posted on 2006-04-23, 15:13
I tried posting different bits of my message and after getting success with some parts and not others, it turns out there is a problem with the text itself! I'm not sure what the issue is. I obviously can't post the text in a message here as it won't work, but I've attached it as a TXT file -- if …
Having trouble posting in some forums
Posted on 2006-04-23, 14:58
I'm trying to post a reply in the Glidos forum to this thread: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=11522 However, when I try, I get a white page error: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /posting.php on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 14:50
Actually, maybe that's nonsense and too much work. I'm just getting stuck on how to manage 16 levels worth of medipack mapping or passport mapping or lara mapping or... you get the idea. It still seems like there is a huge amount of manual work involved...
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 14:45
So you're not using link files at all now? Does this mean you've ditched 'nice' named folder mappings and are just putting everything into the weird named folders and relying on equiv to sort out duplicates? What happens when someone downloads another 'level-set' pack in the future but doesn't have …
Re: Dealing with the texture differences between the various versions of TR
Posted on 2006-04-23, 12:30
Trying this out with a complete set of captured folders, and I can't get anything at all. I have a simple mapping file in my textures folder. Just has this as contents: GLIDOS TEXTURE MAPPING ROOT: F:\Projects\Tomb Raider Xtra\Captures_TR_COMBINED\ Ah, that probably wont work. If you use mapping …
Re: Tomb Raider Xtra as a community effort?
Posted on 2006-04-23, 12:27
I'm doing some work on the site today. JC, I'm still unsure about how best to release packs using the new equiv files. How do you intend to manage this now?
Re: Dealing with the texture differences between the various versions of TR
Posted on 2006-04-21, 08:26
Thanks for all the answers. I'll need to re-read all this over the weekend... still confused! ;) But: Yes. Bad to have unnecessary copies. Could run your video card out of texture memory. I think I nearly experienced that -- it took *ages* to load a level with the full game equiv file as obviously …
Re: Dealing with the texture differences between the various versions of TR
Posted on 2006-04-20, 20:04
Another observation based on quick perusal of the captured folders created by the new .phd extracting tool: Some textures are not extracted while others that are not required for a given level ARE extracted (for example, Lara's track suit from the house level appears in the complete BMP for lots of …
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