TR2WAD 1.7 Revision 1 - Readme
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Introduction
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TR2WAD is a program to extract WAD, TGA and WAV files from TR1-5 levels.


New
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v1.7 Revision 1
- Small bugs fixed causing empty wads.

v1.7
- Update horizon feature to make clouds visible (Set in options)
- Small bug fixed that caused black hole in first tile

v1.6
- TR2Wad can export WADs from the command line (can be used in your own programs)
- TR1 animation support added
- Can extract TR4 sounds

v1.5
- Can export TR1-3 sound data (.sfx & .sam)
- Can export TR1 sounds (.wav)
- Sky mesh (TR3) color bug fixed

v1.5 Beta
- Xian.tr2, title.tr2 & del.trc can now be loaded

v1.4
- Export TR5 sound files (.wav)

v1.3 Final release
- TR2 coloured faces bug fixed
- TR1 static mesh support

v1.3 Beta 5
- No collesion bug fixed in TR2-5
- TR1 disabled (see todo list for more)

v1.3 Beta 4
- Textures correctly flipped
- Changed lay-out of window (there were to many buttons).
- Better error-handling
- Levels with many textures now also converted.

v1.3 Beta 3
- Can now save as WAS file.

v1.3 Beta 2
- Fixed bug in TGA export
- Fixed rotation bug in TR1-3

v1.3 Beta
- TR2&3 supported, TR1 not testes yet
- Save as a WAD file (compatible with other WAD editors)
- Save textures as TGA file (can be loaded in level editor)

v1.2
- TR5 files support
- TR1-3 disables, it still don't work
- Can view meshes in 3D (doesn't work very good yet)
- Can export meshes only (like Lara models)

v1.1
- Export as a TRWAD file, not as a broken WAD file (requires WADMerger)
- Can read TR1-3 levels, but can't export

Clouds
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To make clouds visible, make sure Update Horizon is checked in the options frame before saving the WAS file.



Decompiling levels in other programs
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You may use the tr2wad program in your own program. This can be done by calling tr2wad with the following command:
TR2WAD.exe /makewas <tr level name> /export <was file name>
for example:
TR2WAD.exe /makewas E:\Data\Title.tr2 /export C:\Program Files\Core Design\trle\graphics\wads\tr3\Title.was
This will extract the title.tr2 level to the folder given. The path from tr2wad is stored in the windows registration in:
Key:    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Michiel
String: TR2WadFile
For more help, please mail me at trwad@hotmail.com




Features
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You can view the list of objects. You can export the level as a WAS file. These files don't have the object names from TR1-3, but they are compatible with all other WAD editors. You can save the textures from the rooms as a TGA file that can be loaded in the level editor. From TR1, 4 and 5 levels you can save a WAV file. This feature is not working on TR2&3 since these files don't have the sound samples located in the level file. For these levels you must load the main.sfx file and then save the samples.


Errors
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See errors.txt for information about the error messages.



Good luck

Michiel
E-Mail: trwad@hotmail.com
Page:   http://trwad.tripod.com