TR2/3 STYLE GYM OUTFIT README

Created by vandersweater, adapted from the Tomb Raider series by Core Design; version 1.1

Package contents

Item	Folder location	Description
TR2-3 Gym Outfit.wad2	[root]	Primary wad containing outfit and all extras
LARAfix.wad2	[root]	For users of TE 1.7.1 or older only. See here for more info

Changelog

February 12 2025: Version 1.1: Adjusted neck shape
February 10 2025: Version 1: Initial release

Credits & permissions

Please include these credits in your readme:
TR2/3 Style Gym Outfit created by vandersweater

Package credits:

Meshes and textures adapted from the Tomb Raider series by Core Design
Sweatpants textures adapated from The Sims (2000) by Maxis
Upper back skin texture adapted from Quest's Tomb Raider Xtra texture package. Source: Tomb Raider Xtra

You may modify and re-release this outfit if you wish, but you must credit me in your readme for my original work. Thank you!

Do not upload this unedited package elsewhere, such as other repository websites. Please link to the TRSearch listing instead.

Special LARA item

This outfit uses customized offset values (i.e. skeleton). Prior to Tomb Editor 1.7.2, the LARA and LARA_SKIN objects needed to have separate matching skeletons. This is no longer necessary. Lara's skeleton is dictated solely by the LARA_SKIN object when compling a level with TE 1.7.2+.

If you have upgraded to TE 1.7.2 or higher, ignore the rest of this section. If you are using TE 1.7.1, please follow the instructions below.

For users of Tomb Editor 1.7.1 or older, you must include matching LARA and LARA_SKIN objects, or else Lara will slightly wrong proportions in-game. "LARAfix.wad2" includes the necessary LARA object needed. Either copy the contents of LARAfix.wad2 into your project WAD with WadTool, or simply load the WAD directly into your TE project.

If your project has no custom animations, you can simply copy the LARA object to your project. However, if you are utilizing custom animations, you must batch export your personal LARA animations and import them over the included LARA object.

To batch export/import animations:

Open WadTool.
Load the wad containing your customized LARA object in the Destination panel.
Expand the Moveables list, then right-click on LARA, then click "Edit animations..."
The Animation Editor opens. From the menu bar, click "Animations > Batch > Export all..."
Select a folder to save the animations to. You may want to create a new folder.
Wait until a message in the bottom right corner of the preview window tells you the animations were exported successfully. Then close the Animation Editor.
Back in the main WadTool window, load "LARAfix.wad2" in the Destination panel.
Open the LARA object in the Animation Editor, then from the menu bar, click "Animations > Batch > Import..." and select the folder you saved the animations to.
Wait for the 'successful' message to appear, then close the Animation Editor. Choose "Yes" when WadTool asks if you want to save the changes.
From the main WadTool window, save your Wad2. Done!

Author's note

I thought it would be fun to see what the TR1 gym outfit would look like as a TR2/3 skin, so here's the result! Why didn't I call it a GEN2 outfit? I decided not to categorize it as such since it's not a 1:1 adapation of an existing outfit, but rather a "reimagining". That said, it is built on the same partially-jointed base, so it is GEN2, but also it's not. :)

Lara's holsters are hidden, but I did include her pistols for the hell of it. All of the weapons from the GEN2 TR2/3 skin are compatible with this outfit. If you so wanted, you could copy any of those weapon anim items over and then replace the material with the one from this package (gym_extra.psd) to swap the gloved hands for the bare ones. If there's any demand, I could make a version of the outfit that includes the backpack and some kind of holsters. If you're interested, let me know. Contact details below.

And lastly, if you're looking for a 1:1 jointed version of the original TR1 gym outfit, please check out LoreRaider's version on TRSearch, available here: TR1 Lara's Home Outfit (with joints).

Contact & social

If you find any issues with this package (or have questions), feel free to contact me. You can find me on the following platforms:
Tomb Raider Forums - Kapu
Discord - @vandersweater (send a friend request!)
YouTube - Occasional TR/TRLE videos
Ko-Fi - Behind the scenes content
Email - vandersweater@outlook.com

Thanks for downloading, enjoy! 🍻

—vandersweater (aka Kapu)