GEN 2: TR1 CLASSIC OUTFIT README

Created by vandersweater, adapted from Tomb Raider (1996); version 1

Package contents

Item	Folder location	Description
GEN2 TR1 Classic.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

January 22 2025: Version 1: Initial release

Credits & permissions

Please include this credit in your readme: TR1 Classic outfit created by vandersweater

Package credits:

Meshes and textures adapted from Tomb Raider (1996) and Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation by Core Design

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

This model is inspired by MrNiceGuy's "The New Era - Back to Basics" project. MrNiceGuy's project was released in December of 2004, just over 20 years ago! All these years later, here is my spiritual sucessor: the second generation of The New Era, or "Gen2" for short. TR1 Classic is the first of a handful of Gen2 models I'm working on, all of them "ideal" versions of original TR skins.

You'll notice that Lara has no shoulder joints and might be wondering why. Well, I just think this model looks better without them. It leans into the retro look while avoiding the unpleasant twisting and collapsing the shoulder joint is notorious for- most notably when Lara is hanging. And Lara spends a lot of time hanging from ledges. I also omitted the neck and wrist joints, but they (and the shoulder joints) are integrated into the corresponding skin meshes so not to waste resources. There are no magenta colored faces, the way joints are normally hidden- why have the engine render polygons just for them to be invisible in game when that can be avoided? Sadly the ponytail is still hidden in this fashion, as there's no other way around it that I know of.

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)