From 2bc7820171128df0da354737a4a10137cae927de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kieranmillar Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:04:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation for the level pack tool --- README.txt | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 8b28d26..0e17766 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -14,7 +14,33 @@ Click on objects in the level to select them, and then drag selected objects to Drag with the right mouse button to scroll the view. -== Keys ======================================================================== +== Level Packs ================================================================= + +Lem3edit comes with a Level Pack tool, selectable from the main menu. As Lemmings 3 +levels are made up of multiple files, and these files refer to each other, manually +manipulating file names and locations is prone to error. + +The Level Pack tool provides an easy interface to reorganise your levels. When you create +a new level pack, you can create it into an existing folder full with levels, and it will +ask if you want to pre-load the levels in the folder into the pack. For each tribe it will +look for level 1, then 2, etc and stop if it ever reaches a gap. If it fails to load in levels +correctly, you can always load them in later. + +It is REALLY IMPORTANT that you do not attempt to manually move or rename or manipulate files +inside the directory the level pack is stored in, as the level pack editor works without +asking for constant confirmation, so it is very easy to accidentally overwrite or delete +a level that has been manually edited inside the folder. + +You can provide your own names for each level in order to help you remember them. +But note that this is specific to the Level Pack tool, Lemmings 3 itself does not give +levels names like other entries in the series. + +The .l3pack files are just text files. If you want to edit them manually, any text editor +can do it. The format should be self-explanatory. + +Use Up and Down arrow keys inside the tool to scroll up and down through the level lists. + +== Keys (Level Editor) ========================================================= s -- save level q -- quit