A WITCH SHALL BE BORN (by Josep Borrut, April 2005)


Beta tester has agreed to rate this level a "High Difficulty". Although the difficulty has been
reduced in the final version, difficulty in some jumps and timed runs is still a high. Before 
start the level reconsider if you really want to do it; now, you are advised ;)

There is a Hint section below that can help you. You can also use any of the TRLE forums to post
your doubts.


HISTORY

The witch Morgana, found King Arthurs' sword Excalibur hidden in a lake. Now the sword is somewhere 
in Greenland, in Morgana's hideout, and Lara is looking for it.


KNOWN TRLE BUGS

- Sometimes, when Lara jump walking back to grab a ledge, it is not possible to move from the 
  ledge to a climbable surface. To avoid this just rotate slightly Lara before the "back walk 
  jump".

- Laser sight and Fly By bug. When a Fly By is triggered when the laser sight is zoomed the 
  Lara Camera is not correctly restored. Just use the laser sight again to restore the normal 
  camera.


INSTALLATION

Backup your TRLE files. 
Extract each file from the ZIP to the right folder. 
Use START_ME.EXE to convert MP3 to WAV format.


USED TOOLS

Audio

- Creative Wave Studio
- Audacity v1.2.3

Object Building

- AutoCAD R13
- FexAnim (by Turbo Pascal)
- SoundJack! v0.2 (by Stefan Schneider)
- StrPix v3.9 r1 (by Turbo Pascal)
- StrPix v3.9.5 r10x (by Turbo Pascal)
- TR2Wad v1.7 (by Michiel)
- TR Wad Reorganizer v1.0 (by Josep)
- TRViewer v1.01 (by E.Popov)
- TRViewer v1.08 (by E.Popov)
- TRWest v2.0 (by Michael L. Jelarcic)
- WADMerger v1.95 A12 (by Michiel)
- WADMerger v1.96 A2 (by Michiel)

Texturing

- AOD Texture Editor v 1.2 (by Michiel )
- Paint Shop Pro v3.12
- Paint Shop Pro 7
- TBuilder v2.3.1 (by IceBerg)

TRLE Tools

- Level Editor
- Level Converter
- PCWadSfx
- Script Converter

Miscellaneous Tools

- TRLE Project Analyzer v1.7 (by Ale)


CREDITS AND THANK

- Title is based on an Edward's E. Howard tale, creator of Conan the Barbarian, "A witch shall be born".
- Some objects names are also based on Edward's E. Howard tales.
- The waterfall area is inspired in Vicente's Segrelles Comic "The Mercenary"
- Chalice and Altar objects are based on jliboy64īs Bonus Wad objects.
- Pushable Cabinet based on cornchild's cabinet.
- Jump in the lava cave is based on a jump from RaiderX's level "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom".

Thanks to the beta test team:

- Lara's Home Beta Testing Team: EssGee, Elvis, Bex, Cher, Kris & CC (www.larashome.com)
- Albert 

Thanks to "TR Level Manager" team for its MP3 to WAV converter utility.


HINTS

- There is a single point to exit from water a jump out to the corridor.
- Check carefully the Skeletons.
- Cameras can give you some hint.
- There are some climbable surfaces.
- It would be a good idea to stop the hammers first.
- The doors are closed but there are some windows. Try Shift+Alt+Up first. A Lateral jump is a good option too.
- The book would be better in its place.
- Push the button in the Lava pit. Diagonal jump + grab. Then pull up jump, slide and jump moving rigth, then grab.
- The camera shows the exit path in the Lava pit. Slide, jump and try to move Lara left in the air and jump again.
- It would be a good idea to perform some exploration and open as many doors as possible.
- A camera shows the way to a pick-up. Running jump from the corridor, move Lara to left in the air and grab, ...
- To made the longest jump with the rope: Jump and release Action at the cenit, then press the front arrow.
- The cog probably is opening something below. (A camera can not be added to the cog switch as cause the game crash).
- After use the handler may be you will notice that something is missing (conditional screen shot). In the alcove there
is a second pick-up (check the bed) and a switch (check the ceiling).
- The place to place the cylinder is behind the underground river. Try to jump over the skeleton.
- After the Hell's door you must perform a diabolic jump. Run jump, flip in the air, jump over the slope and grab.
- Before take the sword be sure what will be next.
- Yes, it is possible jump to the open door where the bars were placed. Jump turning left to the air but be careful with the
column.
- Usually the Medipacks are in a safe place, take breath.
- The demons can be killed but you will need something else for dragons.
- Check where the Dragon was.
- The Teleport is bi-directional. 
- May be you missed something in an anvil.
- A witch has be born!


SECRETS

There are 3 secrets

- Waterfall area.
- Underground river.
- Lava pit area.


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Disclaimer:

This level was not made and is not supported by Core Design Ltd. and Eidos Interactive.

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APENDIX A.

Wad overview.


Josep Borrut (http://www.tinet.org/~jborrut/)
April 18th, 2005



