*********************************TR Community Advent Calendar 2022**********************************************
**************************************A Very Classic Christmas*****************************************
*******************************************by AgentXP*****************************************************

Level class: Christmas

This is NOT a peaceful level. 

Secrets 9 - Please note:
Only the levels 'A Very Classic Christmas', 'Santa's Trail' and 'Roman Ruins' contain secrets, 3 each.
The other levels are short, and are merely there in order to be able to include flybys in the TR2 engine. 


***IMPORTANT***

- Please run the file which says ‘IMPORTANT RUN ME’ before playing, for the best gameplay experience. 
  (Otherwise the draw distance will be rubbish in game!)

- Please make sure you enable music in the game, as otherwise you will miss all the dialogue. 
  (The game includes all original TR music, so there should not be any copyright issues for streamers! :-)

- If the music does not play even with the music volume turned up to maximum, please try re-naming the tomb2 or 'Christmas' exe file

- Start with the Prelude or ‘Lara’s Home’ menu option for a short introduction level


***Known Issues***

If the snowmobile is not completely level (on flat ground) before crossing a trapdoor bridge object, it will glitch through the 
bridge and fall. Try and keep on flat ground before crossing any bridges :)

There is an occasional bug when using the zipline, where the animation for Lara letting go of the zipline at the end of the line bugs.
This causes the game to think her hands are still full, and the action key can no longer be used. Reloading from an earlier
save is the only way to fix this occasional issue. 

A few of the objects in game may appear very bright, this is just the way TR2 handles static lighting. 


****Story****

As my Christmas gift to the community this year, I decided to experiment, and make something 
slightly different from my usual style...

I present: ‘A Very Classic Christmas’, a TR2 adventure. 

As she plays this custom map, Lara is hoping for a peaceful Christmas vacation in a remote, snowy Italian village. 
However, Bartoli’s men have other ideas. As Santa’s sleigh flies over the valley near the village, they open fire, 
shooting him down, before holding him hostage at gunpoint. Lara hears the explosion from her hotel room, and 
decides to investigate. Can she rescue Santa, and save Christmas? 


---------------
Snowmobile controls
--------------

- Use direction keys to go forwards, backwards and steer.
- The 'Back' key also acts as the brake
- Use 'Action' (ctrl by default) to go faster, however you will take more damage crashing into things :) 
- Use 'Jump' (alt by default) and right or left to dismount

-------------------------------
With thanks to my Beta Testers:
-------------------------------

DJ_Full
Tombraiderxii,
Lilly Jericho, 
Lady_Wise,
Lore Raider
ShadowZia,

-------------------------------
	Special thanks to:
-------------------------------

Sabatu, Lore and DJ_Full 

For their patience in answering many questions relating to the TR2 Engine. 
Without them, this game would not have been possible!

-----------
Voiceovers: 
-----------

AgentXP as Lara Croft 
DJ_Full as Santa
Sabatu as himself
Saki Croft as Village resident shouting 

------------------
Objects/Textures:
-----------------

TifaNaza
MrNiceGuy
teme9
MissKroft
Eva, Gandalf
Trix
BtB 2015
Core Design

------------------------
Music and sound effects: 
------------------------

Core Design - Nathan Mcree
Additional Sounds from:shockwave-sound.com
Sleigh bell sound http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/snd/jingle.mp3

Credits to piano_raider for making the cd_audio.dat file, this fixes a TR2 sound bug
where the music gets suddenly very loud. 

------------------
All other credits 
------------------

With thanks to the Tomb Raider Community Advent Calendar Team 2022!

Arsunt 
PaulD 
MontyTRC 
TokyoSU
For TR2 Main/TR2 Community Edition

Core Design - thank you for creating the phenomenon that is Tomb Raider 2, 25 years ago this year!
Happy 25th Birthday to Tomb Raider 2, the first TR game I ever played. :-)

Apologies to anyone I missed! 


