Sooooo finally played this level! (Mountain Road)
First off, always nice to see new levels full of stuff. This, IMO, is one of the top reasons we all are here. I don't join forums just to chat.
Pros:
Nice variety of stuff... Good to see old assets being put to new uses. It enhances their legacy and the diversity of that which has been accomplished in Tres. I quite like that black/red male raptor with the crest... Where's it from? *embarrassed that he can't recall whether it is in JPDS* Also, it's good to see someone else using the new, film-canon raptor vocals and some of the music from JPDS.
AFAIK, you are the first modder to implement the new vocals in a mod other than JPDS. I liked the variety of scenes - an InGen facility here, a nest there, a jeep-wreck there.
Cons:
The foliage is... Well there's not a whole lot of it. The level feels a bit empty/unrealistic at its current foliage level. It's especially lacking in ground foliage (can't remember if there was
any). There are lots of other mods which suffer this... It's just not as fun to go around an empty level without natural scenery to look at. Gives the impression of less work put into the level, too (no offense
. 'Tis a common beginning-modder issue.
Went around the level first ingame, then in TresEd... Went to the facility and turned on the power (was this supposed to do something other than start sound FX and summon a raptor?), then checked in TresEd to see a path beyond the fence (made obvious by the fallen palm crossin a casm)... Is there supposed to be a way to get passed the fence? I could not accomplish it even with the crates I found next to it.
Bugs:
First off, you included the additive TPA files without an INI file to assign them. Dunno how many members here created one which assigns them / know how to do that. Here it is:
https://app.box.com/s/lu8lvvbghjqrruziw72g8zwh0xgeag1j
Theeeee end-level trigger (from what I can tell w/out looking in TresEd) loads the same level you are in. Maybe this was done since the next level is not out yet - better to have an endgame trigger there instead.
Rating: 5.5/10
Great level - you are now among the ranks of those who have released new, finished Trespasser content!