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Revision as of 18:10, 12 July 2023
Developers | |
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Core Design | |
Publishers | |
1998-2009 | Eidos Interactive |
2009-2023 | Square Enix |
2023-present | Crystal Dynamics |
Sold-Out Software | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 20, 1998 |
Mac OS (Classic) | October 22, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, Puzzle, TPS, Shooter |
Themes | Asia |
Series | Tomb Raider |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Tomb Raider (1996) | 1996 |
Tomb Raider II | 1997 |
Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft | 1998 |
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | 1999 |
Tomb Raider Chronicles | 2000 |
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness | 2003 |
Tomb Raider: Legend | 2006 |
Tomb Raider: Anniversary | 2007 |
Tomb Raider: Underworld | 2008 |
Lara Croft (series) | |
Tomb Raider (2013) | 2013 |
Lara Croft GO | 2015 |
Rise of the Tomb Raider | 2016 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 2018 |
Tomb Raider I-III Remastered | 2024 |
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition | 2024 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Stella's Website - Walkthroughs, workarounds and downloads
- TombRaider Forums
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Use Multipatch to remove the CD check and fix compatibility issues | |||
Publisher website (unavailable) | ||||
GOG.com | Includes Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider II (European versions) | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Origin (unavailable) | Includes Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider II |
- Free demos are available from Archive.org: India, South Pacific, The Lost Artifact.
Version differences
- Tomb Raider: The Lost Artifact is a mini-sequel bundled with certain re-releases of the main game (sold separately in the US) with five exclusive levels. This version is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is available at www.tombraiderchronicles.com and at soggi.org.
- An unofficial patch that Fixes various issues in Tomb Raider 3 and its addon, as well as optionally removing the green health crystals for harder gameplay, is available here.
- A patch for the level Costal Village's missing secret is available here (digital versions only).
Peixoto's patch
- Real widescreen with the right aspect ratio and field of view
- Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD/menus (does not work properly in TRIII; HUD-elements such as health- and oxygen-bars still shrink with increased resolutions)
- Deinterlaced FMVs
- Hides the window border on Windows 10
- Fixes a glitch in the title and 'loading' screens
- Transparent inventory background
- Better compatibility with Xinput gamepads
TOMB3 Project
- A game decompilation project which also fixes bugs, restores PSX effects and fixes compatibility issues with modern PC and resolutions.
Tomb Raider Mouse Helper
Tomb Raider Mouse Helper is an utility which allows to control Lara with the mouse. It also maps the WASD keys to enable a more modern, keyboard+mouse control scheme.
HD Remastered Textures Mod
[1] Replaces original Menu and Textures with remastered ones.
TR3 HD FMV Pack
[2] Upscales the FMV's at 4K Resolution
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.txt[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame.*[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225320/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretched by default. Use Peixoto's patch.
Stretched title screens and loading screens are available here. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Peixoto's patch | ||
4K Ultra HD | Use Peixoto's patch | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Use Tomb Raider 2,3,4 Widescreen Patch | ||
Windowed | See Windowed | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS |
Windowed
Use D3DWindower |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | No mouse-look | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | Use Peixoto's patch to add support for XInput controllers | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | Generic DirectInput controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sound and Music | |
Surround sound | A3D was planned, but got canceled because of time issues | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Catalan | Fan translation. | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam version. | |||
Galician | Fan translation. | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation; #1 for the GOG.com release, #2 by magyaritasok.hu. | |||
Italian | Retail only. Download. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. There is also a fan retranslation. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Tomb Raider 2-3-4-5 | ||
vorpX | Z3D User-created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
"Tomb Raider 3 Failed To Initialize, Please Run Setup" error at launch
- Some higher resolutions crash the game if used.
Use dgVoodoo 2 or Peixoto's Patch to remove the resolution limit |
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Game save bug (Steam)
Vision of Future[1] |
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Notes
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Default keys randomly rebinded themselves
Remove config.txt file and run the game[2]
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
OpenTomb
OpenTomb is an open source remake of the Tomb Raider engine. It overhauls almost all aspects of the game engine, along with adding cross-platform support for modern operating systems and Lua scripting support.
Important links regarding the project:
The tomb3 project
A decompilation project that, first and foremost aims to document and preserve the original source code and assets of the game, and secondly, aims to provide bug fixes and gameplay improvements in many sections of the game. Utilizes a .dll file to inject decompiled code into the executable.
Neural Upscaled Textures
- All textures upscaled with Topaz AI Gigapixel, with some manual editing.
- Requires Piexoto's patch.
Mods
For game mods visit Core Design.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 6 compatible | Direct3D compatible |
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7.5.3 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 150 MHz | PowerPC 180 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | ATI Rage Pro 4 MB of VRAM | |
Other | QuickTime 4.0 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (225320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Reference