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Tomb Raider: Underworld

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Tomb Raider: Underworld
Tomb Raider: Underworld cover
Developers
Crystal Dynamics
Windows Nixxes Software
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Crystal Engine
Release dates
Windows November 18, 2008
macOS (OS X) June 14, 2012
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Tomb Raider: Underworld guide on StrategyWiki
Tomb Raider: Underworld on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
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General information

Square Enix Forums for Tomb: Underworld - Technical Forum
Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Underworld - not PC-specific
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Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SecuROM 7 DRM disc check
Windows
Developer website
CD key
Requires online activation
Can only be used x times		 Five machines limit.
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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 OS X version also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

The DLC episodes are not available for this game due to being Xbox 360 exclusives.[1]

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest version is 1.1. Changelog here.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Underworld
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Eidos\Tomb Raider - Underworld\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8140/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External video settings.
External video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Use 3rd party fixes
Custom aspect ratio[2]
  1. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Underworld\Graphics
  2. Modify AspectRatio with your chosen aspect ratio, e.g. 16000 for 16:10.

Notes

To get the exact AspectRatio value that you need, calculate (width:height)x10000.

Input settings

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game volume settings.
In-game volume settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Russian
Not available in the Steam version.
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Steam overlay not supported

Game does not support Steam overlay and no permanent fix is yet known.
Alt+Tab ↹ seems to be working flawlessly as a cheap fix.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 2.5 GHz		 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)		 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT
ATI Radeon X1800XT 		Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX
ATI Radeon HD 4800
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8 10.7.3
Processor (CPU) Intel 1.8 GHz Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM 512 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/8140/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References