Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
General information
- Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Stella's Website - Walkthroughs, workarounds and downloads
- TombRaider Forums
Availability
Version differences
- Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artifact is a complete edition with five exclusive levels. This version is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- Download here (officials)
- An unofficial patch that Fixes various issues in Tomb Raider 3 and it's 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).
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:
Peixoto's patch
Peixoto's patch includes a widescreen patch, deinterlaced FMVs, and adds support for XInput controllers among other things
Skip intro videos
Delete Intr_Eng.rpl and logo.rpl found in <path-to-game>\fmv\[citation needed]
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Notes
- The copyright screen will still be shown.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
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| Mac OS (Classic) |
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| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
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| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Video settings
Template:Video settings
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Force windowed[citation needed]
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set the name and executable path.
- Set the window position and size.
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
- In game, rebind "Jump" to another key.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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VR support
Issues fixed
"Tomb Raider 3 Failed To Initialise, Please Run Setup" error at launch
Game save bug (Steam)
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Visions of the Future[2]
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- Go to trle.net
- Download the level "Visions of the Future"
- Overwrite the Steam
TR3.exe with the visions of the future one (This also allows you to rebind keys, if you overwrite the config.txt file too).
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
5 |
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| Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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Mods
For game mods visit Core Design.
System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
| Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/225320/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225320) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
