Tomb Raider: Underworld

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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Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness	2003
Tomb Raider: Legend	2006
Tomb Raider: Anniversary	2007
Tomb Raider: Underworld	2008
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General information

Square Enix Forums for Tomb: Underworld - Technical Forum

Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Underworld - not PC-specific

Tomb Raider forums - not PC-specific

Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM disc check
Amazon.com
Gamesplanet
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

The Mac release is no longer available digitally.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions[edit]

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

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Latest version is 1.1. Changelog here.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

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

Save game data location[edit]

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

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

External video settings.

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3, 16:9, 16:10 only; for others see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen		See Widescreen resolution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Use 3rd party fixes

Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer (may not support the Steam version).

Custom aspect ratio^[2]

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Underworld\Graphics
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.

Enabling Ambient Occlusion for Nvidia graphics cards[edit]

Change Ambient Occlusion flag in Nvidia Profile Inspector^[3]

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
Under Profiles type Tomb Raider: Underworld.
Under Ambient Occlusion compatibility insert the flag 0x00000002 (Mirror's Edge).
Under Ambient Occlusion usage select Enabled.
Under Ambient Occlusion setting select your quality of preference.
Click Apply changes.

Input settings[edit]

In-game general control settings.

In-game key/button map settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Multiple keys can be mapped to one action.
Mouse acceleration		Mouse acceleration is off by default.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

In-game volume settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Issues unresolved[edit]

Steam overlay not supported[edit]

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[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			32-bit only.^[4]

System requirements[edit]

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

↑ ^1.0 ^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

[Proton_path_note-2] 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.

[1] No DLC? :: Tomb Raider: Underworld General Discussions

[3] Tomb Raider: Underworld | WSGF

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[5] Last chance to buy these Mac classics! | Feral News

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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