Difference between revisions of "Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness"
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{{mm}} [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uqqkw4GHdqrnivx0hDCDFO1Pd_g_B1qv/view?usp=sharing Reborninshadow's AOD Patcher] - EXE patch utility that provides many fixes, balancing tweaks, control alterations and enhancements, and more. Support for v49 and v52. Can be used alongside Nakamichi's EXE Multi-Patcher below. | {{mm}} [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Uqqkw4GHdqrnivx0hDCDFO1Pd_g_B1qv/view?usp=sharing Reborninshadow's AOD Patcher] - EXE patch utility that provides many fixes, balancing tweaks, control alterations and enhancements, and more. Support for v49 and v52. Can be used alongside Nakamichi's EXE Multi-Patcher below. | ||
− | {{mm}} [https://www.tombraiderforums.com/showpost.php?p=7758591&postcount=310/ TRAOD EXE Multi-Patcher] - | + | {{mm}} [https://www.tombraiderforums.com/showpost.php?p=7758591&postcount=310/ Nakamichi680's TRAOD EXE Multi-Patcher] - EXE patch utility that provides many gameplay tweaks and restores certain features/effects to the game. |
{{mm}} [http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/tng/aod_scu.html/ Startup Configuration Utility] - Used to play FMVs, skip levels, enable debug menu and much more. | {{mm}} [http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/tng/aod_scu.html/ Startup Configuration Utility] - Used to play FMVs, skip levels, enable debug menu and much more. | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 15 February 2022
Developers | |
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Core Design | |
macOS (OS X) | Beenox Shift |
Publishers | |
2003-2009 | Eidos Interactive |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
2009-present | Square Enix |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 20, 2003 |
macOS (OS X) | December 18, 2003 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 49 |
IGDB | 62 |
Taxonomy | |
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 |
Warnings
- The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Key points
- Missing several effects and smaller features from the PS2 version and also contains flipped texture issues not present on that version. See below for fixes to many of these issues.
- For Windows 8 and later apply the fullscreen border fix and set Windows 7 compatibility mode to fix save loading.
General information
- The Angel of Darkness at Tomb Raider Forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Retail | StarForce 5 DRM (Polish copies). | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | ||||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest build is v52. Use the link below to obtain the latest version. Digital versions are already patched.
Tomb Raider Multi Patch - Works with TR6 even though it only mentions TR2-5.
Individual Patches
In order of release:
Modpacks
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness Rescued
- A large modpack compiled by LateRaider that adds many vanilla-friendly tweaks and quality-of-life improvements to the game. Improves the retail experience drastically. Combines many popular modifications and fixes into one package, such as:
- Tank Plus Controls by LateRaider
- Nakamichi680's Definitive Levels Patches
- Rewak's Tweaked FMVs
- Ending Credits Restoration by Nakamichi680
- Massive project by reborninshadow seeking to restore/refine certain content in the game, as well as provide more clarity to story events. Includes unused dialogue, cut gameplay concepts, etc. Also features tweaks to the notebook to give more context to certain plot points, plus fix certain plot holes and inconsistencies where possible. Includes remastered textures provided by TRJTA to the notebook itself and certain in-game interfaces to actually show the relevant information. Should be installed last after installing TRAOD Rescued above.
Utilities
- Reborninshadow's AOD Patcher - EXE patch utility that provides many fixes, balancing tweaks, control alterations and enhancements, and more. Support for v49 and v52. Can be used alongside Nakamichi's EXE Multi-Patcher below.
- Nakamichi680's TRAOD EXE Multi-Patcher - EXE patch utility that provides many gameplay tweaks and restores certain features/effects to the game.
- Startup Configuration Utility - Used to play FMVs, skip levels, enable debug menu and much more.
Skip intro videos
Apply the Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness intro skip |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Core Design\TombRaiderAngelOfDarkness\1.0\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225020/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\SaveGame\[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225020/pfx/[Note 1] |
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 | Selecting only overlay mixer in the launcher video settings helps scaling videos to the right aspect ratio | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Aspect ratio must be set independently of resolution in Monitor Aspect . Calculate by dividing horizontal resolution by vertical resolution, then round to two decimal places. |
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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) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | 120/144 Hz shows up in settings but game is locked to 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Can't bind mouse wheel scrolling | |
Mouse acceleration | Camera turning speed is fixed, regardless of your mouse sensitivity and speed | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Controller can't skip initial "Press any key" screen | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | Right analogue stick doesn't work |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, SFX, Speech. A master volume setting can be found between the game registry keys |
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Surround sound | [1] | |
Subtitles | Can be disabled only inside debug menu. Change doesn't get saved. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Open menu if you want a mute background. | |
EAX support | EAX 3.0[1]
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Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | British English revamp | |||
French | Retail only; download for digital versions | |||
German | Retail and GOG.com only; download for Steam version | |||
Hungarian | Fan translation by TombRaiderS, link #1, link #2. | |||
Italian | Retail version only. Download. | |||
Japanese | Retail version only. | |||
Korean | Retail version only. | |||
Polish | Available here. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Retail version only (DVD Game - CD Editora, 2008). Download (audio/text). | |||
Russian | Not available in the Steam version. | |||
Spanish | Retail version, download. | |||
Turkish | Fan translation. |
Issues fixed
- Check Angel of Darkness FAQ
Crash on startup with "Generic Game Error ASSERTION: 'SUCCEEDED(hr)'"
Patch the game[citation needed] |
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Enable VMR9[2] |
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Use fast Frame Rate compensation[citation needed] |
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Crash on startup with "GAME_ERROR_STRUCTURED_EXCEPTION_HANDLE"
Disable VMR9[citation needed] |
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Can't load saves
- Saves can't be loaded on Windows 8 and later without some adjustments.
Apply necessary changes[3] |
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Very low FPS
Disable camera and character reflection update[citation needed] |
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In the game's settings dialog, navigate to the tab corresponding to your graphics card, then go down in the "Cubemaps Reflections" box and set Camera and Character update to Occasional (If there's more than one tab corresponding to your graphics card, i.e. if you have a multi-monitor setup, do this for each tab that is "Enabled".) |
Can't enable EAX
- On Windows Vista and later, EAX is unselectable due to the removal of DirectSound3D. Re-enabling requires either older hardware with a dedicated Creative sound card, or emulation.
Install the following[4] |
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This is a universal fix, meaning it will work with any combination of hardware. You do not need a dedicated sound card for it to work, and the sound will be indistinguishable from hardware-enabled EAX. |
Lara's and Kurtis's hair clip
Press F10. Or for a permanent fix, in the Launcher, go to Settings > General and uncheck "Multi Threaded."[5] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Input | DirectInput |
Graphics options
- The Angel of Darkness' options panel in the Launcher has many options for tweaking the display quality in the game. Many of these are poorly documented and offer little explanation as to how each option will affect the game itself. The guide below will give you the best visual quality the game can offer. Credit goes to Maverin over at Tomb Raider Forums for gathering all of this information together.
To start, open the Launcher and go to Settings. Then go to the tab corresponding to your graphics card's name, which is where the graphics options are.
Screen Format
Choose the option "32 bit X8R8G8B8" "32 bit A8R8G8B8".
Colour Depth
Choose the option "32 bit Depth D24S8". (If this setting causes issues with black "blobs" appearing on Lara, use one of the options below the one listed.)
Render Type - There are three main options here.
Shader Hardware
- Offers the highest quality graphical output and is the most optimized choice, but has certain minor issues such as light texture flickering in certain places.
Fixed Hardware
- Basically the same rendering process as TR1-5 on Hardware Accelerated mode, and has less issues than
Shader Hardware, but turns off certain effects in-game so it will not be as visually appealing as Shader
Hardware.
Software
- If you are lacking in performance in-game, you may receive some minor benefit using this render type.
Recommended: Shader Hardware
Monitor Aspect: Set this based on the table below according to your monitor's aspect ratio.
Aspect Ratio | Value |
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4:3 | 1.33 |
16:10 | 1.6 |
16:9 | 1.77 |
21:9 | 2.35 |
32:9 | 3.5 |
Gamma - Based on preference according to your individual monitor setup. Recommended to lower the default value slightly regardless, as by default the game's brightness is slightly above the halfway point so the contrast is a little too bright. Bring it down to the halfway point.
Options - Section with multiple tickboxes for different options. Select all of the ones you are able to. (If "VMR9" causes issues, enable/disable as needed as noted in "Issues Fixed" above.)
Textures:
"Filter Room", "Objects", "Env", "Actors", "Bump" - Set each to "Anisotropic"
"Quality Room", "Quality Actors" - Set to "High"
"Format RGB", "Format ARGB" - Choose "32 bit A8R8G8B8" (According to Nakamichi680, there's no benefit to setting these two values any higher.[6])
Render Targets - Multiple tickboxes. Select all of the ones you are able to.
"Texture1", "Texture2" - Choose the option "32 Bit A8R8G8B8".
"Depth" - Choose the option "32 Bit Depth D24S8".
Reflections and Refractions - Multiple tickboxes. Select all of the ones you are able to. (If using the "Heat Haze Effect Fix" from Nakamichi680's Multi-Patcher, enable Heat Haze. Otherwise, leave it off.)
"Texture" - Choose the option "32 Bit A8R8G8B8".
"Depth" - Choose the option "32 Bit Depth D24S8".
Cubemaps Reflections - Check both tickboxes. In the dropdown menu next to the tickboxes, select the highest number shown. This corresponds to the number of reflections, and varies from system to system.
"Texture" - Choose the option "32 Bit A8R8G8B8". (If using the "Increased Cubemap Resolution" patch in Nakamichi680's Multi-Patcher, you can opt to use "16 bit A4R4G4B4" or "16 bit A1R5G5B5" instead, if available. Either is fine.)
"Depth" - Choose the option "32 Bit Depth D24X8". (D24S8 is bugged here, as it can cause issues with Lara's shadows. This is why using D24X8 in this instance is preferable.)
"Camera Update", "Character Update" - Choose the option "All".
"Character Quality" - Choose the option "High".
Projected Shadows - Check the tickboxes "User Clip Planes" and "nVidia Shadows". From the dropdown menu next to the tickboxes, select the highest number shown. This corresponds to the number of shadows projected by the game.
(Taking screenshots with User Clip Planes turned on will result in the game crashing when the Print Screen key is pressed. This setting only seems to be a small memory saver, thus it may not be necessary. If it causes issues, uncheck it.)
"Format" - Choose the option "32 Bit A8R8G8B8".
"Depth" - Choose the option "32 Bit Depth D24S8".
If the tickbox for "Pixel Shader 2.0 Shadows" is checked, uncheck it as having both enabled at the same time will cause the game to not render any shadows at all. It contains minor issues compared to nVidia Shadows, and are of lesser quality. If using an AMD graphics card you may still select nVidia Shadows, as the option is independent of hardware. Unchecking this option will disable the options below it as they correspond to Pixel Shader Shadows being enabled.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98SE, Me, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 500 MHz (1.5 GHz if graphics card does not support T&L) | 1.5 GHz (and graphics card with T&L) |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB (minimum installation) | 1.5 GB (complete installation) |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible | |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9 compatible device | EAX 3.0 compatible device like SoundBlaster Audigy |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.2.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 74xx PowerPC G4 |
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System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Other | 2x CD-ROM drive |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 (225020) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 EAX ADVANCED HD™ in Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness - Soundblaster.com (retrieved)
- ↑ Windows 10 and AOD :: Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Y U NO LOAD? (Please help) :: Tomb Raider (VI): The Angel of Darkness General Discussions
- ↑ Restore EAX effects without ALchemy!! - www.tombraiderforums.com
- ↑ Tomb Raider 6 Modding Thread - Tomb Raider forums
- ↑ https://www.tombraiderforums.com/showpost.php?p=7940488&postcount=6 The best settings for Tomb Raider The Angel of Darkness. - Tomb Raider Forums