This page is for the original game. For the remaster, see Tomb Raider I-III Remastered.
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
- Free demos are available from Archive.org: India, South Pacific, The Lost Artifact.
Version differences
- Tomb Raider III: Adventures in India is a OEM demo that only includes the India levels.
- 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. However, it is included in all versions of Tomb Raider I-III Remastered.
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).
- 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, improves compatibility with Xinput gamepads.
- Fixes a glitch in the title and 'loading' screens.
- Transparent inventory background.
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.
Skip intro videos
Instructions
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\fmv .
- Delete or rename
Intr_Eng.rpl and logo.rpl .
Notes
- The copyright screen will still be shown.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Use D3DWindower
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- Run D3DWindower as administrator.
- Click on Add Program and add
tomb3.exe to the list.
- Select the game and click on Program options.
- Under the Common tab, Tick Use Windowed Mode.
- In the DLL field, click ... and add
D3dHook.dll from the source folder.
- Click OK, then right-click on the added game and select
Run (R) .
- Rebind "Jump" to another key in the game settings.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound and Music |
Surround sound |
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A3D was planned, but got canceled because of time issues |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
VR support
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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- Go to trle.net.
- Download the level Vision of Future.
- Overwrite the Steam
tomb3.exe with the level Vision of Future one.
Notes
- This also allows you to rebind keys, if you overwrite the
config.txt file too.
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Default keys randomly rebinded themselves
Delete config.txt and run the game[2]
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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 |
Windows | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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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:
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.
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.
- 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) |
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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) |
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Video card (GPU) |
ATI Rage Pro 4 MB of VRAM | |
Other |
QuickTime 4.0 | |
Notes
References