Key points
- Frame-rate is capped at 30FPS.
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: 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.
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
- Fixes a glitch in the title and 'loading' screens
- Transparent inventory background
- Better compatibility with Xinput gamepads
Tomb Raider Mouse Helper
Tomb Raider Mouse Helper is a utility which allows controlling Lara with the mouse. It also maps the WASD keys to enable a more modern, keyboard+mouse control scheme.
HD Remastered Textures Mod
[1] Replaces original Menu and Textures with remastered ones.
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.
- Run the game by clicking on Run Program or by double-clicking on it.
- 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
Remove config.txt file 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.
- 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