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Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

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Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb cover
Developers
The Collective, Inc.
macOS (OS X) TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
LucasArts
GOG.com and Steam Disney Interactive Studios
OS X Aspyr Media
Engines
Slayer
Release dates
Windows March 24, 2003
macOS (OS X) December 3, 2003
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Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb on Wikipedia

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.
Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients 1987
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure 1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game 1989
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 1992
Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures 1996
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine 1999
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb 2003
Lego Indiana Jones (series)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 2024

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default. See High frame rate.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
The Mac version is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Patches

GOG.com and Steam versions are already patched.
Patch 1.01 (German) updates the game to the latest version.

Skip intro videos

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\movies\.
  2. Delete or rename logo_collective.bik, logo_legal.bik, and logo_lucas.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/560430/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\saves\[Note 1]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/560430/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set Path to <path-to-game>\GameData\bin\indy.exe.
  4. Set Do not notify on task switch.
  5. Set Acquire admin caps.
  6. Set the window position and size.
  7. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  8. Click OK, then File and Save.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Disable vsync[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\.
  2. Open default.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Change vsyncinterval:2 to vsyncinterval:0.

High frame rate

Uncap frame rate[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\.
  2. Open vars.cfg with a text editor.
  3. Change fpsLimit=30 to fpsLimit=0.

Notes

Changing FPS may cause bugs with animation and desynced audio in cutscenes.
Uncapping FPS may render game unbeatable.[1]

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output. May require DirectSound 3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
1. Fan translation by «ENPY Studio/Spirit Team».
2. Unofficial translation by «Творческая группа Дядюшка Рисёч/Fargus». and review.
Spanish
Not available on GOG.com and Steam, download.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v2.55.4, see profile introdution.
Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Issues fixed

Movies/Loading screens small size in full screen

Before and after comparison (1280x960) 4:3
Before and after comparison (1280x960) 4:3
Instructions (1280x960)
  1. Download Movies/Loading screens fix (Full Screen 1280x960).
  2. Copy movies folder from archive to <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\ and overwrite.

Notes

Works only on 1280x960 in-game resolution (check on OPTIONS>DISPLAY).
Fix if not working: FULL or MEGA K-Lite codecs pack (K-Lite Codec Pack: Full, Mega)
Before and after comparison (1920x1080) 16:9
Before and after comparison (1920x1080) 16:9
Instructions (1920x1080 WS patched)
  1. Download Movies/Loading screens fix (Full Screen 1440x1080).
  2. Copy movies folder from archive to <path-to-game>\GameData\indy\ and overwrite.

Notes

Fix if not working: FULL or MEGA K-Lite codecs pack (K-Lite Codec Pack: Full, Mega).

Window border visible in full screen

Fix border issue[citation needed]
  1. Download D3D8 Wrapper.
  2. Extract to <path-to-game>\GameData\bin\.

Notes

FMVs may not be displayed properly.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Various engine options

Instructions[2][3]
  1. Go to Indiana Jones® and the Emperor's Tomb™ > Guides > Various engine options.
  2. Download Debug Patch to enable hidden DebugUI and Debug windows.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, ME
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.75 GB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 8.1 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/560430/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (560430) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References