Tomb Raider: Legend

Tomb Raider: Legend

Developers
	Crystal Dynamics
Windows	Nixxes Software
Publishers
2006-2009	Eidos Interactive
2009-present	Square Enix
Engines
	Crystal Engine
Release dates
Windows	April 7, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	82
IGDB	60
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Puzzle, TPS, Shooter
Series	Tomb Raider

Key points

"Next Generation Content" option enables enhanced graphics based on the Xbox 360 release, but has bugs such as missing wetness effects on Lara as well as misaligned ropes and vines.^{[citation needed]}

General information

Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Legend

Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Legend - Technical Forum

Legend at Tomb Raider Forums

Tom's Hardware graphics setting analysis

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>. Delete or rename nvidia.bik and title.bik. Notes The copyright screen will still be shown.

Extended external video settings

Unlock more video options
Open regedit. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Legend. Create a new DWORD value called ExtendedDialog and give it the value 1. Close regedit. Run trl.exe with -setup command line argument to see the results.

Patches

Patch v1.2 updates the game to the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.

Texture fixes

'LaraTX' Tomb Raider Legend PC Texture Fixes Pack - A collection of 'fixes' to various texture issues found in the PC version of Tomb Raider Legend.

Works only with "Next Generation Content" option OFF

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Legend\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7000/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Tomb Raider - Legend\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7000/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

External video settings.

In-game general video settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			4:3 and 16:9 only; for others use Flawless Widescreen/ Widescreen Fixer.
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer
Ultra-widescreen			Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use Tomb Raider: Legend FOV Hack (Steam unsupported)
Windowed		Use TRAWindowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use TRAWindowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See Extended external video settings
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Broken physics at high FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

In-game MSAA (labeled as Fullscreen Anti-Aliasing) will disable shadows for the normal, not Next Generation Content graphics. For some reason, Next Gen graphics aren't affected by this.

Better AA solutions[citation needed]
Force MSAA via display drivers (make sure 'Behavior Flags' is set to 'None' via Nvidia Profile Inspector if using an Nvidia card). To improve shadow resolution, disable the "Depth of field" effect in the Display options. Use Nvidia's DSR or AMD's VSR to force a higher resolution and downsample it to the monitor.

Input

In-game general control settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		On by default
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Unlike most games that support Xinput, the "Y" button on the Xbox controller is used as the cancel button. Menu navigation can only be done with the left analog stick.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Menus will always still refer to keyboard keys, however by setting controller buttons as the first listed for each action, appropriate in-game Xbox prompts will appear.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

In-game language settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation #1, #2, #3.
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation: download (TriboGamer)
Russian				Not available in the Steam version
Spanish
Turkish				Fan translation, download.
Polish				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		Some text, HUD items are flat. Turn off Next Generation Content and Depth of Field. Text highlight for 3D objects is at the incorrect depth.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Crash at startup

Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed]
Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).

Random crashing

Use fixed executable
Download the fixed executable (Retail, Steam). Copy the executable to <path-to-game>.

Disable Next generation content in the display options

Steam overlay not working

Game does not support the Steam overlay by default.

Add testapp.exe or trl.exe from the installation folder to the library as a non-Steam game

Buggy AI, enemies get stuck

Enable V-Sync and set refresh rate to 60 Hz in the setup launcher

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	9.9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce3 Ti ATI Radeon 9000 series 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 7800 ATI Radeon X1800 512 MB of VRAM