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Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

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Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness cover
Developers
Core Design
macOS (OS X) Beenox Shift
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
OS X Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows June 20, 2003
macOS (OS X) December 18, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 49
IGDB 62
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness on HowLongToBeat
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness on IGDB
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness on MobyGames
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness 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.
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

Key points

Missing several effects and smaller features from 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
Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
StarForce 5 DRM (Polish copies).
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Origin
Origin
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest build is v52. Use either below to obtain the latest version:

SuiKaze Raider's TRAOD Updater - Includes a reworked launcher and graphical enhancements (ENB series).

or

Tomb Raider Multipatch - Works with TR6 even though it only mentions TR2-5.

Modifications

Fixed EXE - Patched executable with redefined animations, view control and much more contained in the old tank version. Support for mouse and/or second joystick to move the camera, Lara/Kurtis move relative to it, as in PS2 - in the newer iteration. Works on all European versions of the game.
SLAYER's Ultimate Patch - The best level and cutscene files available with the least amount of problems.
Nakamichi680's definitive levels patch - Fixes most flipped face issues on objects. Install after SLAYER's Ultimate Patch.
red_lion's level fixes - Builds upon Nakamichi680's work to fix errors still present and replace certain low-res textures with vanilla friendly hi-res replacements. Install after Nakamichi680's patched levels.
Right looking FMVs - Ported from PS2 version and with colors adjusted.
Ending credits restoration - Restores missing credits present on PS2 version.

Tools

Startup Configuration Utility - Used to play FMVs, skip levels, enable debug menu and much more.
TRAOD EXE Multi-Patcher - Tool by Nakamichi680. Provides many gameplay tweaks and restores certain features and effects to the game.


Skip intro videos

Apply the Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness intro skip

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Core Design\TombRaiderAngelOfDarkness\1.0\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225020/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveGame\[Note 2]
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225020/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

External Video settings.
External Video settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
British English revamp
French
Localization is available here if missing
German
Hungarian
Fan translation by TombRaiderS, link #1, link #2.
Italian
Japanese
Retail version only.
Korean
Retail version only.
Polish
Available here.
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]
Enable VMR9[1]
  1. Open game settings configuration tool
  2. Go to every tab corresponding to your graphics card and check the "VMR9" tick box under "Options".
Use fast Frame Rate compensation[citation needed]
  1. Open game settings configuration tool
  2. Go to General tab and (if activated) set Frame Rate Compensation to Fast

Crash on startup with "GAME_ERROR_STRUCTURED_EXCEPTION_HANDLE"

Disable VMR9[citation needed]
  1. Open game settings configuration tool
  2. Go to every tab corresponding to your graphics card and uncheck the "VMR9" tick box under "Options".

Can't load saves

Saves can't be loaded on Windows 8 and later without some adjustments.
Apply necessary changes[2]
  1. Right-click Launcher.exe in the installation folder and choose Properties.
  2. Go to the Compatibility tab and set the compatibility mode to Windows 7.
  3. Run the launcher and choose Settings.
  4. Go to the tab for your video card and enable VMR9 under FMV.
  5. Click OK to save your settings. Run the game normally.

Very low FPS

Disable camera and character reflection update[citation needed]

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 greyed-out and unable to be selected due to the removal of DirectSound3D. Re-enabling requires either older hardware with a dedicated Creative sound card, or emulation.
Install the following:
  1. Install EAX Unified drivers.
  2. Install OpenAL (Second archive option - "Windows Installer") - May already be installed on your system. If not, be sure to install it, or the step below will not work.
  3. Install DSOAL (Download "dsoal-latest.7z") - Extract contents to your Bin folder in the game installation directory, which is where the exe files are. So, look for where TRAOD.exe, P3, P4, etc are located, then install dsound.dll, dsoal-aldrv.dll, and alsoft.ini there.
  4. (Optional) If dsound.dll is unable to be detected by the game, follow the instructions here to register dsound.dll. This only needs to be done once, and will allow it to work for other games that utilize it.

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.

Window border visible in fullscreen mode

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation does not go fullscreen correctly on Windows 8 and later.
Use Tomb Raider series fullscreen border fix

Lara's and Kurtis's hair clip

Press F10[3]

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Input DirectInput

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98SE, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz (1.5 GHz if graphics card does not support T&L)
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB (minimum installation)
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9 compatible device
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.2.6
Processor (CPU) PowerPC 74xx
PowerPC G4
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other 2x CD-ROM drive

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/225020/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225020) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
  2. 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