Tomb Raider: Underworld
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| Developers | |
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| Crystal Dynamics | |
| Windows | Nixxes Software |
| macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive |
| Publishers | |
| 2008-2009 | Eidos Interactive |
| OS X | Feral Interactive |
| 2009-present | Square Enix |
| Engines | |
| Crystal Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 18, 2008 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 14, 2012 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 80 |
| IGDB | 72 |
| 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 |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| 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 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Square Enix Forums for Tomb: Underworld - Technical Forum
- Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Underworld - not PC-specific
- Tomb Raider forums - not PC-specific
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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SecuROM 7 DRM | |
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| Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | |
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- The Mac OS X version is no longer sold digitally.
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Missing graphical improvements
- PC version does not include some of the graphical improvements from the Xbox 360 release, such as Dynamic Shadows from the torch light and per-object Motion Blur.
DLC and expansion packs
- The DLC episodes are not available for this game due to being Xbox 360 exclusives.[2]
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest version is v1.1. Changelog here.
Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Underworld |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8140/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Eidos\Tomb Raider - Underworld\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8140/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| Widescreen resolution | 4:3, 16:9, 16:10 only; for others see Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use DxWnd or TRAWindowed | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use DxWnd or TRAWindowed | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Broken physics at high framerates | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Use 3rd party fixes |
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Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer (may not support the Steam version). |
| Custom aspect ratio[3] |
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Notes
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Enabling Ambient Occlusion for Nvidia graphics cards
| Change Ambient Occlusion flag in Nvidia Profile Inspector[4] |
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Input
In-game general control settings.
In-game key/button map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Multiple keys can be mapped to one action | |
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse acceleration is off by default | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers | ||
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| Button prompts |  |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
In-game audio settings.
In-game volume settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | Can be enabled by changing the value EAXSupport to 1 through the Registry Editor in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Underworld. |
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| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Retail version only | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Retail only. | |||
| Czech | Retail only. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation: download (TriboGamer) | |||
| Russian | Not available in the Steam version | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish | Fan translation |
Issues unresolved
Steam overlay not supported
- Game does not support Steam overlay and no permanent fix is yet known.
- Alt+Tab ↹ seems to be working flawlessly as a cheap fix.
Cannot pick up the pole after dropping it on the ground in Bhogavati
During the game you will encounter a pole which is needed to be inserted into the slot into one of the pillars in order to make progress. If you drop it on the ground it will no longer be picked up at all, soft locking the game. You have no choice but to load the previous autosave as there is no fix for this problem.
Issues fixed
Low frame rate/stuttering
| Modify DWORD values[5] |
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Crash on startup when CPU has >31 threads
| Change process affinity[6] |
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Incorrect puzzle physics
| Enable VSync and set refresh rate to 60 Hz |
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VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
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| vorpX | 2D, Z3D, G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only[7] |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 2.5 GHz |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) |
2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6800 GT ATI Radeon X1800XT | Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX ATI Radeon HD 4800 |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | 10.7.3 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 1.8 GHz | Intel 2.4 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 4 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 512 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/8140/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8140) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ F.E.A.R. 2 - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ No DLC? :: Tomb Raider: Underworld General Discussions
- ↑ Tomb Raider: Underworld | WSGF
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Steam Community :: Guide :: The Definitive Improvement Guide
- ↑ Steam Community :: Discussions :: Tomb Raider Underworld crash on launch
- ↑ Last chance to buy these Mac classics! | Feral News