Tomb Raider (2013)

Template:Infobox Tomb Raider (series) Key points

PC port features high resolution textures, tessellation, high quality shadows and more PC specific enhancements.

User interface was designed for controllers and some parts handle poorly with a mouse.

Many quick-time events (QTEs) do not display the key required to complete them.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for Tomb Raider series.

Tomb Raider forums - not PC-specific.

Eidos Forums - not PC-specific.

Availability

All versions require Steam, including both retail and digital distribution.

Game data

Settings are saved in registry instead of configuration files.

Steam Cloud is supported for game saves.

Most of graphics settings in registry corresponds with .ini options for benchmark.

Video settings

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Setup utility.

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Basic graphics settings.

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Advanced graphics settings.

Issues unresolved

Persistent crashing on systems with Nvidia graphics cards

Errors occur such as: "Failed to Initialize Direct3D with current settings"

Nvidia graphics cards appear to be causing constant crashing.

There is no universal fix yet, but these are confirmed to work for some users:

• Turn off vertical synchronization (vsync).
• Disable tesselation.
• Disable exclusive fullscreen.

Separate vertical and horizontal sensitivity with mouse

Vertical and horizontal sensitivity do not match, with vertical being much lower, making it hard to aim with a mouse and keyboard.

Issues resolved

Low framerate

Instructions

Other information

Benchmark mode

Tomb Raider features benchmark mode where you can test options and its impact on system performance. Benchmark will generate result file in games folder named benchmarkresults yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss.txt

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Command line parameters

Command line parameter	Type of benchmark
-benchmark	Run the benchmark on startup and quit the game when finished.
-benchmarkini “filename.ini”	Run the benchmark on startup and quit the game when finished. The ini file contains overrides for quality settings.
-loop	Loop the benchmark instead of quitting after it completes. This is a demo mode, so statistics are disabled.
-dxdiag	Include dxdiag information in the benchmarkresults file.

When running from the command line, exclusive fullscreen is automatically switched on and vsync is switched off.

When running as a looping demo, a result file is not generated.

.ini file options

Option	Restrictions	Effect
QualityLevel	0 to 4	Sets all settings to a quality level. 0 for Low, 4 for Ultimate.
Fullscreen	0 or 1	Enables or disables fullscreen.
ExclusiveFullscreen	0 or 1	Enable this when fullscreen is enabled for better performance but worse multitasking.
AspectRatio	Width / height x 10000 or 0	Sets aspect ratio.
VSyncMode	0 - 2	Options for vertical synchronization. 0 for Off, 1 for Double Buffer and 2 for Tripple Buffer.
FullscreenWidth	number	Width of resolution in pixels.
FullscreenHeight	number	Height of resolution in pixels.
FullscreenRefreshRate	number	Screen refresh rate in Hz.
StereoEnabled	0 or 1	Enables or disables stereoscopic support.
TextureQuality	1 to 4	Texture quality from Low to Ultra.
BestTextureFilter	0 to 2+	Texture filtering - 0 for No Filtering, 1 for Bilinear, 2 for Trilinear, or 2 + the Anisotropic level.
HairQuality	0 or 1	Enables TressFX enhanced hair quality. 0 for Normal or 1 for TressFX.
AntiAliasingMode	0 to 3	Sets anti-aliasing level. 0 for none, 1 for FXAA, 2 for 2xSSAA and 3 for 4xSSAA.
ShadowMode	0 or 1	Enables or disables shadows.
ShadowResolution	0 to 2	Sets shadow resolution. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for Ultra.
SSAOMode	0 to 2	Sets ambient occlusion quality. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for Ultra.
DOFQuality	0 to 3	Sets depth of field quality. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for Ultra.
ReflectionQuality	0 to 2	Sets quality of reflections. 1 for Off, 2 for Normal and 3 for High.
LODBias	0 to 4	Sets level of detail bias from Low to Ultra.
EnablePostProcess	0 or 1	Enables or disables post-processing effects.
EnableHighPrecisionRT	0 or 1	-
EnableTessellation	0 or 1	Enables or disables tessellation.