Key points
- Frame-rate is capped at 30FPS.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Stella's Website - Walkthroughs, workarounds and downloads
- TombRaider Forums
Availability
Version differences
- Tomb Raider III: The lost Artifact is a complete edition with five exclusive levels. This version is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is available at www.tombraiderchronicles.com and at soggi.org.
- An unofficial patch that Fixes various issues in Tomb Raider 3 and its addon, as well as optionally removing the green health crystals for harder gameplay, is available here.
- A patch for the level Costal Village's missing secret is available here (digital versions only).
- Real widescreen with the right aspect ratio and field of view
- Forced resolution allows high resolution without shrinking the HUD/menus (does not work properly in TRIII; HUD-elements such as health- and oxygen-bars still shrink with increased resolutions)
- Deinterlaced FMVs
- Hides the window border on windows 10
- Fixes a glitch in the title and 'loading' screens
- Transparent inventory background
- Better compatibility with Xinput gamepads
Tomb Raider Mouse Helper
Tomb Raider Mouse Helper is a utility which allows controlling Lara with the mouse. It also maps the WASD keys to enable a more modern, keyboard+mouse control scheme.
Skip intro videos
Instructions
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\fmv .
- Delete or rename
Intr_Eng.rpl and logo.rpl .
Notes
- The copyright screen will still be shown.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Use D3DWindower
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- Run D3DWindower as administrator.
- Click on Add Program and add
tomb3.exe to the list.
- Select the game and click on Program options.
- Under the Common tab, Tick Use Windowed Mode.
- In the DLL field, click ... and add
D3dHook.dll from the source folder.
- Click OK.
- Run the game by clicking on Run Program or by double-clicking on it.
- Rebind "Jump" to another key in the game settings.
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Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound and Music |
Surround sound |
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A3D was planed but got canceled because of time issues |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
VR support
Issues fixed
"Tomb Raider 3 Failed To Initialize, Please Run Setup" error at launch
- Some higher resolutions crash the game if used.
Use dgVoodoo 2 or Peixoto's Patch to remove the resolution limit
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Game doesn't save settings
- When running the game, the default settings are restored.
Vision of Future[1]
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- Go to trle.net.
- Download the level Vision of Future.
- Overwrite the Steam
tomb3.exe with the level Vision of Future one.
Notes
- This also allows you to rebind keys, if you overwrite the
config.txt file too.
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Alternative method
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- After configuring everything, exit the game.
- Go to the game directory.
- Right-click on
config.txt , then select Properties and tick Read-only.
- Click Apply and OK.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
5 |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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OpenTomb
OpenTomb is an open source remake of the Tomb Raider engine. It overhauls almost all aspects of the game engine, along with adding cross-platform support for modern operating systems and Lua scripting support.
Important links regarding the project:
- All textures upscaled with Topaz AI Gigapixel, with some manual editing.
- Requires Piexoto's patch.
Mods
For game mods visit Core Design.
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95/98 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 166 MHz
| Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1.48 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 6 compatible
| Direct3D compatible |
Other |
4x CD-ROM drive | |
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7.5.3 | |
Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC 150 MHz
| PowerPC 180 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Video card (GPU) |
ATI Rage Pro 4 MB of VRAM | |
Other |
QuickTime 4.0 | |
Notes
References