Key points
- Includes "Next gen" graphical option based on the Xbox 360 release, but is buggy (see Video settings).
General information
- Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Legend
- Square Enix Forums for Tomb Raider: Legend - Technical Forum
- Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series
- Legend at Tomb Raider Forums
- Tom's Hardware graphics setting analysis
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability[edit]
Essential improvements[edit]
Skip intro videos[edit]
Delete nvidia.bik and title.bik found in <path-to-game>[citation needed]
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Notes
- The copyright screen will still be shown.
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Extended external video settings[edit]
You can unlock more video options like Texture Filtering and 32bit Textures with one simple tweak.[1][2][3]
- Navigate to Configuration file location in registry editor HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Legend\
- Create a new
DWORD value called "ExtendedDialog" and give it the value "1".
- Close Registry.
- Open external video settings to see the results.
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Patches[edit]
v1.2 Patch updates the retail game to the latest version. Digital distribution versions are already patched.
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
Video settings[edit]
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
- 'Next generation content' option contains bugs such as missing wetness effects on Lara as well as misaligned ropes and vines.
- 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.
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Better AA solutions[citation needed]
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- Use Nvidia's DSR or AMD's VSR to force a higher resolution and downsample it to the monitor.
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Input settings[edit]
In-game general control settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
Audio settings[edit]
In-game language settings.
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State |
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| Separate volume controls |
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Music, SFX, Voice |
| Surround sound |
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| Subtitles |
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| Closed captions |
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| Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| French |
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| German |
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| Hungarian |
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Fan translation, #1, #2, #3. |
| Italian |
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| Russian |
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Not available in the Steam version. |
| Spanish |
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| Turkish |
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Fan translation. |
| Polish |
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VR support[edit]
Issues fixed[edit]
Random crashing[edit]
Turn off Next generation content from Display options
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Steam overlay not working[edit]
- Game does not support the Steam overlay by default.
Adding testapp.exe or trl.exe (from the installation folder) to your library as a non-Steam game enables the overlay.
Other information[edit]
| Technical specs |
Supported |
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| Direct3D |
9 |
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| Shader Model support |
3 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware[edit]
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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System requirements[edit]
| Windows |
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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 |
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>/7000/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (7000) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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