Tomb Raider: Legend

Tomb Raider
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

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]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete nvidia.bik and title.bik found in <path-to-game>^{[citation needed]}

Notes

The copyright screen will still be shown.

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]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Crystal Dynamics\Tomb Raider: Legend\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Tomb Raider - Legend\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7000/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

External video settings.

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.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3 and 16:9 only; for others use Flawless Widescreen/Widescreen Fixer.
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use Tomb Raider: Legend FOV Hack (Steam unsupported).^[1]
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use the fix by 'auupr'.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	On/Off toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

In-game general control settings.

In-game mouse settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		On 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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Menus will always still refer to keyboard keys, however by setting controller buttons as the first listed for each action, appropriate in-game Xbox prompts will appear.^[2]^[3]
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.

In-game language settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, #1, #2, #3.
Italian
Russian				Not available in the Steam version.
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision		Some text, HUD items are flat. Turn off Next Generation Content and Depth of Field. Text highlight for 3D objects is at incorrect depth.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed[edit]

Random crashing[edit]

Use fixed exe^[4]

Download the fixed executable (Retail, Steam).
Copy executable to <path-to-game>.

Turn off Next generation content from Display options

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]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	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.

References

[Proton_path_note-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>/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.

[2] Tomb Raider: Legend | WSGF

[3] Playing with Xbox Controller - Tomb Raider Forums

[4] In-game controller button prompts screenshots

[5] TRUE Crash Fix for TRL Next Gen Mode (Download) - www.tombraiderforums.com

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Crystal Dynamics
Windows	Nixxes Software
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Engines
	Crystal Engine
Release dates
Windows	April 7, 2006