Tomb Raider Chronicles


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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

For Windows 8 and later apply the fullscreen border fix (not needed for the GOG.com version).

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

Lacks the dynamic shadows of the Dreamcast version.

General information

Lara Croft Wiki - A detailed wiki for the Tomb Raider series

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Stella's Website - Walkthroughs, workarounds and downloads

TombRaider Forums

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2 DRM^{[Note 1]}. The Multipatch disables the CD check in addition to fixing compatibility issues.
Amazon.com
GOG.com		Also includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Origin		Also includes Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation.
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Essential improvements[edit]

Opening the launcher[edit]

After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and you will be unable to configure the settings.

How to open the launcher after the first time^{[citation needed]}

To make the launcher open again, use -setup as an argument.

TRNG[edit]

TRNG is a fan made update to the game's included level editor with a lot more features than the original one.

Tomb Raider Mouse Helper[edit]

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.

OpenTomb[edit]

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:

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete Fmv0.bik and FMV1.bik found in <path-to-game>\movie\^{[citation needed]}

Notes

The copyright screen will still be shown.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225000/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225000/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Game's launcher.

Settings menu

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vert-; use Peixoto's patch for correct FOV. Stretched title screens and loading screens are available here.
Multi-monitor		Resolutions crash the game ("Tomb Raider: Failed To Setup DirectX").
Ultra-widescreen		Use Peixoto's patch
4K Ultra HD		Use Peixoto's patch
Field of view (FOV)	Use Tomb Raider 2,3,4 Widescreen Patch.
Windowed	Toggle by pressing `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	dgVoodoo 2
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		No mouse-look
Controller
Controller support		Use Peixoto's patch to add support for XInput controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

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

Audio settings[edit]

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Dutch
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Russian				Not available in the Steam version.
Spanish				Retail only. Download.

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Tomb Raider Chronicles [Tweak Guide] or Helix Mod: Tomb Raider 2-3-4-5.

Issues unresolved[edit]

There is a save bug in the level 13, Red Alert!, that prevents you from proceeding to the next level. A workaround is listed here.

Issues fixed[edit]

Window border visible in fullscreen mode[edit]

Tomb Raider Chronicles does not go fullscreen correctly on Windows 8 and later.

The GOG.com version already includes this fix.

Apply the fix^{[citation needed]}

Download and install the Tomb Raider series fullscreen border fix.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Mods[edit]

For game mods visit Core Design.

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95/98/2000/ME
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 266 (D3D)/300 (software)
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB video card	DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/225000/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225000) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/225000/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225000) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

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Developers

	Core Design
Mac OS (Classic)	Westlake Interactive
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Mac OS	Aspyr Media
Release dates
Windows	November 21, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	October 2001