» Tomb Raider 1 and Unfinished Business for Windows Vista/7 32/64 bit setup using Dosbox – version 1.6 – March 26, 2010
» Introduction
TR1/UB for Vista/7 32/64 bit Setup v1.6 is a simple way to Play Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider Unfinished Business on Windows Vista and Windows 7, 32 and 64 bit versions
using Dosbox and the Glide patch.
It contains a full image of the TR1 cdrom.
Its aim is to provide a completely unattended install procedure to get to total automation of game setup and launch, letting users only concentrate on game play.
» Features
This package installs both TR1 and TRUB files and complete setups, and also Dosbox 0.73 with Glide patch and Directx9 update, already set and configured to play on Windows Vista/7 straight out of the box.
It includes a complete working cdrom image of the original TR1 cdrom too.
Owners of a Sold Out copy of TR1 this way shall be able to hear the music from the pc cdrom soundtracks again, which Sold Out version is missing.
Due to legal considerations, the presence of the original TR1 cdrom is still required to play, through a double cdrom check, but no accesses get done to the drive, as all files are loaded from cd image copied on hard disk. This way, speed and cdrom longevity are enhanced as the game engine doesn't need to read cd contents anymore.
Self-detects correct cdrom drive letter.
Latest improvements:
- Inclusion of complete set of PlayStation audio tracks and customized tomb.exe by KMO [v. 1.6]
- Cdaudio playing routine revamping, via recompilation of dosbox.exe. Bugfix for possible depth buffer artifacts affecting some Intel graphics cards via updated glide2x.dll build by gulikoza [v. 1.5]
- Maintenance release, customized setup bitmaps [v. 1.4.2] & Maintenance release, customized setup bitmaps, no disc image [v. 1.4.2.1]
- Maintenance release [v. 1.4.1]
- Full support for 64bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 [v. 1.4]
- Optimization of the glide file set arrangement [v. 1.4]
- Dosbox and glide patch version update to 0.73 [v. 1.4]
- Self-dectection of processor architecture (32 vs. 64 bit) [v. 1.3]
- Fix: possible freeze issues with some TR1 cdrom layouts (32 and 64 bit) [v. 1.2]
- Fix: performance hits and lockups at onset of gameplay: new game vs. load game stage (32 and 64 bit) [v. 1.2]
Reference thread at tombraiderforums.com: http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=145350.
» Before Using This Utility
Please note that you must have the original game cdrom in your computer's CD drive, the first (lowest letter) drive if you have more than one.
Always use the one you specified during installation.
» System Requirements
Windows Vista or 7 (32 or 64 bit versions)
At least 636.9 MB of free disk space.
» Installation Guide
You only have to run the program. It has been designed as a self-extracting installer tool to make all the procedure as user-friendly as can be.
Once the game is installed, you will find shortcuts on your Start menu to play.
Useful Hints:
All new saves you're going to make will be found in c:\tombraider, not in c:\tombraid, and conversely if you want to load your old savegames, all you need do is copy your saves first in Windows explorer to c:\tombraider, in order to be able to load them.
CTRL-F5 takes a screenshot, which will be saved in PNG format in the "capture" folder inside the game installation folder.
Tomb Raider does not use the mouse, but if you accidentally click on the window and the cursor is "captured" by the program, you can release it pressing CTRL-F10.
For more information please read the readme.txt file in the c:\tombraider folder.
» Legal notice
TR1 & UB Vista/7 x32/64 installer © 2009-2010 by gidierre. Please note that this installer is supplied without warranty of any kind and you use it at your own risk.
Any trademarks mentioned here are the property of their owners. To the author's knowledge no trademark or patent infringement exists in this document. Any such infringement is purely unintentional.
Tomb Raider is property of
© 1996 Core Design Limited/Eidos Interactive. All rights reserved.
Core Design's original Tomb Raider game, plus the Unfinished Business addon levels, are repackaged to run under Windows Vista/7 32/64 bit.
This installer incorporates:
- Tomb Raider (3DFX version)
- Tomb Raider Unfinished Business (3DFX version)
- Microsoft Direct3D 9 redistributable.
Inno Setup is a freeware installer for Windows programs.
DOSBox v. 0.73, a DOS emulator, is available from http://www.dosbox.com/ under the GNU GPL license.
The Glide patch by gulikoza is available from http://www.si-gamer.net/gulikoza/
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