TR extras and other software.

Lord Icon · 14-01-06, 20:43

For the best and the most detailed support, very useful information and news don't forget to visit these sites:
Tomb Raider Hub & Tomb Raider Chronicles.

Note: This post is meant to be as a quick reference (mostly for noobies) regarding TR tools and other useful software. What do you need, where to find them and what do they do.

TR games (PC):

TR 1
TR 1 Gold - Unfinished Business & The Temple Of The Cat
TR 2
TR 2 Gold - The Golden Mask
TR 3 - Adventures Of Lara Croft
TR 3 Gold - The Lost Artifact
TR 4 - The Last Revelation
The Exclusive Times Level
TR 5 - Tomb Raider Chronicles
TR 6 - The Angel Of Darkness
TR 7 - Tomb Raider Legends

You can download for free:
TR1 Gold (expansion pack with extra levels, TR1 cd required to install and play, about 6.4MB and 6.5MB 3DFX version),
TR2 Gold (five levels expansion pack, TR2 cd required to install and play, about 16.69MB) and
The Exclusive Times Level (a stand-alone playable level using TRLR engine and it’s about 32.9MB).

You can download extra levels, the demos and all needed patches for XP from: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/windowsxp2.html

Custom Levels Download Sites:

http://www.trle.net/

TR Tools:

1. VDMSound
2. TRAI (Tomb Raider Advanced Installer)
3. dgVoodoo
4. Glidos
5. TRLE (Tomb Raider Level Editor)
6. TRLM (Tomb Raider Level Manager)

1. VDMSound was created by Vlad Romascanu. VDMSound is a soundcard emulator with some additional features to enhance game play for DOS games running on an NT OS and is a MUST have. Also VDMSound MUST be installed (and computer re-booted) before installing TR 1. Free.

2. TRAI (Tomb Raider Advanced Installer) was created by Bokkie. TRAI simplifies installation of TR1 and TR1 Gold (downloaded version only) especially when it comes to sound card. It configures sound card and dgVoodoo for you. Did I forget to mention that is completely free??? Well it is.

3. DgVoodoo was created by Dege. DgVoodoo is a glide wrapper for DOS games running under Windows. DgVoodoo is completely free and it’s included with TRAI. Some people reported that dgVoodoo is more stable on their computers than Glidos. Personally I had no problems with either one but it’s really up to you.

4. Glidos was created by Paul Gardiner. Glidos was the first program to provide glide emulation for DOS and allow games like Tomb Raider to show their full potential on modern computers. Before it there was no way for those games to make use of modern graphics cards. Glidos is not free ($10 to remove logo). You can try it though for free for the first three levels of the game. After that a giant spinning logo will appear taking the entire screen and making the game basically unplayable. Unless of course you’re like me and you have the very first release of TR1 then you’ll see the giant spinning logo from the first level. There are some advantages that Glidos has over dgVoodoo. One of them is the capability of use of high quality graphics “texture packs” (still under development) for TR1. You can check them out and download whatever Matthew Hill has ready from: http://www.resonantedge.com/trx/
The other one is capability of use “audio packs” for TR and can be found on Glidos’ website at: http//www.glidos.net

5. TRLE (Tomb Raider Level Editor) was created by Core Design and is included with Tomb Raider Chronicles. With TRLE you can edit or create new TR levels. There are TRLE full and Lite versions. Lite version is only for playing custom levels. The full version is for playing and editing custom levels. Please note that some custom levels NEED the full version to play. It has something to do with the way they were created. The TRLE full ISO version as well as the "Lite version" are free to download from: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/...itor/trle.html

You can find the above tools and instructions on how to install and use them on TRC website at: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/ & http://simulation.tombraiderforums.com

6. TRLM (Tomb Raider Level Manager) was created by Paolo. It simplifies installation and management of custom levels. You can read more about features and find manuals on TRLM website at: http://www.trlevelmanager.it/ The website is in Italian, English and French (last time I checked).

Other TR tools:

Eidos EscapePlay - Stand-alone viewer for the FMV (full-motion video) movies in the PC Tomb Raider games. You can copy the movies to your hard drive or open them directly from the CD-ROM using this software. Can be downloaded from here: http://tombraiders.net/stella/files/...ESCAPEplay.zip

Bink Video - another stand-alone viewer for movie files in many different formats, including the *.bik files in TR: The Last Revelation and Chronicles (both Mac and PC versions). Run Bink and browse your TRLR CD-ROM to the folder called 'FMV' to find and play these files. Can be downloaded from here: http://www.radgametools.com/

XP Logo Key Utility. It is small and easy to use with no installer which is always good since it doesn’t screw up your registry. It will prevent TR (and other games) from crashing to the desktop when you accidentally hit the Win Logo Key. Just simply download and double click on EXE file. You can find and download it from here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_logokeys.htm

If you have Win98 and keyboard with Win Logo Key there are “Kernel Toys” which can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95kerneltoy/

Other useful software:

Free Firewalls:

ZoneAlarm Free Version. Read about and download it from: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp

Sygate Personal Firewall. (Product has been discontinued and support is no longer available). But you still can download it from here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sygatefw.html

Free Anti-Virus:

avast! Home Edition. Read about and download it from: http://www.avast.com/

AntiVir Personal Edition Classic. Read about and download it from: http://www.free-av.com/

Free Adaware/Spy Tools:

Ad-aware. Read about and download it from: http://www.lavasoft.com/

Spybot Search & Destroy. Read about and download it from: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/

SpyBlaster. Read about and download it from: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

Free ISO/CD/DVD Tools:

ISO Recorder. Read about and download it from: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

ISO Buster. Read about and download it from: http://www.smart-projects.net/recover.php

Free File Recovery:

PC Inspector File Recovery. Read about and download it from: http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Dignostic Tools:

Diagnose.exe. Simulation's diagnostic tool. http://simulation.tombraiderforums.c...d/diagnose.exe

Free cleaners and not only:

CCleaner. Read about and download it from: http://www.ccleaner.com/

RegSeeker. Read about and download it from: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Starter. Read about and download it from: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/starter.html

Good sites to look for software (freeware and shareware):

http://www.download.com
http://www.softpedia.com
http://www.snapfiles.com
http://www.majorgeeks.com

tlr online · 14-01-06, 20:46

Check out http://simulation.tombraiderforums.com for a similar page full of very useful info

Lord Icon · 14-01-06, 20:56

Yes. I added this just for a quick reference. Many people can't find Sim's page. His or something like this should be a sticky for, as I said, a quick reference. And this post is oriented around the tools for TR and not only so people can find (those little tools) faster. Like many don't have a firewall or anti-virus and they don't know where to look for them. Sim's website doesn't (or at least I didn't see it) have those programs. This is mostly as a guide to where to find them, where to find info about them and what they do in a few words.

If you think it's not useful you can delete it, no problem. It was NOT meant to step on anyone toes.

Joseph · 14-01-06, 21:12

Hi Converter.

Could you change this line:

Quote:

You can download extra levels, some demos and patches for XP from: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/windowsxp2.html

to:
You can download extra levels, the demos and all needed patches for XP from: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/windowsxp2.html because that is a fact? Thanks!

Lord Icon · 14-01-06, 21:13

Done.

Joseph · 14-01-06, 21:15

Also: the Tomb Raider Level Editor full ISO version as well as a "Lite version" is free to download from http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/...itor/trle.html

Lord Icon · 14-01-06, 21:20

Done.

Joseph · 14-01-06, 21:22

Also, i would add to this:

Quote:

You can download for free:
TR1 Gold (about 6.4MB and 6.5MB 3DFX version),
TR2 Gold (five levels expansion about 16.69MB) and

TR1 Gold ('expansion pack' with extra levels, TR1 cd required to install and play)
TR2 Gold ('expansion pack' with extra levels, TR2 cd required to install and play)

Lord Icon · 14-01-06, 21:25

You meant TR2 Gold TR2 CD required but it's done.

Joseph · 14-01-06, 21:27

Good list Converter.

14-01-06, 20:43	#1
Lord Icon Professor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,799	TR extras and other software (quick guide). For the best and the most detailed support, very useful information and news don't forget to visit these sites: Tomb Raider Hub & Tomb Raider Chronicles. Note: This post is meant to be as a quick reference (mostly for noobies) regarding TR tools and other useful software. What do you need, where to find them and what do they do. TR games (PC): TR 1 TR 1 Gold - Unfinished Business & The Temple Of The Cat TR 2 TR 2 Gold - The Golden Mask TR 3 - Adventures Of Lara Croft TR 3 Gold - The Lost Artifact TR 4 - The Last Revelation The Exclusive Times Level TR 5 - Tomb Raider Chronicles TR 6 - The Angel Of Darkness TR 7 - Tomb Raider Legends You can download for free: TR1 Gold (expansion pack with extra levels, TR1 cd required to install and play, about 6.4MB and 6.5MB 3DFX version), TR2 Gold (five levels expansion pack, TR2 cd required to install and play, about 16.69MB) and The Exclusive Times Level (a stand-alone playable level using TRLR engine and it’s about 32.9MB). You can download extra levels, the demos and all needed patches for XP from: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/windowsxp2.html Custom Levels Download Sites: http://www.trle.net/ TR Tools: 1. VDMSound 2. TRAI (Tomb Raider Advanced Installer) 3. dgVoodoo 4. Glidos 5. TRLE (Tomb Raider Level Editor) 6. TRLM (Tomb Raider Level Manager) 1. VDMSound was created by Vlad Romascanu. VDMSound is a soundcard emulator with some additional features to enhance game play for DOS games running on an NT OS and is a MUST have. Also VDMSound MUST be installed (and computer re-booted) before installing TR 1. Free. 2. TRAI (Tomb Raider Advanced Installer) was created by Bokkie. TRAI simplifies installation of TR1 and TR1 Gold (downloaded version only) especially when it comes to sound card. It configures sound card and dgVoodoo for you. Did I forget to mention that is completely free??? Well it is. 3. DgVoodoo was created by Dege. DgVoodoo is a glide wrapper for DOS games running under Windows. DgVoodoo is completely free and it’s included with TRAI. Some people reported that dgVoodoo is more stable on their computers than Glidos. Personally I had no problems with either one but it’s really up to you. 4. Glidos was created by Paul Gardiner. Glidos was the first program to provide glide emulation for DOS and allow games like Tomb Raider to show their full potential on modern computers. Before it there was no way for those games to make use of modern graphics cards. Glidos is not free ($10 to remove logo). You can try it though for free for the first three levels of the game. After that a giant spinning logo will appear taking the entire screen and making the game basically unplayable. Unless of course you’re like me and you have the very first release of TR1 then you’ll see the giant spinning logo from the first level. There are some advantages that Glidos has over dgVoodoo. One of them is the capability of use of high quality graphics “texture packs” (still under development) for TR1. You can check them out and download whatever Matthew Hill has ready from: http://www.resonantedge.com/trx/ The other one is capability of use “audio packs” for TR and can be found on Glidos’ website at: http//www.glidos.net 5. TRLE (Tomb Raider Level Editor) was created by Core Design and is included with Tomb Raider Chronicles. With TRLE you can edit or create new TR levels. There are TRLE full and Lite versions. Lite version is only for playing custom levels. The full version is for playing and editing custom levels. Please note that some custom levels NEED the full version to play. It has something to do with the way they were created. The TRLE full ISO version as well as the "Lite version" are free to download from: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/...itor/trle.html You can find the above tools and instructions on how to install and use them on TRC website at: http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/ & http://simulation.tombraiderforums.com 6. TRLM (Tomb Raider Level Manager) was created by Paolo. It simplifies installation and management of custom levels. You can read more about features and find manuals on TRLM website at: http://www.trlevelmanager.it/ The website is in Italian, English and French (last time I checked). Other TR tools: Eidos EscapePlay - Stand-alone viewer for the FMV (full-motion video) movies in the PC Tomb Raider games. You can copy the movies to your hard drive or open them directly from the CD-ROM using this software. Can be downloaded from here: http://tombraiders.net/stella/files/...ESCAPEplay.zip Bink Video - another stand-alone viewer for movie files in many different formats, including the .bik files in TR: The Last Revelation and Chronicles (both Mac and PC versions). Run Bink and browse your TRLR CD-ROM to the folder called 'FMV' to find and play these files. Can be downloaded from here: http://www.radgametools.com/ XP Logo Key Utility. It is small and easy to use with no installer which is always good since it doesn’t screw up your registry. It will prevent TR (and other games) from crashing to the desktop when you accidentally hit the Win Logo Key. Just simply download and double click on EXE file. You can find and download it from here: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_logokeys.htm If you have Win98 and keyboard with Win Logo Key there are “Kernel Toys” which can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95kerneltoy/ Other useful software:* Free Firewalls: ZoneAlarm Free Version. Read about and download it from: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp Sygate Personal Firewall. (Product has been discontinued and support is no longer available). But you still can download it from here: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sygatefw.html Free Anti-Virus: avast! Home Edition. Read about and download it from: http://www.avast.com/ AntiVir Personal Edition Classic. Read about and download it from: http://www.free-av.com/ Free Adaware/Spy Tools: Ad-aware. Read about and download it from: http://www.lavasoft.com/ Spybot Search & Destroy. Read about and download it from: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/ SpyBlaster. Read about and download it from: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html Free ISO/CD/DVD Tools: ISO Recorder. Read about and download it from: http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm ISO Buster. Read about and download it from: http://www.smart-projects.net/recover.php Free File Recovery: PC Inspector File Recovery. Read about and download it from: http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm Dignostic Tools: Diagnose.exe. Simulation's diagnostic tool. http://simulation.tombraiderforums.c...d/diagnose.exe Free cleaners and not only: CCleaner. Read about and download it from: http://www.ccleaner.com/ RegSeeker. Read about and download it from: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm Starter. Read about and download it from: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/starter.html Good sites to look for software (freeware and shareware): http://www.download.com http://www.softpedia.com http://www.snapfiles.com http://www.majorgeeks.com Last edited by Lord Icon; 14-01-06 at 23:42.

14-01-06, 20:56	#3
Lord Icon Professor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,799	Yes. I added this just for a quick reference. Many people can't find Sim's page. His or something like this should be a sticky for, as I said, a quick reference. And this post is oriented around the tools for TR and not only so people can find (those little tools) faster. Like many don't have a firewall or anti-virus and they don't know where to look for them. Sim's website doesn't (or at least I didn't see it) have those programs. This is mostly as a guide to where to find them, where to find info about them and what they do in a few words. If you think it's not useful you can delete it, no problem. It was NOT meant to step on anyone toes. Last edited by Lord Icon; 14-01-06 at 21:06.

14-01-06, 20:46	#2
tlr online Administrator Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 46,804	Check out http://simulation.tombraiderforums.com for a similar page full of very useful info

14-01-06, 21:13	#5
Lord Icon Professor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,799	Done.

14-01-06, 21:15	#6
Joseph Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 29,555	Also: the Tomb Raider Level Editor full ISO version as well as a "Lite version" is free to download from http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/...itor/trle.html

14-01-06, 21:20	#7
Lord Icon Professor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,799	Done.

14-01-06, 21:25	#9
Lord Icon Professor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,799	You meant TR2 Gold TR2 CD required but it's done.

14-01-06, 21:27	#10
Joseph Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 29,555	Good list Converter.