12-11-20, 03:11 | #1 |
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Issues with Steam versions of Classic Tomb Raiders
Hi everyone.
I recently took ownership of my partner's old Dell laptop, and I figured that since I'm predominantly a Mac user (and thus have been unable to play most if not all of the classic TR's on a PC) I'd sieze this opportunity to start replaying the classics. I purchased TR: AOD through Steam which works fine so far. However, I also have Tomb Raider 3 and Tomb Raider 4 (also purchased through Steam) which I'm having control issues with. The games run fine. They open, and I can navigate through the menus and get into the game. However, once I'm in game Lara will occasionally get stuck, almost as if the controls become jammed. For example, I'll run forwards and then she'll just keep going even when I let go of the up cursor key. She'll keep going until she crashes into a wall, at which point there's absolutely no way I can regain control of her. This can happen almost instantly when I start the game, or I can play for about five minutes before it happens. It happens in both TR:3 and TR:4. I've tried the multipatcher on the Tomb Raider Chronicles site but for some reason it will only install updates for AOD and doesn't find anything for TR3 or 4. I'm really rusty when it comes to Windows - this is the first Windows computer I've had for personal use in a long time. I've never run the PC versions of Tomb Raider before and I've no experience patching (though I seem to have managed to patch TR: AOD successfully so far). I have a DXDiag report so you can get a better idea of my hardware: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 11/12/2020, 03:04:50 Machine name: DESKTOP-PP322S7 Machine Id: {013099E3-E570-45F2-98F5-65832050D1AA} Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 17763) (17763.rs5_release.180914-1434) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Inspiron 3558 BIOS: A11 (type: UEFI) Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-5005U CPU @ 2.00GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.0GHz Memory: 4096MB RAM Available OS Memory: 4006MB RAM Page File: 5588MB used, 1642MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 12 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled Miracast: Available, with HDCP Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported DxDiag Version: 10.00.17763.0001 64bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500 Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Last edited by Saphyre; 12-11-20 at 03:12. |
13-11-20, 15:35 | #2 |
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Have you take a look on the "guides" section in the main page of TR3 and TR4 on Steam ? Sometimes you'll find exactly what you need to do or install. Unfortunately I don't have any solution in mind right now but with luck you may find something there.
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19-11-20, 23:09 | #3 |
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Thanks for your response Chamayoo!
I think I've managed to find out the problem. It seems to be a conflict with the keyboard shortcuts set up in the Intel HD Graphics settings. I think I was unknowingly activating these keyboard shortcuts and Tomb Raider must not have liked it. Seemed pressing the ctrl + the arrow keys together (or in quick succession of one another) was causing the issue. These were set up to rotate the display in the Intel HD Graphics Settings panel. I've since gone into the Intel settings panel and disabled all of the keyboard shortcuts, and fingers crossed its sorted out the issue. |
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btw there are similar issues skulking out there just waiting to pop up out of the blue on poor users first thing coming to mind is precisely: [didn't] want to rotate screen but it's not only about the very Intel driver Quote:
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02-12-20, 11:46 | #5 |
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sorry for double posting
I realize I forgot another possible nasty issue with keyboard shortcuts acting up in a sense namely (unwittingly) changing one's keyboard language layout, at least if you have more than one installed that's hitting alt + shift, or ctrl + shift, or spacebar + windows key check out https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/s...oard-language/ |
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