Attemnt to run Tomb Raider 1 with ATI patch on Windows 7 through OpenGL

msulak · 16-03-15, 10:01

ATI patch is available on CDROM in 3DPatch directory or here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/57506833/vo...ches/trati.zip

Wrapper ATI3DCIF to OpenGL here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/glcif/

Put tombati.exe and all dll's from both patch and wrapper into game directory and run tombati.exe. Patch requires CDROM in drive with tomb/data/title.phd file.

gidierre · 16-03-15, 12:27

this is interesting

btw readme reads:

Quote:

2.You must be running the game in Windows '95.

you mean some VirtualPC/VMWare machine or compatibility mode or... ?

also, no source that I can see @sourceforge
isn't this open to browse?

finally by your own screenshots (and I'm not out to pointlessly criticize) it looks like Lara's shadow is way too dark, like black
I'm asking because you know I once made a hack for gulikoza's glide patch concerning a similar alpha channel mismatch, though in that case there was no shadow at all, here it looks like transparency's gone all the opposite way
with dosbox glide patch, source is open, the wrapping up of 3dfx gfx functions is free to browse, in particular one glide.cpp C++ file is what was to hack in the end
there's a humongous switch over there and the "only" problem is/was to figure what function(s) to hack and what to make of their return values

but here how do you code or wrap the alpha stuff? just curious

msulak · 16-03-15, 13:58

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Originally Posted by gidierre

btw readme reads: "You must be running the game in Windows '95."

I do not mean anything. This is official patch from Eidos. I didn't write the readme. I believe they did not mean you must downgrade from XP. They did mean you must upgrade from DOS. This patch is older than XP. And of course it do not work on XP.

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Originally Posted by gidierre

you mean some VirtualPC/VMWare machine or compatibility mode or... ?

I used no virtualization or emulator. As I claimed in screenshot, it runs directly in Windows 7 after some hacking build in wrapper.

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Originally Posted by gidierre

also, no source that I can see @sourceforge isn't this open to browse??

I am not familiar with sourceforge. But I were able to readonly browse sources here http://sourceforge.net/p/glcif/code/ci/master/tree/, even logged out. I tried it in another browser in which I never logged in sourceforge. And I also tried in "anonymous window".

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Originally Posted by gidierre

finally by your own screenshots (and I'm not out to pointlessly criticize) it looks like Lara's shadow is way too dark, like black

Thanks, I missed that detail. My wrapper does not use alpha blending, instead it use alpha testing. Original textures use single transparent color. Wrapper makes this color zero alpha, other full alpha. Unfortunately alpha blended textures are opaque to zbuffer, so I must switched to alpha testing.

noname · 17-03-15, 16:01

I get an error that says "Failed to start ATI CIF".

Never mind, I discovered there's another file you need to download, ati3dcif.dll, on the files page. Now I can get the game to run. Before you can start any level though, you have to go to Detail Levels and turn on Perspective and Bilinear and turn up the resolution. You won't be able to load a saved game created by a different exe though.

There are some more bugs. When you spin on the title screen, the background dims. FMVs are either dim or invisible. When you pause the game, the background is black. Distant textures sometimes look pixelated. Transparent textures don't look quite right. Lara's footsteps are quiet.

Still, I think it's great to be able to use a Windows based exe for this game. If you can work out the bugs and get PlayStation audio tracks working with this, this will officially be the best way to play TR1 on Windows.

Peixoto · 20-03-15, 14:17

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Originally Posted by msulak

ATI patch is available on CDROM in 3DPatch directory or here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/57506833/vo...ches/trati.zip

Wrapper ATI3DCIF to OpenGL here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/glcif/

Put tombati.exe and all dll's from both patch and wrapper into game directory and run tombati.exe. Patch requires CDROM in drive with tomb/data/title.phd file.

tombati is a 32bit win95 executable right? is there a direct3D 32bit tomb raider exe? if

noname · 20-03-15, 14:41

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Originally Posted by Peixoto

tombati is a 32bit win95 executable right? is there a direct3D 32bit tomb raider exe? if

There isn't. As far as I know, tombati is the only win95 executable that exists for Tomb Raider.

Kirishima · 20-03-15, 18:59

....and another thing that isn't going to work on my computer. I get this message when starting up:

"Fatal Directdraw Error"

EDIT: Nevermind. I get the message only when i set the exe's compatibility to win95.

Caesum · 20-03-15, 19:24

Are there any differences when compared to Glide version?

It would be great if it was possible to run Tomb Raider with PowerVR patch one day, its graphics was superior to Glide AFAIK.

Peixoto · 20-03-15, 20:29

Just tested

First of all, thank you VERY much sir

It seems to works very well for me
but i have the tile screen glitch and the FMVs sometimes won't show anything

Why does it need a custom ddraw.dll. Did the ATI api worked together with directdraw ?

It's a pity we don't get the CD music. I hope someone with the expertise to do that kind of assembly hacking take a interest to modify this executable as well... in my opinion this is the way to go with tomb raider I

Suikaze Raider · 20-03-15, 20:56

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Originally Posted by msulak

ATI patch is available on CDROM in 3DPatch directory or here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/57506833/vo...ches/trati.zip

Thanks

I tried search this *.exe, but I couldn't get it until now

Quote:

Originally Posted by msulak

Wrapper ATI3DCIF to OpenGL here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/glcif/

Put tombati.exe and all dll's from both patch and wrapper into game directory and run tombati.exe. Patch requires CDROM in drive with tomb/data/title.phd file.

Thanks for this new solution!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peixoto

It's a pity we don't get the CD music. I hope someone with the expertise to do that kind of assembly hacking take a interest to modify this executable ass well... in my opinion this is the way to go with tomb raider I

Test this

I got an audio solution thanks to Sardoc and my friend b122251 hacked it

I created this pack for TR1

Downloads:

Old Downloads:

Uncompress the files where "tombati.exe" is

Best Regards

16-03-15, 10:01	#1
msulak Hobbyist Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 83	Attemnt to run Tomb Raider 1 with ATI patch on Windows 7 through OpenGL ATI patch is available on CDROM in 3DPatch directory or here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/57506833/vo...ches/trati.zip Wrapper ATI3DCIF to OpenGL here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/glcif/ Put tombati.exe and all dll's from both patch and wrapper into game directory and run tombati.exe. Patch requires CDROM in drive with tomb/data/title.phd file.

17-03-15, 16:01	#4
noname Student Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 234	I get an error that says "Failed to start ATI CIF". Never mind, I discovered there's another file you need to download, ati3dcif.dll, on the files page. Now I can get the game to run. Before you can start any level though, you have to go to Detail Levels and turn on Perspective and Bilinear and turn up the resolution. You won't be able to load a saved game created by a different exe though. There are some more bugs. When you spin on the title screen, the background dims. FMVs are either dim or invisible. When you pause the game, the background is black. Distant textures sometimes look pixelated. Transparent textures don't look quite right. Lara's footsteps are quiet. Still, I think it's great to be able to use a Windows based exe for this game. If you can work out the bugs and get PlayStation audio tracks working with this, this will officially be the best way to play TR1 on Windows. __________________ Check out my Tomb Raider 2 high quality sound effect mod Last edited by noname; 17-03-15 at 20:32.

20-03-15, 18:59	#7
Kirishima Explorer Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 666	....and another thing that isn't going to work on my computer. I get this message when starting up: "Fatal Directdraw Error" EDIT: Nevermind. I get the message only when i set the exe's compatibility to win95. Last edited by Kirishima; 20-03-15 at 19:01.

20-03-15, 19:24	#8
Caesum Tomb Raider Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Poland, Warsaw Gender: Male Posts: 11,977	Are there any differences when compared to Glide version? It would be great if it was possible to run Tomb Raider with PowerVR patch one day, its graphics was superior to Glide AFAIK. Last edited by Caesum; 20-03-15 at 19:26.

20-03-15, 20:29	#9
Peixoto Historian Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 340	Just tested First of all, thank you VERY much sir It seems to works very well for me but i have the tile screen glitch and the FMVs sometimes won't show anything Why does it need a custom ddraw.dll. Did the ATI api worked together with directdraw ? It's a pity we don't get the CD music. I hope someone with the expertise to do that kind of assembly hacking take a interest to modify this executable as well... in my opinion this is the way to go with tomb raider I Last edited by Peixoto; 08-10-15 at 15:52.