Tomb Raider Anniversary is the re-make of the original Tomb Raider in a modern gaming engine. Experience the first adventure fighting against wolves, bears, dinosaurs and solve the mystery on an expedition Lara's father never finished.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Tomb Raider Anniversary in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Tomb Raider Anniversary. Other versions may require additional steps.
Tips & Specs:
Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.
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Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine: 3.11
Wine Installation
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 3.11
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 3.11 is installed and you can close this window
Downloading Steam
Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
PlayOnLinux Setup
Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
Click "install a non-listed program"
Click Next
Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
Name your virtual drive: tombraideranniversary
No spaces
Click Next
Check all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 3.11
Click Next
Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
Configure Wine
Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Click Ok
PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)
Check the following libraries:
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_d3dx9
- POL_Install_tahoma
Note: All packages will automatically download and install
Installing Steam
Click Browse
Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
Click Next
Click Next
Check: I accept the license...
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Updating Steam
Click the "X" to close Steam login
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Steam.exe
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Tomb Raider Anniversary
Click Next
Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Wine Version: 3.11
Arguments: -no-dwrite
This fixes any missing font problems
Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine
Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
Close Configure
Launching Steam
Select Tomb Raider Anniversary
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs
Click "Login to existing account"
Login
Find Tomb Raider Anniversary in your Steam Library
Click Install
Uncheck "Created desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Created start menu shortcut"
Click Next
Click Finish
Wait for the game to download
Click Play
Optmization
Check "Tomb Raider: Anniversary Setup
Click Play
Adjust:
- Resolution
- Refresh Rate
- Contrast
- Brightness
- Anti Aliasing
- Fullscreen Effects
- VSync
- Shadows
- Depth of Field
- Reflections
- Water Effects
Check "Play Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Click Play
In Game Optmization
Click Options
Click Display
Click Display Mode
Conclusion:
Tomb Raider Anniversary ran perfectly on my GeForce GTX 1060. I played all the way up to the Tyrannasaurus Rex boss fight without issues. It actually looks quite beautiful for an older game. Should run on just about any hardware.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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