Tomb Raider Chronicles is the 5th installment of the series. Play once again as Lara Croft solving puzzles, fending off animals and the "bad guys" and of course, jumping and climbing stunts. Take Lara through five adventures starting in Egypt, Croft Manor, then to Ireland and Werner von Croy's high tech complex.
Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Tomb Raider Chronicles in Linux with PlayOnLinux.
Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Tomb Raider Chronicles. 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 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.8
Wine: 1.6.2
Wine Installation
Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.
Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
Click Next
Downloading Wine
Extracting
Downloading Gecko
Installed
Wine 1.6.2 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
Setup PlayOnLinux
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: tombchron
No spaces
Click Next
Select all three options:
- Use another version of Wine
- Configure Wine
- Install some libraries
Select Wine 1.6.2
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
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok
Install Libraries
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
chronicles16.png
Click Next
Click Next
Check: I accept the license...
Click Next
Click Next
Click Next
Click Install
Click Finish
Updating Steam
More updating, extracting and installing
When Steam is done installing the login screen will pop up. You probably won't see any text because there is a font bug.
Click the "X" to close Steam login
PlayOnLinux Shortcut
Select Steam.exe
Click Next
Name your shortcut: Tomb Raider Chronicles
Click Next
Click Next
PlayOnLinux Configure
Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem
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 Chronicles
Click Run
Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs.
Click "Login to existing account"
Login
Steam Overlay
Steam overlay has been known to cause problems launching games.
Click Steam menu
Click Settings
Select "In-game"
Uncheck "Enable Steam Commuinty In-Game"
Click OK
Installing Tomb Raider Chronicles
Click Install
Click Next
Click "I Agree"
Uncheck Shortcut options
Click Next
Click Finish
Click Play
Configure Tomb Raider Chronicles
Adjust
- Output Resolution
- Render Options
- Texture Bit Depth
- Sound Device
Start a new game
Conclusion:
Tomb Raider Chronicles runs great on my GeForce 550 Ti and should run great on any laptop/netbook.
I was able to play with keyboard/mouse and Logitech dual-shock controller without any problems. The controls are difficult, but everyone who has played any Tomb Raider already knows this.
Gameplay video:
Screenshots:
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