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Setting up OpenLara to work with Tomb Raider 1
🕑 Added 2021-02-13 16:35:35 +0000 UTCI figured I'd write my own quick guide on this since it proved a bit difficult to an in-depth guide for setting up OpenLara. Parts of this is based on the readme which comes with OpenLara.
Playing OpenLara on the web:
- This is the easiest way to check out OpenLara. Just open this website: http://xproger.info/projects/OpenLara/
Setting up OpenLara to work in RetroArch:
- RetroArch documentation has its own guide for this. You can find that here: https://docs.libretro.com/library/openlara/
Setting up OpenLara to work on Windows using a digital PC copy of TR1:
- Download OpenLara and extract it anywhere. It's the OpenLara_win zip file here: https://github.com/XProger/OpenLara/releases/tag/latest
- Buy Tomb Raider 1 on gog.com or Steam and then install it
- Go to the game's install directory (if it's Steam, then right-click the game and click on Properties->Local Files->Browse)
- Run dosbox.exe
- With Dosbox running, write and execute (by pressing Enter) the following commands one by one:
- mount C .
- imgmount d ".\game.dat" -t iso -fs iso
- xcopy D:\DATA\ C:\DATA\
- xcopy D:\FMV\ C:\FMV\
- exit
- You've now extracted all of the game's data and video files to where TR1 is installed using GoG or Steam. Copy the Data and FMV folders to where you have OpenLara extracted
- If you want music and sound for the in-game cutscenes, you need the audio tracks from the console versions of TR1. Here's a source for them: https://opentomb.earvillage.net/ (these should be in a folder called Audio where you extracted OpenLara)
- Run OpenLara.exe
Setting up OpenLara to work on Windows using a physical PC/PSX/Saturn copy of TR1:
- Download OpenLara and extract it anywhere. It's the OpenLara_win.zip download here: https://github.com/XProger/OpenLara/releases/tag/latest
- Copy the Data and FMV folders from the Tomb Raider 1 CD to where you have OpenLara extracted
- Use a CD ripper program (ie, CDex should work: https://cdex.mu/download) for converting the audio on the CD to OGG tracks. Make a folder called "Audio" where OpenLara is extracted and copy all of the OGG tracks there
- Note that OpenLara only works with audio tracks from the console versions of TR1. For an alternative source for the audio tracks, you can go here: https://opentomb.earvillage.net/
- Run OpenLara.exe
If you want a braid for Lara and an alternate model for player two in OpenLara, then you can follow the information I've written here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47455471 (I've got a download there with a custom build of OpenLara and modded levels with a braid and alternate costume. Just copy those to where you have OpenLara extracted).
