Play GOG Tomb Raider 1 on Linux

Play GOG Tomb Raider 1 on Linux

To play GOG Tomb Raider 1 on Linux, you have to use a modified version of dosbox wich support 3DFX games.

• 1) install openglide library:

open a terminal and launch this commands:
$ cvs -dserver:anonymous@openglide.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/openglide login # push "enter" for password
$ cvs -z3 -dserver:anonymous@openglide.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/openglide co -P openglide
cd openglide
./bootstrap
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
sudo make install

• 2) make a 3dfx dosbox version

Default dosbox does not support 3dfx game by default, you have to patch the sources and compile your special version:

svn co https://dosbox.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dosbox/dosbox/trunk dosbox

then download dosbox glide patch on this forum:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=16462&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

extract the patch from dosbox_glide.zip file.

Apply the patch:
cat dosbox_glide.diff | patch -p0

It's important the dosbox source folder name have to be "dosbox" or the patch will not find the sources.
Don't worry about patch reject, I had 4 rejects on my install and it's only because the dosbox svn source has yet integrated code from the glide patch.

You can now compile your dosbox glide version:
cd dosbox
chmod +x autogen.sh
./autogen.sh
./configure CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/include/openglide" --prefix=/usr
make

now copy your dosbox freshly compiled executable located in dosbox/src in aim "Tomb Raider 1" folder.

• 3) modify dosboxTR.conf to be dosbox linux compatible

edit the file dosboxTR.conf located in the aim "Tomb Raider 1" folder and change this lines:
line 26, replace
output=direct3d
by
output=opengl
and
line 444, replace
imgmount d ".\game.dat" -t iso -fs iso
by
imgmount d "GAME.DAT" -t iso -fs iso
! be careful, linux dosbox is case sensitive in his config file !
you can now save and close the config file.

• 4) move the file "glide2x.ovl" located in aim "Tomb Raider 1" folder in the "TOMBRAID" folder.

Now open a terminal and go to your "Tomb raider 1" folder and launch your special dosbox version:
$ cd /home/your_login/.wine/...../Tomb Raider 1/
$ ./dosbox -conf dosboxTRLinux.conf

• 5) you can now launch Tomb Raider 1 in 3dfx mode on Linux but you have no music: your linux dosbox version does not know how to play mp3 files.

Workaround: go to the aim "Tomb Raider 1" folder and convert all the mp3 files in ogg format. To do this task I used the nautilus script "Audio files converter". now edit the file "game.dat" and replace all the ".mp3" reference to ".ogg".

Save and close the file, launch the game, you have now Tomb Raider 1 as you are on a dos machine with a 3DFX game, have a good game!!!

LGDN

sources:

dosbox 3dfx Games mit OpenGL auf Linuxforum vogons threads Glide patch , CUE/ISO/MP3 does not work , DOSBox 0.73 - the only version with OGG support?