A tool for running and modding classic Tomb Raider games (1–5) on Linux with Wine/Proton. It also supports searching and downloading levels from trle.net, enabling direct play from the application.
This project is my passion for Tomb Raider classics combined with learning C++, Python, and SQL. My dream is to create an arcade machine featuring all classic Tomb Raider games and TRLE levels, potentially with a co-op mode.
- Integrates with Linux launchers (Steam, Lutris, etc.)
- Controller mapper support (e.g., qjoypad, antimicrox)
- Save file and configuration backups
- Workarounds for Linux/Wine compatibility issues
- Modding support for executable-based mods
- Level download and installation from trle.net
- Respectful scraping and filtering of data from trle.net (with site owner permission)
Ensure the following are installed on your Linux desktop:
curl(7.71.0 or newer)- Boost
- OpenSSL
- Qt5 On Arch this should be enough, you get the rest probably when you install the base, curl + openssl
sudo pacman -S qt5-wayland qt5-webengine qt5-imageformats boostcmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/.local .
make install -j$(nproc)Never use sudo with pip, you can use a virtual environment or keep updating them in home. If a required module isn't available in the system's package manager, fall back to pip.
python3 -m venv myenv
source myenv/bin/activate
pip install pycurl tqdm cryptography beautifulsoup4 pillowor just
pip install pycurl tqdm cryptography beautifulsoup4 pillowhow to update
#!/bin/bash
pimp_my_pip() {
pip list --outdated | awk 'NR > 2 {print $1}' | xargs -n1 pip install -U
}
pimp_my_pipsudo pacman -S python-pycurl python-tqdm python-cryptography python-beautifulsoup4 python-pillowsudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pycurl python3-tqdm python3-cryptography python3-bs4 python3-pilsudo dnf install python3-pycurl python3-tqdm python3-cryptography python3-beautifulsoup4 python3-pillowsudo zypper install python3-pycurl python3-tqdm python3-cryptography python3-beautifulsoup4 python3-Pillowsudo apk add py3-pycurl py3-tqdm py3-cryptography py3-beautifulsoup4 py3-pillowSome levels wont be added because they use external or different download URL's You can add maps to the database if you cd into where you installed you're database.
If you did just follow the command above you can use:
python3 tombll_get_data.py https://www.trle.net/sc/levelfeatures.php?lid=3684
Now that you have an data.json file you get a chance to edit it. Sometimes you need or want to edit those but right now I allow only trle.net
"zipFileName": "",
"zipFileMd5": "",
"download_url": ""
python3 tombll_add_data.py data.json
For testing widescreen patch it could work with only tr4 and tr5 compile with cmake -DTEST=on
./TombRaiderLinuxLauncherTest -w tomb4.exeI was going to mix trle.net with trcustoms.org data, I have not made contacted with the site owner to ask if I can use the site for scraping for non commercial use. As this task turned out to be harder than I thought, to match data without creating doubles, I'm gonna wait until the basics and trle.net part is implemented.
The game uses old API and old optimizations, but you can play basically on a potato laptop.
It depends on drivers quality, but with proton you can try PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1
or using [dgvoodoo2] with PROTON_USE_WINED3D=0 usually you get the best performance with (DXVK/dgvoodoo2).
The easiest way to get this setup it using Lutris. Some levels can be lagging even on
a computer with a strong video card.
[dgvoodoo2]: https://github.com/lutris/dgvoodoo2/releases
I program mostly on Slackware-current and Arch, I gonna try target and test SteamOS for second release.
This project is licensed under GPLv3. Art assets are under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0. Tomb Raider is a trademark of Embracer Group AB.