Tomb Raider III
The Lost Artifact

• Tomb Raider 3 Game Updates

• Tomb Raider 3 <MULTI PATCH> [ENGLISH] No-CD/Fixed EXE
• Tomb Raider 3 - The Lost Artifact [ENGLISH] No-CD/Fixed EXE
• Tomb Raider 3 All Versions [ALL] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 [GERMAN] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 - Directors Cut v1.1 [GERMAN] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 Patch 2/3DNOW [US] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 [GERMAN] CD-Copy #3
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [GERMAN] CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 [ITALIAN] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [SPANISH] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 [FRENCH] CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 [GERMAN] CD-Copy #2
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [ENGLISH] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 [ENGLISH] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 [ALL VERSIONS] CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 [FRENCH UPDATE] CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 [UPDATE] FIXED CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [ITALIAN] No-CD Patch
• Tomb Raider 3 [UPDATE] CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 [GERMAN] CD-Copy #1
• Tomb Raider 3 [ITALIAN/EURO] CD-Copy UPDATE!
• Tomb Raider 3 [ENGLISH/GERMAN] CD-Copy UPDATE!
• Tomb Raider 3 CD-Copy
• Tomb Raider 3 1:1 CD-Copy

• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 +2 TRAINER
• Tomb Raider 3 v1.0 +1 TRAINER

• Tomb Raider 3 ISO Drive Letter Fix

• Install the game.
• Copy the following directories from the original CD to the game directory:
  • AUDIO
  • CUTS
  • DATA
  • FMV
  • PIX
• Apply the Tomb Raider 3 MULTI PATCH.
• Extract the TOMB.RAIDER.3.PATCH-XMOSER.EXE file from the patch to the game directory.
• Execute the patch to remove the CD-Check from: TOMB3.EXE & T3GOLD.EXE
• Play the Game!

• Install the game.
• Replace the original TR3GOLD.EXE file with the one from the Patch Archive.
• Play the Game!

• Install the game.
• Extract the TR3_ALL_NOCD.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Copy the following directories from the original CD to the game directory:
  • AUDIO  - Optional
  • CUTS
  • DATA
  • PIX
• Execute the Patch to play the Game without the CD!

• Install the game.
• Extract the TR3_GERNOCD.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Copy the following directories from the original CD to the game directory:
  • AUDIO
  • CUTS
  • DATA
  • FMV
  • PIX
• Execute the Patch to play the Game without the CD!

• Install the game.
• Extract the TOMB3_NOCD.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Copy the following directories from the original CD to the game directory:
  • AUDIO
  • CUTS
  • DATA
  • FMV
  • PIX
• Execute TOMB3_NOCD.EXE to play the Game without the CD!

• Install the game.
• Replace the original TOMB3.EXE executable with the one from File Archive.
• Play the Game!

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Replace the TOMB3.EXE executable with the one from the archive.
• Burn the contents of the temporary directory back to a 74 minutes CD-R and use the same CD-Label as the original CD.
• Play the game!

• Use the previous Tomb Raider 3 [UPDATE] CD-Copy instructions. but before burning the CD-R replace the DATA1.CAB file with this updated cab file from the archive.

• Install the game.
• Extract the TR3PATCH.EXE patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Execute it to remove the CD-Check from TOMB3.EXE (966.656 bytes).
• Play the Game!

• Install the game.
• Apply the Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [SPANISH] UPDATE.
• Extract the TR3SPCRK.EXE patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Execute it to remove the CD-Check.
• Play the Game!

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Extract the *.AFP dummy files from the File Archive to the temporary directory.
• Extract the TR3CRACK.EXE file from the patch to the game directory.
• Execute the patch to remove the CD-Check from: TOMB3.EXE
• Remove the patch as it is not needed anymore.
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R and leave the CD label blank (as is the original CD label)

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Extract the CLT_TR3.EXE file from the patch to the game directory.
• Execute it to remove the CD-Check from: TOMB3.EXE
• Remove the patch as it is not needed anymore.
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R and leave the CD label blank (as is the original CD label)

• Install the game.
• Apply the Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [SPANISH] UPDATE.
• Extract the TR3P1CRK.EXE patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Execute it to remove the CD-Check.
• Play the Game!

• Install the game.
• Extract the ROMB3CRK.EXE patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Execute it to remove the CD-Check.
• Play the Game!

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Extract the GCG_TOMB3ALL.EXE file from the patch to the game directory.
• Execute it to patch TOMB3.EXE.
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R and leave the CD label blank (as is the original CD label)

• Use this patch to fix the 'No CD' problem on some systems. If you have a rather uncommon setup of your CD-ROM drive letters (e.g. you got more than one and moved them to the end of the alphabet), then Tomb Raider 3 ISO will most likely refuse to run. The reason is a bug in the CD-Check routine.

• Use the previous Tomb Raider 3 [UPDATE] CD-Copy instructions but before burning the CD-R replace the DATA1.CAB file with this updated one.

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Apply the appropiate Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 UPDATE.
• Execute the appropiate fix to patch TOMB3.EXE:
  • GERMAN.EXE - for the GERMAN release
  • FRAESPIT.EXE - for the ITALIAN/SPANISH/FRENCH release
  • JAPUSAUK.EXE - for the ENGLISH/JAPANESE/USA release
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R with this CD-Label: TR3

Installation:

• Install the game.
• Apply the appropiate Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 UPDATE.
• Execute the appropiate fix to patch TOMB3.EXE:
  • GERMAN.EXE - for the GERMAN release
  • FRAESPIT.EXE - for the ITALIAN/SPANISH/FRENCH release
  • JAPUSAUK.EXE - for the ENGLISH/JAPANESE/USA release
• Play the Game!

• Install the game.
• Apply the Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 [ITALIAN] UPDATE.
• Extract the LXTTR3IT.COM patch from the File Archive to the game directory.
• Execute it to remove the CD-Check.
• Play the Game!

• Install the game.
• Apply the appropiate Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 UPDATE.
• Execute the appropiate fix to patch TOMB3.EXE:
  • DE.EXE - for the GERMAN release
  • IT_SP_FR.EXE - for the ITALIAN/SPANISH/FRENCH release
  • UK_JP_US.EXE - for the ENGLISH/JAPANESE/USA release
• Play the Game!

CD-Copy:

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Apply the appropiate Tomb Raider 3 v1.1 UPDATE.
• Execute the appropiate fix to patch TOMB3.EXE:
  • DE.EXE - for the GERMAN release
  • IT_SP_FR.EXE - for the ITALIAN/SPANISH/FRENCH release
  • UK_JP_US.EXE - for the ENGLISH/JAPANESE/USA release
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R with this CD-Label: TR3

• Copy the full contents of the CD to Harddisk, except these (hidden) files:
  AWCS.AFP, CONFIG.AFP, NEIR.AFP, OKET.AFP, VFAW.AFP
  these files are dummies to make the CD appear larger than 650 Mb.
• Extract the File Archive and rename the TR3_GER.EXE into TOMB3.EXE
• Replace the fixed TOMB3.EXE with the one on harddisk.
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R and make sure that the CD-Label is the same as the original.

As you might know there are 4 tracks on the original CD, 3 of them are FAKE (dummy tracks). Only the first track is valid so don't worry about missing music etc.
Also if you look at the files on the CD you will see that there are 5 hidden dummy files which are very big is size (about 3 Gb in total!).

These are the BIG dummy files:

• awcs.afp
• config.afp
• neir.afp
• oket.afp
• vfaw.afp

The first crack I made (TR3CRACK.ZIP) needed these files to be on the CD. So only a uncracked ImageCopy was possible.
This apparently gives problems with some software so here is another way to make a fixed CD-Copy:

• Copy the full contents of the CD to harddisk, except for the dummy files!
• Make the following file Read/Write: TOMB3.EXE
• Patch TOMB3.EXE (966656 bytes) using this file:
  • ETM3.EXE - for the ENGLISH/EURO Release
  • GTM3.EXE - for the GERMAN Release
• Burn the contents back to a CD-R and leave the CD label blank (as is the original CD label)

• Grab all 4 tracks to harddisk (I used WinOnCD to do this, other burn software will also work).
  These are the available tracks:
  • track1.raw  - data track
  • track2.raw  - fake music track
  • track3.raw  - fake music track
  • track4.raw  - fake data track
• Create & Burn a Mixed Mode CD using track 1 & 4, leave out track 2 & 3 to make the CD smaller than 74 minutes (some of the burn software don't allow Data/Audio/Audio/Data tracks).
• Install the game.
• Patch TOMB3.EXE (966656 bytes) using this file: TMB3CRACK.EXE
• Play the game!

• Start Nero - Burning Rom (4.0.0.5 or higher).
• From the action-bar choose File and select CD-Copy.
• Use the following settings (all other settings should be left default):

• When ready click Copy CD to start the copy process.