Hi everybody,

When i'm trying to launch TR3, i got the message

" Tomb raider 3 failed to initialise. Please run setup"

Don't know what to do, beacause the first Tomb Raider and the second one work perfectly :/

Did you run setup? The program lives under the tools start menu item, under tomb raider 3. If you did, did you get an error with that?

edit: no it works, i ofund the file, but strangly, i have to launch it from the research bar in th windows menu.

Thanks for the help !

I'm getting this same error and i still can't work out how to fix it.

Pretty self explanatory really... Run the set-up its in the GOG folder and Tomb Raider 3 then tools and you should then find Setup choose your settings and Tomb Raider 3 will work..

I have no idea what you're talking about. What tools? What the fuck? I went to my GOG folder, then to Tomb Raider 3, but what do I do from there?

Make sure you're looking at the GOG folder in the Start menu, and not the install folder in Program Files. You won't find a setup file in the Program Files folder.

Oh alright. Thanks!
I clicked on it and it flashed up momentarily and then nothing happened. Any idea how I would fix that?

It still doesn't want to work. This is sort of distressing

I changed the compatibility and now it's working fine. I feel silly for not doing that in the first place. Thanks for the help!

I have spent the past 4 hours or so trying to figure out how to get TR 3 to run as I kept trying to get it working from the folder AND the desktop shortcut, kept getting an error message and when I saw your post I gave it a try and IT WORKED.

You do not know how grateful I am. Honestly, technical difficulties tear my soul apart and make me want to curl up in a ball and weep but YOU SAVED ME FROM THAT and for that, I am eternally grateful.

Okay I'm done creeping you out now, off I go on my merry way.


Thanks again!

- Lisa

You're welcome. Glad it worked out for you :)