Welcome to Rise of the Tomb Raider™: 20 Year Celebration

Originally developed by Crystal Dynamics
Developed for Linux by Feral Interactive Limited
Published for Linux by Feral Interactive Limited


FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

This document is intended to help you answer any questions that you may have about Rise of the Tomb Raider™: 20 Year Celebration

  1. Does Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration support achievements?
  2. What are the cards in Expeditions mode and what do they do?
  3. Can I play Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration with a gamepad?
  4. Are there any gamepads that are recognized but unsupported?
  5. Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration runs slowly on my computer. Is there anything I can do to increase the speed?
  6. I'm experiencing performance issues when my computer is in "Power Save" mode. How can I avoid this?
  7. My system doesn't support the 3D API required by the game. How do I resolve this?
  8. Will Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration work on my Linux distro?
  9. Which graphics cards and driver versions are supported by Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration?
  10. My graphics card's kernel driver is not compatible with the Vulkan API. How do I resolve this?
  11. I want to minimise Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration and switch to my desktop. How do I do this?
  12. How do I get technical support for Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration?
  1. Does Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration support achievements?

    Yes, achievements are supported by Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration.

    If you are signed in to Steam, your achievements will be visible to you in-game and also to other players through the Steam application.

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  2. What are the cards in Expeditions mode and what do they do?

    In Expeditions mode you can replay chapters from the main campaign, take on skill-based challenges set in different locations from Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, or play new missions separate from the story.

    When starting an expedition, you can select up to five cards that alter the mission. Some cards will grant skills or perks that reduce the expedition's difficulty, but also reduce the number of credits earned for completion. Other cards will increase the difficulty as well as increase the number of credits earned for completion.

    You can customise which cards you wish to use to balance the difficulty/rewards to your liking. Cards also have different levels of rarity, ranging from one to five stars; higher-rated cards generally grant better perks or increased score multipliers.

    Each time you complete an expedition, you will earn credits which can then be spent on virtual packs of randomised cards. You can also sell cards in exchange for more credits. To spend credits on card packs, select Marketplace from the Main Menu.

    Most cards are single-use items, but foil cards can be used as many times as you like. Foil cards are easily distinguished by their gold borders and distinct shine on the card selection screen.

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  3. Can I play Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration with a gamepad?

    Yes.

    The game supports gamepads using the SDL 2.0 API. For more information about SDL, see the SDL Wiki.

    The gamepads in the following list have been tested and are supported by Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration:


    The pads below are also supported by SDL and you should be able to use them to play Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration. However, as they have not been tested with the game, we cannot guarantee that they will work:


    If you encounter problems when using any of the gamepads listed above, please contact our technical support team.

    * In order to use your PlayStation pad with Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, you may need to press the PlayStation button in the center of the controller after connecting the pad to your computer. This allows your computer to recognize the pad.

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  4. Are there any gamepads that are recognized but unsupported?

    Yes.

    The following gamepads will be recognized by the game, but do not have enough buttons or analog controls to support all the possible in-game controls, meaning some in-game tasks will require the keyboard or mouse:


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  5. Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration runs slowly on my computer. Is there anything I can do to increase the speed?

    There are several factors which have an impact on the speed at which Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration runs. Please see the Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration Performance Tips section in the ReadMe for ways to increase the speed at which the game runs on your computer.

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  6. I'm experiencing performance issues when my computer is in "Power Save" mode. How can I avoid this?

    If your CPU frequency scaling governor is set to "Power Save" mode, you may experience performance issues in Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration. When playing games, we recommend that you set your CPU frequency scaling governor to "High Performance" mode.

    We have developed a tool called GameMode that can enact this process automatically. If GameMode is installed, Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration will automatically set your CPU frequency scaling governor mode. To find out more please visit the GameMode entry on GitHub.

    If you wish to manually set your CPU frequency scaling governor mode, please follow the instructions below.

    1. From your desktop, open the Terminal application.
    2. In Terminal, enter the following line of code: echo performance | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor. Press the Return key.
    3. You will be prompted to enter your password. Enter your password, then press the Return key.
    4. Your power settings will now be set to "High Performance" mode. Close the Terminal application.

    If you wish to change your settings back to "Power Save" mode, simply follow the instructions above and enter the following line of code: echo powersave | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor.

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  7. My system doesn't support the 3D API required by the game. How do I resolve this?

    Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration requires the Vulkan API to play, and without it the game will not run. Nvidia drivers come packaged with Vulkan by default, but AMD Mesa drivers do not.

    To install Vulkan drivers for an AMD graphics card on Ubuntu, follow the instructions below. For other distributions, please refer to the distribution's documentation.

    1. Open Terminal and enter the following command: sudo apt install mesa-vulkan-drivers
    2. When prompted, enter your password

    Please note: Once installed, you may need to update to a later version of the Mesa drivers before you can play the game. Please read Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration's system requirements to see which Mesa driver version is required.

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  8. Will Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration work on my Linux distro?

    Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration has been fully tested on Ubuntu 17.10. For the best gameplay experience, we recommend you use this distro.

    The game should also work on other recent versions of Ubuntu, and may also work on other Linux distros; however, as the game has not been tested on these, it is possible that you will encounter performance and gameplay issues, and we do not currently offer support for other versions or distros.

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  9. Which graphics cards and driver versions are supported by Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration?

    The graphics card series and driver versions below have been tested, and these and higher series or versions will run the game without issues:

    Nvidia

    Series: 680
    Driver version: 396.18

    NOTE: Open-source Nvidia graphics drivers are not currently supported by Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration. Unfortunately, the current open-source Nvidia drivers do not support a number of the graphical features used in the game.

    AMD

    Series: R9 285 (GCN 3rd Gen and above)
    Driver version: Mesa 17.3.5

    Intel

    Intel graphics cards are not currently supported by Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration.

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  10. My graphics card's kernel driver is not compatible with the Vulkan API. How do I resolve this?

    Please note: This FAQ tells you how to force your graphics card to use the amdgpu kernel driver. This is considered experimental on older AMD graphics cards and may cause system instability; you follow these instructions at your own risk.

    AMD 200 and 300 series graphics cards based on the 1st or 2nd generation Graphics Core Next micro-architecture use the radeon kernel driver by default. Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration uses the Vulkan graphics API, which requires the amdgpu kernel driver. You can force your graphics card to use the amdgpu kernel driver but may experience system instability.

    To force your graphics card to use the amdgpu kernel driver, follow the instructions below:

    For users running Ubuntu 17.10 or later

    1. Open Terminal and enter the following command:
      xhost +si:localuser:root; sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

    2. When prompted, enter your password.

    3. A text editor window will open. Find the following line:
      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

    4. Change the line to the following:
      GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.si_support=0 radeon.cik_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1 amdgpu.cik_support=1"

    5. Save the file and exit the editor.

    6. Open Terminal and enter the following command:
      sudo update-grub

    7. Reboot your computer.

    Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration will now run on your computer.

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  11. I want to minimise Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration and switch to my desktop. How do I do this?

    On Ubuntu, press the Super Key and the H key at the same time to minimise the game and switch to your desktop.

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  12. How do I get technical support for Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration?

    Please read the technical support information in the ReadMe; this tells you what to check and if necessary, how to contact Feral Technical Support with your issue.

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