FYI I don't use any third party anti-virus programms, just Windows Defender.
I've already tried all the standard troubleshooting methods I think, such as driver updates, clean restart of the pc, ran the game in windowed and fullscreen mode, with and without steam overlay activated, and even with peixotos patch which I intend to use to enable widescreen. see all the possible cheats and codes in the 'Debug Menu'. press F3 to get rid of all the numbers on the screen start a new game or load a savegame, press ESC to go to menu, press TAB, 2 new choices will appear in the menu : 'Debug Menu' and 'Skip Level'. When I start the TR4, the core design intro plays normally, then a loading bar appears for about a second before the game crashes to desktop. debugkeys : fly-cheat, god mode, Debug Menu, Skip Level. The proposed fix on the pcgamingwiki page of the game did not help and results in the same error message. When I run the Setup first I get the error "Tomb Raider 3 Failed To Initialise, Please Run Setup". When I start TR3 the game just instantly crashes. I'm having trouble getting Tomb Raider 3 and 4 to run. Subreddit Banner edited for r/TombRaider by /u/JadedDarkness Meagan Marie, Community & Communication Manager at Crystal Dynamics Please don't flair text posts as 'Self-submission'. 'Self-submission' flair: This flair is reserved for artwork or videos created by you. Moderators can remove posts and comments at their discretion. With the greatest british archaeologist adventurer, Lara Croft. ? Celebrating 25 years of Tomb Raiding ? Games, Movies, Comics, Animated shows, mobile games, everything. Welcome to the Tomb Raider Subreddit where we discuss everything related to Tomb Raider starring Lara Croft - from her adventures in video-games to her expeditions in movies, this is the place to discuss the Tomb Raider franchise!