# OpenRaider: a rewritten engine for Tomb Raider 1–3

> OpenRaider reimplements an engine for Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3 using their original asset files. Its C++ code includes level loaders for all three versions, rendering and audio components, and support for custom maps based on those engines.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/xythobuz/OpenRaider>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/xythobuz/OpenRaider/blob/f64b8e66ae88eaa58602c6f839bf7efad9c248d7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openraider-rewrite-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/openraider-rewrite-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/openraider-rewrite-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply Tomb Raider asset files, including maps and, for TR2/TR3, TOMBPC.DAT and MAIN.SFX.
- **Prerequisites:** Build dependencies include a C++11 compiler, CMake, OpenGL, GLM, glbinding and SDL2 or GLFW.
- **License:** GPL-2.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/xythobuz/OpenRaider/blob/f64b8e66ae88eaa58602c6f839bf7efad9c248d7/README.md>

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