Tomb Raider 1 & 2 Classic Collection

This is a wrapper/port of Tomb Raider 1 Classic and Tomb Raider 2 Classic for the PS Vita.

The port works by loading the official Android ARMv7 executables in memory, resolving their imports with native functions and patching them in order to properly run. By doing so, it's basically as if we emulate a minimalist Android environment in which we run natively the executables as they are.

Changelog

v1.0.1

Added front touch mapping for L2/L3/R2/R3 on non PSTV devices.

v1.0

Initial release.

Disclaimer

At the time of writing this readme, both games are delisted from the major Android storefronts. This loader ("port") is intended to be used only by those people who bought the game prior to the delisting and still can legally access their own copy through the Purchased Apps list on Google Play.

Do not ask how to acquire the game data in any other way: we do not promote or condone piracy of any kind.

Setup Instructions (For End Users)

This port supports Tomb Raider 1 Classic and Tomb Raider 2 Classic. The instructions reported here will follow how to install Tomb Raider 1 Classic.

The port has been tested with the following game versions:

  Tomb Raider 1 v.1.0.27RC1 (Has some minor issues)
  Tomb Raider 1 v.1.0.42RC1
  Tomb Raider 2 v.1.0.50RC1

In order to install Tomb Raider 2 Classic, just follow the same instructions but, when in the guide the word tombraider1 is referred, change it to tombraider2.

Install kubridge and FdFix by copying kubridge.skprx and fd_fix.skprx to your taiHEN plugins folder (usually ux0:tai) and adding two entries to your config.txt under *KERNEL:

  *KERNEL
  ux0:tai/kubridge.skprx
  ux0:tai/fd_fix.skprx

Note Don't install fd_fix.skprx if you're using rePatch plugin

Optional: Install PSVshell to overclock your device to 500Mhz.
Install libshacccg.suprx, if you don't have it already, by following this guide.
Obtain your copy of Tomb Riader 1 Classic legally for Android in form of an .apk file. You can get all the required files directly from your phone or by using an apk extractor you can find in the play store. The apk can be extracted with whatever Zip extractor you prefer (eg: WinZip, WinRar, etc...) since apk is basically a zip file. You can rename .apk to .zip to open them with your default zip extractor.
Open the apk with your zip explorer and extract the file libmain.so from the lib/armeabi-v7a folder to ux0:data/tombraider/tombraider1.
Extract the content of assets folder inside ux0:data/tombraider/tombraider1.
Download datafiles.zip from the Release tab of this repository and extract it in ux0:data.
(Optional to get FMVs working) Download ffmpeg and extract ffmpeg.exe from the bin folder in ux0:data/tombraider.
(Optional to get FMVs working) Run ux0:data/tombraider/transcode_tombraider1.bat.

Build Instructions (For Developers)

In order to build the loader, you'll need a vitasdk build fully compiled with softfp usage.
You can find a precompiled version here: https://github.com/vitasdk/buildscripts/actions/runs/1102643776.
Additionally, you'll need these libraries to be compiled as well with -mfloat-abi=softfp added to their CFLAGS:

SDL2_vitagl
libmathneon
- ```
make install
```
vitaShaRK
- ```
make install
```

kubridge

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make install

vitaGL

make SOFTFP_ABI=1 PHYCONT_ON_DEMAND=1 NO_DEBUG=1 install

After all these requirements are met, you can compile the loader with the following commands:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make

Credits

TheFloW for the original .so loader.
CatoTheYounger for the screenshots and for testing the homebrew.
Once13one for the Livearea assets.
Northfear for the SDL2 fork with vitaGL as backend.

luismacena19 / raider-vita