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Tomb Raider Mouse Helper (for TR1-5)


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Tomb Raider Mouse Helper
v1.2
for Tomb Raider 1-5 (1996-2000) by Core Design

 

This Windows utility for the first five Tomb Raider games (I, II, III, The Last Revelation and Chronicles) runs in the background and provides mouse control in those games by converting mouse movements into key presses. This allows you to move the mouse to turn left and right and, while holding the right mouse button, look all around. It also enables firing with the left button, drawing weapons with the middle button and easily setting up WASD or ESDF control schemes.

 

Features:

  • Move the mouse to turn left and right (also can be used to rotate menus).
  • Press and hold the right mouse button to look around (without moving).
  • Press the left mouse button to fire and grab ledges (also can be used to select from menus).
  • Press the middle mouse button to draw (and re-holster) weapons.
  • Use the WASD (or any) keys to run, go backward and sidestep left and right.
  • Scroll the mouse wheel or press left/right on it to rotate menus.

 

Instructions:

Simply run TombRaiderMouseHelper.exe and then run the game.

(Optional) Create a shortcut that will run the helper and game together:

  1. Click on the "Create shortcut" button on the helper's main window.
  2. Drag and drop either the game's shortcut or its .exe file onto the next window. (This will create a new shortcut that runs the helper, then the game, then exits the helper when the game exits)

 

Configuration:
There are a few options that you can configure on first run, via the tray icon or via in-game hotkeys:

  •  Whether to minimize the GUI to the tray on launch. Default: Off. Applies only to running the helper by itself, not via shortcut.
    • Toggle on to launch the helper silently to the tray.
  •  Whether to exit when the game exits. Default: On. Applies only to running the helper by itself, not via shortcut.
    • Toggle off to leave the helper running.
  •  The sensitivity of the mouse. Default: the middle mark.
    • It's recommended that you don't adjust this unless you find that you really need to.
  • Whether to invert the mouse's Y axis. Default: On (because the game defaults to that)
    • Toggle off to make panning up look up and down look down. Apples only to Look mode (holding the right button).
  •  Whether to map keys to movement controls and other actions. Default: On.
    • Toggle off or edit if any of the mappings are unwanted.

 

Notes:

  • If the game is run as administrator, the helper must also be run as administrator in order to work. If you created a desktop shortcut from the helper's menu, then try running the shortcut as an administrator.
  • All features will work as expected only if the game is configured to use the default keys. That's because this helper maps buttons and keys to those specific keys. For example, the left mouse button is mapped to the Ctrl key, which is the default key for Fire. If you change Fire to be a different key, then the left mouse button will stop working until you assign the Ctrl key to something else. If you want to disable these mappings, you can do so in the helper's menu. For example, if you've already configured the game to use WASD (or you prefer ESDF), you'll want to disable the WASD mappings.
  • This helper works with the original DOS version of the first game (Tomb Raider I), but works better with the Windows version, which you can convert the DOS version to with the following instructions: https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Tomb_Raider_(1996)#Run_the_game_without_DOSBox

 

Modification:

This utility is simply a compiled AutoHotkey script.

If you're not satisfied with the given mappings or functionality and would like to tweak them, the source script (TombRaiderMouseHelper.ahk) is in the "src" folder. You will need to download AutoHotkey from www.autohotkey.com to compile it. In the folder where you installed/extracted AutoHotkey will be a "Compiler" folder. In there is Ahk2Exe.exe, which you can use to compile your modified TombRaiderMouseHelper.ahk into a new TombRaiderMouseHelper.exe. An icon for you to use is in the folder with TombRaiderMouseHelper.ahk.

You don't need to compile or worry about TombRaiderMouseHelperGUI.ahk (which mostly has code related to the GUI, not the game). It'll be included automatically when TombRaiderMouseHelper.ahk is compiled.

For help with using AutoHotkey, see the help file (AutoHotkey.chm) that comes with it.

 

Other:
If you like this utility, you may be interested in these related uploads...

SkyNET Mouse Helper: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/982-skynet-mouse-helper/

Outlaws Mouse Helper: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/970-outlaws-mouse-helper/

Dune II Mouse Helper: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/955-dune-ii-mouse-helper/

Warcraft Mouse Helper: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/954-warcraft-mouse-helper/

All (and any newer) uploads: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/profile/3342-osprey/content/?type=downloads_file

 


What's New in Version 1.1   See changelog

Released

 * Added support for the Steam version of Tomb Raider I.
 * Added ability to drag and drop Steam shortcuts onto the Create Shortcut window.
 * Added button on the Configure window to run the games' setup programs.
 * Added ability to map any keys to the movement controls.
 * Added option to minimize the GUI when the close button is pressed.
 * Added tooltips for options on the Configure window.
 * Fixed issue of falling from ledge when the mouse is moved.
 * Fixed issue of sharp turns not being interruptable.
 * Fixed issue of helper exiting even when "Exit when game exits" is unchecked.
 * Fixed issue of tooltips sometimes getting stuck on-screen when the GUI isn't the active window.
 * Changed "Show GUI window" option to "Minimize to tray on launch."
 * Enlarged the main GUI window slightly.





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Edit: There was originally an issue above that I couldn't fix and had to mention, but I've since been able to fix it.

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Hi, I'm trying to download this tool but I keep getting the following error: 

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
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<Code>AccessDenied</Code>
<BucketName>pcgw-community</BucketName>
<RequestId>tx00000000000003540a4b6-005c608a72-795ea-sfo2a</RequestId>
<HostId>795ea-sfo2a-sfo</HostId>
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Any help would be appreciated.

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The download link has been fixed by the administrator. Thanks for pointing it out, aclx2, or else I might not have known to contact him.

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On 6/30/2019 at 7:38 PM, Ominous Moose said:

Hey so Windows Defender flags this as a trojan virus and I'm wondering if that's just a false flag.

It's a false positive, yeah. I just ran Malwarebytes on it to be sure, though. Still, to give you and others peace of mind and, especially, to help prevent it from being quarantined, I've just uploaded a new version (1.2) that doesn't get flagged as suspicious by Windows Defender (and some other AV engines).

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A new recompiled version of the script have been uploaded by @Suicide machine to clear the false positives of the file.

If it where to trigger false positives in the future yet again (which I sorta expect, seeing how it's using AutoHotKey to monitor the system for key presses to enable its functionality), users can follow the instructions in the Modification section of the file description to recompile the executable file themselves, which might clear the false positives.

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