How to run Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light in a window (sort of)
- Make sure that the game is set to run in a resolution lower than your monitor’s resolution (choose Setup Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light when launching the game from the Steam client; or, from the game’s main menu, choose HELP & OPTIONS, then GRAPHICS, then DISPLAY MODE SELECTION).
- Download DxWnd.
- Extract the downloaded archive (which will be called something like
v2_05_60_build.rar
) to a new folder. Download
GoL3.dxw
to somewhere, e.g. the DxWnd folder.You may also want to download
GoL2.dxw
orGoL.dxw
, older versions ofGoL3.dxw
. Only use them ifGoL3.dxw
doesn’t work.- Run
dxwnd.exe
in the DxWnd folder. - Click the File menu, then Import ..., and choose
GoL3.dxw
. Click the newly added Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light entry, then the File menu, then Run.
If nothing happens, you may have the game installed in a non-default location. Click the Edit menu, then Modify, and adjust Path to the correct value. On this screen, you can also change where the game window will appear by adjusting X and Y or selecting Desktop center.