Ok ok. You guys were right. They're fun games. :)

>> For the grapple, I find it best to aim the camera at the wall, using left
>> and right for swing, then back (down) for the jump if a side jump. Example
>> video:
>>
>> http://jeffareid.net/tr/traok3.wmv
>
> I don't think I'm gonna make this jump! I find the grapple MUCH easier to work with in TRU than in TRA. I'm
> running Fraps in the background too. Gotta have my screenshots.

In order to have fraps slow down a machine, it needs to be recording a
video (then just delete the video afterwards unless you want it).

The grapple isn't that bad on a PC, if you keep the camera over Lara's
head instead of trying to follow her when nearby corners mess up the view.

> There is no backflip, no reverse key, no sideflips, no step backward.

If Lara has her weapons drawn, she reverts to her old style movements,
left and right are side step, and she flips front, side, or backwards.
In TRU you have to hold down the target lock key, but for TRL or TRL,
using advanced toggle, once Lara's weapons are drawn they stay drawn.

In TRU, pressing action near an enemy causes Lara to do a swinging kick,
doing this while running at an enemy results in a flying side kick. It
usually knocks the enemy down.

One undocumented underwater move is holding forwards, then back and releasing
forwards, or vice versa (possibly only in sprint mode), Lara will do a quick
uturn like the old roll underwater move.

"jeffareid" <jeffareid RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:iHHZk.56434$5L3.42567@newsfe09.iad...
>>> Although somewhat rare, on some fast machines, there are a two locations
>>> where where Lara simply doesn't jump far enough. Without giving any
>>> spoilers here, one potential bug spot is near the end of Natla's caves,
>>> and the other in the Great Pyramid (2 or maybe 3 jumps there).
>>> One workaround is to use fraps and have it recording while you play
>>> through
>>> these sections to "slow" your system down.
>
>> So how fast is too fast a machine?
>
> My system specs:
>
> Intel Core 2 extreme X6800 2.93ghz
> Intel D975XBX motherboard, 2GB 4-4-4-10 667mhz ddr2ram
> ATI HD4870 PCI-E video card (not the x2 version)
> Sound Blaster X-Fi
>
> At the time I made this bug video I had a ATI X1900XTX PE (not cross fire)
>
> http://jeffareid.net/tr/tragpbug.wmv
>
> I send a tech support email to CD about the issue in Anniversary, and they
> claimed that my system was unexpectedly fast (this was tech support, so
> who knows how accurate this is). Systems similar or faster than mine
> pre-date Anniversary by a year, so this didn't seem like a valid excuse.
>

FWIW, I never had an issue with TRA, though my specs were similar in most
respects apart from the graphics card. My 'old' rig was:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 running @3GHz
Intel 975X mobo (MSI 975X Platinum Powerup Edition)
Kingston 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM (running at 667MHz)
Gigabyte 7600GT graphics card.
No add-on sound though.

It would seem strange for the gfx card to be causing the issue, as I doubt
my lower one placed *that* much load on the system.

JW