I have a new PC, woot! Finally I can look for skips with decent framerates.
@SamuraiiBlue @MrTau The miniboss skip is back! Great work!
@Aphox Awesome Fire Arrows skip! Also, it gave me an idea for a new skip:
The video is long so just make sure you don't miss the load trigger @5:55. From 7:50 onward it's just normal playthrough.
I just discovered this so there's still a lot I don't know or sure about:
1. The framerates required for the barrier clip - I was able to do it with 180 FPS but not 150. Then again maybe I just don't have the right setup yet.
2. Is it necessary now to pick up the pistol during prison break, since you don't get one from Ana anymore? I had the pistol in my savefile so I need to start again from an earlier one to find out.
Also, is it possible to pick up the pistol and then do the clip?
3. In theory the skip is possible as soon as you get to Geothermal Valley, but I didn't try it without the Grappling Hook since I just assumed I'll get stuck somewhere. But maybe it's worth a try I don't know.
So what's the time save? It took me:
From campfire after the Acropolis to the barrier - 1 minute.
Clipping the barrier - hard to estimate since I don't have a proper setup yet. Let's say you can realistically do it within 1 minute. Optimal time would be much shorter.
From barrier to puzzle - 3 minutes.
Solving the puzzle - 3 minutes.
Also:
Getting Climbing Arrows early - 30 secs loss according to Leemyy.
Not doing prison break/pistol skip - 1 minute 30 secs loss.
Overall 10 minutes. In the WR video it took Lillbrorsan 13 minutes to get from the post-Acropolis campire to the end of the puzzle.
So on average we're looking at a 3 minutes time save.
On an unrelated note, I'm not sure if the following OOB can turn out to be useful but I'm posting anyways in case anyone wants to take a look:
I accidently cut the video a little short - Lara dies and it sends you back to the campfire in the prison. I suppose the first clip is nice if you get it first try.
@SamuraiiBlue @MrTau The miniboss skip is back! Great work!
@Aphox Awesome Fire Arrows skip! Also, it gave me an idea for a new skip:
The video is long so just make sure you don't miss the load trigger @5:55. From 7:50 onward it's just normal playthrough.
I just discovered this so there's still a lot I don't know or sure about:
1. The framerates required for the barrier clip - I was able to do it with 180 FPS but not 150. Then again maybe I just don't have the right setup yet.
2. Is it necessary now to pick up the pistol during prison break, since you don't get one from Ana anymore? I had the pistol in my savefile so I need to start again from an earlier one to find out.
Also, is it possible to pick up the pistol and then do the clip?
3. In theory the skip is possible as soon as you get to Geothermal Valley, but I didn't try it without the Grappling Hook since I just assumed I'll get stuck somewhere. But maybe it's worth a try I don't know.
So what's the time save? It took me:
From campfire after the Acropolis to the barrier - 1 minute.
Clipping the barrier - hard to estimate since I don't have a proper setup yet. Let's say you can realistically do it within 1 minute. Optimal time would be much shorter.
From barrier to puzzle - 3 minutes.
Solving the puzzle - 3 minutes.
Also:
Getting Climbing Arrows early - 30 secs loss according to Leemyy.
Not doing prison break/pistol skip - 1 minute 30 secs loss.
Overall 10 minutes. In the WR video it took Lillbrorsan 13 minutes to get from the post-Acropolis campire to the end of the puzzle.
So on average we're looking at a 3 minutes time save.
On an unrelated note, I'm not sure if the following OOB can turn out to be useful but I'm posting anyways in case anyone wants to take a look:
I accidently cut the video a little short - Lara dies and it sends you back to the campfire in the prison. I suppose the first clip is nice if you get it first try.