TR3 - All Hallows - pink door

[jeffareid]

Few will remember this, but there is a pink door in the Cathedral
in All Hallows that was a bit of a mystery to some. It's purpose
is to allow Lara to return to the cathedral, but the return path
is also somewhat hidden. Normally it's never used, which is why
it isn't well known.

Here's a video that shows the door and the return sequence:

http://jeffareid.net/tr/tr3ahpd.wmv

youtube version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBnIgk8WlPg&fmt=22

[McG.]

"jeffareid" <jeff...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Very cool. I don't think I ever used that one!
McG.

[jeffareid]

If Lara is returning to get the vault key, there is a problem getting back down. On the PC version, Lara normally won't
climb down through the small opening. However the corner between the fence and the opening is a seam bug spot. Lara can
jump or roll through it (and die from impact below). A variation of the seam bug will let Lara climb back down through
the opening. Move Lara to the corner, then press duck, back, and action will get her to crawl back down, but you need to
release action or else Lara will just crawl back up. If she's facing too far to the left when you do this, she crawls
through the fence instead, can't climb back up, and dies on the spikes below.

Lara can't jump over the fence from the lower ledge, and trying to jump from the higher ledge just under is too far a
drop so it kills here regardless of the spikes. On the climbable wall leading to the vault key, Lara can shimmy left,
where she'll drop down to the spiked ledge, but that also kills her.

I made a video using the seam bug variation. I returned back through the pink door. Lara can also use the original path
to return to the vault door, dropping down the chute into the water.

I cropped the 4:3 (16:12) video to 16:9 to make it widescreen, so you don't see the health bar. Lara takes a small
amount of damage on the 2 drops which can't be seen in the video.

http://jeffareid.net/tr/tr3ahvk.wmv

youtube version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dy2IdNhWI&fmt=22