SSX3, Perpendiculous, how to swap pipes?

[Andy Turner]

Ok, I'm half decent at SSX3, but I can't for the life of me figure out
how to get from the centre pipe into the two higher pipes at the
sides. I can easily get high enough, but I always come back down into
the centre pipe!! How do I switch pipes in mid air?!

Thanks for any help!

andyt

[Skye]

Hand plant.
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[Phenton]

If you look along the other pipes you'll see they have red rails, all
you have to do is use a hand plant on them and drop in.

[Nick]

This is going to sound awful but how do I do the handplant. Basically Ive
done all the races with Viggo and now Im trying my luck at the tricks side
of the game. If anyone knows of a good site that gives me all the moves then
thats even beter.

Cheers

nick
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[Robert van der Meulen]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 12:59:40 -0000, Nick <Ni...@rees101.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> This is going to sound awful but how do I do the handplant. Basically Ive
> done all the races with Viggo and now Im trying my luck at the tricks side
> of the game. If anyone knows of a good site that gives me all the moves then
> thats even beter.

Use the circle button. Handplants are quite nice and useful, but if I
were you, I would just stay in the 'main' pipe in perp. Getting about
1.000.000.000 points and up is pretty doable without using the top
pipes, and getting into them costs you more than you can win with it ;)

By the way, you know that if you copy your games, you don't get stuff
like useful manuals that include all the moves? :)

Greets,
Robert
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[Andy Turner]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:24:30 +0000, Phenton <Phe...@bt.co.uk> wrote:

>If you look along the other pipes you'll see they have red rails, all
>you have to do is use a hand plant on them and drop in.

Ah, I think that was the problem, I was trying to do it anywhere along
the pipe, not on the red rails.

The other thing is that a friend of mine was playing it, who has no
idea what he's doing and randomly presses buttons whilst in the air.
He was playing on the first three-pipe track (where they're all on the
same level), and managed to swap pipes in mid-air - he just seemed to
switch whilst at the top of his air and then come back down into the
other one, without a handplant! Because he was randomly pressing
buttons, he's no idea how he did it and we've never been able to
reproduce it. Knowing how to do this would be a lot easier than having
to handplant.

andyt

[Ryou]

i think thats just a random thing...ive done that a few times where ive
landed on top of the half pipe and lost all my speed. probably has
something to do with how you jump into the air...

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[Nick]

Yes thanks for that Robert but I actually did purchase my game from play on
release day thank you very much. Im just one of these people that never
reads manuals and as you may know many manuals dont contain all the moves. I
was actually after a good website that had more detail.

Nick

PS Whats this progressive mode thing everyone is refering too? Now that isnt
mentioned in the UK manual!
"Robert van der Meulen" <joe...@wiretrip.org> wrote in message
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[Phenton]

The SSX3 faq is superb, has all the answers you'll ever need.
Get it here :
http://www.merqurycity.com/ssx3/ssx3_faq.txt

Phenton

[Robert van der Meulen]

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:34:34 -0000, Nick <Ni...@rees101.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Yes thanks for that Robert but I actually did purchase my game from play on
> release day thank you very much. Im just one of these people that never
> reads manuals and as you may know many manuals dont contain all the moves. I
> was actually after a good website that had more detail.

Relax, Nick :) Did you see the smiley? I gave you the answer you asked
for, hinted that it's all in the manual as well. I'm not calling you a
thief. BTW, the link to the SSX faq posted in the other answer is a
good read, I can recommend it too.

[Nick]

Thats great Robert. I just read my note and it sounded it a bit off, no
offence intended there and thanks for your help.

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[Mark Bumiller]

"Nick" <Ni...@rees101.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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I'll feel like a dumbass after this... but how many game manuals don't have
all the moves?

[Mega Loopy, the Pudgy Luchador]

"Mark Bumiller" <mt...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I'll feel like a dumbass after this... but how many game manuals don't
have
> all the moves?

I can't speak for all the games but pro wrestling games (Legends of
Wrestling, the old WCW ones, the PS1 WWF ones, etc.) are notoriously scant
in revealing moves (usually only detailing the basics, if that) Granted,
this is partially because most of these games have 40+ available wrestlers,
all with different movesets, finishers and the like. The booklet would have
to be huge if you wanted to break down every guy with all his moves. But
another reason why they do this is so you have to buy the accompanying
oversized strategy book for $15. IIRC there are certain moves you can do on
the Tony Hawk games that aren't referred to in the booklet, but mostly
they're logical extensions of what the booklet describes.

Mega Loopy, the Pudgy Luchador
Archbishop of Chicanery
still wondering why my Tetris booklets are so friggin huge ;-)