Stuck in Damocles Room

[dovbniak]

Sorry if this question has been posted before but man, am I stuck!

I have tried reading the walkthrough guide but to no avail. Here is my problem: I am in the Damocles room. I have the artifact and the key. I know I have to go to one pillar in the room and attempt to jump to the other pillars. I also know the first pillar is the one below the window that has the switch to give me access to the artifact.

However, no matter what I do, I cannot seem to jump from the first pillar to the second. Lara simply jumps onto the swords. And I die, and I die, and I die :hea:

I have tried a running start (as much as you can on a pillar) and standing still.

Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks,

wes

[Sara Croft]

Tried holding down the jump button? She jumps further then.
EDIT: Missed the sword parts.. :p
My suggestion is that you make the swords fall down before you try to jump on the pillars. Just simply walk near the swords on the ground and they will fall down and almost hit you. :)

[Lleonard Pler]

Try aligning the camera, so it faces the next pillar in straight line. Then Lara should jump correctly. When the camera is in a strange angle, Lara may act different than expected.

[CannibalK9]

Or is that the place where you have to jump to the pole on the right, then jump from there to the next pillar? None of the pillar-to-pillar jumps were in any way challenging.

[Autolycus]

Or is that the place where you have to jump to the pole on the right, then jump from there to the next pillar? None of the pillar-to-pillar jumps were in any way challenging.

Cannibalk9 is correct. From the first pillar you are able to jump and grab hold of the next one. From there you have to jump onto one of the 2 smaller pillars where you can see the health pack. And from there you have to do a lovely wall run and when you are on the highest part of the run jump to the pillar to the left.

Hope this helps, good luck.

[nl74]

wait till you try the wall run bit!

[SnakeEyes]

The problem I had on this level was the wall run to the front pillars. Eventually I figured out rotating the camera to show behind her makes it possible. push right then jump it should work.

[dovbniak]

Wohoo! Thanks everybody. CannibalK9's question is what twigged it for me.

I was jumping to the wrong column.:cln:

I was trying to jump to the big fat column near the swords instead of using the tall thin column near the top of the entrance to the key.

I also got very lucky with the jumping and running on the wall. Worked the first try. Pure B.S. luck but I will take it.

I'm free...I'm FREE!

ps - that's what you get for playing the game at 2 in the morning with little or no sleep.