Stellalune

@Shrensh Yay! Congratulations! I'm just starting Lost Library. Little by little....

Haha! My advice was basically "I spent three days pulling my hair out over this, please don't do it." Good for you! :D

Same here. The game is looking pretty good, but I'm definitely going to need an upgrade. My gaming laptop has served me well for the last two TRs, but it's getting tired now. At least we have a few more months to figure things out. I'm sorry to hear about your dog. I hope everything goes well with the operation.

I don't think there is a level-skip cheat for this game, but I will see if I can find any other solutions. Just to elaborate a little on what I wrote before, the part where you wiggle the left stick from side to side does require you to do it more than once. You don't have to move it frantically, but you do have to go side to side repeatedly during that whole section where she's struggling for the gun and you see the left stick prompt on screen.

FWIW, you generally don't have to do it at as frantic a pace as the on-screen prompt seems to suggest. Good luck.

I got distracted by work-related stuff, not to mention all this Shadow of the Tomb Raider news, so I've been moving even more slowly through TR4 than before. I just finished the revisions for the Coastal Ruins (first visit) and Catacombs. For the Catacombs, I think I nailed down the triggers for the buggy medipack and shotgun ammo in the room with the first Trident, and I finally added the missed items in the alcove below the third Trident. About time, eh? The game's only been out 18+ years! 🤣 @Tom@LCO (and anybody else who might be interested), I also spent last weekend shifting the entire site from HTTP to HTTPS. Yawn! 🙄 I don't think I screwed up anything major, but I guess we'll see. I have no idea if it will make any difference going forward, but Google keeps telling me to get on the bandwagon. I figured if I'm going to lose search engine ranking during the transition, I want a little time to gain it back before Shadow comes out. 😉

Hi. I moved this from the Rise of the Tomb Raider section to the TR 2013 section in case someone else might come looking for answers to this same question. I don't have the PS4 version, but I hope I can help. My full walkthrough with screenshots is at https://tombraiders.net/stella/walks/TR9walk/04-mountain-temple.html The first two button prompts require you to press Melee (Triangle on the PS4) to kick the Russian in the crotch, then Melee (Triangle) again to bite him. If you fail in either of these, he chokes Lara. If you succeed, she manages to knock his gun away and scramble after it, freeing her hands in the process. When you see the targeting reticle on screen, aim at him with the right stick and press Primary Fire (R2). Next, follow the prompts and wiggle the left stick back and forth from left to right to break free. For the next button prompt, tap Interact (Square) repeatedly as Lara struggles to keep her grip on the gun, then Primary Fire (R2) again to finish him off. If you fail, he shoots Lara and you have to try again. If you need more help w/ controls, you can download a PDF manual here: https://tombraiders.net/stella/gameplay.html or check out my list with notes here: https://tombraiders.net/stella/walks/controls/TR9controls.html Good luck!

You're very welcome. I'm also super excited about Shadow. Did you see the video from IGN showing the first tomb/puzzle sequence? I'm torn between watching every single thing that comes out of E3 and avoiding spoilers. So far, 'everything' is winning.

I'm so sorry. I wish I had an answer. I know I'm beating a dead horse here, but I take it you've tried restoring each of the backup saves and still no Fast Travel option? It's weird that they're all from the same base camp, though. I hope Square is able to help, but in the meantime, I'll ask around and see if I can find more info.

That's so strange. The level is not designed that way. If you can't fast travel using the Soviet Facility base camp, there's something wrong with your game. Just so I can better understand what's going on, what happens exactly when you sit down at the Soviet Facility base camp and attempt to use the Fast Travel menu? Is the Fast Travel option missing/grayed out, or can you just not select a new location on the map? I'm trying to figure out why it might be malfunctioning but I need more details about the "symptoms". Meanwhile, I would suggest contacting Square Enix and/or Microsoft/Xbox support. Of course this would happen right before the weekend, but hopefully they have tech people on duty.

Hi, Kaoss. You should be able to reach the Soviet Facility base camp, which is just to the northeast of the spot you show in your video. (I've included screenshots below.) Once you reach that camp, you should, at least in theory, be able to fast travel out to any other camp, but if the fast travel function isn't working at all, then I don't know. If all else fails, on Xbox One you can restore a backup save by opening the Load Game screen and then holding both trigger buttons simultaneously. This should give you the option to go back to your last campsite save. Then you should be able to fast travel to wherever you need to be.

I'd be happy to do it. I'm working for part of the day today, even though it's a holiday here, but I will be around later. My email is stellalune at tombraiders dot net.

HI, scalad. The problem with Baba Yaga is that you can play it any time after leaving the Gulag in the Soviet Installation, so my save probably doesn't correspond with yours. I played Baba Yaga after finishing the main story because that DLC hadn't been released yet when I was making save files. If you want my save, you're welcome to it, but it'll place you at the end of the game, story completed, everything collected. Another alternative would be to load your last campsite save, fast travel out of the vale, and continue through the main game until you feel up to dealing with the witch. Or, if you want to send me your current save, I'll finish the witch fight for you--as long as you don't have the difficulty set on Extreme Survivor. I don't know if I could do that.

Awesome! Can't wait to try both. Just finished Desert Railroad. Not much new there, just a few screenshots where before there weren't any. (Hurrah for cable instead of dial-up internet!) One new trick came from a player named Chelle who sent it to me ages ago. As you're heading back toward the front of the train, there's a cutscene where two assassins jump from moving trucks onto the train. If you fire a flash grenade just before the cutscene starts, you can blind the assassins and they'll miss their jumps and fall onto the siding. You can also use it before the earlier cutscene, but you need to use the all-weapons cheat there, since you won't have the grenade launcher yet.

Finished Guardian of Semerkhet with only 100 more screenshots. 👍 No major discoveries this time. I debated including the first secret after releasing the guardian but ultimately decided to leave it as is. Man, I hate that bull, but compared to the Minotaur in the Citadel Gate, he's practically cuddly. This time, when I get to that level, I'm definitely going to try the bug where you use the motorbike to destroy the Minotaur. Has anyone else had any luck with it? I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't gotten that far yet, but here's a video (not mine) if you want to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCEbztPjik