how to skip octolith animation

2006-07-17 12:15:15 pm

Phazon level: 83%

i dont know if this is old but i havent seen it here si i thought of posting it

on slench fights the only thing you have to do is stand where the octolith is going to appear and kill slench, that way the octolith is where you are standing and you skip its animation

i dunno about it and cretaphid

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rekameohs

2006-07-17 12:45:44 pm

Anywhere, everywhere

I've known that for a while. It does indeed work on cretaphid.

Mr Potter

2006-07-17 04:14:55 pm

Yeah, I do that all the time. But it doesn't always skip the Octolith animation. For Cretaphid, you have to jump at Cretaphid at the perfect time. Too early and you'll hit Cretaphid and take damage; too late and you won't make it.

Azor

2006-07-17 05:53:24 pm

Phazon level: 83%

damn, why dont i ever discover a trick on time

iamthejackie

2006-07-17 08:00:49 pm

Well it doesnt always work for me. I usually just get the Octilith acquired screen and then the animation does its thing.

Troid92

2006-07-17 08:35:31 pm

I've always thought this happens at random. It seems that sometimes I walk straight into the Octolith and the message will appear right away. Other times I've jumped and morphed and gotten the same thing... I don't think I've ever stood where it would appear for this. And I only recall this happening to me with Slench, but I haven't fought a Cretaphid in a while.

I'll have to go test this out a bit...

Mr Potter

2006-07-22 10:57:07 am

>_>

Actually, this is just a reeeeeeaaaally tiny speed trick. It doesn't actually skip the Octolith animation. I don't know what triggers skipping it, but it's not this. Because I HAVE done this before and still gotten the Octolith animation.

Azor

2006-07-30 01:04:56 am

Phazon level: 83%

after further testing i have concluded the following

if you stand exactly where the octolith is going to appear you'll skip the octolith movie, where you touch it and you'll see the camera rotating and zooming where the octoith appears but you'll already have it

if you dont stand exactly you have little time to get it and the movie wont appear