TR3 Thames Wharf Weapon Combining Bug

This version of the bug has been known for several years, but this video shows an odd detail of the crawling version.

In both clips, I start with the MP5 on Lara's back; I hold Duck + Forward + Draw Weapon at the same moment. Lara does this odd shuffling crawl for several squares, then you hear the sound of a weapon being drawn but you don't see it.

In the first clip I continue crawling until the MP5 disappears from her back. When I release all 3 keys and stand, you see it in her right hand. I run around a little to show that you can delay the next step. Then I press "2", the PC hotkey for equipping the shotgun; you see "12" at upper right, the number of shotgun shells I have. Then I fire them at MP5 speed.

In the second clip, I stand after the sound of drawing a weapon, but before the MP5 leaves her back. Running around is again OK. I press "2" and fire shotgun shells again. But as you see, neither weapon appears in her hands.

The point of this comparison is to show that you don't have to wait until the weapon on her back gets stuck to her hand, which can save about 3 seconds.

I believe this bug works with any pair of two-handed weapons (shotgun, MP5, harpoon gun, grenade launcher and rocket launcher) that you have, but I haven't tried all 20 possibilities.

This bug can also be done on ladders in TR2 & TR3, and underwater in TR2.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Tomb
• Raider
• III
• Thames
• Wharf
• Weapon
• combining
• bug
• crawl
• two-handed

[riteasrain]

what game is this in again, rr?

[rrcarroll252]

@riteasrain Tomb Raider III

[ggctuk2011]

So can you spam rockets using this method? :D

[rrcarroll252]

@ggctuk2011 What does "spam" mean here? You can only fire as many rockets as you have collected.

[xtimz]

I saw T0mbR4id3r 's speed run of Temple of Puna, where he used this bug to kill the boss. It seemed one crawl is enough to activate this bug.

[rrcarroll252]

@xtimz If one crawl is sufficient, I infer that T0mbR4id3r is doing something that's not visible in the video.

[rrcarroll252]

@xtimz I have now learned that to do the bug quickly, hold Duck and select a two-handed weapon. Crawl a little and let Lara stand, then select another two-handed weapon. Now Lara can fire the ammo of the second weapon at the rate of the first weapon. 

[ggctuk2011]

@rrcarroll252 Fire many repeatedly - its a term coined for games like Star Wars Battlefront where modders tend to make rapid-fire rocket launchers. Spamming rockets basically means that.

[riteasrain]

@rrcarroll252 thanks!

[KCwellard]

I did this trick for the first time the other week. It's awesome! Such a handy glitch. =] I used it to kill the t-rex in Crash Site =D