Will ION's weapon work on the Rock Monsters?

[Grey Area]

There's one I can't detour around near the minetrack; shot him a bunch of times but just seems to shrug it off...TR2 mentions it would be useful against them at one point...doesn't seem to be?

[Ion]

As you recognized, the stone giant will just shrug it off. It's like tickling to him.
There are multiple ways to go past him. One involves taking damage, the other doesn't. The latter requires a lot of studying his behavior. Rest assured, you are not stuck.

[Grey Area]

at the moment I seem very stuck for other issues...I'm short one black residue for the antigrav...but I CAN make the jump over the minetrack without it...except if I do, Ani dies instantly (the bird has her).

Is this the game's less than subtle way of telling me I'm doing something wrong, or another bug? (I suspect the latter as I've waited around for various times and she survives...but as soon as I jump...hull falls from 88% to 0% instantly).

[wolfgang.walk]

Which jump over which minetrack? Not sure I understand you correctly.

[ObliviousHarmony]

It's not super obvious, but there's a golem off to the left (from where you came out of the cave) who will stand up and then you can get past him. As for ANI dying though, she's not supposed to I think?

Originally posted by wolfgang.walk:

Which jump over which minetrack? Not sure I understand you correctly.

:)

[Grey Area]

Yes, that's where I am but Ani keeps dying when I leave that grassy area....I think I've figured out Golem behaviour now...what they don't see doesn't bother them!

I'll keep trying as my issue with my broken save was fixed by a restart...maybe Ani will be fixed the same way.