Rappel on PC

[_Lee_Is_Alive_]

Hello,

I'm playing tomb raider for the first time and never played "action" games before (was more into simulations like settles,..), just to say I'm quite a rookie, but managing so far...

However I'm getting stuck on the rappel. I found a challange tomb in Kuwaq Yaku where you enter a tomb, at a certain point you start sliding and then you need to jump and probably rappel down the wall. However each time I end up falling down and have been eaten oh so many times by the wolves below.

I started wondering if I perhaps missed the pickaxe (eventhough I see them hanging at my waist) and started restarted from a previous save. Axels are there as I've killed some soldiers with them.

Now I'm at the steel gate of the porvenir oil company, after opening this one I can again jump to a scramble wall and would like to rappel down, but again.. no matter what I do this isn't working. (jumping twice, using left or right mouse buttons, left schift, c-button, left ctrl,...). Now I can get past this point by just first haning of the edge and then letting myself fall to the bottom. It will hurt me, but doesn't kill me. But the point is that I really want to figure out how to rappel..

Any hints from fellow pc players?

Thanks in advance!

Lee

[Thumper]

Have you tried to rebind your key's? Also when you hit TAB you will pull up the surface map, top left of screen are 4 sm. icons click on the far rite icon that should explain how to do whatever you want. If you found Jonah you have the axe. That's going to take you to Kuwaq Yaku. Oh if you've gotten that far, how did you get there without using the rapple? In fact it's the 1st thing she does in the game right after the day of the dead walk thru. let's go there 1st then I'll throw you another bone.

[_Lee_Is_Alive_]

Didn't notice yet that there was an actual help register included :-)
I did the rappel thing before, but probably the game told me what to press. What I missed (forgot) now was that I first had to hit "E" before the mouse buttons to move down or up can be used..

I know, beginners stuff.. anyway, thanks a million for the golden tip!

[Thumper]

Welcome, if you need anything else find me.

[whitecrow]

It's funny because that first rappel was the one I had the most trouble with, maybe because the angle was weird.

[BoomBamZam]

Sorry to necro a relatively old thread, but since I just picked up this game after a long absence, I found that I couldn't remember how to rappel either, and I didn't see it listed in the list of keybinds in order to refresh my memory.

So just in case someone else finds their way here having the same problem, if you're hanging on a climbable surface and you want to rappel down from your hook, you right-click.

[msghall909]

Originally posted by Thumper:

Welcome, if you need anything else find me.

My apologies for ignorance but I am just starting the game and have just jumped on the cliff and am holding on. How do I rappel down using keyboard? I have tried all keys and can't find any that will propel me down, only up and left or right. Thanks.

[Mikey]

Originally posted by msghall909:

My apologies for ignorance but I am just starting the game and have just jumped on the cliff and am holding on. How do I rappel down using keyboard? I have tried all keys and can't find any that will propel me down, only up and left or right. Thanks.

Jump towards the wall and use "E" to hook onto it

Once hooked on click right mouse button to start rappeling

While hanging in the rope and leaning against a flat surface, use left and right to start swinging from the anchor point, use space or C to release from the rope. Remember to build up momentum by moving in both directions repeatedly.

While hanging free in the air hold down right mouse button and use any arrow keys to swing in that direction, use space or C to release from the rope. Remember to build up momentum by moving back and forth repeatedly.

[msghall909]

Thank you Mikey. However, the right mouse button does nothing while I'm hanging on the cliff. Jumping over to the cliff edge was fine and using the E key to hold on is fine.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by msghall909:

Thank you Mikey. However, the right mouse button does nothing while I'm hanging on the cliff. Jumping over to the cliff edge was fine and using the E key to hold on is fine.

Press the mouse to start to stat rapel, then you can go up and down as much as you want (untill a certain limit).
If you hold mouse pressed ou swing the rope.

[labrarotta]

Originally posted by BoomBamZam:

So just in case someone else finds their way here having the same problem, if you're hanging on a climbable surface and you want to rappel down from your hook, you right-click.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you....