Stuck at chapter 5: Turn crank of trebuchet

[kudamono]

I cannot go past the part in chapter 5 where you have to turn the crank of the trebuchet so that Hugo can fetch the stick for the torch. The game says "Press E repeatedly" and I tried thirty times now and pressed E again and again fast like a madman. It did not work. There must be something I am doing wrong. Does anybody please have a hint how to resolve this?

[Sunsetter]

what happens, it doesnt lower?

[kudamono]

yes, it doesn't lower and after a few seconds Amicia and Lucas let it off so that I have to start again from the beginning

[Sunsetter]

Well that's weird. Did you set in on fire first?

[kudamono]

yes

[Sunsetter]

Just tried it, works fine for me. The only time I had the two of them let go of it is when I pressed E once and not again afterwards. So try pressing E once for them to latch on, and once they grab it, start slamming that E repeatedly. Otherwise I dunno... maybe check to see if your system language is set to English, or maybe rebind the command to another key to see if anything changes.

[kudamono]

I tried it a few times again in the way you described but could not get It to work. Probably I am not slamming the E fast enough but cannot do it faster. Some times I thought I got a little bit further but not so much. Binding the command to another key also did not do the trick. Thanks for your help anyway!

[Sunsetter]

Cant imagine what the problem is, unless its related to your keyboard or something: It doesnt really require fast pressing (nowhere near as fast as Fahrenheit for example).
If you want I can give you my save file, but I think you would have to continue from sixth chapter if I recall how saves work.

[kudamono]

Problem resolved: I installed the game on an other PC (older hardware but better graphics card). There everything worked easily without problems.
It was my fault. I did not check before if the graphics card of the laptop on which I have played the game up to now met the minimum system requirements of the game: It did not.
Thanks again, Samael.

[Sunsetter]

No problem; glad you figured it out