- Vincent K
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Posted by: SnarlsBarkley
Vince - I am having problems with the Hammer Jumps on Halo (the level). I watched your video, but apparently I am doing something wrong. Can you give me some details about your method? From what I can tell, you put your back towards the place you want to jump towards, then jump backwards and hit the hammer when you are about half way up on your jump?
Yes? No?
It's these kind of things that are really hard to put in to context, but yeah. Due to the way the Gravity Hammer works, if you jump forward and swing you kind of counteract your own inertia. If you jump backwards and do it, you get pushed further.
As for the timing...it's a lot of trial and error, like finding the correct facing, which is made all the more difficult by the fact there isn't much to use on the ground to know where to stop.
I kind of approached that edge so that I was in a straight line with one of the lines on the slope, and looked over the edge. Then I move the sight up so I'm not looking straight down, but at an angle. Run straight backwards about four steps, jump, and swing. If I find I'm not immediately being held up, I start angling the analog stick to the left to make sure I land on the ground and not just barely slipping off the edge. If I don't make it, I can base my next jump and timing off of my footprints.
I'd recommend practicing it on Easy difficult with just Blind on. That way you can skip straight to practicing it. Try and be able to do both jumps five times in a row. Alternatively, if you're feeling a bit daring, you could try the ]Fuel Rod Jump.
[Edited on 10.20.2008 4:03 PM PDT]