SEARCH FOR THE MYSTIC
STONES
Author:
Titak
To install: Unpack the
Titak-SearchForTheMysticStones.zip file. Copy the 109.wav file into the Audio
folder, the sir_bz1.wav and sir_flap.wav files into the Sound/Samples folder,
the citynight, sewers and weirdscience files into the Graphics/Wads folder and
the rest into the main folder. Run the Level Converter and build up the
citynight.TOM, sewers.TOM and weirdscience.TOM files INDIVIDUALLY! You can’t
see the converting process but checking the Data folder you will see the .tr4
files soon. Finally rename the weirdscience.tr4 to gateway.tr4 and run the
game. This is a bit of a hassle but these three levels are worth the effort.
Review:
These 3 levels are
excellent, they have become my favourite. Perhaps you can't really get jammed
but it's hard to find all secrets. Well, I would not have found all secrets if
Titak had not helped me.:-) I found only 2 of the 6 secrets for the first time.
The story begins in an abandoned city and continues in channels. You have to go
down into the catacombs to find all the 4 artefacts and stones. In the end Lara
leaves the scene by a helicopter. Meantime you have to collect Keys and
Horseman's Gems, pulling levers, detonating a helicopter, getting through
rolling blades. You must swim much and solve several puzzles. There are plenty
of enemies: dogs, bats, soldiers, knights, horseman and fire wraiths with
several machine-guns. But there are enough weapon and medipacks too. Sometimes
the scene is a bit dark but what else could be on such a gruesome spot? The
textures are as great as the added sounds - my back was shivering. :-) There's
a bug at the beginning of the third level. Before you get down into the channel
you can get up onto the rooftop and running towards the helicopter you can skip
the whole level. And the weirdscience files must be renamed to gateway files
'cause the third level works only in this way. I recommend it to everybody, it
was a unique amusement and good adventure.
Story:
In an old book Lara
found in her elaborate library at the Croft Mansion, Lara reads about the
mysterious Mystic Stones. During her research she learns that the Mystery cult
has already found two of the artefacts. The members of the cult have taken
these two artifacts to a town somewhere in the Netherlands, where they have
hidden them in two different locations. While guarding the artefacts they have
started to tear the town apart in search of the remaining three artefacts.
Lara's search starts out in "City at Night" where she will have to
find the two artifacts hidden by the cultmembers. She also has to find the
entrance to the second level "Into the Sewers" to retrieve the third
artifact. Returning to "City at Night" she finds a gate, which had
been locked before, opened by the cultmembers. This gate gains access to
"Weird Science" where the cultmembers have already secured an area in
which the entrance to the catacombs where a weird machine can be found. Lara
finally has to find the fourth and last Stone, return safely to the outside
world and get out alive. The levels are dark and gloomy. They are made up of
large outdoor areas, nice warm indoor rooms, damp sewer systems, an abandoned
church and weird science rooms underground. Lara is wearing a jeans outfit with
a white top and black boots.
Walkthrough:
1. City at Night 1.
Turning left on the
corner shoot the dog but take care of the armed man on the story later. On the
main square kill the armed man and another dog. Heading to the right enter the
house next to the burning barrel. Climb up onto the higher box and get the Roof
Key. Starting from the smaller one after a running jump climb up onto the
storey. Pull down the trapdoor, climb up on the rooftop. Now you can kill the
armed man from a fair distance. Open the door. You can't see a keyhole but
stand in front of the door and press the CTRL button. Get down the stairs and
find the Shotgun and Laser Sight below, guarded by a dog. Shoot the white vases
placed in the alcoves and the door opens above. Shoot the bird outside and get
on the other side through the small roof to the left. Push open the door. Open
both the 3 doors inside and find the small medipack to the left, the large
medipack and Crossbow ammo behind the bookshelf. Entering the left one continue
your way. Shooting the vase get the goodies from behind. Go to the left, push
the lever. Shooting the box and pulling away the left-hand shelf collect
everything. Find the motorbike finally.
Ride out to the
channel. Get off and go to the left around the corner. Climb up the hill before
the fence and climbing down shoot the grate. Find the SECRET #1: the Crossbow.
Jumping into the water find the Grenade Gun in the lateral branch. Ride to the
right around the channel and ride into among the houses. Where the machine-gun
starts shooting at Lara ride to the left and the ground collapses behind the
bike. Be cautious because if you fall down into the weather with your bike this
means Lara's dead. Turn around carefully and ride into the right-hand passage.
Get off in front of the closed door. Pull the lever to the right and the door opens.
Shoot all boxes. Smash the wall with the bike above and return to the houses.
Get off the bike where you get out. There’s a small house opposite.
Standing on its
right-hand corner climb up and get the SECRET #2: the Grenade Gun ammo. Get
back into the channel and find a ladder in one of the lateral branches to the
left. There’s an underwater gap there. Swimming in find the Shotgun ammo and
climbing out pull the lever. Now you can climb the ladder and jumping back find
yourself in a garden.
Opening the door find
another Roof Key in the right-hand corner and the Revolver on the storey. Open
the door. Combining the Revolver with the Laser Sight shoot once at the barrel
standing in front of the helicopter. The machine-guns blow up. Get over there
and shoot the soldier. Enter, collect the UZI to the right, pull up the
trapdoor. Climbing onto the left-hand box get and throw out the Torch. Meantime
some bats disturb Lara. Light your Torch next to the barrel above and entering
the other entrance throw it on the plank floor. Get down, kill the soldier and
get up the stairs. Pull down the underwater trapdoor and get the Stone of
Light. Return up and opening the door get outside.
Heading to the right
find another Revolver and a soldier behind the lorry. Have a look around as
there are some goodies in the small streets. Some of them are guarded by box,
others are hidden by a box. Passing on run behind the left-hand boxes before
the machine-gun. Shoot the grate in the corner, creep across before the steam
and pull down the trapdoor on the other side. Collect another Laser Sight and
climb up. Shoot the machine-gun above and get down on the small square.
Entering the house and take care of the soldier inside. Open the door. Head up
the stairs and a dog & soldier welcome Lara. Get the Stone of Infinity.
Return below and kill 2 soldiers. Return into the channel and you can see the
opening grate in its end. Swimming in the level finishes.
2. Into the Sewers
Swim for a while and
climb out for some Flares. Swim to the right first and pull the rope at the
pool. Swim back to the previous place. Now swim to the left and to the right
after the corner. Pull the rope there again and always swimming to the right
pull the third one. The grate opens finally and you can swim out into the large
pool. Climbing out on the other side head up the stairs. After killing some
bats find yourself in a channel full of with corpses. Shoot all vases and get
the goodies. Swim to the right first and find the SECRET #3: a Large Medipack.
Continue your way again all the way to the right and reach another pool.
Climbing out find another Crossbow and pull the underwater lever on the
ceiling. Swim to the right again, a grate opens above. Get the Small Medipack
before the grate and swim through the opening. Pull the rope there which opens
a grate leading to a Secret. Return to the very first pool. Shoot the swinging
sphere and get to the open large gate.
Head to the right
first. After a run-up jump towards the platform but jump straight, one block to
the right of the platform. Get the Stone of Eternity and go straight at the
junction. Run to the right avoiding the rolling down spike but before climbing
the ladder find the Crossbow Ammo on the top of the slope. Climbing up and
jumping back from the middle of the ladder you are in a small water again.
Swimming to the right pull the rope which takes off the water. Get to the right
again and pull another rope. Heading to the right return to the now open grate.
Step on the floor tiles in the corners inside and the floor tile in front of
you to the left opens. In the chamber of the knights find the wooden obstacle,
lure them there and they will smash it. But take care of not smashing Lara too!
You are in a cemetery
now. A black bird awaits Lara. In the opposite crypt shoot the grate in the
corner. Crawl in and descend. Take care of the steaming blower. In the end find
yourself in a pool with waterfall. Climb down and up the ladder. Jump to the
waterfall and sliding down grab the ladder on the ceiling on the other side.
Scale to the alcove. After a run-up jump on the patterned floor tile and after
a single jump grab the edge of the gap. On the other side find the SECRET #4:
Crossbow Ammo. Now continue your way on the ladders next to the waterfall and
you are in the first level again.
City at Night 2.
Get out of the channel
and get on your bike. Ride to the right to the channel and sweep round to the
left. On the other side run over 3 soldiers amongst the houses. On the closed
area the ground collapses behind Lara and you are in the next level.
3. Weird Science
Get off the bike.
Heading to the left before the slope shoot the grate and find a Large Medipack.
Jump over the channel, pull down the trapdoor, climb up the ladder, creep
across before the steam-blower, shoot the box next to the lorry and collect the
Nitrous Oxide Feeder. Get back, fit it in the bike and speeding up jump over
the channel. Shoot another grate next to the closed door. Crawling in pull down
the lever which opens the door. Meantime a bat annoys Lara. Ride across the
small bridge and the ground collapses again behind the bike. Get off the bike,
pull the lever on the other side and climb the ladder. Make a backward
somersault, slide down and jump. Grab the ladder, climb up, make a backward
somersault and grab the other ladder. Climbing up find yourself in a new
quarter.
Pull the lever, kill
the dog and the 3 soldiers. Beyond the channel getting in amongst the houses
open the door. Pull away the dead soldier from the grate and jumping into the
hole push the lever below. The grate opens above. Get down and after a bit
slide you are outside again. If you climb up to the left from the hill onto the
roof and sidling to the right get up then running towards the helicopter the
level finishes. But where is the adventure and experience?
So get down into the channel again, shoot the soldier. Jumping across
the big pit pull the lever on the red box which explodes the TNT. Head into the
open tunnel, jump across the rotating blades and getting to the right kill the
2 soldiers. Pull down the wall switch in the alcove to the left which opens the
large iron gate. In the big chamber kill another knight and climb down the pole
on the other side of the chamber. Take care of the rotating blades. On a lower
level get some supply but take care of the falling ball. Pull the lever in the
end of the crawling space, collect the Medipack and getting back the grate has
opened. Kill the horseman, collect the 2 Horseman's Gem and look up where you
have got the Small Medipack. There’s a grate above which is now open but you
will return here later.
Head down the stairs,
get the Laser Sight and climb up the ladder. Kill another 2 soldiers above and
shoot the copper sphere next to the small pool. A grate opens outside. Place
the Gem in its receptacle and run into the water from the wraiths. Get back to
the cog-wheels but before going through the open grate next to the other one
return to the now open grate you saw a minute ago. Find the SECRET #5 above:
Grenade Gun Ammo. Now get back through the open grate but take care of the
falling ball. Climb up the pole, take care of the rotating blades and return
into the main room. Kill another 2 knights and get the Stone of Life. Enter the
open grate to the other side and jump into the water. Pull the lever on the
other side. Don’t get down into the small room but monkey swing to the wall gap
and crawl in. Reach the exploded exit. Climb up to the right, kill the soldier
and enter the open door. Climb up the ladder, pull the lever in the end of the crawlspace,
kill the bats and climb back in.
Now you can climb
outside. Open the door, kill the dog and the soldier and run straight before
the machine-gun turning right. Meanwhile several soldiers attack Lara. You can
shoot 2 machine-guns with the Revolver. Find a crawlspace next to the boxes and
the SECRET #6 below: the Grenade Gun. Climb up onto the box, grab the edge of
the house, sidle to the right. Pressing the left arrow make a backward
somersault. You are on the roof next to the helicopter. The level finishes.
The real conclusion of
the level: Go around the house with the helicopter. On the other side is a pit
with mines. Grap the fence and climb to the right, across the pit. Jump of the
fence and enter the house with the helicopter. Inside is a climable wall. Use
it to climb up on the roof. The level finishes when you take a step towards the
helicopter. (Titia)
Walkthrough by OBig
from TombRaider.hu
Translated by Petunia
from TombRaider.hu