Rayman 2: The Great Escape - Revision history

Manocheese: /* Life Refill Cheat */ Typos

2021-02-25T02:43:29Z

‎Life Refill Cheat: Typos

Manocheese: /* Properties of Water */ Typo

2018-07-14T22:41:20Z

‎Properties of Water: Typo

Manocheese: Added link to PC version guide

2017-06-04T18:31:05Z

Added link to PC version guide

Manocheese: /* General Timesavers */

2017-05-29T17:04:46Z

‎General Timesavers

Manocheese: Hold Z while helicoptering to move forward faster

2017-05-18T00:56:22Z

Hold Z while helicoptering to move forward faster

Manocheese: Adding info about airswimming and fast recovery

2017-05-01T23:55:36Z

Adding info about airswimming and fast recovery

Manocheese: Changing name of "Fast Helicopter" to "Fast Recovery", since there are uses that don't involve helicoptering afterward

2017-05-01T23:46:19Z

Changing name of "Fast Helicopter" to "Fast Recovery", since there are uses that don't involve helicoptering afterward

Manocheese: /* Airswim */ Shooting before starting an airswim lets you start moving sooner

2017-05-01T23:44:06Z

‎Airswim: Shooting before starting an airswim lets you start moving sooner

Manocheese: Airswim and quick drop

2015-03-01T17:57:57Z

Airswim and quick drop

Manocheese: A section that describes how water works in Rayman 2. I'll write the airswimming section tomorrow.

2015-02-27T06:26:13Z

A section that describes how water works in Rayman 2. I'll write the airswimming section tomorrow.

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 ==Life Refill Cheat==
-If you press and release R (or J, if you're playing on PC) to the tune of the game over jingle, your health and air meters will both be filled to the maximum possible amount. Listen to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBz9Xefcxv8 credits] to learn the proper rhythm. The jingle is seven notes long, so entering the code involves press R four times and releasing it three times. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5vRQOgqBXE Video]
+If you press and release R (or J, if you're playing on PC) to the tune of the game-over jingle, your health and air meters will both be filled to the maximum possible amount. Listen to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBz9Xefcxv8 credits] to learn the proper rhythm. The jingle is seven notes long, so entering the code involves pressing R four times and releasing it three times. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5vRQOgqBXE Video]
 Note that this technique is considered a cheat code, so it is not allowed in an SDA run. Nonetheless, it is useful for testing purposes.

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 * If you swim past the end of a water plane while surface swimming, you will start dive swimming. The only known places where you can do this are out of bounds. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhY-_jyN86c&t=37s Video (at 0:41)]
-** If you press A to swim up immediately after leaving the water plane, the game gets gets confused about whether Rayman will jump or swim upward. The game freezes when this happens. To avoid a freeze, wait a moment after leaving the water plane before pressing A. A good visual indicator that it's safe to press A is that the air meter is on screen and your air is depleting. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhY-_jyN86c Video (#2)]
+** If you press A to swim up immediately after leaving the water plane, the game gets confused about whether Rayman will jump or swim upward. The game freezes when this happens. To avoid a freeze, wait a moment after leaving the water plane before pressing A. A good visual indicator that it's safe to press A is that the air meter is on screen and your air is depleting. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhY-_jyN86c Video (#2)]
 * If you hit a trampoline while dive swimming, you will be in the air, but your air meter will continue to deplete. You will drown unless you either reach a loading zone or start surface swimming. [http://www.twitch.tv/kirbycomment/c/6097656 Video]

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	With both codes enabled, you can hold R to rise into the air. Obviously, this is not allowed in an SDA run, but it is useful for testing.		With both codes enabled, you can hold R to rise into the air. Obviously, this is not allowed in an SDA run, but it is useful for testing.
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		+	==PC Version==
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		+	[http://docs.google.com/document/d/16aQU1KAT0bqamKHVNjpc8RxKcwl5Vpu_qQSxcD931xE/edit This guide] has some information about strategies for the PC version of the game.

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 ** If you do this while respawning underwater, you will be able to walk around. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4nhY2r9l80 Video]
 * <b>Landing in water</b>: Shoot right before landing in water and your first few seconds of swimming will be a little faster. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNzdWlbjJlw Video]
 ==Graphics Settings and Lag==

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 * <b>Hanging from horizontal surfaces</b>: While hanging from horizontal surfaces like the nets in the first area of [[Rayman 2: The Great Escape/The Precipice|The Precipice]], hold Z to move faster. Holding Z also helps you maneuver better.
 * <b>Helicopter usage</b>: You move much slower while using the helicopter, so it should be used as little as possible. When you need to use the helicopter to grab an edge, it's usually faster to only helicopter enough to grab the edge than it is to helicopter enough to land on the platform.
 * <b>Shooting after throwing</b>: While throwing an object forward, press B repeatedly so that you shoot immediately after throwing it. This will let you start running sooner. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I2nFHjp5Ig Video (#1)]
 * <b>Portal boosting</b>: Hold A while leaving a portal at the beginning of a level and the portal will throw you either farther than usual, higher than usual, or both. This seems to save time in some levels and waste time in others. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTjnlxEkUEA Video (#20)]

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 Normally, after you get hit by an attack in midair, the control stick and the A button will do nothing for about a second. However, if you shoot after getting hit, you can regain control almost immediately. This allows you to take advantage of the damage boost from an attack and cross gaps that are difficult or impossible to cross otherwise. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh79gpXsTC4 Video]
 ===Quick Drop===
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 * Perform a [[#Quick Drop|quick drop]] on a corner near water. This will let you fall through the water plane and walk underwater. Now jump toward the water plane and start a helicopter with good timing. Rayman's hair should be a few inches above the water when the helicopter starts. If you did it right, you will start airswimming. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b_z1dxBwrg Video]
-** If you shoot right before starting an airswim, you can start moving sooner.
+** If you shoot right before starting an airswim, you can start moving sooner. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJqJMf9spmk Video (#1)]
 * Throw a plum onto water, then throw another plum on top of the first plum. If you did it right, the first plum will sink a little bit. Jump onto the second plum, shoot to move it out of the way, and jump onto the first plum. You will start airswimming. [http://www.twitch.tv/sobinist/c/5814694 Video]
 * If you can get out of bounds in an area with water, you can swim past the end of the water plane and start swimming up. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoI50Ze7HN0 Video]

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 If you run into certain attacks, like the barrel enemies' smoke, just as a "Yeah" text appears, you can slide while the text plays. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZZAa0NbaOI Video (#3)]
-===Fast Helicopter===
+===Fast Recovery===
 Normally, after you get hit by an attack in midair, the control stick and the A button will do nothing for about a second. However, if you shoot after getting hit, you can regain control almost immediately. This allows you to take advantage of the damage boost from an attack and cross gaps that are difficult or impossible to cross otherwise. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh79gpXsTC4 Video]

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 Normally, after you get hit by an attack in midair, the control stick and the A button will do nothing for about a second. However, if you shoot after getting hit, you can regain control almost immediately. This allows you to take advantage of the damage boost from an attack and cross gaps that are difficult or impossible to cross otherwise. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh79gpXsTC4 Video]
 ===Airswim===
-(Placeholder)
+It is possible to swim in the air. See the [[#Properties of Water|Properties of Water]] section for a description of the mechanics behind airswimming. There are several ways to start an airswim:
 ==General Timesavers==