San Pietro Exploits Continued
http://youtu.be/fb40a--g9xw
[Front paged - stabguy]
After the area exploit discovered by Vanitas I decided to go and check out the place for more exploits.
Catching up with the cardinal
During the chase the cardinal stops more than a few times to prevent desynchronization from being too far. He will start running again when you get to a certain point though. When you get to the place where there is a cutscene (the lantern breaking and Ezio falls) don't jump. Instead hang off the edge of the awning close to the wall, drop and grasp the ledge on the wall. Then move above the platform and drop onto it. From there go to the other side of the opposite wall and climb up it (just like when you do the area exploit). When you reach the cardinal he is still there waiting. To get him to run again hang off the awning by the wall. He still stops at few times and you have to go to certain places to get him to move again. At another place I get ahead of him. When you reach the lanterns to swing on run up a wall and grasp the beam the lantern is hanging on. This doesn't always work so I guess it has to be done just right. If you do this fast enough you will see a civilian spawn for a cutscene. I kill the civilian with a heavy weapon then target the cardinal with the throwing knives special attack which triggers the cutscene. In the scene the cardinal is outlined in red which shows he was targeted and the civilian has the heavy weapon in his head.
Kill him again
After you kill the cardinal the game moves him for a scene where Ezio takes his key. Although he appears to be dead you can't pick up his body. By using the heavy weapon special attack you kill him again and can pick up his body.
The cardinal over the railing without the alternative scene
If you throw the cardinal over the railing there is an alternative scene where Ezio grabs his key from him while he is falling. However if you perform a ledge assassination this doesn't happen. That is because he is dead before he falls over the railing.
This video doesn't show everything I've discovered, but it will have to do.
Who else but aurel
that was awesome XD i wld of never picked up on those glitches well done man :3
There were some other things I was hoping to record:
1. I tried to get a long weapon to fight the cardinal with, but was never successful (just for the sake of getting a heavy weapon and long weapon in him). I took up a lot of time trying that and just gave up.
2. I found two other ways for the area exploit but decided not to put them into the video.
3. There were some other times to catch up with the cardinal. When he goes back into the building and you have to swing on a lantern instead do a wall run, jump to the side and grasp the beam above the lantern. From there you can grasp some freerunning beams and get ahead of him. It's possible to do the broken lantern scene before the cardinal reaches that spot. Also when he reaches that place where he stops in the video you can get him to move again by going in the right spot. If you do it right you can catch up to him until the scene where he pushes the civilian.
If anyone wants to see any of that in a video just let me know.