Volcano **Spoilers**

[ellie1970]

Ok,fabulouscoops was right.Said I would be back again and I am.I have just got to the double doors in Volcano which I open and then all manner of horrors await me.I manage to woefully only dispose of one nasty(which I now gather I am supposed to call a Fatboy!!)before being quickly picked off by the "jumpers".Tips please if you are not already fed up with me wittering on like a mad woman! I have actually tried simply running to the centre of the volcano to where I think I am supposed to go,and bypass all the fatboys etc,but as you probably know,that was not a very wise move.I must point out that I do not actually have a rocket launcher as I forgot to pick one up.Does this affect my chances at all?!!

[ellie1970]

Ok,fabulouscoops was right.Said I would be back again and I am.I have just got to the double doors in Volcano which I open and then all manner of horrors await me.I manage to woefully only dispose of one nasty(which I now gather I am supposed to call a Fatboy!!)before being quickly picked off by the "jumpers".Tips please if you are not already fed up with me wittering on like a mad woman! I have actually tried simply running to the centre of the volcano to where I think I am supposed to go,and bypass all the fatboys etc,but as you probably know,that was not a very wise move.I must point out that I do not actually have a rocket launcher as I forgot to pick one up.Does this affect my chances at all?!!

[sramesh101]

There are multiple ways to do this, but I find the chair trick the easiest [God bless the guy who thought of it].

Basically, you don't want the inner door to close and leave you there with the fatboys. So you need to block the door with a chair.

You will find a couple of chairs in the armory. You will need to kneel and push the chairs all the way to the inner door.

Sometimes the chair will get stuck (known bug). You will have to re-start the save point and push the chair all over again. It is annoying, but once you got the chair in place, you are well set.

Go to the outer door, attract the fatboys and run back in.

Fatboys will not enter, they will stand outside. Pick them off from a corner with a machine gun. Do this until all fatboys are done with.

I find the jumping locusts also difficult. But with almost unlimited ammo, you can afford to shoot rockets left and right.

So my MO is to rush to the edge of the outer door fire a rocket left and rush back in. Then fire a rocket right rush back in. Then fire a rocket at the center and rush back in [the locusts are at the two corners and at the center].

Do this about 5 times and no locust will be left.

You will probably have one fatboy at the bottom of the pit. Take him off with rockets.

Now you can get all the way to the end of the field where you have a savepoint.

[ellie1970]

Thanks for the suggestion,sramesh101.The only prob is I dont have a rocket launcher.Does this make a difference? I will try it anyway.Thanks again!

[CptLong]

ellie
You can move the chair(s) quickly with a shotgun. In the thread below are many other ways. Use your cry vision in prone to pick up the jumpers and snipe them. If you manage to prop the doors open, go prone up atop the stairs and pick them off with ease. Continue to visit the armory and reload.

[ellie1970]

Thanks to you too Cpt Long.I will try tomorrow as my eyes are tired now!! Can I just say what a friendly forum this is!Everyone is so helpful and must have unending patience answerin what must seem at times trivial questions from us newies.Be assured that your help and comments are greatly appreciated by myself.

[fabulouscoops]

Someone just asked me this in a private message so I will cut and paste my answer here.

Here is the way I do Volcano.
Running will not work here, you will get killed before you reach the other side of the crater. There is a trick way to do it but I will not reveal that unless you really want to know it. (edit: I did not want to bring up the chair trick which is tedious.)

OK. In the armory room, get the following weapons: sniper rifle, OICW, Machine gun, shotgun if you have it otherwise any other weapon. The game can be finished with just the first three. Go to the double doors and open the first. Turn on cryvision, open the second door and go prone and look to the left side across the crater. There will be two jumping trigen. Try to get head shots with the sniper on both before the first fat boy comes up the stairs to get you. Quickly back into the alcove on the right side between the two doors. If you stand there, the fat boy will not see you. If he does, he will shoot rockets until you are dead. Turn off cryvision and switch to either shotgun or machine gun. Shoot the fat boy in the arm/neck while leaning out the door frame. You should be able to kill him without him seeing you. Reload and wait. Two more will come to the door. Kill them the same way. Now, go prone and slide out beneath the bodies. Use cryvision and kill the two jumpers on the right side the same way as the first two with the sniper rifle. If you don't get all four, use the binocs to tag the jumpers and snipe them. At this point all the enemies in the crater should be dead but there may be one fat boy that gets stuck under the bridge. Stroll over to the opposite side of the crater and open the doors. Surprise! two more bad guys. Make sure you get them or you will have to start over. Get health if you need it and activate the elevator. Go to the center of the crater to get upstairs and approach the last battle. Start the fireworks by throwing a rock or grenade over the tanks. The mercs will begin to fire rockets and OICWs mostly killing themselves. Have your own OICW ready with 'nades selected. This part is pretty easy and you get a savepoint when you get up the elevator. The last part is ridiculously easy but I will not give away the end.
Have fun

[johns1234]

Easiest way, with least effort, is to get ammo and weapons, and then run out the
double doors and climb up on the roof just above those doors. Go out left and
around and climb quickly. Go prone on the lower level of the roof, and snipe
the jumpers. They can't see you, so sneak out and snipe them. Then the Fat Boys
will come up and self-destruct. Fat Boys on other side of crater need to be
lured with a rocket, or just go over there, and lure them back. Run back and
climb up, and they will also self destruct. Then just mosey back and trigger
the elevator and go up. Autosav there. Then walk up the ramp towards the back
bldg until you hear a sneeze. Go back to start of that ramp and hide close to
the support beams. Rocket the entire area until Doyle says you are some kind
of smart guy. Walk up ..ready .. there is one more Merc. Then you can end the
game up the final set of stairs by shooting Doyle .. the rat.