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First off: I'm playing the Dreamcast version of Omikron. Maybe someone here could give me a hint anyway. So far I didn't have any real trouble playing Omikron using a walk-through. Fighting mode takes some time consuming practice but otherwise it's rather enjoyable and I didn't ran into any obvious bugs except for some minor clipping issues present in most 3D games.

However, I'm currently stuck in the ventilation area in the police HQ. There's some serious bug (Dreamcast version at least), causing the game to freeze whenever I touch any of the walls. Depending on the current character, the game even freezes as soon as I jump down into the pool. Okay, so I got around that by using another character and avoid the walls like the plague. That even means hammering on the action button while swimming to avoid dead-freezing into the exit.

So I got the cable, short-circuit the controller and walk to the now open ventilator shaft. The issue is that I cannot successfully jump onto the fan blade, no matter how often I try. I read multiple walk-troughs, watched Let's play videos but nobody seems to have trouble at this point. I looked at Den's map at this point because they do so in the videos as I suspected the script requires this. After falling down I swim to the exit again, run up again and try again and again and again... Nothing helps.

What's the trick, please?
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Dakmet: First off: I'm playing the Dreamcast version of Omikron. Maybe someone here could give me a hint anyway. So far I didn't have any real trouble playing Omikron using a walk-through. Fighting mode takes some time consuming practice but otherwise it's rather enjoyable and I didn't ran into any obvious bugs except for some minor clipping issues present in most 3D games.

However, I'm currently stuck in the ventilation area in the police HQ. There's some serious bug (Dreamcast version at least), causing the game to freeze whenever I touch any of the walls. Depending on the current character, the game even freezes as soon as I jump down into the pool. Okay, so I got around that by using another character and avoid the walls like the plague. That even means hammering on the action button while swimming to avoid dead-freezing into the exit.

So I got the cable, short-circuit the controller and walk to the now open ventilator shaft. The issue is that I cannot successfully jump onto the fan blade, no matter how often I try. I read multiple walk-troughs, watched Let's play videos but nobody seems to have trouble at this point. I looked at Den's map at this point because they do so in the videos as I suspected the script requires this. After falling down I swim to the exit again, run up again and try again and again and again... Nothing helps.

What's the trick, please?
It's been a long time since I played, but I remember having problems there, too. I think I finally just came to a stop as close to the edge as possible without falling off, and leaped onto the blade in one jump.
Thanks for your reply, gruce.753. I've finally managed to jump onto the fan blade as Kay'l once. Guess what happened when I tried to jump off the blade toward the air shaft... I fell into the pool again. So far I haven't managed to successfully jump a second time.

By now, I must have spent more time swimming than in Ecco Defender of the Future. I even ran into more clipping/freezing bugs. One time I fell backward into the pool after climbing out and the game froze. Next, after climbing out my legs were knee-deep in the floor and after a few steps, the game froze, of course. Oh and I run against the vertical fan all the time although there should be no collision at all. This is ridiculous. How can they require such a precise jump when the controls are anything but and it's hard enough to walk in a straight line. It's even the very first jump you ever have to perform.
I managed to jump onto the fan blade several times but it's hard to repeat. So far I could never jump from the blade to one of the exits. One odd thing I figured out is that instead of using the jump button, pressing the action button followed by the run button, it is possible to run over the gap between tunnel and blade. At least this method proved being more successful than using a jump while running.
Glad you're making progress. You're at a good part of the game and it would be a shame to miss it.
Damn, this is so stupid. Or is it me actually? The game is not to blame at all. Just in case anyone runs into the same issue:

Do NOT use DreamShell on your Dreamcast to play Omikron! Despite having no issues - except for the increased loading times - you will totally get stuck in this place. If you play Omikron using the original disc or Mnemo's USB GDROM, there aren't any of the above mentioned issues.
Post edited August 21, 2015 by Dakmet
Glad you're through with that headache.