Guardian of Semerkhet - Missing Wheel in Golden Vraeus Room

If you arrive in this room only to find the wheel that opens the door is missing, there is a possible solution.

This screenshot shows the room with the missing wheel.

This one shows how things should look.

As far as I know, this glitch is confined to the Windows PC version of the game, specifically to newer operating systems (e.g., Windows XP, Windows Vista and/or Windows 7). To fix the problem, try installing one of the Tomb Raider Multi-Patches from Tombraiderchronicles.com.

To find the right version for your system, go to http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/technical-support/index.html and under Backwards Compatibility, choose the version of Windows you have (XP, Vista or 7). Then follow the links to the Tomb Raider Multi-Patch for that operating system.

Download the file from that next page. It should be called something like trupdate.zip. Open the zip file and copy/paste or drag the trupdate.exe file out of the zip file and onto your desktop (or another convenient location; it doesn't really matter where just so you can find it). Double-click the trupdate.exe program to run the patch. Then just follow the instructions on screen. During the installation you'll have an opportunity to check any/all of the classic Tomb Raiders you have installed. The patch will then make repairs which should (hopefully) fix the problem.

The only drawback is that your original saves probably won't load in the newly patched game. Try it and see, but if they don't, you'll also need to install a save file made with the patched version. My save for this spot can be downloaded here. For detailed instructions on downloading and installing save files, see here.

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