After Indy does his little cutscene and should be ready to go off to find the infernal machine on level 15, something goes wrong. First the screen goes to this really weird view and indy disappears, only his shadow remains, what's wrong here?!?

-Henry Jones

try reinstalling the game

Fortunately, reinstalling the game is not always the answer these types of problems. I had the same problem at this point in the game. If you have this trouble at any point in the game, the first thing to try is to change your video settings. If you reduce the complexity of the video rendering, this should fix the problem AND avoid having to reinstall the entire game. Good luck!

By the way, Indy Jones, the answer to every post in this discussion should not be "Reinstall the game" or "Go to this really cool walkthrough I found!" Most gamers would prefer to actually solve the puzzles themselves without resorting to a walkthrough, and only post here because they need help with one specific puzzle and can't seem to get past it. Please try to avoid responding to each post with "Look at this cool walkthrough!" or "Reinstall the game!" It would be much more helpful if you simply answered the specific question or refrained from answering at all. TIA.