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[Quillan]

Oh, Garg. Use grenades. Lots of grenades. There is no problem which cannot be solved by the application of a sufficient quantity of high explosives.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Quillan
Oh, Garg. Use grenades. Lots of grenades. There is no problem which cannot be solved by the application of a sufficient quantity of high explosives.

oh, i checked the walkthrough, and all I had to do, after I fixed the generator on (Which i figured out on my own) was turn the switch in the big room, and he died.

Now on the rail car thingie. I have to go launch a rocket????

[Solver]

Be prepared, the next part is... not so good. You'll spend most of the next chapter on these rail cars - it isn't such a bad chapter by itself, except that it's about one third longer than it should be.

Hint about Gargs: never try to shoot one / blow one up. Yes, you can blow them up with lots of explosives, but you can always solve the problem differently - either run away or kill him with something special.

Hint about the next chapter: to change direction, shoot the signs.

[DrSpike]

That's a cool chapter.

[Solver]

Too long, though. One of the two poor (relatively speaking) parts of HL, IMO.

[Quillan]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


oh, i checked the walkthrough, and all I had to do, after I fixed the generator on (Which i figured out on my own) was turn the switch in the big room, and he died.

I know. I didn't want to tell you that part of it, though. It's quite possible to kill it with explosives. The other way is much easier to do but harder to figure out, especially if you happen to go the wrong way initially. The first time I played I didn't go down the tunnel where the generator was, and Garg was up when I came back, so I used all my thrown and most of my launched grenades killing him.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Solver
Be prepared, the next part is... not so good. You'll spend most of the next chapter on these rail cars - it isn't such a bad chapter by itself, except that it's about one third longer than it should be.

Hint about Gargs: never try to shoot one / blow one up. Yes, you can blow them up with lots of explosives, but you can always solve the problem differently - either run away or kill him with something special.

Hint about the next chapter: to change direction, shoot the signs.

I assume its best to do all the "stations" on the starting loop first, before changing the directions to go other places?

I've done the first station, and seen the rocket.

[DrSpike]

Suck it and see.

[lord of the mark]

yeah, its going as expected, you get a couple of stations on the first loop, including the one where you see the rocket, and the one where you have to avoid the turret. Then you turn off the loop, and you are in position to take out the turret and open the new rail line. Then you go around again, and proceed on the new line.

Then you get into a very difficult tactical situation, which Im still working on, using a couple of reloads.

[lord of the mark]

Ok, now Im stuck, as in S T U C K - stuck.


Ive finished On Rails, and launched the rocket. All the walkthroughs say there the big door to my left after coming out of the blast doors should be open.

Well guess what, its not. And I did the whole go in and do the blast thing twice (and getting out isnt easy) to make sure. Still the door isnt open. Is it because of something I did way earlier? Is it a bug?

Is there something Im missing?

[DrSpike]

I don't recall a bug there. Have you done all the steps on the walkthrough?

[Solver]

Isn't there a button to open the door?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I don't recall a bug there. Have you done all the steps on the walkthrough?

Yes.

And no, solver, I see no button, and the walkthroughs dont mention one.

Looking on USENET (this game is old enough for the USENET era) apparently the bug was known (if occasional) the only solution suggested is to go back to an earlier save. AFAICT I hadnt gone back far enough when I redid the launch part of the chapter.

Ive also registered and posted this at Planet Half Life, and I will look to see if they have an answer (the forums for the original game are rather quiet though)

[Colon™]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
Is there something Im missing?

Yes.

Again. NO bugs. NO dead ends. You're just missing something.

[Colon™]

Have to you tried walking towards that door yet, for instance?