Half-Life 2 (Orange Box).pdf

PRIMA OFFICIAL GAME GUIDE

DAVID SJ HODGSON

STEPHEN STRATTON

MIGUEL LOPEZ

Prima Games

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David SJ Hodgson

Originally hailing from the United Kingdom, David left his role as a writer of numerous

British video game magazines (including Mean Machines, Computer & Video Games,

and the Ofﬁ cial Nintendo and Sega Saturn magazines) and a bohemian lifestyle on a

dry-docked German ﬁ shing trawler to work on the infamous GameFan magazine in

1996. David helped to launch the ﬂ edgling GameFan Books and helped form Gamers’

Republic in 1998, authoring many strategy guides for Millennium Publications,

including The Ofﬁ cial Metal Gear Solid Mission Handbook. After launching the wildly

unsuccessful incite Video Gaming and Gamers.com, David found his calling, and

began authoring guides for Prima Games. He has written over 30 Prima strategy

guides, including The Godfather: The Game, Knights of the Old Republic, Perfect Dark

Zero, Half-Life 2, and Burnout Revenge. He lives in the Paciﬁ c Northwest with his

wife, Melanie, and an eight-foot statue of Great Cthulhu.

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Editor: Rebecca Chastain

Copyeditor: Sara Wilson

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Stephen Stratton

Stephen Stratton has worked on more than 30 projects in his ﬁ ve years of writing

strategy guides for Prima. His repertoire of mastered games includes Counter-

Strike: Condition Zero, Rome: Total War, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, The

Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, Hitman: Contracts, and

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

Steve is a lifelong video gamer who attended the Rochester Institute of Technology

in Rochester, NY. In addition to his Prima Games guides, he also held a staff position

with Computec Media and managed the strategy section of their incite.com video

game website.

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RIDING SHOTGUN

OVERVIEW

The pace to White Forest quickens, now that the open road is before you. Until, of course, the road becomes

clogged with rusting vehicle hulks and the long-dead remains of hapless refugees and worse. Amid the eerie

quiet of these mountains is a lonely radar station, which needs to be powered up for Alyx to communicate

with White Forest. This area is your ﬁ rst combat with the hated Hunters, but Alyx is ready for them this time.

Continue driving until you reach an abandoned farmhouse and barn...although a new and frightening resident

has taken up a corner: the dreaded Advisor. After tackling him and a Combine scout team, you quicken

the pace, driving erratically down a winding railroad to avoid the guns and bombs from a Hunter Chopper

attack craft. Only when you reach a Rebel train yard can you disembark from your overheating Car, use the

Chopper’s own weapons against it, and win the respect of your new-found friends.

Miguel Lopez

Miguel Lopez has been working as a journalist in the video game industry since 1999.

During his nine-year stint as an in-house editor, he’s worked at GameSpot.com,

GameSpy.com, and the now defunct Gamenow Magazine. As a freelance writer, he’s

contributed to numerous mainstream and enthusiast publications, including Wired,

Games for Windows Magazine, Gamepro, Electronic Gaming Monthly, and X-Play.

Half-Life 2: The Orange Box is his ﬁ rst project with Prima.

All products and characters mentioned in this book are trademarks of their respective

companies.

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“RP” are trademarks owned by the Entertainment Software Association, and may only

be used with their permission and authority. For information regarding whether a

product has been rated by the ESRB, please visit www.esrb.org. For permission to use

the Ratings icons, please contact the ESA at esrblicenseinfo.com.

A native of Hialeah, Florida, Miguel now lives in the sunny Mission District of San

Francisco, California, with his wife, cat, and two house plants.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

David SJ Hodgson would like to thank : all at Valve for going above and beyond to

furnish us all with insane tactics and exceptional hospitality. Special thanks to Eric

Twelker, David Speyrer, Phil Co (for his gnome-herding skills), and Dario Casali

(who took down over a dozen Striders in an amazing display of carapace-exploding).

Thumbs way up to Miguel Lopez and Steve Stratton, Todd, Rebecca, and Sara. Polite

cap-dofﬁ ng to Laibach, Ladytron, and The Knife. All my love to Melanie.

Important:

Prima Games has made every effort to determine that the information contained in

this book is accurate. However, the publisher makes no warranty, either expressed

or implied, as to the accuracy, effectiveness, or completeness of the material in

this book; nor does the publisher assume liability for damages, either incidental or

consequential, that may result from using the information in this book. The publisher

cannot provide any additional information or support regarding gameplay, hints and

strategies, or problems with hardware or software. Such questions should be directed

to the support numbers provided by the game and/or device manufacturers as set

forth in their documentation. Some game tricks require precise timing and may

require repeated attempts before the desired result is achieved.

INVENTORY PICK-UP

ENTITY ENCOUNTER

FRIENDLIES

And “W” for Winnie, embedded in ice.

HOSTILES

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Crossbow

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Alyx Vance

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Zombine

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Zombie

Stephen Stratton would like to thank : all the nice folks at Valve for being so friendly

and helpful. Special thanks to Eric Twelker, Robin Walker, and the entire TF2 team

for being so great and sharing their time and knowledge. Big ups to David Hodgson,

Miguel Lopez, Rebecca Chastain, Todd Manning, and Sara Wilson for pitching in to

keep the insanity of the project to a minimum. Hugs and kisses to Julie Mervyn, the

most loving and awesome game store manager in the world.

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Dr. Magnusson

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Hunter

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Headcrab

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Rebels*

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Combine Pod*

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Fast Zombie

ISBN: 978-0-7615-5693-0

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007927559

Printed in the United States of America

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Combine Advisor*

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Fast Headcrab

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Combine Soldier*

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Combine APC*

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Hunter Chopper*

07 08 09 10 GG 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Miguel Lopez would like to thank : everyone at Valve for being such gracious hosts

during the visit, and particularly Jeep Barnett and Eric Twelker for their generosity

and expertise. Many thanks go to the co-authors, David Hodgson and Steve Stratton,

for their insight throughout my ﬁ rst strategy guide project. Finally, boundless

appreciation goes to my brilliant and patient wife Emiko for her support and

encouragement during this challenging deadline.

* Indicates ﬁ rst exposure to entity

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CONTENTS

Half-Life 2: Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Weapons Detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Half-Lifers: The Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Bestiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Half-Life 2: A Condensed Walkthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 1: Point Insertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 2: “A Red Letter Day” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 3: Route Kanal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 4: Water Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 5: Black Mesa East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Chapter 6: “We Don’t Go To Ravenholm” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 7: Highway 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Chapter 8: Sandtraps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 9: Nova Prospekt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 10: Entaglement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 11: Anticitizen One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 12: “Follow Freeman!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 13: “Our Benefactors”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Chapter 14: Dark Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Half-Life 2: Episode One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Undue Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Direct Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Lowlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Urban Flight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Exit 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Half-Life 2: Episode Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

To the White Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

This Vortal Coil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Freeman Pontifex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Riding Shotgun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Under the Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Our Mutual Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

T-Minus One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

The Art of Half-Life 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Chapter 1: Test Chambers 00—03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Chapter 2: Test Chambers 04—07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Chapter 3: Test Chambers 08—09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Chapter 4: Test Chambers 10—12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Chapter 5: Test Chamber 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Chapter 6: Test Chamber 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Chapter 7: Test Chamber 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Chapter 8: Test Chamber 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Chapter 9: Test Chamber 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Chapter 10: Test Chamber 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Chapter 11: The Escape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

The Art of Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Team Fortress 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Offense Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Defense Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Support Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Gravel Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Dustbowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Granary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Well. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

2Fort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Hydro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

The Art of Team Fortress 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Achievements and Unlockables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

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HALF-LIFE 2 BASICS: GETTING STARTED

HALF-LIFE 2:

BASICS

HALF-LIFE 2:

A CONDENSED

WALKTHROUGH

HALF-LIFE 2:

EPISODE ONE

HALF-LIFE 2:

EPISODE TWO

ACHIEVEMENTS AND

UNLOCKABLES

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MASTER SCIENTIST IN TRAINING:

GETTING STARTED

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

The following sections reveal the necessary elements you need to survive,

thrive, and resist the Combine’s assorted forces as you escape their

clutches ﬂ ee the City, and rampage through the Outlands. Before you

squeeze into your HEV Suit, thoroughly digest the strategies presented here.

The bulk of this guide is a walkthrough of the Episode One adventure,

also known as Aftermath, and Episode Two. There is also a condensed

walkthrough of the original Half-Life 2 adventure.

Next comes a thorough tactical overview and comprehensive plans for

Portal, and full character and match strategies for Team Fortress 2. Each

chapter has labeled maps and various additional information boxes to

further aid your progress:

NOTE

If you are playing the different versions of this game, note the

following additional menu options:

Control Option (Xbox 360): Allows you to change the controller

settings to your personal preference. Achievements (Xbox 360): Use

this menu to check your Achievement progress.

Achievements (PC): Use this menu to check your Achievement

progress (HL2: EP2, Portal, and TF2 only).

Tips, Notes, and Cautions: These detail a preferred tactic (Tip), an

interesting aside (Note), or a dangerous problem (Caution) nearby.

Entity Encounter: A quick rundown of an enemy the ﬁ rst time you

encounter it during Episode 1, along with takedown tactics as applicable.

Additional Investigations: These detail key information and some game

script, along with any backstory elements.

G-Man About Town: Your sponsor intends to keep a closer eye on you than

you may realize. His spying spots are revealed, assuming he’s still watching

over you.

Lambda Location: Every time a member of the resistance scrawls a lambda

logo on a wall, we show you where the hidden goods are.

Inventory Adaptation: Whenever a new weapon or offensive capability

becomes available, these provide a brief description of the item’s

effectiveness and usage.

Developer Commentary (all systems): This allows you to play the

game in Commentary mode, once you’ve completed that chapter

(except in HL2).

Difﬁ culty Menu: There are Difﬁ culty presets you can change in the

Options menu, too.

DIFFICULTY DEFINED

Quick descriptions of the settings are listed here, followed by detailed

comparisons of how these differences affect gameplay.

Easy: Enemies are weak and easy to defeat.

Normal: Enemies are stronger and have basic combat skills, making them

more difﬁ cult to defeat.

Hard: Enemies have advanced combat skills, making them deadly

opponents.

GETTING STARTED

THE MAIN MENU

MAIN MENU CHOICES

New Game: When selected, you can begin a new game from the start or

from the beginning of each game Chapter you have previously completed.

Difﬁ culty: There are three levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Difﬁ culty levels

are detailed following this list.

Load Game: Select and start a previously saved game.

Save Game: Select New Saved Game in the list to create a new ﬁ le, or select

a previously saved game to overwrite a ﬁ le.

Resume Game: Return to the current game.

Options: Set the audio and video settings, and customize the controls.

Quit: Exit Half-Life 2. Remember to save ﬁ rst!

Easy Comparison to Normal:

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More ammunition is available, your weapons are more powerful, and

enemies are weaker.

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You receives 20 percent more ammunition when picking up ammo items.

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You take one-half of the damage values listed in the Bestiary section of

this guide, except when damaged by ﬁ re, falling, drowning, physics,

poison, or sniper.

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You inﬂ ict 150 percent of the damage values listed in the Weapons

Detail section of this guide.

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You receive automatic aiming assistance (auto-aim).

Hard Comparison to Normal:

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Less ammunition available, your weapons are slightly less powerful,

and enemies are much more dangerous.

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You receive 40 percent less ammunition when picking up ammo items.

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You take 150 percent of the damage listed in the Bestiary section of this

guide, except when damaged by ﬁ re, falling, drowning, physics, poison,

and sniper.

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You inﬂ ict 75 percent of the damage values listed in the Weapons Detail

section of this guide.

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You receive no aiming assistance (auto-aim) from the computer.

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