half life 2 help

OpenToSuggestions · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:50

Bought orange box a few days ago and I on HL2 I am in the prison.
I have to defend it until the girl comes and I have 3 of those turret things.

They easily fall over but how do I stand them back up? I can pick them up using E or use the mavity gun but I am having trouble actually standing them up again once they have fallen over.

Thanks

Shamikebab · 13 Feb 2009 at 15:56

Well you just pick them up and put them down carefully so they are standing upright, not much else to it.

OpenToSuggestions · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:14

When I pick them up they stay horizontal and don't stand up though.

DaWG · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:21

The easiest way to do that section is as follows (easy even on hard using this technique);

Before you drop down into that prison bit, use the mavity gun to blast down all filing cabinets, boxes, tables etc into the lower section (iirc, you will need to blast some cabinets up the stairs then over the railings).
Once you're in the lower section, you basically want to make a little fort in the room with the armour / health machines. Use filing cabinets / tables (also get everything from the other rooms in that section) to baricade the two side entrances. Put the tables so that one part makes a wall, and one part is on the floor, so you can then put boxes/filing cabinets on top of the bit on the floor to hold it in place. You should have enough objects to ensure no soldiers can enter your fort.
iirc there's 3 guns, and the scenario won't start until the 3rd is picked up / put down.
Put two of the guns down and barricade them in so they can't fall over. As soon as you put the 3rd down, either get in a corner, or inside one of the alcoves you took the guns out of.

From here, the guns should take care of everything.

If a gun falls down, pull it in with the grav gun, which will autonatically put it the right way up, then place it back down.

Jump out with the shottie (double blast if on hard mode) every now and again to take down and enemies if you need to, and have your crowbar erady for the man hacks.

nova prospect is one of the greatest levels / chapters in gaming history :cool:

Masterdog · 13 Feb 2009 at 16:26

Good post DaWG. Wish I'd thought of barricading myself in like that - took me ages to finish that bit. One of the hardest sections of the half-life series (the end of HL1 possibly being the only harder bit).

LoadsaMoney · 13 Feb 2009 at 19:16

Easiest way is to stand them up in the little cubicles, with you standing in the cubicle in the middle of them, that way they can't get shot down (as they are stuck in the cubicles so can't fall over), and the soldiers wont get anywhere near you, as when they try the turrets take them out, so all you have to do is stand there doing nothing till its over.

If one does manage to get through to you though, then you just let him have it with the shottie, but when i done it none of em got through, i was just sitting back listening to the beep beep beep as the turrets were going off.

Azagoth · 13 Feb 2009 at 20:07

LoadsaMoney said:
Easiest way is to stand them up in the little cubicles, with you standing in the cubicle in the middle of them, that way they can't get shot down (as they are stuck in the cubicles so can't fall over), and the soldiers wont get anywhere near you, as when they try the turrets take them out, so all you have to do is stand there doing nothing till its over.

If one does manage to get through to you though, then you just let him have it with the shottie, but when i done it none of em got through, i was just sitting back listening to the beep beep beep as the turrets were going off.

This.