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Just press CTRL + F and enter the code to jump to that part immediately. ============================================================================== Table of Contents [HL.00.00] ============================================================================== * Table of Contents.................................................[HL.00.00] * History & Next Version............................................[HL.01.01] * Introduction......................................................[HL.02.01] * Walkthrough.......................................................[HL.03.01] * Prologue........................................................[HL.03.02] * Undue Alarm.....................................................[HL.03.03] * Direct Intervention.............................................[HL.03.04] * Cheats & Secrets..................................................[HL.04.01] * Console Cheats..................................................[HL.04.02] * FAQ...............................................................[HL.05.01] * Conclusion........................................................[HL.06.01] ============================================================================== History & Next Version [HL.01.01] ============================================================================== Version 0.1 (06/02/06) - Everything is new. (17,4KB) ============================================================================== Introduction [HL.02.01] ============================================================================== "The story continues.... Half-Life 2: Episode One is the first in a series of new adventures created by Valve that extend the Half-Life 2 single player experience. It details the aftermath of Half Life 2 and launches a journey beyond City 17. Stepping into the hazard suit of Dr.Gordon Freeman you face the immediate repercussions of your actions in City 17 and the Citadel. Rejoin Alyx Vance and her robot, Dog, to once again aid the human resistance in their desperate battle against the totalitarian alien menace of the Combine. Episode One exposes Alyx's combat skills and knowledge of City 17. Battle side-by-side with her through Valve's first episodic game, a four-to-six hour adventure of greater density and detail than non-episodic releases." ============================================================================== Walkthrough [HL.03.01] ============================================================================== Some hints and tips to get you started: * Remember to check out the controls. Some features won't be discussed anywhere, so you might miss the zoom-function of the suit, for example (that's the Z-button, by the way). * Run, walk or crawl while shooting, that way you're harder to hit. * Save often, but not when you're low on health. * Even if I don't tell you to do things, you can still try them out. There's nothing wrong with trying to talk to someone, unless I tell you not to do so. * Reload your gun when you're not in battle to be sure you won't start the next battle with just one bullet before you have to reload. * Aim for exploding barrels, because they'll blow things up, including enemies that are near. Don't take cover behind one of these barrels yourself, obviously. When Combines roll them towards you, shoot them before the barrels arrive. * If you need health, it's fine to go back a few rooms to get it. You get the idea? You can also do this for ammo, suit energy or whatever you want to get. * Most weapons (only the Crossbow) don't have a zoom-function. However, there is a way around it. Zoom with your suit (Z-button), aim, go back to the original view, and shoot. It's not a way to quickly snipe Combines down, but it works. In the walkthrough, I'll add *Loading* quite a few times. This means the game will load a new area and you'll have to wait a few moments. Not only for that reason I decided to add it, but it'll also make searching more easier. I've seen Half-Life 2 guides, but they aren't really organised, so it can be hard to find the spot you need. Sometimes, in levels with a lot of walking, I won't describe every corner for you. If you see an enemy, just shoot it. Don't let it attack you, just because I didn't tell you to defend yourself. If I tell you to get from A to B, I assume you're able to go there without too much trouble. And the biggest note; THIS GUIDE CONTAINS SPOILERS! Don't use it if you don't want the game to be spoiled for you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prologue [HL.03.02] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Tell me, Dr. Freeman, if you can. You have destroyed so much. What is it, exactly, that you have created? Can you name even one thing? I thought not." A little speech by Dr. Breen. Soon after we'll see the end of Half-Life 2. The core is exploding and Alyx is in the middle of all the trouble. However, suddenly vortigaunts will show up and teleport Alyx away. G-man shows up and will tell you he'll see about that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Undue Alarm [HL.03.03] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some light, some rubbish. Dog will soon dig you out and you and Alyx will rejoice. Hooray! Dog will give you your Gravity Gun back, which is a weapon you'll be using for a long time, until you finally find a normal gun. Alyx can jump onto the ledge ahead, but you can't. On the side you'll find a few planks holding back a gate. Shoot them off, and the gate will drop, allowing you to head onto the ledge and find Alyx again. Alyx will contact her father, and obviously there's trouble up ahead. The citadel is about to explode, and you're way too close to make that a comfortable explosion. However, there is one way: inverting the core. Of course Alyx and Gordon accept this quest. Dog will create a new path. Follow it, making sure you shoot away and rubbish that's in the way. Once you reached the other side, Dog will show up, and even come up with an idea. He'll run away again, and throw a car your way. Be sure you avoid it. The idea Dog has, is to put you two into the car, and throw you into the citadel. Seems like a fine idea to me. Step into the passengers seat and Dog will throw you. However, he doesn't really put you into a safe position, so the car will go for a short roller coaster ride. Step out of the car when it's standing still. As soon as Alyx gets out, the thing will fall down and make a big boom. Good thing Gordon Freeman is such a cool guy. Take a look to your left, and head that way. Something will explode, but ignore it. Follow the path from there. *Loading* Alyx states you two need to find a way down the core. Way to go Alyx! Jump off the platform onto the lower ground, and Alyx will follow you. Continue until you find a shield, and two Stalkers behind the glass. Alyx can't open it, but notices the Roller Mines. Head into that direction, and follow it until you find an elevator going up and down. Don't take it, but keep going until you find a button. As soon as you press it, all the Roller Mines will drop down and start to attack you. Press the button, and run back. Use the alternative attack of the Gravity Gun to get hold of one (right mouse button) and head to the elevator. Take it up and show the thing to Alyx. She will modify it, so it'll attack the Stalkers. Let go off it, and let it do the work. Once Alyx has disabled the field, continue your journey. After a short walk you'll notice some Combine Soldiers running over a bridge, but they won't survive it. Just keep going until you find out your path is blocked. Start shooting the objects, and more Combines will run it. However, some weird device will activate itself and electrify them. Ah well, that's nice too. When you keep going, you'll find a bridge, and some Combines running over it. However, the devices on the side of it will knock them off. Time your run, and hold Shift to sprint. Make it to the other side, and let Alyx follow you. If you keep going you'll end up in a room with a load of red lasers. Jump down. Alyx will check the console, and suddenly find a stream of Dr. Breen. However, it's just a recorded movie, so no need to worry. Something to worry about is the thing that appears on the screen. It'll pass you buy underneath the glass floor, and then be launched into the air. Both you and Alyx seem to react quite strange to the sounds and noise it makes. After a short walk you'll find yourself in a room with more strange devices. Gordon will throw the Gravity Gun away, and the thing will be upgraded, just like it was upgraded at the end of Half-Life 2. Now you can shoot your enemies with it, drag them towards you and pick and blow away heavier objects. At the end of the hall is... *Loading* Nothing special. Heal yourself, and then find the bridge that's not activated yet. With your improved Gravity Gun you can drag energy balls towards you. Grab one (don't hold them for too long or they'll explode) and shoot it towards the device underneath the bridge on the other side. Once you do this, Combines will charge towards you and Alyx. Get rid of them, and find the next 'broken' bridge. Fix it, and more Combines will join the fun. At the final bridge, you'll notice there is a glass shield in front of one of the devices. The key is to make the energy ball bounce between the glass and the wall, until it hits the device. Follow the path when it's fixed for more trouble. After a while you'll see a Strider (if you're fast enough) and a big ship floating, flying and crashing. Just follow the path until you find a room on your right side. Enter it and Alyx will open the door. *Loading* Keep going until you find a big elevator. Grab an energy ball and enable it by shooting the ball into the device. Be sure to heal yourself first if needed. When the elevator is going down, rubbish will start to fall down. If the big things hit the elevator, it's game over. Grab an energy ball and use that to shoot the rubbish, and change it's course. After two pieces the elevator will stop moving. Look for the device. It's behind glass. Drag the computer away and then shoot an energy ball, letting it bounce onto the wall into the device. When you go down, you'll need to shoot another piece of rubbish away. Soon after, the lift will stop again. Remove the machines and shoot an energy ball into the device. However, a Stalker will mess things up. Shoot it and then active the device for a second time to go down again. When the elevator is all the way down, run away from it, since a lot of things will fall down. Heal yourself and then enter the door ahead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Direct Intervention [HL.03.03] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coming soon... ============================================================================== Cheats & Secrets [HL.04.01] ============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Console Cheats [HL.04.02] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Coming Soon. ============================================================================== FAQ [HL.05.01] ============================================================================== Q: Blablablablabla. Can you help me? A: Are you using a downloaded version? Then please don't even bother mailing me, since that version comes with more problems than anything else. This is not because of the game, but it's because it's the downloaded version. Q: I'm at , and I'm stuck, because the A.I. doesn't do a single thing!!!11 A: See above. I'm not going to help you because you downloaded the game. This is a problem that only occurs to the downloaded version. But in case this happens to your legit copy, save your game, open the console (~) and enter ai_norebuildgraph "0". Then re-load the game and it's fixed. Q: If I download Half-Life 2: Episode One, will my Steam account get banned? A: Yes, that might just happen. Q: Can I disable the title screen's background? Loading the title screen takes ages... A: Yes, find the file valve.rc in the /hl2/cfg dir, and add // in front of startupmenu . This will fix it. Just to be sure, it'll look like this: // display the startup level // startupmenu Q: My sound stutters, what can I do? A: There is a patch that should fix a few things, but if that doesn't work, you can try the following things: * If you're using more than 2 speakers, go back to 2 speakers. * Lower the sound quality. * Lower your graphical settings, including AA, resolution and texture quality. ============================================================================== Conclusion [HL.06.01] ============================================================================== I hope you enjoyed my guide, since I put a lot of work in it. If you encounter problems, feel free to mail me. Also suggestions, feedback, comment etc. are accepted, the mail addy is on top of this file. Thanks-list: N/A And especially you, for reading this. 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