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Half-Life Hints

The power generator is running at only half-power!

  • 1 of 8: Once the power generator is running, only half of it is being used.
  • 2 of 8: You need to bring the power generator to full power before the electrical generator can do its job.
  • 3 of 8: Remember the power generator control room?
  • 4 of 8: It's the room that's halfway up the spiral staircase.
  • 5 of 8: There is a button in the control room that has not been activated.
  • 6 of 8: Push it.
  • 7 of 8: You will know that all of the power is on when a powerful, white beam of electricity starts jumping across your exit path. Just properly time your run through the electrical beam's path.
  • 8 of 8: The power generator will be working at full force now. Work your way back to the tram tunnels and start thinking about how to destroy the gargantua.