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Half-Life 2: Episode One Hints
Where are we supposed to go from this area?
1 of 7: Look in the back left corner to find a large corrugated-metal door.
2 of 7: Look to the right of it to find a big orange wheel on a red pillar.
3 of 7: You need to turn the wheel to open the door, but it won't be easy.
4 of 7: You'll have to stand there and hold down the "Use item" key on the wheel until the door is fully open, or it'll quickly fall back shut again.
5 of 7: There are two big problems with this.
6 of 7: The first is that the pit in the center of the area will start spawning antlions when you start turning the wheel.
7 of 7: The other problem is that there are two poison headcrabs just past the door you're opening, and they may crawl in when it's partly open and jump you while you're still turning the wheel.
