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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints
How can I get stash #2?
1 of 15: Drive on down the road from stash #1 until the radar goes off again.
2 of 15: Park the car and kill off the nearby zombies, then get back in and move carefully to where the lambda symbol is centered on the radar display, just like before.
3 of 15: The path to this stash starts at the spot where a white van is sticking out of a building wall.
4 of 15: Crouch-walk through the van to get some health vials and to reach the main stash room.
5 of 15: It contains an infinite frag grenade crate, plus a fenced-off side room with an RPG and other goodies in it.
6 of 15: Unfortunately, you don't know the door code, and there's no other way into the side room.
7 of 15: Notice that a wire is connected to the numeric keypad on the door.
8 of 15: Visually follow it along to see that it leads to a panel with a green light on it on a higher floor.
9 of 15: There doesn't seem to be any way to get to the higher floor, but there is one very odd way.
10 of 15: It has to do with the large metal hatch door that's leaning against the upper floor.
11 of 15: Notice that the hatch door is on a hinge. You can pull or push it down onto the floor with the gravity gun.
12 of 15: Also notice that after you do, there's a small space underneath it.
13 of 15: Also notice the infinite frag grenade crate nearby. Get the picture yet?
14 of 15: Get the hatch door into its lowered position, gently lob a frag grenade so it'll roll underneath it, then quickly get onto the hatch door before the grenade goes off.
15 of 15: You'll be thrown up to the upper floor, where you'll have access to a health station and the switch that opens the supply room door.
