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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints
How can I save this building?
1 of 11: It's a lot harder to sneak up on this strider so that it doesn't fire on the building, but it is possible.
2 of 11: Use the earlier directions for driving up behind the strider, but stop at the water tower.
3 of 11: Drive slowly south down the road past the water tower, looking on the right side of the road for a phone pole that's next to some large rocks. (It's the pole where the phone lines end.)
4 of 11: Park the car next to that and grab the sticky bomb from the car rack.
5 of 11: Go past the right side of the rocks next to the phone pole and along until you come to a much larger pile of rocks that's blocking your view of the strider.
6 of 11: In this situation, you have to have line-of-sight with the strider *and* the building in order for the strider to fire.
7 of 11: Move up to the large rock pile, being careful not to move to where you can glimpse the strider's main body through a gap in the rocks. You'd better quicksave before approaching the rock pile just in case.
8 of 11: Once you're next to the rocks, move onto the road while facing straight toward the far left section of the building.
9 of 11: You still can't see the strider, so it won't fire yet. When you're in the middle of the road, quicksave again.
10 of 11: Quickly turn right and fire your sticky bomb at the strider, then get out the SMG and shoot the bomb.
11 of 11: If the strider doesn't complete the warp cannon blast before it's destroyed, the building will be saved!
