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Half-Life 2 Hints
How can I get across this windmill seesaw thing?
1 of 10: Look down at the lower end of the seesaw before you get on it.
2 of 10: That crate is weighting down the other end, so it's okay to jump onto your end of the seesaw -- the crate will keep your end from dropping down to the sand.
3 of 10: Your immediate goal is to get onto the large grass-covered rock that's just past the crate's end of the seesaw, so be thinking about how to do that.
4 of 10: This works similarly to other "weighted lever" puzzles you've done before.
5 of 10: What if the crate were at the other end of the seesaw, weighing it down?
6 of 10: Why, then the end near the rock you're trying to get to would be held up so that you could jump from it to the rock!
7 of 10: So carefully make your way to the middle of the seesaw and pick up the crate with the gravity gun.
8 of 10: Then go back to the other (high) end and drop the crate on it.
9 of 10: NOTE: There's another crate on the sand nearby, but you don't need to use it unless you lose or break the first crate.
10 of 10: Now quickly run across the seesaw and jump to the rock.
