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Half-Life 2 Hints
Box Hopping Shortcut
1 of 6: To start with, follow the "regular" path of going through the padlocked door and into the room with the first .357 Magnum.
2 of 6: As soon as you get back outdoors and run up the steps that activate the chopper, quickly shoot the nearby cop.
3 of 6: Then hop up the wooden crates on the left to get up on top of a large blue container.
4 of 6: Run along it and jump over the fence to land on the lower walkway that leads directly to the ladder to the gate control tower.
5 of 6: You'll be under chopper fire the whole time, but if you're quick, you should make it.
6 of 6: TIP: You can go for the nearby health and armor stations after scaring the chopper away with the control tower's mounted window guns.
