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Half-Life 2 Hints
Section 4: Hunter-Chopper Dodging (d1_canals_09)
1 of 12: Unfortunately, there's no way to avoid activating the chopper in this chapter section, so you're going to have to deal with it even if you managed to totally skip it in the Gate 5 area.
2 of 12: To start with, turn left as soon as you exit the protective tunnel.
3 of 12: Notice that out here, you've got a lot more room for lateral movement, so use it to dodge left and right around the mines that the chopper lays.
4 of 12: Also, when the chopper is dropping mines just ahead of you, slow down or even stop until the mines blow up, then surge forward again. The chopper may make the mistake of turning around and trying to hit you with cannon fire just as you speed forward and under it.
5 of 12: SHORTCUT: When you see a small blue-and-white ship coming up on your right, look to the left of it to see an open space between two small hills. There are some logs lying across that space, but you can get over them if you aim yourself at the base of the nearest hill before you reach it, then drive straight up the sloping bank and over the space between the hills at top speed.
6 of 12: TIP: Right after you pass a log jam that you can get around by heading up onto the left bank, swerve left into a small dead-end area to pick up some armor batteries. You probably need them by now.
7 of 12: After that, find the large concrete tunnel pieces and head for them.
8 of 12: TIP: Before you get to them, you can swerve left and head under a bridge to find a supply crate on the left bank, but it almost certainly won't be worth the chopper fire you'll take during the detour.
9 of 12: Boat on through the tunnel pieces until you emerge in a large covered room, where you should definitely save your game.
10 of 12: TIP: In this room, you can ram a wooden structure near a lambda sign on the left to get some supplies.
11 of 12: In the next area, you'll have to find a way to make it across the broken pipe.
