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Half-Life 2 Hints
Avoid the Turrets Strategy
1 of 8: Notice that there's a bit of cover available between the blue laser alerts and the first ground turret.
2 of 8: Send your squad off to some spot out of the line of fire, then run through the laser beams and hide in a corner next to the doorway.
3 of 8: After both turrets give up and deactivate, run through the doorway and into the small room that's behind the first turret.
4 of 8: As soon as you're in the room, aim somewhere at the floor and hit the "Send/Recall Squad" key.
5 of 8: Your squad will activate the turrets again on their way through, and you want them running to the safety of your room as quickly as possible.
6 of 8: Wait in that room until both turrets deactivate again.
7 of 8: If Barney and your whole squad are on this side of the alerts now, you won't have to worry about those turrets any more.
8 of 8: When you leave your little safe room and turn the corner, get ready for a combat with two soldiers who are hiding near the entrance to the stairwell down the hall.
