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Portal 2 Hints
How can I knock that turret over?
1 of 8: While staying back out of its range, notice that there are four turrets across from you that aren't shooting at you for some reason.
2 of 8: That must be because the light bridge that's going across in front of them would block their fire. (Portal 2's turrets won't fire when they know the bullets can't reach you, unlike the turrets in the original Portal game.)
3 of 8: Remember that you can use portals to extend light bridges.
4 of 8: You can do that here to block the fire of the turret that's around the corner, too.
5 of 8: Put an orange portal on the wall that the right side of the light bridge is hitting, then peek around the corner and put a blue portal on the portal-friendly wall section that's to the right of the turret.
6 of 8: You can then go through the orange portal to end up behind the turret, after which you can knock it over.
7 of 8: Or you can go up to the extended light bridge and crouch down, then grab the turret's feet and shake it around to knock it over. (Note that if you want to do that to the four turrets behind the main light bridge section for fun, be careful to not get shot.)
8 of 8: ALTERNATIVE: If the turret isn't searching for you, you can run around the corner and get behind it before it can start firing at you.
