Achievements

[urumax]

I JUST finished episode 2 after the never ending (many tries) fight against the sliders and the damn raptors.

I realize that i never ran into or saw or even ealized what the garden gnome was or where it was.

How in the **** im I supposed to save those buildings outside of the Silo if the second the strider comes around he owns them.

Has anyone killed a hunter with their own fleches?

Has anyone killed a combine with their own greanade? I almost never get graneades thrown at me that's why i couldn't do it.

And finally the grubs, I was shitting bricks when the guard was stalking me in the caves, my heart beat faster everytime i knew he was behind me, it was the worst, plus there were a shit load of them.

By the way I played on the hard difficulty and defending the silo was a bitch.

Any comments? help with the achievements?

 

[PimpinPenguin]

For Hitting the Hunter with it's fleches hold out a physics object and let the hunter attack it then when you hear a sort of wiring noise fire it back.

Combine with it's grenade is easy the battle where you encounter the advisor in the barn there a combine soldier in the attic,throw a grenade then quickly change to gravity gun the combine soldier will throw it back so pick it up and blast it back.

Saving the building base: Get ready for it stay near the sawmill when the first one comes he won't destroy the building. As soon as you kill it sprint to where the second one come fire the magunessen and shoot it you have to be really fast. This is a tough one and will need some practice.

Grubs: They are everywhere and are a real pain use a guide on the internet if you get stuck. Also when you get chased the only grubs are ones on the entrance to the little caves you run into to hide.

The Garden gnome is under the bed in the building where you first make contact with white forest.

 

[urumax]

Once u find the gnome what do u do?

 

[Mahalis]

Carry it all the way through the rest of the game with you.

 

[Omnomnick]

The gnome is actually alot easier than it sounds...

The gnome is under a large metal sheet in the transmittion building 5 minutes in to the game. From there you must carry it all the way to where Griggs and Sheckley are. From there, you can just pop him under the table and forget about him until you have to leave at the end of 'This vortal coil'. From there, you simply take him across the field and up the lift, to where you leave him with the vorty and alyx. Then you can forget about it until you get back there with the car (remember to put him near the door, so u cant miss him). From there, place the gnome is the rear of the car, between the two seats is good. And from there, drive like a little old lady (no offence) and enjoy the scenery. Then when you reach the advisor house, simply leave him in the car. When the hunter chopper arrives, you have to drive quite fast, so make sure it is in a straight line or you will get bored really fast of having to get out the car and put him back in. From there you drive around the area with the zombies until you make it to the base, take the gnome and place it near the door you go through before fighting the chopper. Then pick him up as you head to the next level. From now, you can leave the gnome, you can pick him up later, when you get the car back. After fighting the zombies and the combine autogun, you get the car back. Then pick the gnome and place him in the rear of the car, then contiune driving, ignore the caches as they will just slow you down. After a short section driving, you reach 'White Forest Inn' where you can leave the gnome in the car while you battle the onslaught. When you regain the car, simply continue driving until you see the 'DOG vs STRIDER' fight, then you have to fail against DOG in the race, as the gnome will contiously fall out of the car. When you reach White Forest you are nearly done, (save your game here) and just have to carry the gnome through the several cut scenes until you see Lamarr enter the shuttle. Then place you gnome inside of the rocket and shut the door with 'USE'. Then the achievement sign such come up, if not check your achievements list and see if you have it, if this says you havnt, simply load your game back outside white forest and do the cut scenes again, then to you should have it, CONGRATS!!

GLITCH: after the gnome has been placed inside the rocket, you can take him out again with the gravity gun, even when the door is shut, he simply merges through the door, this works with any prop.

I should write walkthroughs for a living

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For the 'Neighborhood Watch' achievement simply watch and listen for which strider is approaching. I understand that only fast paced, lower down striders will head to destroy the houses. Strider Number 2 from the Saw Mills will attempt to destroy the Saw Mill, simply wait for Strider number 1 from the crains to approach the Saw Mill, then simply destroy it as it turns. Then you have enough time to grab your car and drive towards strider number 2, hopefully you will destroy it in time. Then a battle will arise and striders will come from everywhere. Shortly an extremely fast strider (Strider number 5-6 i think) will come from the crains, this come is the hardest to stop, as you are usually over the other side of the map. If you time it right, you should make it there several seconds before the strider, giving you enough time to blow it up. (Only when you are in sight of the strider, will it destroy the building, however, you cannot procceed until the strider is walking again). Then, the communications man will tell you that dropships are carrying even more striders, one of these striders procceeds to destroy the house seen in gameplay trailer 5 and which has a 'Male 7skinned rebel outside'. This strider approaches from the water tower and is generally easy to catch before he reaches his target. After destroying this strider, you must fight off all others before being told to return to the base, at which time, you will recieve the achievement.

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For the combine grenade achievement, I suggest loading 'Riding Shotgun' as there is a ready soldier which is unable to move and throughs grenades alot. When you reach the advisor house, do the cut scene and then head outside, combine will have surrounded the house, kill the majority on the ground, including the hunter, until there is one grenade throughing soldier left in the attic of the building opposite. He will through grenades at you, as he cannot shoot you, simply wait for the grenade, use your gravity gun and fire it (like a strider buster) inside the attic, the soldier will then fling out in a comedy manner and the achievement bar should appear.


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For the hunter's flachette achievement simply load 'Riding Shotgun' once more and finish the advisor cut scene. Then head outside, kill all soldiers in the area, before attempting to get this achievement from the near by hunter. Near by are many barrels which can be used to protect your body from the deadly flachettes. Wait until the hunter is about to fire his flachette and then pick up the barrel and point in sight of the hunter, at least one flachette should stick within the barrel, then simply fire the barrel (with the gravity gun) off the strider, then if hunter does a 'disintergrating' movement and dies, you should have gained the achievement, if not, try again.

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For the grubs achievement, there are several aspects you must consider when locating the antlion grubs. For example, many grubs are extremely high up and must be shot with your pistol in order to hit them. Others may be hiding in cupboards or drawers. For example, several seconds after you retrieve the shotgun, there is a cupboard in the far corner, within the large side hides a grub, I still have to get the achievement, but this is definatley the hardest by far. (You could always spawn the grubs = Spawn code plz)

And there you go, the world's largest post, all about achievments urumax hasnt got, enjoy everyone...

 

[urumax]

hahaha thx a lot, appreciate it.

it'll help more people than just me for sure.

 

[Hullu]

why would you need to find all the grubs..?

 

[AciD]

Npc_create ? D:

 

[Planetary]

I JUST finished episode 2 after the never ending (many tries) fight against the sliders and the damn raptors.

That's a new one! I've seen someone call them spiders, someone else tripods, and of course the hunters used to be ministriders.

Heh... sliders.

Also: for the grubs, look up alot (especially in the pinatas near the larval extract chamber the very last grub of the game is after Alyx gets healed, behind the Guardian's barricade, on the left wall.

 

[stewie]

I JUST finished episode 2 after the never ending (many tries) fight against the sliders and the damn raptors.

How in the **** im I supposed to save those buildings outside of the Silo if the second the strider comes around he owns them.

Has anyone killed a hunter with their own fleches?

i can let some spelling mistakes go (we all do it now and then, and punctuation is often lost in forums), but just what the hell game were you playing? it sure wasnt hl2. raptors? fleches? sliders? what is wrong with you?

 

[Omnomnick]

Where did you get Half Life 3 from...

EDIT: and what is the 'npc_create' for grubs, 'npc_create npc_grub'?

 

[AciD]

npc_create npc_antliongrub

 

[Van Kayne]

The first time I played through Ep2, I was in offline mode. I didn't realize what the achievements were until I got back on the internet and I was a very, very angry man. :angry:

But playing through again was fun. Except for the garden gnome in the driving levels, and killing the grubs. I missed three of the little [Censored], after all that.

Oh, and if you cheat the achievements won't be unlocked, I think. I tried in Portal spawning energy balls and it failed me.

 

[Mahalis]

You can't gain the achievements while sv_cheats is enabled. If you spawn 333 grubs with sv_cheats on, turn it off, and kill them all, you should still get the achievement.

 

[Stene]

You don't need sv_cheats 1 for that.

Also for the gnome:

prop_physics_create "props_junk/gnome.mdl"
name gnome

 

[AciD]

I got all achvs in normal legal way

 

[Omnomnick]

Yeh, npc_create npc_antliongrub, springs to mind somehow...