Stuck in Nova Prospekt

[VpShockWave]

Alright, I dont know if this is the appropriate place to post, so if necessary, you can move the thread.

Alright, bought HL2 couple days ago, been playing ever since. Just hit Nova Prospekt (the main compound, with the guard towers, while the ant lions are following you). Supposedly, two helicopters are supposed to come out and attack you, but for some reason, nothing happens. I walk through, kill everything, but absolutley nothing happens. I'm STUCK. Nowhere to go, nothing to blow up, nothing to kill.

I've tried reloading my last quicksave while I was still killing guys, and still the helicopters do not appear. My last save before the compound is extremely far back I believe, and would rather NOT have to load it.

Any suggestions? Am I not doing something specific to making the helicopters attack?

 

[Shodan]

Is it the cracked version or something? be honest, because if it is certain events in the game do not work.

 

[Griever]

Just keep moving through the level; they'll come out eventually. And it's two Gunships, not helicopters .

 

[Shodan]

Yeah the flying yellow things it should be, you shoot down 2 or 3 and I think you can get through somewhere then.

 

[VpShockWave]

No, this is not a cracked version. And as to walking around, etc. I've been walking around for near 30 mintues in the same area. NOTHING has happened.

BTW thank you for the quick response.

 

[Griever]

Just to clarify: The guard towers at Nova Prospekt are situated in a grassy area. Walking to the left of the pipe you used to get in brings you to a set of stairs. Up here, there is a shack-thing (metal roof, wooden supports, no walls) with a Combine Soldier and several ammo boxes. Moving further along brings you to an area with Combine Soldiers manning gun turrets on the roof of the surrounding buildings. One gunship appears when you pass the shack-thing, the other when you reach the roof-turret area. Destroy them both to proceed.

 

[czrsink]

You'll find a rocket crate near the Combine gun turrets, perhaps the first time you open the crate it will 'trigger' the Gunships to come for you.

 

[TopHunter2016]

If the Gunships won't appear, you should be thankful! You don't know how much trouble they can cause! And btw, you DON'T need to defeat the gunships. There is a crack (a HUGE crack) on the wall somewhere on the wall as you move in. And I think the gunships will appear when you go up the first set of stairs. That's how I got the two lumps on my head

 

[VpShockWave]

Regardless if they appeared or not, I see no crack nor any way of exit.

Can you post a screenshot or something?

 

[pepperpot]

Okay, I've just had a look. It looks like the gap won't appear until you've fought the gunships. See the pic attached for an illustration of where the hole appears, the gunships must destroy the propane tank circled.

 

[bliink]

Moved to HL2:SP

 

[Hectic Glenn]

A reason why the the combine gunships appear is because down the other end of that scene, theres a combine police who shoots the flare gun up and makes them come, if you perhaps killed him too early by noclipping or glitch or something, then they won't be signalled by him. Try going back to the bit where you fight the 3 towers, and when you get round the corner wait for the flare to go up. It usually just happens, but looks like yours went glitchy Good luck if you haven't already sorted it.

 

[VpShockWave]

THanks for the screenie, I figured it had something to do with the gunships. Although my last save game is way back on the bridge.

 

[Planeforger]

You won't need to replay back from the bridge if you have autosaves. If not, you can go to the main menu and choose to start at the start of the sandtraps level.