Thank god for ch_creatairboat

So I guess this is what happens when you try to go through the game refusing to get any help from a forum when you get stuck.

So there I was... I never got the airboat. Just missed it, didn't even know you could drive vehicles. I got embarassingly far without it. Walked/swam past the g-man barn, walked past the place where you are supposed to create a bridge for the airboat, wondering what it was for. Got to the first long toxic lake...

I can barely bring myself to type this, I'm so embarassed about it. I picked up a barrel, dropped it in the edge of the toxic area. Picked up another barrel, walked onto the first, and dropped it right past it. Walked onto the one I just dropped, picked up the first and dropped it past the one I was on. Did that about 100 times, saving constantly because I kept falling off. Kept repeating this strategy whenever I got to a toxic area, cursing off the developers for making such a stupid, repetitive part of the game.

Got to that container facility, where the helos start to show up... Shot down the one that was by the facility easily with the turret guns in the tower lock control room. Proceded down the canal, saw the next helo appear, with 300 yards of open ground between me and cover. Played this part of the game over and over and over about 20 times untill I finially drew the helo back to a position where I could hit it, just barely from one of the tower's fixed guns. Since the gun was just barely able to wing the helo, it took about 5 minutes of continuous fire to down the thing. Then proceded ON FOOT through the rest of the canal. Got to the tunnel, and came out the other side only to see another area with lots of open ground and another helo overhead. Banged my head against the monitor for 45 minutes trying to figure out how to get more than 100 yards without being gunned down, refusing to check the forums for help, because I should have been about to figure it out on my own.

Finially broke down and read the forums, and saw that about 3 hours of play ago (progessing very slowly because I didn't have the damn boat) I should have seen a guy tell me about an airboat. I think I want to cry, having gone this far when it could have been SOOO much easier. Playing on hard level too...

funniest thing i've read all week. reminds me of early days playing fps's. "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger".

[ne0_shiny]

haha
its hl2 with no allies

[Griever]

Think of it as a testament to the greatness of HL2. I mean, you don't even need the airboat to get most of the way through the section created specifically for it!

lol. made me laugh.

Wow, that's funny. You have WAAAAYYY more patience than me. I was frustrated during sandtraps when you had to do that, and that was like 1/3000000000 the length of airbout thing!!!!!

Good times.

I kept thinking it was time to leave the airboat when it really wasn't. I was glad when that part was over. I liked the airboat for like 5 minutes, but then it seemed it just went on forever. That was the only section of the game I really didn't enjoy all that much. The parts where you got off and fought were cool, but the airboat made me sick.

The buggy is better.

How do you get the airboat into the huge open area with the heli? I can't seem to make the jump into the tunnel, no matter how i try. I've been trying for hours!

[Lanthanide]

Originally Posted by gus

I was glad when that part was over. I liked the airboat for like 5 minutes, but then it seemed it just went on forever.

Yeah, seemed to be way too long to me as well. I hated it.

The buggy was better, but I still hated that as well. There seems to be no friction in the world when it comes to vehicles.

Blargh... since I had to create a new airboat with ch_createairboat, now the gun doesn't get mounted when I stop to talk with the rebels! There isn't a console command to add the gun, is there?

Originally Posted by gus

Wow, that's funny. You have WAAAAYYY more patience than me. I was frustrated during sandtraps when you had to do that, and that was like 1/3000000000 the length of airbout thing!!!!!

Good times.

I kept thinking it was time to leave the airboat when it really wasn't. I was glad when that part was over. I liked the airboat for like 5 minutes, but then it seemed it just went on forever. That was the only section of the game I really didn't enjoy all that much. The parts where you got off and fought were cool, but the airboat made me sick.

The buggy is better.

damn, i thought i was the only one who thought that the airboat section lasted forever. i didn't say anything because i knew the fanboys would flame me.

[-Yo-]

omg, you didn't seen it !!! prepared by a female rebel !

Hello all, new here, I too cant find the Jetboat, I came through that awful sewer tunnel thing, {I actualy could not find any way to get through but put 1 box in front of the other and "inch" my way across saving all the way.

Oh No, as I am typing this I realise its just what he was saying!!!!!!!!! what a "Prat" I was actualy laughing at his mail too.

Can somone tell me please, is that Jetboat BEFORE you go through that tunnel thing

My mate and I just spent ovet 2 hours trying to navigate that thing..


Best Regards Ronnie.

PS, It is still the best game I have ever seen or played, I hate the Steam thing but wow it make sup for it.R.

wow. someone calls out your name to get your attention and tells you to get into the boat. i don't see how you guys are missing it. perhaps you should turn your sound up or either that you are rushing through the game.

[johnnypoopoopant]

hahahaha o man, that was the funniest thing i ever read. but how did u miss the boat they were trying ti give you?

[AntiAnto]

Hahahahahahahaha I am laughing the shit out of me now. That's so funny. Can I be you?