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Just so you all know, there's a neat technique called 'Prop Hopping', what you do it find a prop you can grab and hop on, like a wooden box or a metal barrel (Not the explosive kind
) and you put it up against a wall or a corner, hop on it, and constantly press Spacebar and E (Jump and Action key), you'll propel yourself in the air little by little with this trick, you can get to really high places, you may fall down in the process of doing this, but it takes practice, some areas you can't Prop Hop due to an invisible wall or ceiling
Prop Hopping can help in certain maps where the level has stopped continuing for some reason, like on Water Hazard where you gotta destroy the explosive barrels to knock the giant metal beam into the gate that is blocking the path of your Airboat, but instead of the beam hitting the gate, it goes back and gets stuck on the wooden pole, at the front of the gate, you'll see a small corner to the right, the corner has a straight wall facing outward, but has a wall slanted to the left, put the barrel up against the straight wall, hop on it, then hop while grabbing the prop under you, eventually, you'll make it on top of the gate, either on the bridge or on the actual gate, if you're on the gate, you must crouch to get past the bars that are in the way, and if you have enough health (Unlike i did), you can get past the Retrocops and APC's and get to the end of the level, Prop Hopping can also be used for fun, like getting to high areas in Eli's Scrapyard :D
Prop Hopping is easier to do on the PC, if you're playing Half Life 2 on the Xbox, it's really tough and annoying
