Half-life: blue shift (переводы)

Chapter 5: Focal Point

Triangulation device on Xen.

Barney Calhoun and Rosenberg reach an older part of the Black Mesa Research Facility where a disused teleporter system is being reassembled by scientists. To make the teleporter completely operational, Calhoun is forced to travel to Xen and activate a device to allow teleportation to happen. Notable in the older part of the facility is older-looking models of health and HEV chargers and the use of hand scanners instead of retina scanners for identification.

The remainder of the game takes place in an abandoned, walled-up sector of the base originally built for research of the first teleporter device. Calhoun, Rosenberg, and two other scientists (Walter Bennet and Simmons) try to restart the prototype teleporter. Calhoun is briefly teleported to a ruined human research camp on Xen to operate a triangulation device.

Reception

Blue Shift received a mixed reaction from critics, holding overall scores of 67.40% and 71/100 on the review aggregator sites GameRankings and Metacritic, respectively. The game has sold around 800,000 copies at retail (this figure does not include later sales on Steam). In a review for IGN, critic Tal Blevins noted that Blue Shift’
s gameplay «is pretty much what we’ve come to expect out of Half-Life» by blending action and puzzle solving, stating that the latter «were all logical and well done, although some of the jumping puzzles were frustrating». Though IGN praised the game for maintaining the «epic» feel of the original, Blevins was critical of the relatively short length of the game.GameSpot reviewer Greg Kasavin agreed with many of IGN’s criticisms, stating that «it’s not that the game is easy so much that it’s extremely short» and that Blue Shift «doesn’t amount to much on its own terms». In addition, Kasavin described the graphical enhancements brought about by the High Definition pack as «helpful», but noted that «they still don’t make Half-Life look like a new game—nor are many of the changes themselves very noticeable».

Other reviews echoed complaints about the similarity of Blue Shift to previous games. GameSpy’s reviewer Jamie Madigan stated that «what really pulls the game down is the ‘more of the same’ factor». Although writing that the game «feels like just a few more levels for the original game», he noted that this is what Blue Shift was designed to be, given its origins as an add-on for a Dreamcast version of Half-Life. Madigan described the single-player campaign as «decent» and commented that the High Definition pack made the game «worthy of consideration».Eurogamer echoed criticism on the game’s length; reviewer Tom Bradwell commented that «although I’m hard pressed to criticize what you get, the complete absence of everything we’ve learnt from the likes of Counter-Strike and everything since is frankly bizarre». Bradwell did, however, criticize the game’s artificial intelligence and the occasional bug that caused a player to get stuck on a wall.PC Zone’
s Mark Hill was more lenient in his comments, praising the game’s artificial intelligence as «intelligent as you could hope an AI enemy to be». In addition, Hill praised the game for showing more activity in the base, noting that «a whole world goes on around you, with people eating at a cantina and scientists doing their laundry. The complex is more alive than ever before». Hill also praised the focus «on a greater interaction with scientists as proper people rather than the two or three models that were cloned throughout the facility who kept repeating the same phrases», describing this as Blue Shift’
s «greatest achievement». PC Zone’
s review closed by commenting that «as a Dreamcast extra it works perfectly, but as a standalone PC title there’s not nearly enough to it.»

Gallery

Easter eggs

Gina Cross seen delivering the crystal sample as seen through a security camera.

Gordon Freeman passing by, through a security camera.

Further views of the Freeman corridor show one scientist briefly dancing to himself, while another is watching, skeptical.

Dancing scientist, continued.

The contents of Calhoun’s locker show family/friends pictures, two books titled The Truth About Aliens and Government Conspiracies and a small cardboard box, mirroring Gordon Freeman’s locker contents in Half-Life.

When destroyed, the box reveals a Chumtoad.It will take all the ammo from the armory, including what comes with your hand gun when you first get it to destroy the box.

One of the toilets reveal a photo of a man with eggs (or Easter eggs) in his eye sockets. This picture can be found again in a vent later in . The person is one of the developers for Gearbox.

Near to where Harold is found, there is an unusual box of gears with a supply of ammunition. This is probably a reference to Gearbox.

Easter egg picture seen in a vent (as in ).

Half-Life: Blue Shift выдает ошибку об отсутствии DLL-файла. Решение

Как правило, проблемы, связанные с отсутствием DLL-библиотек, возникают при запуске Half-Life: Blue Shift, однако иногда игра может обращаться к определенным DLL в процессе и, не найдя их, вылетать самым наглым образом.

Чтобы исправить эту ошибку, нужно найти необходимую библиотеку DLL и установить ее в систему. Проще всего сделать это с помощью программы DLL-fixer, которая сканирует систему и помогает быстро найти недостающие библиотеки.

Если ваша проблема оказалась более специфической или же способ, изложенный в данной статье, не помог, то вы можете спросить у других пользователей в нашей рубрике «Вопросы и ответы». Они оперативно помогут вам!

Благодарим за внимание!

Video[edit]

In-game video settings.

Field of view (FOV)edit

When running at widescreen-resolutions adjusting the FOV is probably necessary.

Borderless fullscreen windowededit

High frame rateedit

Game is capped at 72 FPS (without Vsync) by default.

fps_max "<desired FPS value>"
fps_override 1

OpenGL overbright lightingedit

Overbright lighting increases the rendering dynamic range, resulting in a primitive «bloom» effect.

Overbright lighting normally only works on the Direct3D and software renderers.

Chapter 1: Living Quarters Outbound

Area 8 Topside Dormitories and the Transit System track passing through it.

The fast-food court as seen during the train ride.

«This train is inbound from the Area 8 Topside Dormitories to the Central Transit Hub in Area 9«

―Black Mesa Announcement System 

As the game begins, Barney Calhoun rides the tram from the Area 8 Topside Dormitories on the surface, into the underground sector of the Black Mesa Research Facility. Along the way many new details about Black Mesa are revealed; Calhoun passes a laundromat and several fast food outlets, suggesting that the facility is very self-sufficient and probably houses many of its workers.
While Calhoun is locked outside the door to Area 3 Security Facilities, he is passed by Gordon Freeman riding in another tram heading towards Sector C in a scene that mirrors one in the original game, in which Gordon Freeman sees a guard locked out of a door on the inside of a tunnel.

Half-Life: Blue Shift не запускается. Ошибка при запуске. Решение

Half-Life: Blue Shift установилась, но попросту отказывается работать. Как быть?

Выдает ли Half-Life: Blue Shift какую-нибудь ошибку после вылета? Если да, то какой у нее текст? Возможно, она не поддерживает вашу видеокарту или какое-то другое оборудование? Или ей не хватает оперативной памяти?

Помните, что разработчики сами заинтересованы в том, чтобы встроить в игры систему описания ошибки при сбое. Им это нужно, чтобы понять, почему их проект не запускается при тестировании.

Обязательно запишите текст ошибки. Если вы не владеете иностранным языком, то обратитесь на официальный форум разработчиков Half-Life: Blue Shift. Также будет полезно заглянуть в крупные игровые сообщества и, конечно, в наш FAQ.

Если Half-Life: Blue Shift не запускается, мы рекомендуем вам попробовать отключить ваш антивирус или поставить игру в исключения антивируса, а также еще раз проверить соответствие системным требованиям и если что-то из вашей сборки не соответствует, то по возможности улучшить свой ПК, докупив более мощные комплектующие.

Essential improvements[edit]

Higher definition modelsedit

The High Definition Pack was created by Gearbox and first released alongside with Blue Shift on June 12, 2001. It was released for free on Steam on August 30, 2005, with a fixed version released a year later. This pack replaces most weapon and player/enemy models with higher polygon versions, substantially altering the style of some of them in the process. The option to enable the pack in-game is in the options menu, and the game must be restarted for it to take effect.

Remade WON Menuedit

The menu also adds the «Custom Game» feature that was present in the WON version, where the player could select from an in-game menu to switch mods in-game. This feature is disabled by default in the Steam release, as Half-Life doesn’t have true native support to allow run time switching, and, according to Alfred, the engineering effort to fix the function is better spent elsewhere.

Menus are 4:3 by default and cannot be stretched to fullscreen. In-game is untouched.

Enabling developer modeedit

Enabling developer mode will allow use of in-game cheats and various console commands.

Файлы, драйверы и библиотеки

Практически каждое устройство в компьютере требует набор специального программного обеспечения. Это драйверы, библиотеки и прочие файлы, которые обеспечивают правильную работу компьютера.

• Скачать драйвер для видеокарты Nvidia GeForce
• Скачать драйвер для видеокарты AMD Radeon

Driver Updater

• загрузите Driver Updater и запустите программу;
• произведите сканирование системы (обычно оно занимает не более пяти минут);
• обновите устаревшие драйверы одним щелчком мыши.

существенно увеличить FPSAdvanced System Optimizer

• загрузите Advanced System Optimizer и запустите программу;
• произведите сканирование системы (обычно оно занимает не более пяти минут);
• выполните все требуемые действия. Ваша система работает как новая!

Когда с драйверами закончено, можно заняться установкой актуальных библиотек — DirectX и .NET Framework. Они так или иначе используются практически во всех современных играх:

• Скачать DirectX
• Скачать Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• Скачать Microsoft .NET Framework 4

• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1
• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (32-бит) (Скачать Service Pack 1)
• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 (64-бит) (Скачать Service Pack 1)
• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 (32-бит) (Скачать Service Pack 1)
• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 (64-бит) (Скачать Service Pack 1)
• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Update 4
• Скачать Microsoft Visual C++ 2013

Игра Half-Life Blue Shift

На этот вашему вниманию представляется дополнительный эпизод первой части легендарной игры Халф-Лайф от разработчиков компании Gearbox Software. В данном проекте вам предстоит играть за одного из друзей Гордона – охранника Барни. Сразу после того, как Фримен поместил в ретранслятор тот самый зловещий портал, лаборатория превратилась просто в сущий ад. Если бы Барни не был добропорядочным служащим и не взял с собой пистолет, то вполне вероятно, что он смог бы застрять в лифте и погибнуть, после такой катастрофы. Теперь его главная цель – сопровождение очень важных ученых до места эвакуации, делает он это для того, чтобы лучше узнать всю ситуация произошедшего.

Сюжет

Поговорим немного о сюжете игры. В секретном научном исследовательском комплексе произошла масштабная катастрофа. Из-за неудачного эксперимента грань между параллельными мирами была стёрта, и теперь из потустороннего мира начали выбегать мрачные, страшные, ужасные монстры, которые к тому же очень негативно настроены против населения. Теперь главному герою предстоит расчищать себе путь к свободе из этого кошмарного здания, все время сражаясь с различными чудовищами. Ведь другого выхода у него нет. Ну что, вы готовы помочь нашему персонажу? Тогда торопитесь Half-Life Blue Shift скачать торрент бесплатно на нашем замечательном сайте. Ведь без вас он не справится.

Осмотрите внимательно все виды оружия, ведь с их помощью вам необходимо уничтожить монстров, поэтому старайтесь выбрать самое мощное и быстро действующее. Не стоит забывать о том, что здесь дорога каждая минута, старайтесь не делать лишних телодвижений. Если вы будете наносить удары точно и прицельно, то победа вам обеспечена.

Игровой процесс

В представленной игре Half-Life: Blue Shift вам предстоит взять на себя управление обычным охранником Чёрной Мезы, у которого, конечно же, нет никакого защитного костюма H.E.V., как это было у Гордона Фримена в оригинальном Half-Life, или брони P.C.V., как у Адриана Шепарда в Opposing Force. Именно по этой причине геймер не может применять встречающиеся по мере прохождения зарядные устройства. Но, хочется вас порадовать, что в качестве альтернативы H.E.V. и P.C.V. у вас будет типичная экипировка охранника, процент которой он может восстанавливать, если будет собирать чужую броню с мёртвых тел других охранников, которые попадаются ему на протяжении игры. Также в данной игре имеется собственная версия тренировки — Hazard Course, которая скорректирована специально для охранников. Желаем вам удачи!

Системные требования

• Операционная система: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / Win10
• Процессор: AMD/Intel 1 GHz
• Оперативная память: 128 MB
• Видеокарта: Direct X 9.0+ Capable GPU with 64 MB VRAM
• Место на жестком диске: 500 Mb

Об игре

• Год выпуска: 2001
• Жанр: Шутеры / Экшен / Игры на русском
• Разработчик: Valve Corporation, Gearbox Software
• Издатель: Valve Corporation
• Язык интерфейса: Русский, Английский
• Язык озвучки: Английский
• Субтитры: Русский
• Таблетка (Кряк): Вшита
• Платформа: на РС

Информация о торренте

• Ничего не вырезано, не перекодировано;
• Игра обновлена до поледней версии;
• Простая и быстрая установка.
• Тип издания: RePack;
• Версия игры: 1.1.2.1;

Development Timeline (Ongoing)

On January 28, 2012, the team merged with the Operation: Black Mesa developers and formed Tripmine Studios. At the same time, they released the first update media for both projects.

On May 1, 2012, the team announced the second update of the media after the merging of the two teams.

On September 19, 2012, they released the cover art for the mod in Russian, posted on Facebook.

On December 8, 2012, they released more screenshots and concept arts for the project in the following event of the 2012 MOD of the year.

On February 17, 2013, they announced the Greenlight vote for both projects on Steam.

On May 28, 2013, they released a video demonstrating NPC combat AI.

On March 29, 2014, they released screenshots and concept art from both games in a media update.

On January 16, 2017, a monthly update post was posted on the Tripmine Studios Forum.

On July 28th, 2018, A summer update post detailing the studio’s progress on both projects was posted on the Tripmine Studios Forum.

On June 3rd, 2019, Another summer update post gave fans a much closer look at in-game weapon and character animations.  

Trivia

The Guard Duty logo.

Originally, the game was to be titled Half-Life: Guard Duty.

Blue Shift has its own version of the Hazard Course training tutorial, suitably adjusted for security personnel. Instead of Gina Cross, a male security guard identified in the instruction manual as Miller serves as the holographic guide.

• Similar to the game Black Mesa; a third-party remake of Blue Shift in the Source engine is in development under the name Guard Duty.
• Despite being created by Gearbox, none of the new weapons featured in their previous expansion Opposing Force are in Blue Shift. The player cannot even obtain all of the weapons from the original Half-Life.
• When using the code «sv_chaseactive 1» to go into the third person the player will see Gordon Freeman instead of Barney Calhoun

  Interestingly enough, the model has the same ponytail as Gordon’s model does in Half-Life: Opposing Force, but also lacks the sunglasses.

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• In Half-Life: Alyx a floppy disk model containing 50 free games can be found, among the games listed on the model are Prax Wars, Prax Wars 2: Dante’s Revenge, Prax Wars 3: Rogue Getaway, and Prax Wars 4: Dante’s Requiem. One of which (Prax Wars 2: Dante’s Revenge) can be seen as a arcade cabinet in Blue Shift, which in itself is a reference to Prax War, a canceled game created by Gearbox co-founder Randy Pitchford.

  A security guard and a scientist playing Prax Wars 2: Dante’s Revenge.

  Ditto.

  The Alyx floppy disc featuring the Prax Wars series.

Overview

An alternate version of the box cover.

The Blue Shift package offers the Half-Life High Definition Pack as an option at the time of install. The pack includes updated 3D characters, weapon and item models, often increasing the polygon count 10-fold over the 1998 originals. The U.S. Blue Shift release includes a full, stand-alone version of Opposing Force, but the international edition has the multiplayer-only Opposing Force CTF.

Blue Shift started out first as an exclusive part of the Half-Life . Due to Sega pulling the plug on the Dreamcast, and the subsequent abandonment of the platform by nearly every major publisher, this version was cancelled only weeks away from release (the Dreamcast Half-Life port has since been leaked onto the Internet, with both Half-Life and Blue Shift fully playable). Gearbox then turned the project into a stand-alone product; unlike Opposing Force, it does not require the original Half-Life.

Although fans of Half-Life were eager to play more of their beloved game, many complained that Blue Shift did not measure up to the high standards set by the Opposing Force expansion. The game offers some new levels and areas of Black Mesa previously unseen in a relatively short new campaign, but no new weapons or enemies, as Opposing Force offered. Aside from the High Definition Pack, the only new content was a character named Rosenberg, a Black Mesa scientist who has his own unique character model and played a major role in the story, and alternate scientist and security guard models wearing civilian attire. Blue Shift reviews were very poor in comparison to other games in the series.

On August 24, 2005, Blue Shift became available for download via the Steam content delivery program. Anyone who owned an old copy of Half-Life, or the Half-Life 2 Silver or Gold packages (thus, having access to the back catalog) could download it for free. Since then, access to Valve’s back catalog for free after registering a previously owned copy of Half-Life has been discontinued, and Blue Shift must now be bought either alone, as part of the Half-Life 1 Anthology, or as part of the Valve Complete Pack. The High Definition Pack is also available via Steam.

The Steam port suffers from numerous issues, most probably because the GoldSrc engine used in the game has been changed, preventing Blue Shift maps from being correctly played. Additionally, the Steam port omits the fixes from the Blue Shift patch that prevent known map and model glitches. The Steam port also introduced several other bugs that did not exist in the original release, such as the graphical user interface color now being displayed in the standard Half-Life orange, not Blue Shift blue. A third-party mod, Blue Shift: Unlocked, addresses these issues and can successfully patch files from either a CD or Steam version of Blue Shift. But many of the issues have already been fixed in recent updates to the game.

Overview[edit]

Main article: Half-Life: Blue Shift storyline

The retail Blue Shift package offers the Half-Life High Definition Pack as an option during installation. The pack includes updated 3D character, weapon, and item models, some of which increase the polygon count 10-fold over the 1998 originals. The U.S. Blue Shift release includes a full, stand-alone version of Opposing Force, but the international edition has the multiplayer-only Opposing Force CTF.

Blue Shift’s content was at first designed as an exclusive add-on to the Half-Life Sega Dreamcast port. Due to Sega pulling the plug on the Dreamcast, the port was cancelled weeks from release. It was originally titled Half-Life: Guard Duty. The Blue Shift content was re-tooled into a stand-alone product; unlike Opposing Force, it does not require the original Half-Life to run.

The game features areas of Black Mesa previously unseen in a relatively short campaign. Along with the High Definition Pack, new content includes a unique character model belonging to Rosenberg, a Black Mesa scientist who plays a major role in the story, and additional scientist and security guard models sporting casual attire.

Half-Life: Blue Shift вылетает. В определенный или случайный момент. Решение

Играете вы себе, играете и тут — бац! — все гаснет, и вот уже перед вами рабочий стол без какого-либо намека на игру. Почему так происходит? Для решения проблемы стоит попробовать разобраться, какой характер имеет проблема.

Если вылет происходит в случайный момент времени без какой-то закономерности, то с вероятностью в 99% можно сказать, что это ошибка самой игры. В таком случае исправить что-то очень трудно, и лучше всего просто отложить Half-Life: Blue Shift в сторону и дождаться патча.

Однако если вы точно знаете, в какие моменты происходит вылет, то можно и продолжить игру, избегая ситуаций, которые провоцируют сбой.

Однако если вы точно знаете, в какие моменты происходит вылет, то можно и продолжить игру, избегая ситуаций, которые провоцируют сбой. Кроме того, можно скачать сохранение Half-Life: Blue Shift в нашем файловом архиве и обойти место вылета.

Chapter 2: Insecurity

The Shooting Range seen through a camera

As a seemingly normal day at work starts, Barney Calhoun visits security headquarters, including a shooting range and a surveillance room where it is possible to see Gordon Freeman again on camera heading towards the HEV Storage Area. Calhoun is then sent to help some scientists with an elevator; along the way, he witnesses many incidents foreshadowing the resonance cascade, such as a pair of scientists vainly trying to fix a supercomputer. He also sees the G-Man passing by in a tram.
After repairing the elevator, the resonance cascade occurs; the elevator is jammed, the cable snaps and sends Calhoun and two scientists plummeting down the shaft as chaos breaks out around them. As the elevator collides with the bottom of the elevator shaft, Calhoun falls unconscious.

Reception[edit]

Blue Shift received a mixed reaction from critics, holding overall scores of 67.40% and 71/100 on the review aggregator sites GameRankings and Metacritic, respectively. The game has sold around 800,000 copies at retail (this figure does not include later sales on Steam). In a review for IGN, critic Tal Blevins noted that Blue Shift‘s gameplay «is pretty much what we’ve come to expect out of Half-Life» by blending action and puzzle solving, stating that the latter «were all logical and well done, although some of the jumping puzzles were frustrating». Though IGN praised the game for maintaining the «epic» feel of the original, Blevins was critical of the relatively short length of the game.GameSpot reviewer Greg Kasavin agreed with many of IGN’s criticisms, stating that «it’s not that the game is easy so much that it’s extremely short» and that Blue Shift «doesn’t amount to much on its own terms». In addition, Kasavin described the graphical enhancements brought about by the High Definition pack as «helpful», but noted that «they still don’t make Half-Life look like a new game—nor are many of the changes themselves very noticeable».

Other reviews echoed complaints about the similarity of Blue Shift to previous games. GameSpy’s reviewer Jamie Madigan stated that «what really pulls the game down is the ‘more of the same’ factor». Although writing that the game «feels like just a few more levels for the original game», he noted that this is what Blue Shift was designed to be, given its origins as an add-on for a Dreamcast version of Half-Life. Madigan described the single-player campaign as «decent» and commented that the High Definition pack made the game «worthy of consideration».Eurogamer echoed criticism on the game’s length; reviewer Tom Bradwell commented that «although I’m hard pressed to criticize what you get, the complete absence of everything we’ve learnt from the likes of Counter-Strike and everything since is frankly bizarre». Bradwell did, however, criticize the game’s artificial intelligence and the occasional bug that caused a player to get stuck on a wall.PC Zone‘s Mark Hill was more lenient in his comments, praising the game’s artificial intelligence as «intelligent as you could hope an AI enemy to be». In addition, Hill praised the game for showing more activity in the base, noting that «a whole world goes on around you, with people eating at a cantina and scientists doing their laundry. The complex is more alive than ever before». Hill also praised the focus «on a greater interaction with scientists as proper people rather than the two or three models that were cloned throughout the facility who kept repeating the same phrases», describing this as Blue Shift‘s «greatest achievement». PC Zone‘s review closed by commenting that «as a Dreamcast extra it works perfectly, but as a standalone PC title there’s not nearly enough to it.»

Что сделать в первую очередь

1. Скачайте и запустите всемирно известный CCleaner (скачать по прямой ссылке) — это программа, которая очистит ваш компьютер от ненужного мусора, в результате чего система станет работать быстрее после первой же перезагрузки;
2. Обновите все драйверы в системе с помощью программы Driver Updater (скачать по прямой ссылке) — она просканирует ваш компьютер и обновит все драйверы до актуальной версии за 5 минут;
3. Установите Advanced System Optimizer (скачать по прямой ссылке) и включите в ней игровой режим, который завершит бесполезные фоновые процессы во время запуска игр и повысит производительность в игре.

External links

• on the
• Installing the Half-Life High Definition Pack for Steam (official)
• GameRankings.com: Blue Shift
• Blue Shift at Planet Half-Life
• Half-Life Improvement team, home of Blue Shift: Unlocked modification
• on

Chapter 4: Captive Freight

Rosenberg being discovered by Calhoun.

Barney Calhoun reaches the surface and encounters the HECU. He manages to fight through them and reach Dr. Rosenberg. He and a team of fellow scientists were trying to escape until the marines caught them.

Calhoun rescues some scientists who have been locked in railway cars in Black Mesa’s classification yards. One of the scientists, Dr. Rosenberg (who is also a character in Decay), advises Calhoun that the entire facility is surrounded by Hazardous Environment Combat Unit Marines intent upon killing all base personnel to cover-up Black Mesa’s research into extradimensional exploration. The only way to escape, Rosenberg explains, is to use an old prototype of the Lambda Complex teleporter; if it works, they can reach an obscure entrance to Black Mesa which (hopefully) has been overlooked by the Marines.

Chapter 8: Deliverance

Bennet, Simmons, Rosenberg and Calhoun on their way to freedom and safety outside the Black Mesa South Access Tunnel.

In this final chapter, the other scientists have teleported to a safe location outside Black Mesa with some cars laying about. Barney Calhoun also arrives and sees Simmons and Rosenberg trying to fix an SUV and Bennet breaking open a gate with a crowbar, but some kind of discharge has affected him. Calhoun is glowing green and is teleported to several locations, such as a Xen platform and a storage room in Black Mesa where he witnesses Gordon Freeman being carried off by a group of HECU soldiers to a trash compactor before transporting back to the scientists (a reference to the chapter Apprehension of Half-Life). Calhoun finally ends up back at the yard with the scientists, no longer glowing. They have fixed the SUV, and Rosenberg expresses his relief, explaining to Calhoun he is lucky not to have been caught in an infinite loop. Walter pulls the gate open, and the game ends.