Half-life speedrun question

[Siyko]

Hi. I like to run HL single segment peedruns, and although I certainly can't beat Spider-waffle's time, I've ran into a problem on the latest verison of HL.

I used to be able to push scientists and other NPC's into locked doors and stuff so they would open them for me. But it doesn't seem to work anymore - they run into the door and kind of 'bounce' off it. This costs a trememdous amount of time with We Got Hostiles of course, but also segments in Anamolous Materials and Office Complex.

Is there a workaround to this 'fix'?

[slYnki]

If you're loading a saved game right before the initial NPC push, they won't work. If you aren't however, I don't even know. I think Spider ran into a similar problem but found a way around it somehow.

[Spider-Waffle]

you have to load your game on a level before the npc, then transition into the level with the npc.

[Siyko]

ah cool... wonder how that works

i always would save right before an npc push because i always messed it up... i guess that's no good!

thanks