LogFAQs > #929779163

Im restarting the generator in M17. What a lame section. Tiger is right. You power up the generator, run all the way around, throw a switch and the power goes down so you have to repeat what you just did.

As for this luck situation: Yesterday I was at a scripted scene in M17 near an air-hockey table while attempting to restart the same generator. I saved it before flipping the switch. Since the next scene is scripted I wasnt worried about being attacked, so I stood around waiting for the save point to reset. I did this so that when I flipped the switch I could then come back and save the game again to save fifteen seconds of time if I needed to reload. Well, I guess I saved the game while the alien was looking directly at me because every time I tried to load that file the thing would screech the second I loaded in and barrel at me. I couldnt get around this thing without having to use my flamethrower. I have about 700 fuel for it I just dont want to use it. There was nowhere on that path from the save point to the objective that the alien didnt drop down to ruin my day.

Well I just loaded the game up now, checked to verify the save file via objective - Restart generator. Guess what? Literally ran the whole way to the generator and the alien didnt make a single appearance. This was on the file that I saved where he was looking directly at me. So, maybe it isnt all luck, maybe its partially knowing that resetting the game somehow resets the AI in a save file.

Blorfenburger posted...

After the first lever that made the spinny thing light up you'll progress through a tunnel. Then you'll start going down a hallway. At some point it turns to the left and at the turn you'll see a verticle tube light and a hiding cabinet. There's a facehugger after that turn. Kill it then go into the cabinet cause you'll be heard.
You may want to play aggressively from here on out.
If you don't already know these work to make the xeno run away: pipe bomb, fire bomb and rivet gun. Rivet is risky at first but I believe if you hit em once they'll remember that it hurts and will be cautious. Still come after you though.

Hey, thanks. The facehuggers are deadly for that One Shot achievement. One came out from some boxes unexpectedly but I torched it.

Ive kind of figured how it works. The alien is being super aggressive and baity now. The AI knows when youre in a room so itll jump up to bait you out thinking its clear, then jump back down seconds later. I know it doesnt know where you are until it sees you, but it does know that youre not going to hide forever. So the timing is usually pretty good.
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