Welcome to the Trap complex. Here, you will be subjected to numerous tests for dexterity and ingenuity. Please do not try to leave the elevator before it stops… And so begins a mod that has managed to both drive me crazy and make me feel great.
This mod is a collection of very thoughtful maps that require the player to find solutions to puzzles. Each section gets progressively harder, as you would expect.
Basic Details
- Title: The Trap
- File Name: hl1-sp-the-trap-1.2.7z
- Original File Names: hl_the_trap_v1.1_english.exe, hl_the_trap_patch_v1.2.rar
- Size : 63.2Mb
- Author: Reaktor
- Date Released: 01 October 2008
English Walkthrough Available
PlanetPhillip Download Server
Installation Instructions
- Run the executable and choose the correct path.
- Restart or start Steam.
- The Trap should now be listed in your Library tab.
Screenshots
Click on the thumbnails below to open a 1024 pixel wide image.
WARNING: The screenshots may contain spoilers.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Reader Recommendations
21 recommendations, average score: 4.43 (out of 5), standard deviation: 1.01
Total Downloads
Please note: These statistics are valid from December 2010
-
470Overall
-
0Today
-
6Last 7 days
-
27Last 30 days
-
319365 days
Time to use MapTap?
YAY! This map is suitable for use with MapTap
Published
4th October 2008
Categories
Tags
Mod not working?
An update by Valve to some Source engines has caused a number of mods to stop working properly and give errors.
Please visit my Get Mods Working post for more details.
Jump to a review
Get the most from the comments
- Why not follow these comments via RSS?
- Get your own GRAvatar.
- Don't forget that Feedback should be honest, fair AND useful.
- Please read the Comments Guide if you are new to commenting.
Follow these comments by RSS feed
Comment Navigation
If this post has more than 50 comments they are separated into pages of 50 comments
244 Comments
1st November 2008
Well, gee, thanks, but how do I proceed to the next map now?
1st November 2008
Try to pass this chamber again by another way.
1st November 2008
Well you couldn’t find all the solutions, so how can I? I can’t simply guess your solving, I’ve already spent hours. If I can’t continue unless I know an exact solution, this just means bad.. modding. I’m sorry, but I have to give up on this one. No rating.
1st November 2008
1. Push the box to the other side
2. Use it for reach the vent with orange arrow
3. Get a big boxes in 2-nd part of level
4. Put 3 boxes under 3 presses
5. Use the presses for getting the crowbar
6. Return to the 1-st part of level
7. Break the glass-floor. You should be above ventilation to not be hurt
8. Use crowbar to break the boards and find the portal.
Tell me your solution and I will fix it in next patch.
2nd November 2008
Thats the only way I saw to complete it but then again I didn’t stay on it to long.I may have to replay the mod again and see if I can find alternate routes for other sections.
3rd November 2008
First time I played the map I took the crowbar right in the beginning, by jumping from the first press, like Technoblue in comment #12, who had the same problem I have, he got killed by the teleporter. I’m not sure if the second time I played it I got the crowbar AFTER putting the boxes under the pistons and jumping on the pistons. But why should that be a trigger for cheating?
You need more beta-testers, that’s for sure 
If the jump can be made right in the beginning, why is that considered a cheat?
I will play it again, this time I’ll get the crowbar only after stopping the pistons with the boxes and then see what happens.
3rd November 2008
I don’t know how you do that. Please record a demo.
3rd November 2008
Well, got the crowbar only after stopping the pistons with the boxes and the portal didn’t call me a cheater anymore.
) but as you can see, it lost some of the quality and added this huge writing.
And I’ve made a video which shows it’s not impossible to take the crowbar in the beginning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5YXaM5yIGw
It’s captured with Fraps, don’t ever use that, it’s so crashy and the 5 second video is like 77 mega omfg. And I also used a compressor, Digital Media Converter which narrowed it down to 1.6 mega
Enjoy!
4th November 2008
I can’t make it. It’s only for hardcore gamers or you’re cheating.
4th November 2008
Look, pal, there is no “OR”. Stop calling me a cheater! Your whole mod is for hardcore gamers! You’re trying to tell me that timing the first piston perfectly and making 3 long jumps in a row followed by a jump to the right is a piece of cake?! My jump is perfect timing + normal jump, that’s it! IF you have tried this jump half as many times as I’ve tried getting to a portal which killed me, maybe you could have made that jump. Or maybe you’re a mapper, not a gamer, so make your beta-testers do that jump for you. I am not a cheater.
I’ve wasted enough of my time with this.
4th November 2008
All the same, to jump on stopped presses it is much easier and more safe than that you suggest to do. I 20 times tried to repeat this trick, but even close have not come nearer.
4th November 2008
What are you talking about? The pistons don’t stop entirely if I put boxes under them, just the lower part. The upper part comes down and smashes me if I stay on it for too long. Argh!
4th November 2008
See trailer #1 – mark 0:45
4th November 2008
Maybe you have a bug, I’ve noticed that the horizontal pistons act weird when I push myself against them, why shouldn’t the vertical ones be buggy, also? The video doesn’t prove anything anyway, that section is shown for half a second and the pistons can stand still for more than that.
If you would like to continue this discussion, please send Phillip a mail so that he can give me your address (I couldn’t find it on your site) and we can talk elsewhere, cause I think we’ve done enough ‘chatting’ here. I wonder how our posts haven’t been deleted yet, maybe PP is really busy
4th November 2008
You can PM or email each other in the forum if your registered there
12th November 2008
I’ve been following the comments above, and indeed they have helped more than once.
This is a VERY GOOD puzzle game, though it can be extremely frustrating at times, particularly some of the jumps.
I’ve just reached level 7 and I found 6c pretty hard with sideways jumps and launching yourself down the well, etc.
But if you’re into puzzles, I say give it a go – you will find it a challenge.
Phil
12th November 2008
10 votes will be sometime?
13th November 2008
10 votes? What ya talkin about?
13th November 2008
Just wishful thinking
He can’t wait for his mod to have 10 votes so that it could get in the highest rated section.
Even though 7 people voted for it, only 2 or 3 people actually finished this (I’m saying this based on the posts with recommendation images). The rest of those 7 gave up because this hard mod is definitely not for everyone.
The rest of people that started playing this mod are now stuck and keep trying to finish it or wait for a walkthrough because this mod is, again, hard. And there are some people who stumbled upon the cheating message one too many times, and gave up as well, but refused to vote it, for some reason.
Either that feeling of “I want to move on and see what happens” is missing or the players here are less experienced than the Russian players, or both, but I don’t think he’ll be getting another 3 votes pretty soon. I sure hope he will, I wanna see it’s rating compared to the already acknowledged blockbusters.
13th November 2008
Votes? What’s this about votes?
Can someone explain to an obvious idiot (me) about votes! Ten votes means what?
Phil
13th November 2008
I presume he is talking about the ratings, but I show only 7 votes.
14th November 2008
I assume ratings also.Only 7 people have rated the mod so only 7 votes.As Ade said alot of people probably have not finished it either as it is not a mod for the average joe.It is not something that can be done in a day or 2 that is for sure.
20th November 2008
I need some help on 4a.. I just cant possibly figure out what to do, unless i’ve got a client side bug..
It’s the one with the conveyer belts, I’ve got in every room I can see.. Could someone email me a brief guide as to what i should do?
Tiger (at) UnseenBritain.co.uk
20th November 2008
You need to find the fuses to activate the floor fans in the one room.
I edited your post as no live email links allowed for your own safety from spam bots.
22nd November 2008
I’m not so far away as everybody i’m stuck in 3b I suppose you need to get to the strating place (with the exploding boxes just by jumping on the box on the other side of the wall were a hev recharge is put on the top? If i need to jump there even with the ‘reoriented’ blow ventil I dont succeed and it start too push my nervres
24th November 2008
You need to start the laser thing to blow up the fan.Once complete you can use the other fan to blow you over to the next portal.The switch to open the portal is up above where the health charger is.from there jump to the fan…
I think thats where you are stuck?
24th November 2008
sorry andy i before what you told…i just want to reach the room with the lazer for the rest i really thaught i should do something like you explain
24th November 2008
The room with the laser is the room you first entered.There was about 6 exploding boxes around a switch.Push those boxes into the hole in the floor then activate the switch and a lift will take you up to the laser.The laser needs a part to work thou so you need to find it also
25th December 2008
Hi all and a merry xmas……….Yes he has been to me because, I believe, and through the night he downloaded THE TRAP so I have installed it. but just before it looks like it will begin there is an error message that says:
Cant find library C:\sierra\half_life\the_trap\cl_dlls\client.dl which is funny because that is where it actually is.
C:\
sierra
Half_life
The_trap
Cl_dlls
client.dlls
Im a bit dissapointed because I like the odd puzzle that I have found in HL……….ahhh that is it… this is my first puzzle !!!! . Well I am not going to get far in this game cos I have fell at the first hurdle. I need the walkthrough.
Well if any of you has had the same problem would you please let me know, (but dont give it to that bloke in red cos I will have wait a year for it) and I would be very grateful.
cheers
lensturn
25th December 2008
It’s for HL2 not HL1 thats why it don’t work.
25th December 2008
No, it is for HL1.
Although I don’t know whether it will work without Steam.
Do you have Steam lensturn? Actually I know you do because you have Ep2. In that case it needs to be installed in your Half-Life Steam folder. Assuming you have your HL1 installation via Steam, if not that may be the issue.
25th December 2008
Well I thought I was the only one playing on a computer today I didnt expect a reply until tomorrow, thanks both.
Phillip do you mean steamapps or sourcemods folder ?
have one on me
len
25th December 2008
I have just tried it from the sourcemods folder , started up steam and tried to run it but no go.
By the way …when I do get it going I was wanting to be able to get in touch with another member that is just starting or wants to start playing the trap so that we could sort of help each other by giving little hints when one of us has solved a puzzle. How would I do that ?
lensturn
25th December 2008
As you just found it it’s not a source mod. My path is:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\planetphilliphl2\half-life\the_trap
With regard to finding somebody just starting the mod I really can’t suggest anything.
However, please don’t hesitate to ask for hints here, we’ll do what we can.
Also, check YouTube for some walkthroughs.
26th December 2008
I apologize for saying 2 instead of 1 but I swear to god when I looked at the title uptop it said HL2 so I assumed it was.I didn’t even remember that this is one of my favorites as I do like puzzles.
Kids started fighting to early over the xbox.Thats my excuse.
This should work in older HL1 game.May just have to move the steam dll’s into the old HL1 dll folder.Havent checked that out as I only play steam except for the few that dont work with it and usually I fix them too so they will work.
26th December 2008
Sorry Pillip but that does not work and Anb…I dont know which dlls and where to exactly put them.
I have installed hl1 and hl2 ep1 and now I have bought hl2 ep2 ………I am trying to buy hl2,,,I went on the steam site and it was £13.99 which I thought was abit much for an older game, so I am still looking.
If I install Hl2 maybe it will work, if not I am stuck. If you know the guy who wrote THE TRAP maybe you could get in touch and see what he has to say.
Thanks for trying to help.
Cheers
Len
26th December 2008
You don’t need HL2 to run this map, so set that aside for now.
What is your exact path to your half-life installation?
What is your exact path to your The_trap installation?
If you want to contact the author, his website link is in the main post. He is not a native English speaker, so be aware that any contact you have with him may be limited.
Post back here with your paths and we will take it from there.
26th December 2008
lensturn
Hi! All that you need is Half Life 1.
Forget about other games.
26th December 2008
Ok here we go
C:\
sierra
Half life\the trap
best of luck
len
26th December 2008
You have two options:
1. Reinstall the mod plus patches to your Steam account (See the homepage for links)
or
2. Reinstall the mod to your current installation.
After that if you are still missing files I will send what it asks for.
My recommendation would be to install to your Steam installation.
Let me know if you need help.
(Reaktor: This is why just having a folder installation is better)
26th December 2008
Thanks phillip…….What it is saying is : COULD NOT LOAD LIBRARY
C:\ Sierra\ Half-Life\the_trap\cl_dlls\client.dll
Thing is client.dll is where it should be as above so why can it not load it ?
Thanks
Len
26th December 2008
ok, this is one option. Try registering your Half-Life via Steam and installing it that way.
I have no idea why the mod is not loading the dll. Have you patched to 1.2?
26th December 2008
no I have not patched to 1.2, do you mean HL or the trap.? I have tried putting it in sourcemods, do you mean that. ? I will wait for your reply.
Len
26th December 2008
I am talking about patching The Trap. I really think you should register your HL via Steam and install it that way. My Steam Friends username is planetphilliphl2, so add me and we can chat while you do it.
27th December 2008
I need some help!!! I finally got around to playing “The trap” and I’m stuck at 3C trying to get the pistol. I have both lifts working. I assume you have to go across the top of the big door the laser shot into to get the gun but cannot jump on it from lift( too far). I explored the explosives room and walked the beam to the HEV station. From there I jumped onto everything but could not find any way to safely set off the explosives, Can anybody that made it through 3C supply some help. Thanks in advance!
27th December 2008
3c has a baricade that can omly be broken by an explosion.Guess how that willl happen.I think I or someone else supplied the answer earlier.
27th December 2008
Andy,
I went through all the comments again and found reference to a mirror and laser is this the one you mean? If it is where is the mirror? I ran out of places to look or do I need to get the pistol first to shoot the explosive boxes from far off? I think I need more than a hint at this point.
27th December 2008
Sudsy, you need a houndeye-monster.
27th December 2008
Get a houndeye to chase you.It will create an explosion when it does it’s thing.Just remember to run so you don’t get caught by the blast.
27th December 2008
Here I am thinking I was smart to keep the doors closed so the Houndeye’s wouldn’t keep bothering me. I wonder how many people get stuck at this point? I must keep a very open mind with this Reaktor Trip!