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.
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Reader Recommendations
21 recommendations, average score: 4.43 (out of 5), standard deviation: 1.01
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Published
4th October 2008
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244 Comments
27th December 2008
Level 3 completed! I hope the pain and suffering is not as bad with level 4. Thanks for the help!
27th December 2008
Sudsy, each level gets harder and harder. Be prepared for some serious thinking.
27th December 2008
If you think 3 was hard then I’m quite sure you will be back asking more questions very very soon lol :p
28th December 2008
I’m back. I made it through 4A without too much pain but 4B is a head scratcher. I can’t take the blue wire off the top of the laser and I can’t jump high enough off the conveyer belt( tried for 2 hours) to reach the upper level. Am I missing somthing or do I need to improve my jumping skills?
28th December 2008
I’m throwing in the towel. I’ve been stuck in 4B all day. I can’t get upstairs or downstairs. I guess the hints will have to wait until somebody writes a walkthrough. It is really starting to get boring after repeating the same searching all day. I can’t find any help in all the comments at the point where I’m stuck and new ones are few and far between.
28th December 2008
Don’t give up now Sudsy. Either one of the readers or I will give you a hint as soon as I can load the mod and find where you are. Sorry but I can’t do it today or from memory.
29th December 2008
Phillip, I thought I’d give it one more try where I was getting stuck. I tried umpteen hundred times to take the blue wire off the top of the laser beam gun in 4B yesterday but could not remove it. Tried jumping on the laser from the ladder also till I was blue in the face but that would not work either, I kept sliding off the top. I went back today and tried again. Would you believe on the 2nd jump off the ladder I stood on the laser gun and plucked the wire right up.
From that point I had no problems into 4C where you have to start the cube moving and then jump on it. I don’t seem to have the hand coordination to do it. By the time I reach the jump off point at the top of the ladder the cube is passing me and the run jump combo doesn’t work good coming off the ladder top. Are there any short cuts around this or sprint functions available?
29th December 2008
I solved the jumping problem by changing my jump key from space bar to mouse 3. I made it to 4C last night where I rescued the soldier in the pit and he asks me to open the door to the grenade room and pondering how to move the laser mirror. My frustrations are ebbing as good progress is being made.
30th December 2008
I’m stuck again. I made it to 5B where I need help. I have to find the purple wire to rotate the laser beam in order to blow up the explosive room or remove the wire link located near the bottom of the stairs to deactivate the force shield and fan across to the elevator; reference comments 19 & 20. I made it to the transporter room thanks to the headcrabs and silenced the machine gun but nothing else.
31st December 2008
Looks like everyone has lost interest in the game. Anyway if you would like to help I just made it to 5C without help and was wondering if there is anyway to get the machine gun when getting out of the 5C portal? Happy New Year to all!
31st December 2008
Well I was just playing 5b over againg to try and help as I just got home lol and you posted before I could give answer. 5C has a video done of it a back s few posts/pages
31st December 2008
I think some players may spend the rest of the life trying to finish this one.
31st December 2008
I am stuck on 2c,,,,,,,,pathetic, but I love the game. got past the pistons but I just cannot get into the mind of reaktor and what he has done here. I dont read the posts in case I am told the answer which would spoil it for me unless I am really really stuck.
Happy New Year to all
Lensturn
31st December 2008
Lensturn hang in there. I almost threw in the towel the other day but after the occasional what the He__ do I do now the game runs pretty smooth and logical. I Know the Russian mind quite well because I married one 14 years ago. If anyone needs help with a Russian translation my wife will gladly help, just e-mail it to me or post it here. AndyB, Phillip and Reaktor thanks for coming to my aid when I had no hair left to pull out. Mel how far did you get in the game? Right now I’m getting ready for a few Nazdrovia’s (Russian good luck toast with vodka or other spirits) and after that I will have a pokmelia ( hangover). Is there any way to type Russian fonts in these posts?
I will continue from entry into 5C portal next year when I can think straight again. A very Happy Prosperous and Half Life filled New Year to all my friends!
Sudsy
31st December 2008
Once I have written on this site, that Russian players pass this mod faster. I have understood, why. Because the Russian version have a special doc-file with the hidden solution.
Sudsy, what a cheerful post!! Happy new year!! Greetings from Russia!=)))
31st December 2008
Reaktor,
с новым годом! на здоровье. срасиво за игру.
English: Happy New Year! Be Healthy (toast). Thanks for the game.
1st January 2009
My fingers are sore trying to jump off the moving platform without being squashed to get the crowbar in 2c,
Is it a special jump or way to do it, or will I have to start on my other hand ? LO very L
lensturn
1st January 2009
Try and time the lift you are jumping off to be at the top when the first crusher is just starting to open and hit F6. From this point you must jump as the crushers are opening continuing to jump until landing on the third crusher and then turn right and jump off the third crusher. I may have hit F6 when landing on the third crusher when my timing was good I can’t remember all the details. Make sure you have blocked the bottom chrushers with the 3 crates so they can’t move up and down.
1st January 2009
By the way, what does LOL mean I see it used here frequently?
2nd January 2009
Laughing Out Loud
2nd January 2009
Lensturn, how goes the jumping? Did you get the crowbar yet?
3rd January 2009
Hi …yes I have,,,,Phew let me tell you I felt like an olympic hurdler doing those jumps as I was going up and down on the chair and I didnt notice it for half an hour and then my stomache began to ache.
I sure am glad I finished it.
What put me off was I looked at the video which is posted on number 109 above and I thought I had to do it that way.
Well I am on 3a now
all the best
Lensturn
3rd January 2009
I made it to 5C and have not tried to play yet. I am taking a break over the holidays as this game is too intense to play everyday. I hope my info helped you. I think this jumping sequence was the most difficult I encountered up to the 5C level where I am now. Keep up the good work.
4th January 2009
Just tried 5C for a few hours. Looks like a tough go.
4th January 2009
hehe it’s still “easy” at that point. 6 is a bitch from hell.I’ve been debating to play it again aftter all the hair pulling I did last time but I love the puzzles
4th January 2009
The puzzles I like also. Its the time constraint put on completing a solution to move on. Its like merging Jesse Owens and Sherlock Holmes into one person to complete an investigation in marathon time. But I will persevere! I’m glad I have you guys for support when I flounder.
6th January 2009
If somebody want to vote it I will respect:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-trap
21st January 2009
Lots of effort by Reaktor gone into making this mod and many players love it, but I have a small criticism:-
The beauty is in working out what to do. The beast is in trying to do it.
My main point being:-
Designing a very difficult sequence of jumps is not difficult.
There’s no enjoyment in trying a complicated, only just possible, set of jumps and failing over and over again. It’s just repetitive. Different mods wisely have one or two such jumps mixed with varied gameplay
Small progressions through the puzzles are interrupted with quick saves – so no gameplay flow.
I got to say, you either love banging your head on a brick wall and pulling your hair out, or you don’t.
It’s definitely a personal preference and I prefer to get frustrated in very short doses.
26th January 2009
great game!
27th January 2009
Hi folks……..could someone help please, Ive been stuck for days on 4b.
I am trying to leave the lower level but everytime I jump down the hole behind the moving
piston, with it being such a long way ,,I die.
Thanks for any help
Lensturn
28th January 2009
I’ll have a look at first chance I get.
28th January 2009
Len,
When you jump down the hole shoot the surface a few times before you hit the bottom, you will break the net covering the water.
28th January 2009
Thanks sudsy,,,,,,,I would never have dreamed of that
len
28th January 2009
I think I have found a bug in 4b, when I put the last peice in to start the last piston so that I fire through the hole to explode the crate by the switch to start the fan, I hear the voice (PP) say the game is up kill myself.
Am I right ??
len
28th January 2009
Len,
If you’re hearing voices now I would watch out for the men with the white jackets! It could be new Russian brain washing techniques! All kidding aside, please elaborate on your last sentence “I hear the voice (PP) say the game is up kill myself”. Do you mean I hear the voice OF (PP), meaning the voice of Phillip who runs this place or something else?
Sudsy
28th January 2009
yep HELP
28th January 2009
Len,
Did you read all of 186?
28th January 2009
Yes sir I heard the voice of phillip and he is telling me to kill myself although I think I have done everthing.
I put in the last bar or wire which was blue then turned on the piston and thats when I heard phillip
Cheers Len
28th January 2009
Len,
Yes it’s there I went and listened myself. I guess your not nuts after all. I’m sure I’ve heard that voice throughout the game. When he says kill yourself I think he refers to smashing yourself agains the wall with the fan(hint) to break it. It’s not a russian accent that’s for sure. Maybe Phillip dubbed it in some how.
28th January 2009
Thats what it means alright so I just went and finished the level.
BTW I have just wrote a walkthrough for this level…..
Do you think I should put in one of these comments.??
28th January 2009
Phillip did the voice for this mod so thats why you here his voice through out it.
30th January 2009
4B Walkthrough
To start the level, kill the houndeye on the left on the way to the elevator, fire at the switch and go up the elevator.
At the top, turn left to shoot at the explosive crate to kill the big baddie, and then turn back again to kill the two baddies on the platform in front of you.
Then go to where the elevator is in the next room and kill the baddie on top of the ammo machine, flick the switch that leaves the gate open on the platform above, then go up the elevator, kill the crab, get the battery and shoot the houndeyes and jump across to jump through the gate.
Fire at the switch and jump on the laser to get the wire, go up the ladder and back to the floor.
Go to the next room, insert the wire at the end of the conveyor, reverse the conveyor, fire at the switch and jump off the escalator to get on the lift that comes down when the button is fired at.
At the top jump over to girder and at the other end fire at the button again you just fired at and the platform in front of you will extend towards you for you to easily jump over where you can pick up a battery and use the health and hev machine.
Go to the edge and drop down on to the crate, and on to the other two crates on which the last one has the firing switch and health pack on floor.
Go round again to the room with the conveyor and do the same again, but this time when you get on the girder, jump back onto the ledge by the laser switch.
Fire all the way to the switch where the laser is and it will open the door behind you.
Go in, see a helth pack, put in the switch you picked up earlier, fire at it and go down the ladder.
Wait till the crusher is at the top and then fire at the wire next to the switch.
Go under the crusher and pick up the gun barrel,go up the ladder, and then make your way back to the gun.
Shoot the glass to get on the lift and shoot the crate under the elevator to let you get down.
Shoot the nasty on the right as you come out of the elevator and then press the lever on the laser director you can then go into the room that the laser has opened and pick up health behind the switch, press the switch, but get out quick or you will be trapped in.
The big piston has now started and you can pick up the blue wire it has detached that you will need upstairs.
Now at the back of the moving piston you will see a hole, jump down and as you do fire at the mesh to break it at the bottom.
Then fire at the switch , kill the houndeye and come up the elevator.
Go behind the piston to jump in the room to get battery if you wish.
Go to the switch for the door thats called Trap, watch out for the headcrab and insert the wire and press the button to start the piston.
Get the health pack behind you if you wish then go and shoot the crates through the hole in the piston then go in and press the switch, then let the fan blow you through the big door.
When you are through shoot at the wire just before it goes into the force field and then just jump in the portal.
31st January 2009
Hello all
In 4c, could someone please tell me how to turn off the force field in the room where the fan is.
I have been up and down in the lift, got the gun, got the batterys off the top of the office, altered the director slab for the fan, got the battery from downstairs and used it where the spikes arein the ceiling. even brought the soldier up in the lift.
Please Help !
31st January 2009
Gotta read the posts len. Check out #48 on page 1
1st February 2009
I dont know how I missed that Andy, thanks for bringing it to my notice. Do you know I must have read the comments about 15 times, but they were for different levels, just shows you how helpfull these comments are
(If you read them properly).
Lensturn
1st February 2009
BTW I found I had a heck of a lot of saved files in my trap directory that were using a lot of space so I got rid.
What I did was go to the save folder in the TRAP directory and get rid of everyone except the ones that had autosave in the name of the file, and that left me with all the starts of every level I had done.
Also I would like to know what program is used to record your progress as a video in a level like those
on You Tube.
All the very best to all
Len
2nd February 2009
lensturn – the game creates a (very useful) autosave at the start of each level. That’s probably what you deleted. If you don’t want to replay earlier levels, then you should be fine. And I strongly suspect that the program used to capture video was FRAPS, though you’d have to ask the guy who recorded them for a definite answer.
Sadly, most of those videos have now been taken down, which is annoying as I found them very helpful indeed! That said, I’m currently on 6c, so if you (or anyone else) need any further help, let us know and one of us should be able to steer you in the right direction.
2nd February 2009
Sorry Darth if I misleaded you, but what I was saying was that I did indeed leave the begining of level files which is what I required and I thankyou for your offer of help if I need it in the future.
Watch this space! LOL
Len
2nd February 2009
Oh yeah, so you did. Must have missed that. I don’t have that problem myself – I only ever use quick-saves in Half-Life, so I must have made the mental assumption that other people do the same.
Currently on 7b now, and Reaktor is a big meanie.
3rd February 2009
dont moan because you will be sorry when you finish it
Len
4th February 2009
I think I have every right to moan, though it would help if I mentioned the right map – I’m absolutely stuck on 7c rather then 7b , which was easier then those around it, oddly. I suspect I might have cracked 7c by now, if only I had more time… Bah!
4th February 2009
Finished! Can I has a cookie now?
There was only the one ending, right? ’cause otherwise… damn, man.