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Ok, heres the answers to some of the puzzles: 1) The Radium: The Co-Op exit works like this. Get 1 player to hit the big switch atop the hourglass. Then another player begins to hit switches in the Radium in a certain order. If you don't want to know the order, please dont read on. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The numbers represent the big fat pillars. Number 1 is a DM start, so it doesnt contain a switch. The pattern is Hourglass switch, then, 7,4,5,8,3,2,6. The number 6 switch is the exit. A single player can run the whole pattern, but can't hit the hourglass first. So at least 2 players are needed. The hint is the logo textures on the Wood. It is described in the Spirit Stairs section. 2) Halls of the Hunted: MOTIFS There are motifs used the the Halls. Each one helps to balance out the problems of player color. The Jade Brick motif is good for the green player, the Wood Slat motif is good for both Red and Brown players, and the Black Ash motif hides the Indigo player. The Cement Stones motif is neutral. LOCATIONS OF ENERGY STOCKS There is an Energy stock in Black Ash near the Blood Bank entrance. The other energy stock is in Wood Slat in the Eastern most point, in the loop section. There are trigger lines around them, which activate warning towers in The Radium. So, you can run from a fight, but the enemy might know where you went.... 3) Cement Gazebo: The Cement Gazebo offers big powerups, the Soul Sphere and Combat Armor, arranged to look like a litte person :). The trick is that you get locked in for 30 seconds after getting them. The windows are small, too, so its hard to fire rockets out. The switch to let you in the Cement Gazebo is in the BFG Tower. 4) Twin Towers: These towers are located in different areas of the Halls. The BFG Tower is next to the Cement Gazebo. The Plasma Tower is located in the middle of Jade Brick. It takes around 23 seconds for the towers to come down. You then enter, get the items(s), and leave. When you leave they rise quicky for about 9 seconds. If you are trapped in the Plasma Tower, hit the switch to leave again. For the BFG Tower, hit the switch closest to the BFG. 5) Spirit Stairs: No real spoilers here, except for the teleporters. The Radium has, in the corners of the open section, fake shelves. The teleporters take you to these shelves. The layout is the same as their location. The reference point is North, so if you were looking north from the Radium, the teleporters match. The hint concerning the Co-Op exit is at the top of the stairs, in the teleporter room. It is actually a map or The Radium. The circle indicates the start of the pressing switches, after using the one in The Blood Bank. Follow the red path after that. 6) Blood Bank & HourGlass: As mentioned before, the switch here operated the first part of the Co-op exit. I don't want to tell you where the 80 frame animation is, but I will tell you what it is: a little map of where to run to do the co-op exit. To be able to get to see it, you need 2 players (at least). One player hits the switch atop the Hour Glass, the other runs around the level looking for where the animation is. Please don't open RADIUS1 up in a level editor until you have found the animation unaided (except for having someone hit the switch over and over). It ruins the fun. Strategies for Playing DeathMatches in Radius ------------------------------------------------- Note: This version really is a little too big for 2 player, but I will release a 2 player version soon. Until then, try this: get some weapons, run to the Radium, grab a chainsaw, run it a while, and open the outer doors to The Radium. This should attract the other player. I tried this, and had a good time with it. After the player comes (he or she probably will know that you are doing this) you can fight it out. The 2 player version will let you do hunting more, because the level size will be reduced a bit. For 4 player games, however, hunting rocks. The halls are creepy, and should provide hours of 4 player Net DM fun! 1) Twin Towers: One good strategy here is to wait for someone to try for the Plasma or BFG, and once they have it, trap them in there. Then, you have around 30 seconds to get some weapons or heal up or whatever with 1 less player to worry about. 2) Cement Gazebo: If you get caught in here, dont try the rocket launcher. You have a good chance of hitting the wall and hurting yourself. If you are shooting at a trapped victim, use the Rocket Launcher and BFG more. They allow you to get better results. because of their area and line of sight effects, respectively. 3) The Radium: Note the 3 indicator posts. The textures on the inside of them identify what motif they indicate. If they're moving, someone is at the big item of that motif. Go there immediately. This is especially useful if your opponet is trying to escape The Radium because he or she is hurt badly. Instead of following, find their motif. They will try to go there, and are easy frag bait. Or, go to a different motif and you'll avoid being fragged. 4) The Spirit Stairs: Use the teleporters on top of the middle stairs wisely. You can use the shelves they take you to to let you surprise people coming into The Radium. 5) The Blood Bank: Try to knock opponets into the trenches. The player in the trenches has a harder time seeing people on the main floor. Knock them in away from the lift, then you go in near the lift. Great surprises! 6) Halls of the Hunted: The only strategy here is to use sensible weapons. Rockets are not very good, but the shotguns work well. Plasma is pretty good, as long as the opponet doesnt get away. Same for Chaingun. 7) Overall: Use sound as a guide. When you hear lifts, you know that someone either used a start (unlikely) or is in the Blood Bank or Cement Gazebo. The Gazebo can be eliminated by using status of the indicator towers. So, The Radium is a good point to find opponets. Also, use the Halls of the Hunted wisely...don't get lost. However, you can easily lose opponets trying to chase you. Just beware of turns; some of them loop back on you! Also, there is only 1 dead- end that I know of. It is in the Wood Slat motif, near the powerup loop. It has a stimpack in it, so there is no reason to go there.