@i<3Gmodal0t This is a mod that takes place in a seperate continuity of HL2, meaning that it does not spoil any part of the HL2 story.

does this have spoilers i want to play this with a friend who has not played hl2

@:) Hello. Did you get closer towards the cell door in the beginning? If this still does not open, try restarting the map, but not before checking whether you mounted the required game (HL2) or not. If the cell door still does not open, check your addons.
Personally, I haven't ran into this cell door issue, as I only tested this campaign with MMOD effects, MMOD HL2 weapon replacements, MWB/TFA/TacRP SWEPs, Combine Soldier model replacements, custom playermodels, VManip addons, HUD addons, and no other addons. For that, unsubscribe/deactivate the addons you have except the addons I tested with, then try again.
Let me know about the problem when you try one of these solutions.

The cell door doesn't open in the start of the first episode

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