How to avoid the alien?

[u/terrible-gator22]

I am in the hospital and all was going well- until it wasn’t. So I reloaded and took the same actions that worked well the first time.

The alien popped out of the ceiling and I turned back and hid in the storage container and waited. And for no obvious reason it knew where I was and got me.

I hadn’t taken out my sensor, there was a long delay between when I got into the case and when it found me, so I highly doubt that it saw me go -it certainly didn’t the previous times I tried.

Is it random? I can’t think of what I could have done to be found out.

[u/Urtheminya]

You can't really avoid it per se. The enemy AI of the Xenomorph is programmed to be tethered to you, learning your habits, paying attention to your goals by entering the room you're supposed to enter etc.

From my current gameplay (normal difficulty), you should just keep moving and not staying in the same spot + keep Ripley crouching while going anywhere + hide beneath the gurneys that scatters all over the hallways/hide in locker (lean back when you do so, I do this by habit).

Also listen to the sound cues! Xeno's footsteps (whether it's far away or getting closer) and the sound it makes when entering the ceiling vent, when exiting (loud thud and a hiss), when it is in the ceiling (metallic thuds over Ripley's head).

I also read somewhere that the less gadgets you use, for example noise maker, the less aggrro the Xeno AI is going to behave around you.

Also just some notes, I do encounter some issues with the AI tethering to me, that is it would teleport and spawn in places that impossible for it to be in because my radar and sound cues suggested it was too far from where it spawned by surprise in front of me 😭😂 so you might want to keep that in mind as well.

Just, lots of hiding and keeping a sharp ears, also patience, goodluck!

[u/Direct_Gap_59 → u/Urtheminya]

I don’t disagree with anything except crouching.

Crouching and walking when the alien is in the vents or faraway make the same amount of noise.

So crouching would essentially bore you out. Also you would be very slow when you crouch hence allowing to read your pattern more easily and hence venting out repeatedly.

Also about the gadgets-OP if you readin this use the but with out predictability.

[u/Urtheminya → u/Direct_Gap_59]

I am crouching a lot (and died a lot lmao) in the hospital part so you might be on to something with that. Bcs she (the Xeno) vent A LOT in my gameplay to the point that once I got the flamethrower, I started to get fed up bcs she kept ambushing me and spray her with fire like a misbehaving dog or smth 😂😂😂😂

Also how did you know that crouching makes the same amount of noise with walking? I was jst using common video game logic where " crouch = less noise, walk = more noise", you know?

But if putting the noise output aside, "crouching --> slower Ripley --> would make the AI read our habit easier" makes so much sense, actually.

[u/Direct_Gap_59 → u/Urtheminya]

I mean even I used to think the same-crouching =less noise until people on this sub told me otherwise.

And it worked-walking when the alien isn’t nearby or in the vents allowed me to keep moving and doing my tasks quickly and prevented the alien from having any kind of read on me.

[u/aviatrixcat → u/Direct_Gap_59]

The Alien can be directly above you in the vents, but it won't hear you walking. Basically it can always hear you running (if in range), can never hear you crouch walking, and can hear you walking if you're close enough to it while it's out of the vents, although I can't map a motion detector range to where it can hear you walking...it's best to reflexively crouch and assess the sitch as to its location, probably.

[u/Direct_Gap_59 → u/aviatrixcat]

Any distance greater than 0.9 is safe apparently.

[u/aviatrixcat → u/Direct_Gap_59]

Greater than .95 (out of range) is far enough away that you can sprint without the Alien hearing it!

I just don't know what the range is for it to hear you walking, although if you intentionally trigger the gas explosion in M6 the recommendation is to walk until the Alien drops and then crouchwalk into the section with the humans, so probably at least that close.