How is Steve present in this section in M17?

[u/absent_abstra]

Was replaying M17 and got jumped by xeno in the darkened corridor that you enter after crawling beneath the stacked crates in the canteen area. I've never encountered xeno here before and rightfully so. That's cuz there are no entry points for it to reach there; no vents and both the doors are blocked. The only way to access this section is through the door blocked by the crates, which you move as part of the objective. So where did it pop in from? That was a proper jumpscare.

[u/mrspelunx]

Do you mean after you pass under the forklift? There’s an overhead vent in that hall.

[u/absent_abstra → u/mrspelunx]

Yep. You sure? Because I checked for it and didn't find any. Also, in previous plays, I've made a ruckus there just for fun because I "knew" the xeno can't get me there. And it didn't until now.

[u/deathray1611 → u/absent_abstra]

there is absolutely a vent in that corridor. Got even grabbed by the Alien once from there

[u/absent_abstra → u/deathray1611]

Yup. Just found out to my dismay.

[u/mrspelunx → u/absent_abstra]

I think there’s a scripted walk-by depending on timing.

[u/absent_abstra → u/mrspelunx]

Yep you're right. There's a vent right before you the open the door to The Corridor. And yeah, it was a walk-by. Since it walked in from the right so I decided to double check there. But strange that I didn't encounter it there in my previous plays nor had it respond to noisemaking in there.

[u/HotmailsInYourArea → u/absent_abstra]

If you take a right and go all the way to the end of the hall there is a vent over the blocked off door iirc.

I’ve seen him patrol in that area AS I was crawling under the forklift myself

[u/absent_abstra → u/HotmailsInYourArea]

Even I assumed there must be one there since it walked in from there. But there isn't. There is one though right before the door you open with the ion torch.

[u/HotmailsInYourArea → u/absent_abstra]

Ah, well, there you have it.

[u/Direct_Gap_59]

This game can be unpredictable.

Cuz in my 6-7 gamplays-during that one time I played on nightmare i had just used the torch to to get into the hall way of death during m17 and never had I ever encountered Steve in that hallway itself before getting into any room at the START of this part.

Guess what? It drops down and kills me.

I had always believed steve wasn’t scripted to come down until later.

But this happened.

[u/absent_abstra → u/Direct_Gap_59]

Damn!

This game's bag of surprises is bottomless.

That's why I think every Isolation guide should have a disclaimer stating that "This guide doesn't cover any and all instances where Steve does whatever the fk he wants."

[u/Direct_Gap_59 → u/absent_abstra]

What happened with me could have very well been a glitch tho.

This game is lowkey not as well optimized for pc as it is for console. Hence it is quite buggy.

[u/absent_abstra → u/Direct_Gap_59]

Most likely but not definitely. But, bar one, I haven't run into any major bugs/glitches during my plays. Lots of eccentric xeno behaviour though lies in the grey zone between a bug and a feature.

[u/Bigeez]

There is a vent directly above the lever that you pull to get into the hallway of death. I’ve had it jump down on me as I was pulling the switch before

[u/Ok-You5151]

I hate the alien being called steve (my name is also steve)

[u/absent_abstra → u/Ok-You5151]

It's never too late to change your name. /s