Control - It’s Happening Again mission: Get the power back on in the Bright Falls AWE area explained
What’s inside the Bright Falls AWE?
You'll be able to reach the Bright Falls AWE area in the Control AWE DLC once you've found Hartman in both the Fra Mauro AWE and Eagle Limited AWE area.
When you do finally enter the Bright Falls AWE area, you'll need to get the power back on since Hartman has continued his hobby of turning the lights off. Once light has returned, however, you can finally battle Hartman one-on-one.
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Find Hartman in the Bright Falls AWE area in Control
Now that you've forced Hartman out of the Fra Mauro AWE and Eagle Limited AWE in the Control AWE DLC, he's retreated back into the Bright Falls AWE area.
To reach this final AWE area, you first need to return to Active Investigations and levitate across the gap to the entrance, so you can use the elevator beyond.
This elevator will, however, be stopped in its journey to the Bright Falls AWE, leaving you to use one of the nearby lamps to destroy the darkness clinging to both the inside and outside of the carriage.
Keep your guard up though - after cleansing the last patch of darkness, you'll be ambushed by a Hiss Warped and a Hiss Charged. Once they're defeated, you can continue your descent into the Bright Falls AWE.
Upon your arrival, make sure you claim the Control Point, before heading on through the double doors.
Head down the corridor and pull the light cord three times to send Jessie to the Oceanview Motel.
This visit to the Oceanview Motel follows the same pattern as your previous ones; ring the bell at the front desk to open the first room, so you can enter and turn on the lamp on the desk to destroy the patch of darkness inside.
For the second room, you need to turn on the bedside table lamp and, in the third, you need to rotate the projector until it faces the face above the bed. With all three patches of darkness destroyed, you can now collect the key for the black pyramid door at the front door.
After pulling the light cord three times, you'll arrive back in the FBC to find the way cleared.
Collectables to be found:
- Hotline - Wake - On Writing the Manuscript
- (Receive when you're close to the elevator for the Bright Falls AWE area.)
- Multimedia - Interviews - Dr. Hartman Interrogation
- (Next to the Control Point at the base of the elevator in the Bright Falls AWE area.)
- Hotline - Wake - Wake Writes A Beginning
- (Receive after collecting the black pyramid key in the Oceanview Motel.)
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Get the power on in the Bright Falls AWE area in Control explained
Before you can battle Hartman in the Control AWE DLC, you need to get the power back on in the Bright Falls AWE area.
The first thing you need to do, however, is summon a Deployed Ranger by using the console to the right of the entrance for the Bright Falls AWE area. This ranger will be rather useful during the upcoming boss battle and summoning him now will prevent you from having to do any unnecessary backtracking.
Once the ranger arrives, it's time to bring light back to the Bright Falls AWE!
To begin with, float down to the spotlight located to the left of the massive hole in the wall. Keep in mind that Hartman will patrol the floor as you move about in the darkness, so keep an eye on him to avoid any nasty encounters.
You'll also want to pay attention to the exact locations of the sockets, because you'll have to revisit them during the Hartman boss battle.
Just on the edge of this spotlight, you'll be able to see a Power Core; pick it up using launch and then levitate to the right-hand side of the room, where you'll find another socket.
Placing the Power Core on the socket will turn on a light, giving you a little safe area on the platform. Here you'll also find the next Power Core, which you can easily toss onto the nearby socket without ever having to leave the platform.
Next, you'll want to quickly fly over to this new patch of light and grab the Power Core, which will be roughly south-east of the socket, but, thankfully, easy to reach from your safe spot.
This third Power Core can then be launched onto the socket directly to your left.
After placing this final Power Core, you need to return to the platform containing the computer banks and second socket. Here you'll find the switch which will turn the lights back on.
With that switch finally pulled, the battle against Hartman will begin.
Remember - you need to scare Hartman out of both the Eagle Limited AWE area and Fra Mauro AWE area to reach the Bright Falls AWE area.