How to cheat! Super Physics Cannon: wanted!

[Quixote]

I've just completed the game. Loved it! But after getting the super physics cannon at the last level I thought boy it would be really cool to play the game with this gun! Does anyone know how to get it early?

sv_cheats 1, I know but whats the give weapon_? parameter that allows the gun?

 

[Raziaar]

Good question. Since impulse 101 only gives you the normal physics gun. Hrm.

 

[thehunter1320]

load a save game where you have it
go into the console
changelevel [map name... i suggest choosing a map after you get your HEV suit or you get a bunch of wierd stuff going on]
type impulse 101
have fun

 

[Quixote]

Close thehunter but that doesn't give you the SUPER physics gun just the vanilla varity physics gun. And even if you crank the phys variables to max you still can't pick up the combine soldiers.

 

[el Chi]

If you go to the bit where it turns into the Super Gravity Gun, but don't pick it up and then change level and impulse 101 then you ought to get it. It's a shame there's no easier way to do it, really.

 

[jasonh1234]

Yeah there's got to be an easier way.

I'd like to see a mod that has both versions readily accesible.

 

[Quixote]

I've tried both suggestions but neither works any other ideas?

 

[deene210]

These will give a better grav gun

Changes how hard you propel objects

physcannon_maxforce #

Changes how large pulled objects can be

physcannon_maxmass #

Changes how quickly objects are pulled

physcannon_pullforce #

Changes the radius of the cone used to pick up objects

physcannon_cone #

Good Luck

 

[The Dark Elf]

Close thehunter but that doesn't give you the SUPER physics gun just the vanilla varity physics gun. And even if you crank the phys variables to max you still can't pick up the combine soldiers.

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=53522

It works, I've tried it too, works just fine.

 

[DavE0r]

yer im avin fun in the trainstation atm with it.... jsut go to a save near the end, i used the one buy the big thingy (trying not to give crap away) when ur in the citadel but up hihg.

Then type

changelevel d1_trainstation_01

then when it loads and the Gman has finished crap type

give weapon_physcannon

oulla!! you have super gravityness. Btw....urm when u get the HEV suit ti goes mad...so i suggest like someone else did, in loading after that!

 

[Quixote]

Thanks all! It worked when I did changelevel, but not when I did map. Strange that. The game is really crazy when you get the phys cannon early. You can kill npc's (kinda) and DO NOT try to pick up enemy APC's.

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

"map" resets everything and loads a new map
"changelevel" just loads a new map with all your current attributes intact.

 

[affen]

What's the mapname of the map just after you get the HEV?

 

[DavE0r]

yes dont try and pick up the APC as i found lol.. game crashes... crazy that, and also lags. Probably cos ur breaking the programming lol

 

[IonizeMyAtoms]

yes dont try and pick up the APC as i found lol.. game crashes... crazy that, and also lags. Probably cos ur breaking the programming lol

Yeah, those and the Buggy. Mine didn;t crash, just went crazy laggy till I dropped it.
You can "pull out" the Dropships in the same way you can an NPC -- it duplicates them. The dropships act entirely organic, like a person, quite cool.

 

[Septih]

What's the mapname of the map just after you get the HEV?

d1_trainstation_06 i think

if you start typing it, it will give you a list of them, just select the last one

 

[travail]

I know this is stupid, but how do you get into console mode, I am trying to chande from DX9 to DX8 to increase performance, I hit the ~ key, and nothing happened. Help?!?! Thanks

 

[affen]

I couldn't get the console opened too (I'm using an azerti keyboard in combination with English HL² version, don't know if that has something to do with it), but I read a post somewhere with a way to get it open; well, it worked for me.

Just open the config.cfg file in your C:\Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\user accountl\half-life 2\hl2\cfg directory with notepad and add the following line:

bind "`" "toggleconsole" (I changed the "`" to "u" to get it really working)

The line bind "\" "toggleconsole" is already in the cfg file, don't worry about that and leave it be.

EDIT: oh yeah, in your half-life 2 options, go to keyboard -> advanced and enable the developer's console too (try this first if you still can't get the console opened, do the stuff I wrote above).

 

[travail]

got console

Thanks for the help, I got the console to come down, but now I am unable to change the Direct X level. I have a MSI NVIDiA 5900XT, and I read that they have problems with DX9, and so I am trying to change to DX8(which was recommended). They said to put this in console to change -dxlevel 81 Which I did, but it said that dxlevel is invalid command. Any suggestions?

 

[Jimmeh]

put mat_dxlevel 81 in the console Trav. Should work fine I thought the 5900XT would be fine in DX9 though..

But, I still can't get this damn gravity gun - I load up d3_citadel_03 (Where your gravity gun changes) then loaded up any other map and still for some unknown reason I get the bog standard orange one. I've tried both picking up the blue one and going back to another map or just leaving it, but still when I try the give command or impulse 101 it's still the old orange one

 

[MagicalMonkey]

There's a variable "super_phys_gun" which is set to 1 in the last level, but I have no idea if it can be changed earlier on through the console.

 

[Vegeta897]

There's a variable "super_phys_gun" which is set to 1 in the last level, but I have no idea if it can be changed earlier on through the console.

Woah, that sounds like the solution!

Nice find!

 

[affen]

I just loaded a savegame from somewhere in the middle of the Citadel level, opened console and typed:

changelevel d1_trainstation_06 (map is loaded)
give weapon_physcannon

Worked fine! But don't lift up APCs or your buggy!