So about that Gauss Gun...

[Bad_Llama123]

How come the Gauss Gun on the Buggy in Half-Life 2 doesn't bounce off surfaces like it did in the first game? Something similar to what the crossbow does, it used to reflect off walls/floor/ceiling when shot at an angle.

It seems that Gordon is now left with the gimpy version

 

[Dasparov]

i guess ggun took over, like in the 3rd id imagine theyll stick another gun diffrent in

 

[Mr.Wotsit]

It's not a Gauss Gun. It's similar to the one that was on the chopper.

 

[Lyrids]

It's not a Gauss Gun. It's similar to the one that was on the chopper.

The gun on the chopper is definitely just a chain gun. You can't deny that the gun on the Buggy is the Gauss Gun. It sounds, looks, and reacts just like it did in the first game.

 

[KagePrototype]

I don't remember the guass gun bouncing off surfaces in the first game, nor the crossbow. :|

 

[Rupertvdb]

the crobar has a cool reflecting thing, just cane it at an acute angle at the floor and it'll spring off. The gauss gun i haven't seen reflect, but then i haven't really tried.

 

[Psychx]

i dont remember them reflecting off walls, but i havent played hldm in a while, and i never tried it with hl1 sp

 

[Mr.Wotsit]

Oh wait, I'm thinking of the gun that they weld onto the hovercraft! *that* is the one that they got from a chopper!

Still, if it doesn't act like the gauss gun, then this seems to suggest that it probably isn't...

 

[Yellonet]

I don't remember the guass gun bouncing off surfaces in the first game, nor the crossbow. :|

In HL the gauss gun's shots could ricochet off walls and stuff.
In HL2 the bolts from the crossbow can ricochet off of stuff.

 

[Lain]

It can reflect i made it on the house with the combine soldier at the buggy chapter, it actually even worked on the wood.

it's call wall gauss by the way, and i miss it on deathmatch.

 

[Lanthanide]

The HL1 Gauss could shoot through walls as well as bounce off at wide angles (lower than 45° incidence, for example). It didn't always bounce, but most of the time it did.

The crossbow in HL1 did not bounce at all.