Something cool in episode 1

[RomeoJGuy]

in console first type

"hopwire_vortex 1"

then

"give weapon_hopwire"

now throw it and then press attack again to activate it. It is preferable to do it in an area with lots of physics objects, I also suggest you stand back lest you wish to be crushed into singularity.

 

[The Brick]

Just tried it. That's pretty sweet Cool.

It's like a 'black hole bomb'.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Gonna load up Epi one and try it in a sec. On Alyx.

 

[Naudian]

ooo purty. And it seems that after using it, "give weapon_hopwire" no longer works and you have to reload to a point before it was used...

 

[ríomhaire]

It doesn't work in HL2, no?

 

[Asknoone]

Interesting, nice find.

 

[ríomhaire]

Wow, that's awesome. I noticed that some of the commands relating to it are about striders. Maybe they're a (very) early incarnation of the strider buster? Whatever it is it's really cool. Now, there must be a way to increase throw distance

 

[bbson john]

lol crashed!

 

[PimpinPenguin]

It just crashed for me

 

[RomeoJGuy]

could be the strider buster although in the sdk they have a propstickybomb which sticks to stuff and has a comment that it is a test entity for physcannon ammo

 

[DEATHMASTER]

It's like that vortex that kills the first combine you almost fight on the first bridge.

 

[Dekstar]

Can someone record this and shove it on youtube for me? I ain't got Ep 1 installed

 

[Asuka]

Nice find iv been playing around with the cmd and its some crazy shit.

 

[SPARTACVS]

Can someone record this and shove it on youtube for me? I ain't got Ep 1 installed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn1TjZzO9Yk :cheers:

Please forgive the hitching. Taking video in FRAPS still makes HL2 run like poop.

 

[Captain M4d]

That is immensely SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.

 

[XIII]

this thing is also in Smod for hl2

 

[okidoki]

Cool. Too bad you can only use it once though.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8807/ep1c17020000la3.jpg

When I first used it Alyx died and was sucked into it.

Wow, that's awesome. I noticed that some of the commands relating to it are about striders. Maybe they're a (very) early incarnation of the strider buster? Whatever it is it's really cool. Now, there must be a way to increase throw distance

Maybe that's because the visual effect is the same as that of the strider cannon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/crapsicle/d3_c17_120002.jpg

 

[RomeoJGuy]

impulse 101 gives you 5 more unless the code in the sdk is outdated (noticed it while I been merging code and havent had a chance to test it because there is so much code to merge ), and the strider console commands are for how close the ball has to be to a strider when it does its thing to affect it.

 

[Asuka]

Cool. Too bad you can only use it once though.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8807/ep1c17020000la3.jpg

When I first used it Alyx died and was sucked into it.



Maybe that's because the visual effect is the same as that of the strider cannon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/crapsicle/d3_c17_120002.jpg

Just type Impulse 101 and it gives you more.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

This is awesome, if i remember correctly from the stolen build there was a weapon called the hopwire which was taken out, it was like these weird balls that stuck to walls with strings attached (that did nothing). This is actually works though!

edit: Video from youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0jZ_hZ1lk

 

[ríomhaire]

It even kills striders! Does anyone know whether it works on choppers/gunships/dropships?

 

[Naudian]

This is awesome, if i remember correctly from the stolen build there was a weapon called the hopwire which was taken out, it was like these weird balls that stuck to walls with strings attached (that did nothing). This is actually works though!

edit: Video from youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0jZ_hZ1lk

Woah, that looks like it could have been used to trip striders or something...I still feel they removed too much cool content instead of working it into the game somewhere...

 

[ríomhaire]

You can spawn one with
give npc_grenade_hopwire
But I can't find any way to trigger one created like this.

 

[Asuka]

This is awesome, if i remember correctly from the stolen build there was a weapon called the hopwire which was taken out, it was like these weird balls that stuck to walls with strings attached (that did nothing). This is actually works though!

edit: Video from youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0jZ_hZ1lk

Wow that thing looks really cool.

 

[ríomhaire]

Oh, and it can't kill choppers or gunships (has no effect on choppers, makes ragdoll copies of gunships)

 

[XIII]

This is awesome, if i remember correctly from the stolen build there was a weapon called the hopwire which was taken out, it was like these weird balls that stuck to walls with strings attached (that did nothing). This is actually works though!

edit: Video from youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0jZ_hZ1lk

thats a video from missing information mod..that mods has the real hop wire..

 

[RomeoJGuy]

Here is another cool video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edi03aEHzAc

really shows off the cool effect of the weapon.

 

[SPARTACVS]

This thread is now on Joystiq, and the front page of Digg.com. Way to go for the thread starter!

 

[-smash-]

This thread is now on Joystiq, and the front page of Digg.com. Way to go for the thread starter!

Saw it on Joystiq myself.


Thank ya, Romeo, great post. I'll give this a go ASAP. :cheers:

 

[fitzroy_doll]

Wow. Perhaps we will see this again in Episode Two?

 

[1Luc1]

some more things...

Hello Guys,

this nade is realy nice...

If you want to see more HL2 Beta weapons, look here. http://1luc1.1l.funpic.de/pics/hl2/beta/x_views_index.php

I have made this pics long time ago...
There are realy weird weapons...

 

[Catachan]

Has to be one of the best weapons I've seen in any game.

 

[XIII]

Just get missing information mod

 

[ReverendTed]

To get as many as you want, you can add the following commands after hopwire_vortex and weapon_hopwire:
sv_cheats 1
sk_max_hopwire 100
impulse 101 (repeat this last one as necessary)

 

[diluted]

Coolest weapon ever. Why does Valve always have to remove the cool shit?:hmph:

 

[jimmyjam]

Coolest weapon ever. Why does Valve always have to remove the cool shit?:hmph:

yea like they totally removed the ministrider, also found in episode 1
wait, what?

 

[xombine]

lawl look at all the thread views from being on Joystiq and Digg.

 

[skull24]

Kool find, I wonder what the guys at Valve must be thinking about this?

 

[DevgruSeal]

Hopefully they'll have something to say about it.

 

[bbson john]

The only implosive grenade I have ever seen.