Half-Life Tricks and Glitches

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2006-05-19 10:50:12 pm

Don't think! feeeeeal

I've been working on the first part of xen. I'm trying to get through that hole as fast as possible and I can't start charging the gauss until the level starts.

I think I found the best solution to getting down there. There's some strange clipping around the edges of the roof if you've noticed, you can walk off the edge and appear to be in suspended on an invisible ledge that sticks out from the edge of the roof.

Twice now I've hit this particular corner by the roof's edge and it stopped all my velocity in the z direction and the X-Y plane just for an instant. Here's a SS right where you get stopped for an instant:

Could anyone look at this with a level editor to see what's going on there? You think this is like the case where you can get stopped while moving into a wall?

slYnki

2006-05-19 11:50:02 pm

XXY

That's... interesting to say the least, Spider. I figured there was a ledge of some kind there, as I always managed to explode in mid-air after performing the tau boost. Annoying ._.;

But anyways, you're planning to simply walk off the floating island, land with no damage, and then long jump into the hole? Sounds cool. I don't know what to say about the ledge itself, really. You don't suppose this is the famed "edge bug" taking effect, do you?

I could try out this invisible ledge thing later, though it sounds hard o_O;

DaleLewill

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DaleLewill: 2006-05-20 03:08:37 am

2006-05-20 03:00:16 am

Ad infinitum

I just tried getting down there without loosing any health and I managed to do it once, but I didn't do it at that precise area. I do think this is the "edge bug" that Pocari mentioned.

This is the video I first saw of that bug (some guy posted it at HL2DQ):
http://files.xtreme-jumps.net/movies/edgebugguide.rar

Spider-Waffle

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Spider-Waffle

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Spider-Waffle: 2006-05-20 07:12:55 am

2006-05-20 07:02:30 am

Don't think! feeeeeal

I'm planing to jump off the starting place with a 4 or 5 cell boost, then do 2 or 3 more small gauss boosts to barely make it to that place that stops you, then have the gauss charged to about 5 and boost into the hole.

Zhouy

2006-05-21 03:35:46 pm

I'm a Half-Life runner ;)

http://rapidshare.de/files/21017629/glitches.wmv.html

Some funny glitches I recorded in op4, esp. the last glitch is funny Tongue

acxy500

2006-05-21 03:58:24 pm

Hey, those were great. Especially the scientist one. Nice to see you tricking too Smiley

Zhouy

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Zhouy: 2006-05-21 04:04:33 pm

2006-05-21 04:03:29 pm

I'm a Half-Life runner ;)

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Hey, those were great. Especially the scientist one. Nice to see you tricking too Smiley

Oh, what the hell, why not ? Tongue

Btw, I think i'm gonna record more glitches later when my friend (the other one you see sometimes at the video) comes online.

acxy500

2006-05-21 08:37:04 pm

3 not that weird demos.

Zhouy

2006-05-21 08:56:04 pm

I'm a Half-Life runner ;)

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3 not that weird demos.

Nice demos. But what is the cheat so you get 200-300 in health when you should die ?

slYnki

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slYnki: 2006-05-21 09:35:10 pm

2006-05-21 09:31:59 pm

XXY

This is the "cheat" =P

Gonna watch your demos now, acxy.

EDIT: Haha, I can see that you were bored.

Radon

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Radon: 2006-05-22 12:38:21 pm

2006-05-22 11:31:56 am

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I've been working on the first part of xen. I'm trying to get through that hole as fast as possible and I can't start charging the gauss until the level starts.

I think I found the best solution to getting down there. There's some strange clipping around the edges of the roof if you've noticed, you can walk off the edge and appear to be in suspended on an invisible ledge that sticks out from the edge of the roof.

Twice now I've hit this particular corner by the roof's edge and it stopped all my velocity in the z direction and the X-Y plane just for an instant. Here's a SS right where you get stopped for an instant:

Could anyone look at this with a level editor to see what's going on there? You think this is like the case where you can get stopped while moving into a wall?

I had a look at it in the editor. There seems to be no invisible wall but I can't tell for sure. The decompiler I use does not (or cannot) reconstruct clip brushes. So there might be some but I doubt it. To me it seems more likely that the invisible edge there is just a compilation problem just like the invisible edge at the cliff in surface tension that can be used to bypass the helicopter.

Interesting / funny: It should be possible to get right back to our dimension after entering xen. You only need to hit the trigger_changelevel you can see on the screenshot Smiley

I didnt test it but it should be possible. Maybe I will try it... Unfortunately I can't make a demo with 1.1.1.0

[img]www.cip.ifi.lmu.de/~erhardtc/xen.jpg[/img]

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ok. I was able to hit the trigger... it teleports you far outside the map with the lamda-core portal

[quote]I've been working on the first part of xen.  I'm trying to get through that hole as fast as possible and I can't start charging the gauss until the level starts.

I think I found the best solution to getting down there.  There's some strange clipping around the edges of the roof if you've noticed, you can walk off the edge and appear to be in suspended on an invisible ledge that sticks out from the edge of the roof.

Twice now I've hit this particular corner by the roof's edge and it stopped all my velocity in the z direction and the X-Y plane just for an instant.  Here's a SS right where you get stopped for an instant:

Could anyone look at this with a level editor to see what's going on there?  You think this is like the case where you can get stopped while moving into a wall?
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I had a look at it in the editor. There seems to be no invisible wall but I can't tell for sure. The decompiler I use does not (or cannot) reconstruct clip brushes. So there might be some but I doubt it. To me it seems more likely that the invisible edge there is just a compilation problem just like the invisible edge at the cliff in surface tension that can be used to bypass the helicopter.

Interesting / funny: It should be possible to get right back to our dimension after entering xen. You only need to hit the trigger_changelevel you can see on the screenshot :)
I didnt test it but it should be possible. Maybe I will try it... Unfortunately I can't make a demo with 1.1.1.0

[img]www.cip.ifi.lmu.de/~erhardtc/xen.jpg[/img]

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ok. I was able to hit the trigger... it teleports you far outside the map with the lamda-core portal

slYnki

2006-05-23 01:55:13 am

XXY

Was bored.

Old school stuff, upside down interloper, Gonarch in a secret room. It's a start =P

acxy500

2006-05-24 01:40:15 pm

Gonoragh in the secrert room was cool. How did you even managed to do it?

slYnki

2006-05-25 12:11:33 am

XXY

Tripmines, my friend. The first idea I had was to drop 5 satchels at the bottom of the drop so Gonarch would float. That didn't work, so I thought I'd tripmine him halfway through the jump, hoping that that would freeze him in mid-air. Before I got to do that, I tripmined him before the drop randomly, and he didn't jump.

slYnki

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slYnki: 2006-05-26 06:36:14 am

2006-05-26 01:28:08 am

XXY

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=8A8EA3384518ED7C

Just some random stuff. Zombie inside rocket chamber, elevator glitch, and a headcrab underwater. My initial goal was to get that headcrab on top of the pipes, inside the water room, all sorts of places, but then I realized headcrabs can't swim @_@;

Oh yeah, and the train demo, I just felt like it. I have a few more ideas up my sleeve. I have no idea how I'm gonna do some of them, but others will be interesting. Also, I think I found a way to get pushed outside Blast Pit, but I haven't tested it out yet. Anywho, that's all for me.

EDIT: Oh my god, I have some serious glitches on the way. I tried to get a headcrab into the secret room above Gonarch's Lair, but failed :(. I'm trying to get headcrabs to cool places :P.

acxy500

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acxy500: 2006-05-26 06:53:38 am

2006-05-26 06:49:31 am

Goddamnit PoCari. Why are you changin your name that often? Oh, well. I'm gonna call you PoCari anyways Smiley

The first post is cool too Wink

I'll watch those demos when I have time.

slYnki

2006-05-26 07:08:33 am

XXY

When the croud begins to riot, I'll change my name back to PoCari most likely. For the mean time, it's at J4L. Appeals to me more, plus it used to be an old Doom nickname, so there you go. Everyone should continue calling me PoCari though. But anyways, speaking of demos, got 4 more:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=310838D6433B799E

I have a lot more ideas too. By the way, I would suggest watching both Gonarch demos before you watch "Electric." Watching Electric would ruin the surprise so much. Just wish I had demo'd him in mid-air, oh well :(.

Oh, and in the robot demo, I had no idea the glu-on gun was shooting at the rock. That's.... simply weird, as is that demo. I got the robot's eye! =D

DerZweiteWuzzi

2006-06-02 07:13:21 pm

Note that Gordon is me!

not a glitch or trick but i was just wondering what these dudes are performing Cheesy

Zhouy

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Zhouy: 2006-06-02 07:56:13 pm

2006-06-02 07:55:52 pm

I'm a Half-Life runner ;)

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not a glitch or trick but i was just wondering what these dudes are performing Cheesy

ROFLMAO:o

rayvex

2006-06-02 08:02:45 pm

hi

LLOLOLOLL nice one hahaha

Radon

2006-06-03 01:11:15 pm

have you ever seen vampires in HL?

erm... no comment here...

acxy500

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acxy500: 2006-06-27 11:35:24 am

2006-06-27 11:34:53 am

Aww... what the fuck is going on over here?

slYnki

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slYnki: 2006-06-27 10:10:00 pm

2006-06-27 10:09:40 pm

XXY

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Aww... what the fuck is going on over here?

I'm preparing my final batch of demos. Then I'm gonna upgrade to Steam so I can start speedrunning Half-Life.

Oh yeah, and I'm writing stuff for SPJ's Minddrain website.

acxy500

2006-06-29 06:14:25 pm

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have you ever seen vampires in HL?

erm... no comment here...

yeah... I was talking about hose....

Radon

2006-06-29 07:03:03 pm

well the first one was luck
just like Wuzzi's screenshot

two bodys that happend to fall in a special position

the second one happend due to a bug that has been removed now.
In older versions of HL players could get stuck in the death-animation. This could end up looking pretty funny

Here this happend to one of my friends.
Then he switched the model to a female one (old bodys switch too)
And we made some screenshots *g*

I have a few other shots but they aren't a lot different
This was actually the best one