Messing with console [spoilers]

[Rapstah]

Fun stuff I've found out while playing with the console in Portal:

• You can spawn all the Half-Life 2 NPCs.
• You can spawn Zombines.
• You can't spawn Hunters, not even the EP1 template ones.
• You can get all the Half-Life 2 weapons.
• You can't shoot through portals.
• The player model has no animations for any weapons apart from the PG (obviously)
• All weapons can hurt GLaDOS.
• You can't spawn portals under NPCs (greyed out crosshair)
• Neither ragdolls nor NPCs fall through portals.
• Rebel NPCs will fire at GLaDOS cameras, but don't damage it.
• NPCs use Half-Life 2 original models, but will burn with Source 2007 fire.
• Scanners and Man Hacks will go through Portals, but they can't see through them.
• The RPG can't aim through portals although it will go through them.

 

[zygorator]

You can't shoot through portals.

actualy, you can, with all weapons. its quite fun hitting yourself in the back with a rocket

 

[Tyguy]

make a vid!

 

[Rapstah]

I'm going to try out scanners and man hacks going through portals, as they are physically emulated.

 

[Tyguy]

Spawn a bunch of antlions and combine, then mess with them with portals

 

[Rapstah]

They're not influenced by portals, you know.

And they all hate me.

 

[Destron]

Awww, it's too bad ragdolls/npcs can't fall through portals...
that'd be so cool...
"Oh no! Combine Elites!"
*fires portal gun at the ceiling and under a combine elite*
"AAAAUGHGHHHH!"

 

[Solver]

It'd be great to fling the G-Man through two looping portals

 

[Para]

Main reason for portals not affecting NPC:s is because Portal was made strictly non-combat game from the start.

Also making the AI nodes network dynamically through portals allowing the NPC:s to "see" through portals would be a pain to code.

 

[spunge]

guns work fine through portals, and the rpg is definately lol worthy.. try it out or wait for some custom maps

 

[Psychanalysis05%]

Tr using the crossbow perfectly straight through two portals, make sure to coclip yourself first. I did this with the old crappy Garry's Mod portals last year, the crossbow bbolts actually have a certain velocity and trajectory, and they slow down over time, eventually 'skipping' along the ground until they stop. It's awesome to watch if you aim it right

 

[ríomhaire]

Putting the portal gun in HL2 would be great if
A: portals instantly cause enemies to ragdoll (easy kills, I know. But it would really be the only way to work it)
B: ragdolls become real physics objects that can kill other enemies with their weight