The range of the Manipulator

[tommyz28]

In the new e32004 vid, when gordon hits the hanging zombie. He takes out his manipulator and as hes running back he uses it on a wooden crate 10-15 feet away and drags it towards him. How far do you think the range is on it?

 

[joule]

You'll have to wait and find out when it's released.

 

[daveodeth]

The gun will have a long range, just the "pull" will get weaker the further away the object.

 

[Vegeta897]

In the new e32004 vid, when gordon hits the hanging zombie. He takes out his manipulator and as hes running back he uses it on a wooden crate 10-15 feet away and drags it towards him. How far do you think the range is on it?

Erm. We don't know...

I am guessing it has to be in about 30 feet...

And it was a "palette" not a crate.

 

[dat_monkey2]

Damn it... Why are people always coming here asking questions like that that nobody knows the answer to... Its like asking "how much damage will the pistol do"... Nobody knows!!! Thats what all the topics are like these days... Now that the hype has died again since we are getting NO new information regarding HL2 or its release date... I entered these forums because I started caring about HL2 again... New screenshots and videos were released, and then E3 came along... A sudden burst of new info and coolness... Now its just like it was before, and im begining to stop caring again...

 

[tCh]

You've only been here since May 2004, how do you know what it was like before

 

[poseyjmac]

2 ways. he could have been banned before and came back under a new username or been a forum lurker back then.

and of course there are other more obscure ways, like a friend telling him how it was back then.

 

[PatPwnt]

you'll be able to change the range with console command so.... good job

 

[torso boy]

The gun will have a long range, just the "pull" will get weaker the further away the object.

thats how it seems to be now, and i like that....it used to be go right up to an object and then you can pick it up

 

[Bio]

It will probobly depend on the objects weight.

 

[kaf11]

so what if its a relatively light object. that would be cool if you could drag it to you from farther away then say, a barrel. that would be very cool.

 

[DeltaBlast]

As stated many times before; the manipulator will be upgradable during the game (how we do not know). This includes increasing range. Or so it is assumed.

 

[kaf11]

i thought thats been speculated many times before.

 

[staddydaddy]

F = G*m(1)*m(2)/r^2

 

[Rupertvdb]

Long enough to drag your head into the computer screen multiple times....hopefully.....from here.

 

[ferd]

you'll be able to change the range with console command so.... good job

How do you know?

 

[Hazar]

Good point staddydaddy, However, since the manipulator uses tecnology we don't understand, it's very likely this formula doesn't apply.

 

[staddydaddy]

Good point staddydaddy, However, since the manipulator uses tecnology we don't understand, it's very likely this formula doesn't apply.

technology, shmology. It still creates an attractive force. I think the key point is that the force is inversely proportional to r^2

 

[PatPwnt]

How do you know?

Because... I just do. If you know what I mean...

 

[Hazar]

I thought the concept it was based on was altering the gravity around the object therefore levitating it. Such as adding gravity above the object or something.

Or was the 'gravity gun' name just a rumor sort of thing?

 

[G-Nelson]

if it were up to me, I would have kept the tractor beam from the e3 2003 movie, i think it would be a better way to show off.