Half Life 2 is a sci-fi first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. Released in November 2004, it is the follow-up title to Half-Life and once again puts players into the role of crowbar-wielding scientist Gordon Freeman.
Having been in stasis for the past 20 years, Gordon Freeman is awakened to find the world has been taken over by the Combine, an empire made up of aliens, synthetic beings, and humans, due to the Black Mesa Research Facility in the first game.
Upon its release Half-Life 2 received universal critical acclaim, winning dozens of game of the year awards for the year it was released. Areas of praise included Half-Life 2's engaging storyline, physics engine, graphics/animation, and overall game mechanics.
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The release of Half Life 2 also marked the release of Valve's digital software distribution platform Steam. Developed at the same time as the game, Steam has since become the leader for the digital distribution of PC games and has spawned other digital distribution platforms.
A demo for Half Life 2 was also released, this allows gamers the chance to play one mission from the game before purchasing. It is still available for download through Steam, many years since its release.
Enabling Half-Life 2 Cheats
In order to enable the Half-Life 2 cheat codes, including the powerful Half Life 2 God Mode, the console option needs to be added into the Half-Life 2 program executable. To do this, left click start menu then navigate to the Half-Life 2 shortcut icon, or find the shortcut icon on your desktop. From there, right click on the shortcut and select "properties. In the Target field add -console (i.e. "C:\Program Files\Half-Life 2\hl2.exe" -console).
Then start the game normally. While playing the game press tilde (~) to bring up the console. Enter the following cheat codes for the desired effect.
Special Instructions for Entering Half-Life 2 Weapon/Item Names
All Half-Life 2 cheats for weapons and items need to be entered in the form of weapon_[weapon_name] or item_[item_name]. So as an example if you would like to give Gordon a stunstick, simply type weapon_stunstick in the console.
Half-Life 2 Cheat Codes
CheatEffect
| god | God Mode |
| notarget | Enemies Ignore You |
| noclip | No Clipping Mode |
| give | Get Item |
| hurtme | Damage Player |
| impulse 101 | Give All Weapons |
| impulse 102 | Skulls |
| impulse 76 | Grunt |
| impulse 82 | Spawn a Jeep |
| impulse 83 | Spawn Airboat |
| buddha | Reduce Health |
| maps | List Maps |
| npc_kill | Kill All NPCs in Area |
| npc_create | Creates an NPC |
| npc_create_aimed | Creates an NPC aiming away from the player. |
| hud_quickhelp/text? 1 | Shows crosshair |
| ch_createairboat | Spawn Airboat |
| map | Load Specific Map |
| cl_drawhud 1 | Toggle HUD display On |
| cl_enablehud 1 | Toggle HUD display On |
| cl_showfps 1 | Shows FPS Rate |
| setpos | Move player to specified origin |
| sv_gravity # | Set Gravity (# = number) |
| sv_stopspeed # | Set Minimum Stopping Speed on Ground (# = number) |
| sv_friction # | Set World Friction (# = number) |
| sv_bounce # | Sets bounce multiplier for physically object collisions (# = number) |
| sv_maxvelocity # | Sets Maximum Velocity of moving object (# = number) |
| sv_waterdist # | Set Vertical View when eyes are near water plane. (# = number) |
| air_density # | Change the density of air. (# = number) |
Item/WeaponCheat Code
| healthkit | give item_healthkit |
| healthvial | give item_healthvial |
| box_buckshot | give item_box_buckshot |
| box_mrounds | give item_box_mrounds |
| box_sniper_rounds | give item_box_sniper_rounds |
| box_srounds | give item_box_srounds |
| battery | give item_battery |
| suit | give item_suit |
| ml_grenade | give item_ml_grenade |
| ar2_grenade | give item_ar2_grenade |
| alyxgun | give weapon_alyxgun |
| ar1 | give weapon_ar1 |
| ar2 | give weapon_ar2 |
| binoculars | give weapon_binoculars |
| brickbat | give weapon_brickbat |
| bugbait | give weapon_bugbait |
| cguard | give weapon_cguard |
| crossbow | give weapon_crossbow |
| crowbar | give weapon_crowbar |
| cubemap | give weapon_cubemap |
| extinguisher | give weapon_extinguisher |
| flaregun | give weapon_flaregun |
| frag | give weapon_frag |
| gauss | give weapon_gauss |
| hmg1 | give weapon_hmg1 |
| hopwire | give weapon_hopwire |
| iceaxe | give weapon_iceaxe |
| immolator | give weapon_immolator |
| irifle | give weapon_irifle |
| manhack | give weapon_manhack |
| ml | give weapon_ml |
| molotov | give weapon_molotov |
| physcannon | give weapon_physcannon |
| physgun | give weapon_physgun |
| pistol | give weapon_pistol |
| rollerwand | give weapon_rollerwand |
| rpg | give weapon_rpg |
| shotgun | give weapon_shotgun |
| slam | give weapon_slam |
| smg1 | give weapon_smg1 |
| smg2 | give weapon_smg2 |
| sniperrifle | give weapon_sniperrifle |
| stickylauncher | give weapon_stickylauncher |
| stunstick | give weapon_stunstick |
| thumper | give weapon_thumper |
MapLoad Command
| d1_canals_01 | map d1_canals_01 |
| d1_canals_02 | d1_canals_02 |
| d1_canals_end | d1_canals_end |
| d1_tempanals_02 | d1_tempanals_02 |
| d1_town_01 | d1_town_01 |
| d1_town_02 | d1_town_02 |
| d1_town_03 | d1_town_03 |
| d1_town_04 | d1_town_04 |
| d1_town_05 | d1_town_05 |
| d1_trainstation_01 | d1_trainstation_01 |
| d1_trainstation_02 | d1_trainstation_02 |
| d1_trainstation_03 | d1_trainstation_03 |
| d1_trainstation_05 | d1_trainstation_05 |
| d1_under_01 | d1_under_01 |
| d1_under_02 | d1_under_02 |
| d1_under_03 | d1_under_03 |
| d1_under_04 | d1_under_04 |
| d2_coast_01 | d2_coast_01 |
| d2_coast_02 | d2_coast_02 |
| d2_coast_03 | d2_coast_03 |
| d2_coast_04 | d2_coast_04 |
| d2_coast_04_dx60 | d2_coast_04_dx60 |
| d2_coast_05 | d2_coast_05 |
| d2_coast_06 | d2_coast_06 |
| d2_coast_07 | d2_coast_07 |
| d2_coast_08 | d2_coast_08 |
| d2_prison_01 | d2_prison_01 |
| d2_prison_02 | d2_prison_02 |
| d2_prison_03 | d2_prison_03 |
| d2_prison_04 | d2_prison_04 |
| d2_prison_05 | d2_prison_05 |
| d3_c17_03 | d3_c17_03 |
| d3_c17_04 | d3_c17_04 |
| d3_c17_05 | d3_c17_05 |
| d3_c17_06a | d3_c17_06a |
| d3_c17_06b | d3_c17_06b |
| d3_c17_07 | d3_c17_07 |
