Half-Life Walkthrough

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Version 1.53
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written by Stijn Bolle (24-04-2000)
e-mail: Ravager@pandora.be
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Contents
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1 Updates
2 Introduction
3 Multiplayer Tactics & Strategies
3.1 Starting
3.2 Controls
3.3 Using Sound
3.4 The Level starts
3.5 Multiplayer Opponents
3.6 General Tactics
3.7 Advanced Tactics
4 Weapons Guide
4.1 Crowbar
4.2 9mm Pistol
4.3 .357 Magnum
4.4 Sub-Machine Gun
4.5 Shotgun
4.6 Crossbow
4.7 R.P.G.
4.8 Gauss Gun
4.9 Egon Gun
4.10 Hive Hand
4.11 Trip Mines
4.12 Satchel Charges
4.13 Grenades
4.14 Snarks
4.15 Long Jump Module
5 Cheats
5.1 Console cheats 1
5.2 Console cheats 2
5.3 Commandline parameters
5.4 Easter eggs & tricks
6 Author
7 Legal Notice
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I Updates
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*** Version 1.53
- Some information on the RPG has been corrected.
- The entire lay-out has been revised and new contact information has
been added.
- Some more easter eggs have been added.
*** Version 1.52
- Minor update. Some general info has been added and updated
*** Version 1.51
- Updated information on the Egon gun has been added by Dimitry
Vitukhnovsky
- More tactics have been added to the Advanced Tactics section (3.7)
*** Version 1.5
- I've neglected this strategy guide a while, but that's mainly because I
was busy writing other guides, maintaining my website and (of course)
playing games. I revised the entire lay-out of the guide (it was a bit
messy) and I put my new email address in here so that people won't mail
me on my old address anymore. Others updates include a revised cheat
section, an updated "advanced tactics section", the removal of some
older sections an a general correction of spelling mistakes.
*** Version 1.2
- Various corrections has been added
- The "Controls (3.2)" section has been updated
- The "The Game Starts (3.4)" section has been updated
- The "Multiplayer Opponents (3.5)" section has been updated
- The "General Tactics (3.6)" section has been added
- The "Advanced Tactics (3.7)" section has been added
*** Version 1.1
- "Contents" has been added
- Some Spelling Corrections
- The "Kind of Players" section has been added
- The Downloads Section has been added
- The Links Section has been added
*** Version 1.0
- The first version, everything has been added
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II Introduction
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Half Life caused a real hysteria among gamers, the game got lots of
awards (Game of the year 1998) and positive comments and reviews for its
magnificent gameplay and AI scripting. Valve (who developed the game)
really deserve it, Half Life is truly a magnificent game, but it's not
without its faults. It's not that I want to criticize a masterpiece, but
these are some negative points I bumped into.
- although the game is great in singleplayer, multiplayer games are not
so intense. Team games are very good (especially with team fortress),
but plain deathmatching is very boring. Without the long jump module,
you move extremely slowly and it's hard to run away or to avoid
opponents.
- no weapon is really overwhelming in multiplayer. "That's great!" you
probably say, "Balanced Weapons, no mighty BFG weapons!". No, it's not
There's almost no way to kill of enemies quickly in close combat (the
crossbow doesn't count). I really miss the Rocket Launcher from Quake
2. Especially the RPG really sucks, it looks pretty cool, but it just
doesn't work fine and has an incredibly long reloading time. The
balanced weapons may also prove to be a positive aspect for beginning
players: one shot isn't deadly, after you're hit you can spot you
enemy and plan your own attack. In games like Quake, one attack is
usually fatal.
Well, that's all for the negative aspects, the rest is positive :) Let's
get back to this guide. I wrote this guide for beginning to advanced
players. I'll explain basic commands that appear in every shooting game
(circle strafing, ...) so if you're familiar with all those things, you
might skip them, but if you want to be a really good player, read them
anyway.
Half Life isn't really an ordinary multiplayer game, you need to adapt
your tactics to the slower gameplay. If you're able to use and perform
everything written in this Strategy Guide, you may consider yourself as
an advanced half life player, ready to conquer other Half Life player all
over the world.
Half Life's weapons leave much room to create your own tactics. With the
use of trip mines, you can create barriers to protect yourself.
I would consider myself as an advanced player. I also have multiplayer
experience with Doom, Doom, Hexen, Outlaws, Jedi Knights, Unreal, Quake,
Quake 2, Quake 3, Alien vs Predator & Kingpin. Because I live in Belgium,
it's rather hard to play over the internet (Lag & high telephone costs).
Still, I have a 3-computer lan network at home, which comes pretty close
to the real thing.
Have fun and don't hesitate to e-mail new information or additions at
stijn@games.prohosting.com
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III Multiplayer Tactics & Strategies
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3.1 Starting
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How good am I?
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No Single Player game can compare the real intense gameplay from an
adrenaline-filled multiplayer game. Multiplayer Games are fun, but also
extremely fast and difficult. No second chances. Luckily, Half Life is
very forgiving in this aspect. Most weapons need multiple hits for a
frag, so as a newbie, you don't get killed every two seconds.
Never give up if you always lose against other players. Try to discover
their tactics and create your own strategies. Study the movement of your
opponent and compare it to yours. What do you do wrong? What is your
opponent's strategy to kill you all the time? When you have discovered
the weak spots and you can perfectly master the controls, you won't lose
the next time.
Modem & Connection Requirements
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There's an aspect that make multiplayer games different from
singleplayer games. If you don't have a good internet connection, you
will always lose, it doesn't matter how good you are or how fast your
computer is. The minimum modem baud transfer rate is a 33.6. This
REALLY is the minimum. There's no chance the game will run fluid, but it
just may do on a local server. Always look at the ping of your opponents
Do not games where the ping is too high, it's just no fair game then for
yourself and you will also slow down other players.
On the other hand, having a fast modem doesn't guarantee fast
multiplayer games. There's also something a little thing called lag.
This means if you're playing on a fast server with a low ping (= fast)
and somebody with a very high pings joins the game, there's a chance
your game will be slowed down too. The movement of the models won't be
smooth then either, they will disappear and pop up somewhere else. Very
annoying for aiming. Disable as much options as you can in Multiplayer.
High quality models for a start. At the download section, I'll give you
the url of a lowping file, a file that will remove decals, blood &
sounds from the game to improve the gameplay speed.
Make sure you always have the latest Half Life patch. Players with
different game version won't be able to play against each other if they
do not have the same game version. Just download the latest version and
check for new ones regularly, you won't have any problems then.
Measuring a server's speed
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You really should download the program Gamespy (http://www.gamespy.com)
This program won't only show the ping times (the lags), it will also
list all servers currently running half life games. Simply choose the
game with the lowest ping. A server with a ping rate from 200 will run
very smooth, but a ping rate from 400 or higher will make the game
unplayable. Make sure you have the right mod if you want to enter
special games. Various modifications have been made for Half Life, you
only have to download and install them to use them too.
Computer Requirements
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If the game runs smooth on your computer in singleplayer, there's a big
chance the game will run fine in multiplayer. The modem really does
everything in multiplayer games.
3.2 Controls
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There's no such thing as ideal controls, but still, some people get much
more advantage from their controls than others. Aiming with the mouse for
example is a must. There are some people that stick to their keyboard
(like I used to do once). Using the mouse will always allow you to aim
better and quicker, no matter what others say.
To save specific controls, edit the autoexec.cfg file in the half life
directory. These settings will be used then every time you start the game.
If you're just testing, make a back-up of the autoexec.cfg file first.
Master your controls in singleplayer first before rushing in Multiplayer
Games until you're used to them. People who played other multiplayer
3d-shooters normally won't have problems with the controls.
I really think you should try to find you own way of controlling the game,
but if you really can't do all the movements you want, you might try my
configuration (see lower)
Configure your keyboard so you can strafe with two separate keys instead
of using one button and moving your mouse right or left to strafe. I chose
a relaxed way to use my keyboard so I don't have to contort my fingers
into some weird position. Some people still prefer a keyboard to a mouse
and insist that it is better (what planet are they from?). It's up to you.
Try everything until you find something that works for you.
Make sure that your mouse is on the fastest speed in the options menu.
Turn brightness all the way up so that you see things in shadows better.
Always enable the crosshair. Even if you think you don't need a crosshair,
still turn it on, it's ALWAYS better.
My basic controls
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Z = move forward (left hand, middle finger)
S = move backward (left hand, middle finger)
Q = strafe left (left hand, ring finger)
D = strafe right (left hand, index finger)
Ctrl = Duck (left hand, little finger)
Shift = Run\Walk (left hand, little finger)
Space = Jump (left hand, thumb)
Mouse = Aim (right hand)
Left Mouse Button = Primary Fire (right hand, index finger)
Middle Mouse Button = Cycle Weapons (right hand, middle finger)
Right Mouse Button = Secondary Fire (right hand, ring finger)
I can duck or jump anytime I want using this configuration. I don't use a
turn left or turn right key, I simply move forward while moving the mouse
left or right to turn. I can quickly pop up from around a corner, fire a
shot and disappear again a second later using the strafe keys.
You don't need to copy this controls to become a good player. Just make
sure you can perform all the techniques described above using your
configuration and it will work out fine too.
Reaper's controls
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Reaper sent me his controls as an alternative:
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Walk Forward: Up key (left middle key)
Walk backwards: Down Key (left pointing finger)
Strafe left: Left key (depends what other keys l'm using, could be
left thumb or left middle finger)
Strafe Right: Right Key (left pointing finger)
Right Ctrl: Crouch (left thumb)
Right Shift: Jump (left ring finger)
Keypad 0: Next weapon (left pointing finger)
Keypad 1: Previous weapon (left middle finger)
Enter: use/talk/whatever (left little finger)
Left mouse key: Primary fire (right pointing finger)
Right mouse key: Secondary fire (right middle finger) (l have a
three-key mouse, but for some reason, the middle key
doesn't function.)
Reload: PageDn (left middle finger)
Delete: Walk (left ring finger)
End: Flashlight (left middle finger)
It may seem a little complicated, but of coure, when you're used to the
keyboard, it gets real easy. I was one of those "keyboard-only" people,
when it was the time of the Build engine (aah, Duke3D, Blood 1...) but
then l saw the necessity of aiming and turning with the mouse.
3.3 Using Sound
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Why use sound?
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A far underestimated aspect of multiplayer games is the use of sound.
Sound will give you a lot of information about the opponent. Is he far
or near? Which weapon is he currently carrying? Of course, you get the
best effects if you have a 3D sound surround system. Half Life supports
the EAX technology and it cannot be denied, the EAX effects are really
astonishing and give you much more advantage on other players. It will
leave no doubt about the coordinates of the opponent, but it will slow
down the game though.
If you don't have such a card, you have to guess a bit. I do a lot of
LAN network play home and I bought a Soundblaster Live for 3D surround.
I don't know if other cards are better, but it was the best one in the
tests I read. The results are really magnificent (especially with 4
full-sized boxes). Now the whole neighbourhood knows how my multiplayer
games are going :)
The price for a 3D-sound card isn't high at all and I can only slap
myself on the forehead I didn't bought one earlier.
Footsteps
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Make sure when you start a multiplayer game (when you're the host) you
enable the footsteps. This will allow you to hear the footsteps of your
opponent. If you're running around in a not so crowded multiplayer game
and you suddenly hear footsteps very near, stand still at once and make
you're sure where the sound is coming from. By using the crouch key or
the walk key, you can slowly walk forward without making any sound. This
is very useful to get away from a position your opponent knows you're
there, but he can't see you.
3.4 The Level Starts
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Finally, the multiplayer level starts. You shouldn't start hunting for
players at once (unless you're playing with 16 or more). Try to find some
good weapons first and get as much armour as you can. I always go look for
the long jump module too, because I feel more comfortable having it
equipped.
You really should study the level a bit before playing. Explore the level
on your own until you know all the good spots where to hide and where to
find weapons. This really will give you a lot of advantage, but don't go
extreme. Don't explore the levels until you know where to find ANY texture
you will be sick of playing Half Life until then.
When you know where to find most things and the level starts, go look for
some strong weapons first and try to find the enemy later. If you're
really a rushing person, you can try to take him out, while he's only
having a pistol. Listen carefully if you don't hear any footsteps nearby
when the level starts. If you're confronted with another player while
only having the pistol, simply use the secondary fire function and empty
all your ammo in his head. If you can't take him out, flee.
As soon as you've killed some players, you'll be able to pick up their
weapons. If you're really good, you'll never have to look for weapons.
Don't forget to find some health now and then. It's much better to run
away when you're low on health than risking giving away a frag to
another person. After all, it's the number of frags that counts at the
end of a match. I'm not telling you to be a coward, just be smart.
The secret to knowing your way around in levels is based on experience.
Don't worry about memorizing where a certain weapon is for every level.
Instead, run around and pick things up until you realize that you know
what's around the corner.
3.5 Multiplayer Opponents
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When you play multiplayer games, logically, there are opponents. The nice
thing about multiplayer games is that they can be very surprising, since
no AI Routine can match the capriciousness of a human mind. That's why
there are so many different playing styles. In this section, I'll try to
explain some styles and how to deal with them.
Most people play very all-round If you want to be a good player, you have
to be good at everything of course.
The problem with Half Life is the slow movement. If you played Quake (2)
a lot, you will feel very frustrated in the beginning. You can't jump fast
around players. A good aim is necessary to take out other players.
Covering your back is also very important. If you're hurt to much and you
want to flee, you can't just run away quickly leaving the other player
behind. Cover your back with the RPG. Hurting other people is no necessary
just make your opponent think he can never get to you through all the fire
Most people won't follow you if you flee, that's because setting a trap
for an opponent is fairly easy. Later this guide, I'll explain some
special tactics against multiplayer opponents.
3.6 General Tactics
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A. Defend yourself by running away
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The first thing I learned with 3D-shoot-em-up multiplayer games was that
going after someone with your pistol right after you respawn is useless.
You die right away. A lot of newbies just stand there and shoot right
after they respawn. Experienced, well armed people know how to get a
quick score when they see one. So, try to avoid all firing until you
bump into some good weapons. Most people will chase you until they see
someone else to frag; they are easily distracted. However, if you run,
don't let them shoot your back. All the gunfire will eat through your
health extremely fast. If you have to run away, you can also consider
running backwards while firing at your opponents. You can only do this
when you have experience with the map. If you get stuck in corner while
running backwards, you'll be an easy frag.
The most easy way to get out is to use the long jump module. If you have
one and your opponent not, he'll be too slow and lose track of you.
After a while, you'll find some good escape routes. Escape routes are
places to go that involve an elevator or some kind of maze to get lost
in. Your attacker will be right behind you until you go up an elevator
which doesn't go back down for a few seconds. That elevator gives you
enough time to get away.
Also always make sure to auto-enable auto run. You already move quite
slow in Half Life, you need the extra boost. So, when you have enabled
auto-run, run like mad ALL THE TIME. If you stand in one spot for too
long you become an easy target.
Don't follow the same path every time, this will become very predictable
for other players and they will be waiting for you.
B. Vary your movements
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Don't always move in the same way. Some people duck all the time if
someone shoots at hem, or they always strafe right. Once your opponents
get used to the way you move, you're dead meat. Use different styles of
strafe, jump and duck movement to gain success.
Varying your movement is not the only thing, also vary the routes you
take. If you always move in the same circle around the map to get all
good weapons, people will ambush you. Try different routes and make sure
your opponent never awaits you.
C. Strafing
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While you are learning how to run, practice strafing. Strafing is a
great way to avoid getting hit. If you're good they won't be able to
touch you. If someone has a powerful weapon, you can use the strafing
tactic to empty his ammo supply. It's also very useful at the egon gun.
If someone get a two second full hit at you, you'll be killed, but if
you strafe all the time you'll be a harder target and your opponent will
lose a lot of ammo. First learn to strafe to avoid bullets, then learn
to strafe and KILL. Don't keep strafing to the same side all the time.
Quickly moving in different directions is more successful.
D Circle Strafing
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Now that you can defend yourself, or at least know how, you can work on
fragging. If you are good at strafing backwards and forwards you are
ready to learn circle strafing. Circle strafing is what happens when you
aim with the mouse, strafe, and/or run all at the same time while
keeping your crosshair and viewpoint at the same opponent all the time.
This action is confusing to someone who is not used to it, especially
when you combine it with shooting. Any player with experience knows how
to perform circle strafing, it's done all the time.
A good exercise is to find an object that you can walk all around. Keep
it in aim while strafing and shooting. Strafe left for a time and then
right while keeping the target in aim as well as strafing all around it.
If you add forward motion the distance between you and the object is
smaller and seems faster. If you add backward motion you can run in a
small circle while shooting outward at someone. They will have a hard
time getting you as long as you keep the backward motion going.
You have to configure your keys for circle strafing, if you don't know
how, take a look at the controls section (3.2).
The drawback of circle strafing is that it is confusing when the other
player is good at dodging also. To counter this, run around your
opponent without strafing sometimes. Confuse them as much as possible
while keeping tabs on them. Get so that you can keep your aim on them no
matter how confusing you run.
Run forward at them and when they get behind you, do a 180 degree turn,
and shoot immediately. If a player is too hard to hit with these
techniques back away from the player and try to get them from a distance
E You hear someone approaching
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If you hear someone approaching that is unaware of your position, you
can consider hiding behind a wall or behind a crate and take him out
from behind. You can also use a grenade, a satchel or some snarks to
surprise him. Keep in mind that when you select the snarks, they often
make a little sound your opponent can hear. He will be warned then. One
of the best attacks is to rush around the corner towards your opponent
and blast him with the secondary fire mode of your shotgun before he
has the chance to react.
Different terrain makes different sounds in Half Life. Stone, water and
grass have their own sound, picking up a weapon & items has its own
sound, even climbing ladders makes an unique sound. If you know the
level by heart, you can easily figure out the position of your opponent
by the sounds you hear. To avoid being discovered yourself, avoid taking
weapons & items that make a rare sound.
For more special tactics with sound, read the advanced tactics below
(3.7)
3.7 Advanced Tactics
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Here, you'll read about some special tactics I use. Some of them are quite
good, while others are a bit easy and predictable. This section is very
limited right now, maybe I'll expand it in the future. If you have some
great tricks, don't hesitate to mail them on stijn@games.prohosting.com
Satchel Charges
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If someone is chasing you, drop a satchel charge behind you
while running and let it explode when your opponent is nearby. If you
want to make sure the other player is surprised, do it just behind a
corner for a surprise effect. The same can be done with snarks, but keep
in mind they make a little sound when being released, so your opponent
will be prepared.
Snarks are not so effective as satchel charges, your opponent can easily
avoid the little creatures and continue chasing you. With the satchel
charge, you can hit an opponent or slow him down a bit. Quite effective.
Satchel Charges dirty trick
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This is a very dirty trick. First find a place where the satchel charges
respawn. There, drop a satchel so it looks like a spawned one. Now move
to an area where you can see that respawn place. Whenever your opponent
is nearby, let them explode, he'll never see it.
Head Shots
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About 30% of the Half Life players still doesn't know aiming for the
head causes three times as much damage as normal hits. You'll see a lot
of extra blood too when you do a heat shot, so you can see when you did
it right. Do not underestimate this powerful feature and always try to
aim for the head.
Small corridor
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If you have your opponent trapped in a small corridor (with a dead end),
this can be hard for you to get him out. The most effective way is the
use of snarks. If you have got enough of them, you can give you opponent
a hard time.
Mostly, your opponent will be standing in the back of the corridor with
his back lined up against the wall. If you're quick, you can try using a
grenade or an RPG to take him out. To do this, first shoot a lot into
the corridor from a certain direction or use a satchel charge to make
your opponent think you're on another position. Then slowly move towards
the entrance (walk, don’t run, so your opponent can't hear you
approaching) and quickly strafe around the corner, shoot and get back
away. If you're quick and you do it right, you'll be able to surprise
the other player.
If it's too hard, just run away and look for a sniping point where you
can take out the opponent when he leaves the corridor (aim with the
crossbow). If your opponent doesn't leave, even when he heard you run
away, use satchel charges or something else to give him a fake idea
about your position. Whenever he leaves then, take him out.
You can also place some tripmines in front of the entrance, where your
opponent can't see them. Just run away and go to a point a bit further.
He will rush out. If the trip mines don't kill them or he shoots them to
destroy them, use your RPG or crossbow to take him out in the meantime.
Fake Jumps
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You can also lure weapons by the use of sounds. If you're standing on a
high platform, and someone is aiming for you at the bottom of the
platform, you can fake a jump so your opponent shoots. Then, while he's
reloading the weapon, quickly shoot him. Of course, don't do this if
your opponent is holding a weapon that doesn't need reloading after one
shot.
Confuse with sound
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To really confuse your opponent, drop a weapon and pick it up again at
a place far away from where the weapon spawns. Your opponent will have
trouble then positioning you.
Lure enemies
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If you really want to do a dirty trick: this is one! If you don't know
where your opponent is and you want to lure him in a trap, do the
following. First, make sure you have the Crossbow or something else you
can snipe with or take out your enemy quickly. Then, drop a powerful
item at an open place. Go to your sniping position and aim for the item.
Most people pick up weapons whenever they see them, whether they need
them or not. Unsuspicious players will walk towards the item and pick it
up. Finish them off. Of course, this cannot be done twice.
Hide your sound
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If you hear the sound of an opponent nearby and you want to move away
without revealing your position, press the run key to walk or the crouch
key and you will slowly move without making any sound. If you go down
stairs or jump down from a wall, you'll make some noise.
Zoom Cheat
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This cheat will allow you to use the zoom function with all weapons.
Having zoomed in with the crossbow, quick-save using the F6 key. Load
the game with F7 and no matter which weapon you change to, the view will
stay zoomed-in.
Quick weapon reload
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First of all, this only works for weapons with slow reload times, like
the magnum and the tranquilliser crossbow. Upon running out of ammo in
your clip, you will begin to reload your weapon. If you want to fire
faster, simply changes your weapon while in the reloading animation, and
then switch back to the weapon you want to use, and reloading will be
complete.
Longer jumps without long jump module
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You jump much more further than with long jump module. Just press
crouch, concentrate the gauss weapon, aim at the floor (under an angle
45° or smaller) and run backward. Then free the crouch button and fire
from the gauss at the same time. There is one little problem, you will
get about 15 dmg from the gauss weapon. Just try it. In the Boot Camp
map (I´m sure you know it), there is a large square. With this jump,
you can fly from the one edge to the another.
Added by Balázs Kutil
Slow down your fall
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I've found one more trick. If you want to slow your fall (and eliminate
the falling dmg) use the concentrated gauss. Just aim on the floor and
fire. That's all.
Added by Balázs Kutil
Disable the RPG dot
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This isn't really an advanced tactic, but is simply something some
(even advanced) players forget to do. Walking around with the rpg in
multiplayer often reveals your position due to its red laser dot
flying around all over the level. Most players get easy located and
killed then. Simply press the secondary fire function and the laser
dot will disabled, leaving you hidden to all other players. Then, once
you fire the RPG, you can enable the red dot again and steer it. This
can cause very nice surprises to unaware opponents around the corner.
Shooting around walls with the RPG
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You probably noticed already, if you move the laser dot while the
missile is in the air, you can