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Other than standard Marines, there is also the HECU Medic and HECU Engineer Unlike in Half-Life, the soldiers will speak to the player directly instead of using the radio. Unlike Guards, Marines will reload their weapons and they are somewhat less effective and less aggressive compared to cooperated Guards when engaging groups of enemies. They are usually armed with the MP5 and the SPAS-12 but some may even be armed with M249 and grenades. The Marines use the same tactics as the Security Guard but they carry powerful weapons instead of a 9mm handgun. In Opposing Force, the player is a part of the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit and other Soldiers will assist the player by killing Xen aliens, Race X aliens, and Black Operators. When a grenade is throw at their position, both the scientist and security guard will run away from it. If the scientist is injured while following, he will stop following the player and will attempt to run away from enemies. When following the player during a firefight, they will panic but still follow the player. For the Scientist, they will run and hide from enemies. If the enemy hides, the guard will flank the enemy in order to kill it. In firefight, when a guard sees an enemy, he will pull out his Glock 17 out of his holster and will shoot the target constantly until they are dead. The guards are usually fine with dealing enemies at long range with reasonable accuracy, but are not effective against enemies at close range due to the relatively low rate of fire, making them unable to defeat those that get close. Leading Security Guards uses the same tactics as the Scientists, who instead provide fire support with their sidearm. Moving too far of them will cause them to refuse to go any further until the player goes back to recruit them again. Leading Scientists will not only allow the player to use them to open locked doors but they can also heal the player for 25 Health with syringes if the player's health is below 50. Barney must lead Rosenberg safely to the Teleport Lab while fending off HECU soldiers). If an important NPC that the player must escort is killed, the game ends with a message, stating that the player failed to protect the NPC and the game reloads from the last save point (i.e. In some chapters, leading NPCs is required to continue the storyline. Meanwhile, a guard may say "Hey! Catch me later, I'll buy you a beer!".Īfter the Resonance Cascade, the player can lead Scientists and Security guards (unless they are scripted not to or an obstacle is in the way). When pressing the "USE" key on a scientist or security guard in Half-Life, the scientist may say quotes such as "Please, leave me alone till after the experiment". This is handy for items that aren't provided by Impulse 101.Īll "mode cheats" (godmode, noclip, notarget, etc) are disabled the same way they are activated.Prior to the Resonance Cascade, all Black Mesa Personnel will not follow the player. Examples include "give item_healthkit" for a health pack, or "give item_longjump" for the Long Jump Module. Type "give item_" with the item name included. You'll need to know the name of the item in question for this to work. Control it like you would if you were swimming. You should see a message saying "noclip ON". To activate, enter "noclip" into your console menu. You will also be able to phase through solid objects. You will be able to fly, unaffected by gravity and physics. You may have heard of this one, but if not, here's what it does. You should see a message saying "notarget ON". To activate, enter "notarget" into your console menu. They will not attack you, even if you attack them. This command will cause all hostile entities (aliens, marines, etc) except for Tentacles to become passive towards you. Avoid using this when in a moving vehicle, such as a train or elevator, as it may cause you to take damage, or cause the vehicle to stop. To activate, enter "impulse 101" into your console menu. It will equip you with every weapon in the game (yes, you read that right), it will equip your HEV suit (PCV in Opposing Force, guard armor in Blue Shift) if you're not already wearing it, it will add 15% to your suit power (armor integrity in Blue Shift), and it will give you some ammo for all your weapons. This command will likely become your best friend. You will never fear sentry turrets or Tentacles again. You should see a message saying "godmode ON". To activate, enter "god" into your console menu. The only things that will be able to harm you are falling out-of-bounds, or using the kill command. (~)Īs the name suggests, this command will make you completely invincible. Remember, to activate your console menu, simply press tilde. Here is an overview of the most helpful commands. You can now type commands into your console menu.
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