HalfLife 2 Cheat Codes

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IGN_Cheats
Cheat List
Bring DOWN the console and enter sv_cheats 1.

No damage: god
Never Die: buddha
Infinite power for your suit: infinite_aux_power or sv_infinite_aux_power (Outbreak)
All weapons and ammo: impulse 101
Kill all npcs in the area: npc_kill
Enemies dont attack: notarget
Walk through walls: noclip
Spawn a scout car: ch_createjeep
Spawn an airboat: ch_createairboat
Spawn an airboat: impulse 83
skulls: impulse 102

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IGN_Cheats
Items
Enable cheats and use the give command.

item_healthkit
item_healthvial
item_box_buckshot

item_box_mrounds
item_box_sniper_rounds
item_box_srounds
item_battery
item_suit
item_ml_grenade
item_ar2_grenade
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IGN_Cheats
Weapons
Enable cheats and use the give command.

weapon_ar2
weapon_bugbait
weapon_cguard
weapon_crowbar
weapon_frag
weapon_crossbow
weapon_alyxgun
weapon_physcannon
weapon_physgun
weapon_pistol
weapon_rpg
weapon_shotgun
weapon_smg1

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IGN_Cheats
Cheat List
Bring up the in-game cheats console during gameplay by pressing the tilde (~) key.
Then, insert the cheats listed below for the desired result.

firstperson - Play in first person

give env_steam give item_healthkit - Spawn a health kit
give item_healthvial - Spawn a health vile
give npc_alyx - Spawn NPC Alyx
give npc_barney - Spawn NPC Barney
give npc_citizen - Spawn NPC Citizen
give npc_kliener - Spawn NPC Kliener
give weapon_frag - Spawn a grenade
give weapon_pistol - Spawn a pistol
give weapon_rpg - Spawn an RPG
give weapon_shotgun - Spawn a shotgun
thirdperson - Play in third person

Grab Anything
Note: The default value for the following cheat is 250.

When using the give weapon/item cheats, enter physcannon_maxmass 1000 (or
more) to be able to grab any object in the game.

Submitted by Juke box

Corrected by burnt_out_and_faded_away__Akimb0

Cheat Codes
Open Steam, go to your "Play Games" menu, and select Half-Life 2. Right click on it
and select "Properties". Click the Launch Options button, then type "-console". Click
"Ok", then close. Double click Half-Life 2 to start the game. Once it is loaded and
you are playing, press the ~ key to bring up the console. Then, enter "sv_cheats 1"
and press [Enter]. You can now enter the following codes at the console window.
Also, any code can be used as a command line parameter by prefixing it with the "-"
character. Note: For games that were downloaded from Steam, to use cheats in
single player mode, start the game with the "-applaunch -dev -tconsole" command
line parameter.

Result Cheat Code

God mode (server only)

god

Walk through objects (server only)

noclip

See through walls mat_depthbias_normal 1

All weapons impulse 101
Spawn a jeep

impulse 82

Spawn an air boat impulse 83

Ignored by NPCs

notarget

Load indicated map

map [map name]

Spawn indicated item

give [item name]

Reduce your healthbuddha

Damage player
List maps

hurtme [amount]

maps

Disable dead bodies going through each other

Toggle developer mode; 2 is verbose

cl_ragdoll_collide 1

developer [0-2]

Toggle picker mode picker

Toggle HUD display cl_drawhud [0 or 1]
Toggle HUD display cl_enablehud [0 or 1]
Toggle frame rate display cl_showfps [0 or 1]
Enable mouse look +mlook
Show crosshairs

hud_quickhelp/text? 1

Sets the size of carried weapon; 54 is default viewmodel_fov [number]

Execute script file exec [filename]
Creates an NPC; only where NPC are allowed npc_create [name]
Create an NPC aiming away from player

npc_create_aimed

Move player to indicated location; requires

sv_cheats 1 setpos [coordinates]
Set view to indicated pitch yaw; requires
sv_cheats 1 Setang [value]
Set gravity value

sv_gravity [number]

Set minimum stopping speed when on ground

Set world friction

sv_stopspeed [number]

sv_friction [number]

Set bounce multiplier for physically simulated

objects collision

sv_bounce [number]

Set maximum velocity of any moving object sv_maxvelocity [number]

Set vertical view fixup when eyes are near water
plane sv_waterdist [number]
Slow time; 1 is default

cl_phys_timescale [0.00-1.00]

Change air density air_density [number]

Set length of explosion confusion

dsp_explosion_effect_duration [number]

Toggle bounding-boxes debug mode; red: ignore

damage, white: respond to damage, green: health prop_debug

Toggle reporting missing .WAV files

sv_soundemitter_filecheck

Limits the number of texture units; 0 lets the game

decide

mat_numtextureunits [number]

Move player to indicated location

setpos [coordinates]

Set view to indicated pitch yaw Setang [value]

Wire frame models mat_wireframe1
Only wireframe objects effected by physics
Toggle bump mapping

mat_fastnobump [0 or 1]

No weapon model onscreen

impulse 200

Deleted targeted object or person

Show game triggers

vcollide_wireframe 1

impulse 203

showtriggers_toggle

Show normal maps mat_normalmaps 1

Show surface materials

mat_normals 1

Black and white screen

mat_yuv 1

Color screen mat_yuv 0

Map names
Use one of the following values with the "map [map name]" code:

d1_canals_01
d1_canals_01a
d1_canals_02
d1_canals_03
d1_canals_05
d1_canals_06
d1_canals_07

d1_canals_08
d1_canals_09
d1_canals_10
d1_canals_11
d1_canals_12
d1_canals_13
d1_eli_01
d1_eli_02
d1_town_01
d1_town_01a
d1_town_02
d1_town_02a
d1_town_03
d1_town_04
d1_town_05
d1_trainstation_01
d1_trainstation_02
d1_trainstation_03
d1_trainstation_04
d1_trainstation_05
d1_trainstation_06
d2_coast_01
d2_coast_03
d2_coast_04
d2_coast_05
d2_coast_07

d2_coast_08
d2_coast_09
d2_coast_10
d2_coast_11
d2_coast_12
d2_prison_01
d2_prison_02
d2_prison_03
d2_prison_04
d2_prison_05
d2_prison_06
d2_prison_07
d2_prison_08
d3_breen_01
d3_c17_01
d3_c17_02
d3_c17_03
d3_c17_04
d3_c17_05
d3_c17_06a
d3_c17_06b
d3_c17_07
d3_c17_08
d3_c17_09
d3_c17_10a
d3_c17_10b

d3_c17_11
d3_c17_12
d3_c17_12b
d3_c17_13
d3_citadel_01
d3_citadel_02
d3_citadel_03
d3_citadel_04
d3_citadel_05
Weapon names
Use one of the following values with the "give [item name]" code:

weapon_357 (.357 Magnum)

weapon_alyxgun (may not work at certain times, and may cause undesired effects)
weapon_ar2 (pulse gun)
weapon_bugbait (Pheropod)
weapon_cguard (may not work at certain times, and may cause undesired effects)
weapon_crowbar (crowbar)
weapon_crossbow (crossbow)
weapon_frag (grenade)
weapon_physcannon (Gravity gun; may not work at certain times, and may cause
undesired effects)
weapon_pistol (9mm pistol)
weapon_rpg (RPG)
weapon_shotgun (shotgun)
weapon_smg1 (submachine gun)
weapon_cubemap (may not work at certain times, and may cause undesired effects)

weapon_annabelle (Father Annabelle Grigori's shotgun, uses 357 magnum ammo)

Item names
Use one of the following values with the "give [item name]" code:

item_ar2_grenade (submachine gun grenades)

item_ammo_smg1_grenade (submachine gun grenades)
item_box_buckshot (shotgun ammo)
item_box_lrounds (pulse gun ammo)
item_ammo_ar2 (pulse gun ammo)
item_ammo_ar2_large (pulse gun ammo large)
item_large_box_lrounds (pulse gun ammo large)
item_ammo_ar2_altfire (pulse gun grenades)
item_box_mrounds (submachine gun ammo)
item_ammo_smg1_large (submachine gun ammo large)
item_large_box_mrounds (submachine gun ammo large)
item_ammo_smg1 (submachine gun ammo)
item_box_srounds (9mm pistol ammo)
item_ammo_pistol (9mm pistol ammo)
item_ammo_pistol_large (9mm pistol ammo large)
item_large_box_srounds (9mm pistol ammo large)
item_healthkit (large health kit; 25 HP)
item_battery (HEV suit battery; 15 AP)
item_ml_grenade (RPG ammo)
item_rpg_round (RPG ammo)
item_suit (HEV suit)
item_healthvial (small health kit; 10 HP)

item_ammo_357 (.357 Magnum ammo)

item_ammo_357_large (.357 Magnum ammo large )
item_ammo_crossbow (crossbow ammo)
NPC names
Use one of the following values with the "npc_create [name]" code:

npc_alyx
npc_antlion
npc_antlionguard
npc_barnacle
npc_barney
npc_breen
npc_citizen
npc_combine_s
npc_combinedropship
npc_combinegunship
npc_crow
npc_cscanner
npc_dog
npc_eli
npc_fastzombie
npc_gman
npc_headcrab
npc_headcrab_black
npc_headcrab_fast
npc_headcrab_poison

npc_helicopter
npc_ichthyosaur
npc_kleiner
npc_launcher
npc_manhack
npc_metropolice
npc_monk
npc_mossman
npc_pigeon
npc_poisonzombie
npc_rollermine
npc_seagull
npc_stalker
npc_strider
npc_turret_ceiling (ceiling turret)
npc_turret_floor (combine turret)
npc_vortigaunt
npc_zombie
npc_zombie_torso
Additional command-line parameters
Start the game with one of the following command line parameters to activate the
corresponding feature:

Result Command Line Parameter

Full screen mode

-fullscreen

Set heap size

-heapsize 80000

Set window size

-width 1024 -height 768

Graph connection throughput in multi-player; 0 is off, 3 is most detailed

netgraph [0-3]
Force DirectX <version> compatibility; less than 8 not advised
Load all level data at start of level

Look around by using mouse

-condebug

-sw

Toggle anamorphic widescreen mode

Run in window

-startwindowed

Run in window

-window

Run in window

-windowed

Unknown

-shaderdll [filename]

-mouselook

Add debug messages to ingame console

Software mode for rendering

-mat_preloadshaders

-dxlevel [number]0

-preload

Use indicated filename for shader library

-r_anamorphic [0 or 1]