Half-Life 2: Episode Two (PC)

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Cheat Codes

Cheat mode

Use one of the following methods to enable the console window.

• Go to Half-Life 2: Episode 2 in your "Games" tab in the Steam window. Right click and go to "Properties". In the Properties window, select "Set launch options". Add "-console" and click "OK".
  
• Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "ep2cfgconfig.cfg" file in the game directory. Set the value of the "con_enable" line to "1". Check the "toggleconsole" line to make sure it is bound to a key (default is `).

Press ~ during game play to display the console window and type sv_cheats 1 to enable cheat mode. Then, enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. You can also display the debug menu by pressing [Shift] + 1. Additionally, most other codes from the original Half-Life 2 can be used.

Effect	Code
Disable cheat mode	sv_cheats 0
Toggle enemy artificial intelligence	ai_disable
Toggle Buddha mode, damage does not result in death	buddha
Spawn airboat	ch_createairboat
Spawn jeep	ch_createjeep
Toggle God mode	god
Lose indicated number of health points	hurtme <number>
All weapons and ammunition	impulse 101
Wireframe mode	mat_wireframe 1
No clipping mode	noclip
Toggle ignored by enemies	notarget
Display damage done to enemy in wireframe mode	r_modelwireframedecal 1
Allows no clipping while game is paused	sv_noclipduringpause 1
Unlimited auxiliary power	sv_infinite_aux_power 1
Shows trigger brushes when set to 0	showtriggers 0
Bind key to console command	bind
Toggle display of frame rate and filename of current map	cl_showfps <0 or 1>
Toggle current position and angle display	cl_showpos <0 or 1>
Toggle crosshair	crosshair <0 or 1>
Display current positional co-ordinates	getpos
Spawn item, one time only	give <name>
Full ammo for current weapon; only refills secondary ammo if it was last fired; does not refill empty weapons	givecurrentammo
Save screenshot to "episodicscreenshots.<number>"	jpeg
Commit suicide	kill
Load indicated map to a specific map	map <name>
List map names	maps *
Level performance tools	perfui 1
Play back existing demo	playdemo
Records a demo of your game	record
Reload current save file	reload
Restart the current level	restart
Set view direction	setang
Set position on the map	setpos <coordinates>
Shake your character	shake
Stop demo recording	stop
Set gravity; default is "600"	sv_gravity <number>

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Spawn names

Use one of the following entries with the npc_create code.

NPC or object	Code
Alyx	npc_alyx
Antlion	npc_antlion
Antlion Guard	npc_antlionguard
Barnacle	npc_barnacle
Barney	npc_barney
Breen	npc_breen
Ceiling Turret	npc_turret_ceiling
City 17 Citizen	npc_citizen
Combine Dropship	npc_combinedropship
Combine Gunship	npc_combinegunship
Combine Helicopter	npc_helicopter
Combine Metrocop	npc_metropolice
Combine Scanner	npc_cscanner
Combine Soldier	npc_combine_s
Crab Synth	npc_crabsynth
Crow	npc_crow
Dog	npc_dog
Eli	npc_eli
Fast Headcrab	npc_headcrab_fast
Fast Zombie	npc_fastzombie
Father Gregori	npc_monk
Floor Turret	npc_turret_floor
Gman	npc_gman
Headcrab	npc_headcrab
Headcrab Launcher	npc_launcher
Ichthyosaur	npc_ichthyosaur
Kleiner	npc_kleiner
Manhack	npc_manhack
Mortar Synth	npc_mortarsynth
Mossman	npc_mossman
Pigeon	npc_pigeon
Poison Headcrab	npc_headcrab_poison
Poison Headcrab	npc_headcrab_black
Poison Zombie	npc_poisonzombie
Rollermine	npc_rollermine
Seagull	npc_seagull
Stalker	npc_stalker
Strider	npc_strider
Vortigaunt	npc_vortigaunt
Zombie	npc_zombie
Zombie without legs	npc_zombie_torso
Zombine (Combine Zombie)	npc_zombine

Binding cheats to keys

Display the console window and type sv_cheats 1 to enable cheat mode. Then, type bind followed by a space and the key you wish to bind the code to. Finally, type another space followed by the code. For example, enter bind f12 notarget or bind p ai_disable.

Some codes cannot be bound to a key. To bind them, you must edit your config file. Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Go to your game directory. Open the "hl2" folder, then the "cfg" folder. Open the config_default file in a text editor. This will be used as a template. Using the same structure, enter the bindings in the following example (the last line is the new entry).

bind "PAUSE"       "pause"
bind "z"           "+zoom"
bind "g"           "phys_swap"
bind "F12"         "sk_max_crossbow 999"

To do this, type bind "F12" press [Tab] three times, and add the cheat command in quotes. After doing this, select all the text under "unbindall" and copy it. Save and close the file. Then, go back to the game directory. Open the "ep2" folder then the "cfg" folder. Open the file "config" in a text editor. You can edit this file directly but you must be able to add the symbols where needed. Paste the previously copied text under the already existing text and save the file. Start the game. Display the console window and type sv_cheats 1 to enable cheat mode. Close the console and press your bound key and it should have activated its defined code.

Using cheats and unlocking achievements

You normally cannot use cheats and unlock achievements. You can use the following key bind commands at the console window to get around this. For God mode, enter the Bind' <key> '"sv_cheats 1; wait; god; wait; wait; wait; sv_cheats 0" console command. For all weapons, enter the Bind' <key> '"sv_cheats 1; wait; impulse 101; wait; wait; wait; sv_cheats 0" console command.

Start a game, type sv_cheats 1, enable the god and impulse 101code. Use the sk_max code followed by givecurrentammo for lots of ammunition (for example, sk_max_pistol 999). By doing this you do not have to worry about running out. After this is done, save the game and exit the game completely. Restart the game. Load the game you just saved and continue play. You will be a one-man army, invincible and equipped with ammo, and achievements will be unlocked during game play. Note: You may need to enable the givecurrentammo code for each weapon to have the quantity you specified in the sk_max_<weapon> <number> code.

Hints

Hidden pumpkins

Set the system date to October 31. After you are ambushed by Hunters and Combine at a big house, drive along the road. Near where the supply cache is found you will see an old truck. Go up to it. There will be lots of pumpkins lying on the ground.
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Lost reference

Created by jer9carver.

When you enter the White Forest base, you meet a Vortigaunt in a lab coat named Uriah. When you first enter the room where you meet Uriah, there is a gas tank against the back wall. Behind that tank is a small room with a computer that has a sequence of numbers on it. This is a reference to the show Lost that Gabe Newell added due to the fact that he and the creator of Lost were close friends.

Half-Life reference

Just inside the room where you watch the video from Judith, look next to the door to see a caged area with boxes. Destroy or remove the boxes in order to find a cover for a HEV charging station, just like in the original Half-Life. (Screenshot)

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Walkthrough

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