
Here’s some gameplay from the original mod played on the Rift DK1.īack then we said that the mod “turned Half-Life 2 into one of the best virtual reality experiences available today.” Sadly, it wouldn’t last. Those who have been following the modern VR era since the beginning may recall the original HLVR mod launched in 2013 that was well ahead of it’s time, offering motion-controller input via the Razer Hydra, literally years before Oculus or Valve would announce their own VR controllers.

A reborn mod project is bringing compatibility for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive with full motion input support, remastered visuals, a made-for-VR UI, realistic weapon interactions, and more. But soon you’ll be able to revisit the perils of City 17 using the latest and greatest VR hardware around. Records a demo file (Source's videos) called 'foo'.Praised as one of the greatest games ever made, the 13 year old Half-Life 2 is a lauded piece of gaming history. Just in case you want to take awesome HL2-portalgun pictures. If you don't want to, skip over this part.)Ī screenshot, usually auto-bound. (These are if you want to take videos or pictures. Likewise, quick-loads your last quick-save. This allows you to save without by pressing F6. (These can be set through Portal's settings menu.) This allows you to call/deploy your squad.Īllows you to use the suit's zoom feature. Swap between the weapon you're holding and the last one you held. This allows you to swap from your weapon to the grav-gun, or vice-versa. These let you use HL2's special commands in Portal: If you didn't use it, then you should be able to pick it up normally.

If you do use impulse 101, keep in mind you won't be able to pick up the suit, as you already have it. until you reach 9, although it should only need 1-6 (since the other slots aren't used.) This will allow you to fire both portals.īinds the 1 key to slot1, the command that activates the 1st slot (crowbar, etc.) Continue with bind 2 "slot2", etc. The portal gun only fires blue portals after you use give. This gives you only the portal gun, if you want to acquire all the other weapons on your own. This gives you all the weapons and the suit. This enables cheats, which we'll need for some of the following commands. Press the key to open it (usually `), and type these commands: Note that this only works in the original Portal, as Portal 2 lacks the programming for all of Half-Life 2's entities.įirst, make sure your developer's console is enabled. The commands still exist, though, so they can be bound to the proper keys.

1-0 do work in Portal, however, they're not bound to anything, so pressing them does nothing.
