Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007) is the second in a trilogy of new games created by Valve that extends the award-winning and best-selling Half-Life adventure with unique weapons, vehicles, and newly-spawned creatures. Valve, being the bundle-loving developers they are, decided to release a large bundle with the launch of Episode 2, called Orange Box. This happens to be one of the best deals in gaming with Half-Life 2, Episode 1, Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 all included for the price of a normal game on the store shelves. Concept Half Life 2 has defined the way stories are told in a game and the entire gameplay is an excuse for doing just that. This is the strong selling point of HL2 and its followers.
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the third part of the yet-unfinished adventure of Gordon Freeman where Eli Vance prepared for 'Unforeseen Consequences'.
- 1Unused Textures
- 2Unused Models
- 2.14rockslide
- 2.15tanker
Unused Textures
Unused Chapter VGUI Icons
Chapter 8. This is early Photoshop work on an image of an early version of ep2_outland_12a as seen from the HUD on the bottom-left corner and an extra Alyx, hence why only concept exists here.
ep2_intro.bsp was supposed to be loaded into the game, but it never appeared for nine entire years, then later got leaked on the Facepunch forums and quickly taken down by mad retail fans.
Both of them can be seen if you create a chapter0.cfg and/or chapter8.cfg in the ep2/cfg folder.
devtest.png
An overview of a removed map called devtest can be found. This map and other devtest maps were found in the NVidia Shield versions of Half-Life 2 and its episodes.
Early Magnusson
What appears to be an early rendition of Magnusson that can be found under 'effects/magmonitor_idle' and 'effects/magmonitor_talk'.
Jalopy
A vehicle seen in the gameplay demos, but didn't make it to the retail and was replaced with the Muscle Car. The vehicle resembles the Scout Car from Half-Life 2. The texture and handling files for the Jalopy remain in the retail game files. There are modifications online to restore this car, but the majority of them involves it replacing the Muscle Car.
Juvenile Advisor
The Barn Advisor originally started life as a Juvenile Advisor. The model seen to the right has been leaked a few times, but it doesn't exist in Episode Two by default. The texture does, however.
Unused Models
advisorbarn
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| dsb4.mdl | ||
| linup_reference.mdl: Has a sequence named 'explode' but it's 500 frames of nothing. |
effects
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| vol_light64x128.mdl | ||
| vol_light128x128.mdl | ||
| vol_light256x384.mdl |
map1_bridge
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| bridgedamageleft.mdl | ||
| bridgedamageright.mdl | ||
| test.mdl |
props_c17
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| gate_door03.mdl | ||
| powerbox_damaged.mdl: The texture for this model and the power box cover are both found in Half-Life 2: Episode One. | ||
| powerboxcover_damaged.mdl | ||
| substation_stripebox01b.mdl: Half-Life 2 leftover. |
props_canal
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| rock_riverbed01b.mdl: Half-Life 2 leftover. |
props_dev
In props_dev, found in the models directory, there is one box which comes in two flavors, the regular cube grid one, and the other being White with a Taste of Testing.
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| test_lightingbox.mdl | ||
| test_whitebox.mdl |
props_forest
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| circularsaw01.mdl | ||
| fence_barb_256.mdl | ||
| fence_barb_512.mdl | ||
| fencebarbedwire01.mdl | ||
| furnace01pipes.mdl | ||
| furnace01pipes02.mdl | ||
| furniture_shelf01a.mdl: The texture for this model isn't actually missing, as the render here otherwise suggests. | ||
| light_outdoor_glass.mdl | ||
| lightfixture01.mdl | ||
| lightfixture01_base.mdl | ||
| railing_endcap.mdl | ||
| riverlogs.mdl | ||
| sheetrock_leaning.mdl | ||
| spotlight.mdl | ||
| stove01.mdl | ||
| table_shed.mdl |
props_hive
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| egg.mdl & egg_phy.mdl | ||
| nest_sm_flat.mdl | ||
| websackceiling02.mdl | ||
| websackceiling04.mdl | ||
| websackceiling05.mdl |
props_junk
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| watermelon01.mdl Two melons were originally planned for Episode 2 according to the leaked map sources but were cut very late into development |
props_lab
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| incubatorplug.mdl | ||
| power_cable001.mdl |
props_outland
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| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| bridge01.mdl | ||
| bridge01_destruction.mdl | ||
| chandelier.mdl | ||
| ep2_train_trailer.mdl: This model can be seen in the trailer for Episode Two, where Alyx hangs from it and loses her grip. Its texture and VMT are located inside 'materials/models/props_trainstation', if one were to copy-paste these two into a custom props_outland folder located in 'materials/models', the textures show up correctly. Why the VMT points towards props_trainstation instead of _outland isn't clear. | ||
| generator_static01a.mdl | ||
| haybale.mdl |
props_trainstation
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| boxcar2_damaged1.mdl | ||
| boxcar2a.mdl | ||
| diesel.mdl | ||
| passengercar_intro01a.mdl | ||
| passengercar_intro01b.mdl: The part of this model whose texture is missing uses 'train_wreck_train001.vmt', but since it points towards the props_outland folder where the texture file isn't located, the pink & black checkerboard appears. A custom VMT with the correct location of the $basetexture fixes the issue. | ||
| passengercar_intro01c.mdl | ||
| passengercar001.mdl | ||
| passengercar001_dam01a.mdl | ||
| passengercar001_dam01b.mdl | ||
| passengercar001_dam01c.mdl | ||
| passengercardoor001.mdl | ||
| tanker_damaged1.mdl | ||
| train_boxcar.mdl | ||
| train003_damaged1.mdl | ||
| traincar_bars001.mdl | ||
| traincar_bars002.mdl | ||
| traincar_bars003.mdl | ||
| wrecked_boxcar_panel02.mdl | ||
| wrecked_boxcar_panel03.mdl | ||
| wrecked_train_panel_03.mdl | ||
| wrecked_train_rack_01.mdl |
props_vehicles
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| car001b_cluster01.mdl: These four models of car clusters all use the texture car001b_03, which is not located anywhere in the game files. | ||
| car001b_cluster02.mdl | ||
| car001b_cluster03.mdl | ||
| car001b_cluster04.mdl | ||
| van001a_nodoor_physics.mdl |
rockslide
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ref.mdl | ||
| rockslide.mdl |
Animation(s)
tanker
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ref.mdl: The texture is called metalfloor005a, none of which is located inside 'materials/models/tanker' | ||
| tanker1.mdl | ||
| tanker2.mdl |
Animation(s)
vehicle
| Model Render | Animation(s)? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| vehicle_engine_block.mdl | ||
| vehicle_rich.mdl: Static copy of the Muscle Car. |
Source Particle Benchmark
This is a demo of the new engine improvements, like shadows and particle showers. But people who have dissected the files have found some early content related to Episode Two within. The file level_voices_episode_02.txt shows there were some differences in speeches and that there were two cut rebel characters, Cyril and Fred, both named after science fiction writers Cyril M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl.[1]
Combine Advisor Unused Particle Shield
Half-life 2 Episode Two System Requirements
Found as 'advisor_psychic_shield', this unused shield uses the Particle system shown in the Benchmark, but the file is found in the retail version.
Unused Combine Advisor Battle AI
This video shows unused Combine Advisor Battle AI, hinting that Gordon was originally to fight one in Episode Two. However, recreating this behavior requires a rebuild of the game engine to get it to work.
Unused Citadel Explosion Animations
There are various unused explosion animations for the Citadel that are never used in-game. It can be heard at the end of Episode One, but it can't be seen due to the Citadel being a simple skybox card, without animations. However it was seen in the unused map 'ep2_intro.bsp', a modified of the final cutscene in HL2 EP1 only the citadel explosion animation seen.
Proto1 Weapon
There exists a sample weapon never compiled in the Source Engine 2007 branch of Episode Two. The only remnants of the weapon are source code referring to it. The compiled version of the weapon itself looks like a 357. Magnum, but in reality is a laser bolt weapon. Changing this string of the weapon script below will look exactly like an AR2, the only difference being it acting like a laser bolt rifle.
'viewmodel' 'models/weapons/v_irifle.mdl'
| The Half-Life series | |
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| Windows | Half-Life (Prototypes) • Half-Life: Opposing Force • Half-Life: Blue Shift • Half-Life: Source Half-Life 2 (Prototype) (Lost Coast, Episode One, Episode Two) • Half-Life: Alyx Black Mesa |
| Dreamcast | Half-Life |
| PlayStation 2 | Half-Life |
| Arcade | Half-Life 2: Survivor |
- ↑http://www.valvetime.net/threads/half-life-2-episode-two-cyril-fred-and-friends.257773
Half-life 2: Episode Two Torrent
With humanity scattered, alien forces continue their fight for control over Earth. Physicist Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance must work to intercept a Combine transmission and reunite with rebel forces before humanity is destroyed.
Half-life 2: Episode Two Walkthrough
Like previous installments in the series, Episode Two is very much a thinking person's shooter. Not only is the game filled with physics-based puzzles… but battles often require as much ingenuity as they do fast reflexes.—The New York Times
Half Life 2 Episode 1
Episode Two not only is more ambitious with its level design, but more riveting in its plot. …Completing the game is as rewarding as it should be.—Mac World
The setting for most of your previous adventures is nothing more than a smouldering scar on Episode Two's skyline and the Citadel looks like a long-finished game of girder-Jenga. …Episode Two feels wild, dangerous and cool.—Gamesradar