Half Life 2 Welding Gun

[Solid Snake]

I would like to confirm this with anyone who's played the HL2 beta or has any information on the subject.

From a friend of a friend, I was told that there will be a weapon in HL2 that allows you to weld one object to another. He provided two examples, each with the classic FPS standby in question: the explosive barrel. In the first example, he welded six barrels together and sent them rolling into a pack of zombies. A single shot from the pistol triggered a catastrophic explosion.

The second example really caught my attention. In it, he said to have welded two barrels on to the back of the buggy. While zooming around as fast as he could, he started being shot at from behind. The barrels erupted and sent him into warp speed. He explained that the buggy is indestructible and thus allows him to do stuff like that.

Is this true? If so, then I'm getting the damn game as soon as I can![/i]

[Ed Oscuro]

Hmm...welding items to the buggy? Blast should've caused damage to his person. That assumes that they've made the buggy a vehicle set to be "weldable."

Alas, it looks like an alpha-only feature:

http://forums.gamespot.com/gamespot/show_messages.php?board=2000165&topic=17006403&page=0

BTW, rad9700pro mirrors my own sentiments. In alphas you'll see lots of little features being worked on which would've made the finished product just so much cooler, but which were taken out before the final product.

In fact, many games are still being worked on weeks or even months after initial release, even those which never get a patch. THAT is the game I'd like to be playing, personally.

Thank god for the Internet and downloadable content.

[calthaer]

It was a weapon that was included with the Natural Selection mod for the original HL - wouldn't be surprised if it made its way into HL2.

[Overbite]

no you cannot. only the grav gun, which picks things up