Half-Life/Cheats

Half-Life | Table of Contents | Walkthrough

[edit] Windows

Follow these steps to activate cheats:

In the game
1. Go to the Options menu
2. Go to the Keyboard section
3. Go to the Advanced tab
4. Click "Allow access to console"
5. Use the ~ to show console
6. Enter sv_cheats 1
From the desktop
1. on Half-Life icon
2. Go to Properties
3. Go to the Shortcut tab
4. Add a space followed by -console or -dev -console at the end of the address to hl.exe in the Target box
5. Open Half-Life and press ~ to show the console
6. Enter sv_cheats 1
From the command line (DOS Prompt)
1. Navigate to the Half-Life directory
2. Enter hl.exe -console or hl.exe -dev -console to run Half-Life
3. Press ~ to show the console
4. Enter sv_cheats 1

Effect	Cheat
God mode	`god`
Adjust gravity	`sv_gravity <-999 to 999999>`
All weapons and ammo	`impulse 101`
Developer mode on	`developer 1`
Verbose developer mode	`developer 2`
Developer mode off	`developer 0`
Suicide	`kill`
Map select	`map <map name>`
No clipping mode	`noclip`
Obtain item	`give <item name>`
Opponents ignore character	`notarget`
Third person view	`thirdperson`
First person view	`firstperson`
Auto-reload enabled	`+reload`
Auto-reload disabled	`-reload`
Brighten dark environments	`lambert -1.0001`
Spawns gibs and blood	`impulse 102`
Show monster stats	`impulse 103`
List global entities	`impulse 104`
Silent player	`impulse 105`
Model/sprite stats	`impulse 106`
Display texture name	`impulse 107`
AI node information	`impulse 195/196/197/199`
Delete monster or NPC from world	`impulse 203`

`ammo_357`	`ammo_9mmAR`	`ammo_9mmbox`
`ammo_9mmclip`	`ammo_ARgrenades`	`ammo_buckshot`
`ammo_crossbow`	`ammo_egonclip`	`ammo_gaussclip`
`ammo_glockclip`	`ammo_mp5clip`	`ammo_mp5grenades`
`ammo_rpgclip`	`item_airtank`	`item_antidote`
`item_battery`	`item_healthkit`	`item_longjump`
`item_security`	`item_sodacan`	`item_suit`
`weapon_357`	`weapon_9mmAR`	`weapon_9mmhandgun`
`weapon_crossbow`	`weapon_crowbar`	`weapon_egon`
`weapon_gauss`	`weapon_glock`	`weapon_handgrenade`
`weapon_hornetgun`	`weapon_mp5`	`weapon_python`
`weapon_quantumdestabilizer`	`weapon_rpg`	`weapon_satchel`
`weapon_shotgun`	`weapon_snark`	`weapon_tripmine`