Part 2

Explore Part 2 of the Half-Life 2 guide, detailing custom mouse and keyboard controls, including quick switch to the Gravity Gun, and a log of revisions for various chapters.

This section of the guide focuses on custom control setups for Half-Life 2, particularly for players who prefer a gaming mouse and keyboard. It details specific mouse button assignments and explains the utility of the 'Quick Switch' (QS) key for the Gravity Gun.

Mouse Setup:

• G1: Main attack
• G2: Secondary attack
• G3: Action
• Wheel forward: Reload
• Wheel right tilt: Crowbar
• G4: Flashlight
• G5: Duck/crouch
• G6: Zoom (binoculars)
• G7: Quick Switch to Gravity Gun (QS to GG)

The guide also touches upon the benefits of gaming keyboards, such as backlighting, and mentions the 'Fast Weapon Switch' option in the game's settings. A significant portion of this section is dedicated to a log of revisions made to the walkthrough, detailing updates for various chapters like Route Kanal, Water Hazard, Highway 17, Ravenholm, and more, with specific dates and descriptions of the changes.

Revisions Log:

11/6/16 Route Kanal: New faster route to and through flood rooms 1-3 to rebel shooting 2 HCs

11/9/16 Water Hazard: New route to Black Mesa East after chopper battle it eliminates the overhead gate, building, 4 POS and lots of running.

11/12/16 Route Kanal: 1. New route through 1st 2 POS met in chapter 2. Seesaw puzzle, 2 cinder block solution

11/23/16 Route Kanal: Eliminate 2 POS kills, behind house beginning of train tracks

11/12/16 We don't go to Ravenholm: A new slightly faster way from the flat roof tram to the churchyard

11/30/16 Route Kanal: New slightly faster route over steam pipe just before Dump truck with EBs

12/29/16 Highway 17: New path and tactics beginning at 3.7b "RR Track SS CR to Razor Train"

12/31/16 Highway 17: Multiple new paths and tactic changes beginning of Chapter to "RR Track SS CR to Razor Train"

1/2/17 Ravenholm: New tactic after spinner#1

1/3/17 Ravenholm: New tactic with speeder on train tracks

1/4/17 Highway 17: New maneuver to shack#3 before GS#3

1/4/17 Sandtraps: New maneuver after leaving buggy in garage

1/5/17 Nova Prospekt: New route through 1st flooded room, new tactic communal area cell block#1; new route through Laundry room

1/5/17 Entanglement: New tactic as exit stairwell from elevator#1, new tactic 3rd locked gate, new optional tactic in flooded room

1/6/17 Anticitizen 1: New tactic through building#2, new tactics through building#4, 2nd floor Hlwy, new route 1st part toxic waste

1/7/17 Follow Freeman: New route and tactics from the street to the freeing Barney, new tactic main hall for 2 OBGs from roof, new route from completing Generator#1 to Gens #2 and 3, the new route reverses the order of Gens#2 and 3

1/9/17 Follow Freeman: New tactics to roof top#1, adjusted route to monument center of square, new tactic through garage#2, use the revolver, new amended tactics from entering rooftop, walkers and BGs to descending to ground level

1/10/17 Our Benefactors: Change of approach to pod transport#1

1/15/17 Dark Energy: New approach at beginning of core ascension, Avoiding combat at 1st level on central platform