The Orange Box
Hidden Left 4 Dead trailer
Remain idle at the game selection screen. After a few minutes, a demo video of one of the games will begin. After the video ends, wait for the next video to begin, which will be a Left 4 Dead trailer.
Achievements
Accomplish the indicated achievement to get the corresponding number of Gamerscore points:
- Bone Breaker (5 points): Kill 30 enemies with thrown physics objects.
- Deadly Harvest (5 points): Kill an enemy by planting a hopper mine.
- Hack Attack! (5 points): Kill five enemies with a Manhack.
- Hot PotatOwned (10 points): Kill a Combine soldier with his own grenade.
- Conservationist (5 points): Kill five enemies with the same energy ball.
- Think Fast! (10 points): Kill an Elite Soldier with his own energy ball.
- Grave Robber (5 points): Steal a Zombine’s grenade.
- Zombie-que (5 points): Use flares to light 15 zombies on fire.
- Malcontent (5 points): Escape the apartment block raid.
- What cat? (5 points): Break the mini-teleporter in Kleiner’s lab.
- Trusty Hardware (5 points): Get the crowbar.
- Barnacle Bowling (5 points): Kill five barnacles with one barrel.
- Anchor’s Aweigh! (5 points): Get the airboat.
- Heavy Weapons (5 points): Get the airboat’s mounted gun.
- Vorticough (13 points): Discover the hidden singing vortigaunt cave in chapter Water Hazard.
- Revenge! (10 points): Destroy the hunter-chopper in Half-Life 2 .
- Blast from the Past (10 points): Find the HEV Suit Charger faceplate in Eli’s scrapyard.
- Zero-Point Energy (5 points): Get the Gravity Gun in Black Mesa East.
- Two Points (2 points): Use DOG’s ball to make a basket in Eli’s scrapyard.
- Zombie Chopper (25 points): Play through Ravenholm using only the Gravity Gun.
- OSHA Violation (5 points): Kill 3 enemies using the crane.
- Targetted Advertising (5 points): Pin a soldier to the billboard in chapter Highway 17.
- One Man Army (5 points): Destroy six gunships in Half-Life 2 .
- Keep Off the Sand! (20 points): Cross the antlion beach in chapter Sandtraps without touching the sand.
- Bug Hunt (10 points): Use the antlions to kill 50 enemies.
- Flushed (5 points): Kill an enemy with a toilet.
- Warden Freeman (10 points): Survive the second turret standoff in Nova Prospekt.
- “Radiation Levels Detected” (5 points): Get through the toxic tunnel under City 17 in Half-Life 2 .
- Plaza Defender (10 points): Survive the generator plaza standoff in chapter Anticitizen One.
- Counter-Sniper (5 points): Kill all of the snipers in City 17.
- Fight the Power (10 points): Shut down the supression device by disabling its generators.
- Giant Killer (10 points): Survive the rooftop strider battle in the ruins of City 17.
- Lambda Locator (15 points): Find all lambda caches in Half-Life 2 .
- Watch Your Head! (5 points): Make it to the bottom of the Citadel’s main elevator shaft in one piece.
- Containment (5 points): Contain the Citadel core.
- Pacifist (10 points): Contain the Citadel core without killing any stalkers.
- Car Crusher (5 points): Use the cars to squash 15 antlions in Half-Life 2: Episode One .
- Elevator Action (10 points): Survive long enough to get on the parking garage elevator.
- Live Bait (10 points): Help Alyx snipe 30 enemies in Half-Life 2: Episode One .
- Attica! (5 points): Destroy the gunship in the hospital attic.
- Citizen Escort (15 points): Don’t let any citizens die when escorting them to the escape train.
- Escape From City 17 (20 points): Escape City 17 with Alyx.
- The One Free Bullet (40 points): Beat Episode One firing exactly one bullet. Grenade, crowbar, rocket, and Gravgun kills are okay.
- Acid Reflex (5 points): Kill an Acid Antlion worker.
- Get Some Grub (20 points): Squish every Antlion Grub in Half-Life 2: Episode Two .
- Pinata Party (5 points): Find and break every web cache in Half-Life 2: Episode Two .
- Into the Breach (5 points): Help Griggs and Sheckley hold off the Antlion invasion inside the mine shaft.
- Hit and Run (5 points): Run over 20 enemies with the car in Half-Life 2: Episode Two .
- Puttin’ On a Clinic (15 points): Defeat the chopper in Half-Life 2: Episode Two without any misses.
- Cache Checker (10 points): Find every radar cache in the Under The Radar chapter.
- Gordon Propelled Rocket (5 points): Unlock the rocket launcher lambda cache in the Under The Radar chapter.
- Pedal to the Metal (5 points): Beat DOG in a race to the White Forest base.
- Little Rocket Man (30 points): Send the garden gnome into space.
- Neighborhood Watch (35 points): Save all buildings outside the missile silo from destruction.
- Payback (10 points): Kill a Hunter with its own flechettes.
- Lab Rat (5 points): Acquire the fully powered Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device in Portal .
- Fratricide (5 points): Do whatever it takes to survive in Portal .
- Partygoer (5 points): Make the correct party escort submission position decision in Portal .
- Heartbreaker (10 points): Complete Portal .
- Terminal Velocity (5 points): Fall 30,000 feet in Portal .
- Long Jump (5 points): Jump 300 feet in Portal .
- Cupcake (10 points): Beat two Portal advanced maps.
- Fruitcake (20 points): Beat four Portal advanced maps.
- Vanilla Crazy Cake (30 points): Beat all six Portal advanced maps.
- Basic Science (10 points): Earn bronze medals on all Portal challenges.
- Rocket Science (20 points): Earn silver medals on all Portal challenges.
- Aperture Science (40 points): Earn gold medals on all Portal challenges.
- Turret (5 points): Accumulate 10 turret kills with a single turret.
- Nemesis (5 points): Get five revenge kills.
- Hard to Kill (10 points): Get five kills in a row without dying.
- Master of Disguise (15 points): Trick an opposing medic into healing you.
- With Friends Like these… (10 points): Play in a game with seven or more players from your friends list.
- Dynasty (10 points): Win 20 games.
- Hardcore (15 points): Accumulate 1000 total kills.
- Powerhouse Offense (5 points): Win 2Fort with a shutout.
- Lightning Offense (10 points): Win Well in 5 minutes or less.
- Relentless Offense (20 points): Win Hydro without giving up a capture.
- Impenetrable Defense (10 points): Successfully defend Dustbowl without giving up a capture.
- Impossible Defense (30 points): Successfully defend Gravel Pit without giving up a capture.
- Head of the Class (5 points): Play a complete round with every class.
- World Traveler (5 points): Play a complete game on every map.
- Team Doctor (5 points): Accumulate 25000 heal points as a Medic.
- Flamethrower (5 points): Set five enemies on fire in 30 seconds.
- Atomizer (10 points): Disintegrate 15 soldiers by throwing them into a Combine ball field.
- Follow Freeman (10 points): Gain command of a squad of rebels in the uprising.
- Grey Matter (5 points): Get 25 headshots as a Sniper.
- Camera Shy (5 points): Detach security cameras from the walls.
- Friendly Fire (5 points): Knock down a turret with another turret.
Additionally, there are eleven secret achievements:
- Defiant Achievement (5 points): At the beginning of Half-Life 2 where the carbine cop asks you to pick up the can, pick it up and hit him with it.
- Submissive (5 points): Put the can in the trash in Half-Life 2.
- Where Cubbage Fears to Tread (5 points): Defend Little Odessa from the gunship attack in Half-Life 2 .
- Hallowed Ground (5 points): Escort Gregori safely through the church cemetery in Half-Life 2 .
- Singularity Collapse (25 points): Destroy the Citadel’s reactor core in Half-Life 2 .
- Twofer (5 points): Defeat both antlion guards outside the White Forest.
- Meet the Hunters (10 points): Survive the Hunter ambush with Alyx.
- Gunishment! (5 points): Destroy the Combine cannon in the junkyard.
- Quiet Mountain Getaway (10 points): Survive the ambush at White Forest Inn.
- Secondary Silo Secured (5 points): Secure the launch doors on missile silo 2.
- Defense of the Armament (20 points): Save the missile silo from the Combine offensive.
Half-Life 2
Alternate title screen
Successfully complete the game to alternate the title screen.
Cheat Codes
Enter the options menu, select “Controls”, then “Advanced”. Turn on the option for the console. Then while playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Type ” sv_cheats 1 ” to enable cheat mode. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function:
Result | Cheat Code |
Toggle God mode | god |
Cannot die due to damage | budda |
All weapons and extra ammunition | Impulse 101 |
Toggle no clipping mode | noclip |
Ignored by NPCs | notarget |
Damage player by indicated amount | hurtme [number] |
Map list | maps |
Load indicated map | map [map name] |
Spawn indicated weapon or item | give [weapon or item name] |
Spawn Jeep | impulse 82 |
Toggle framerate display | showfps |
Crosshairs on | hud_quickhelp/text? 1 |
Run script file | exec [filename] |
Developer mode | developer [0-2] |
Toggle HUD | cl_drawhud [0 or 1] |
Toggle HUD | cl_enablehud [0 or 1] |
Toggle disabled NPCs | ai_disable |
Spawn NPC | npc_create_aimed |
Spawn NPC | npc_create |
Picker mode | picker |
Set gravity | sv_gravity [number] |
Set vertical view | sv_waterdist [number] |
Set air density | air_density [number] |
Set explosion length | dsp_explosion_effect_duration [number] |
Limit texture units | mat_numtexttureunits [number] |
Bounding box debug | prop_debug |
Set bounce multiplier | sv_bounce [number] |
Set minimum stopping speed | sv_stopspeed [number] |
Set pitch yaw | setang [number] |
Set friction | sv_friction [number] |
Set maximum velocity | sv_maxvelocity [number] |
Commit suicide | kill |
Map names
Use one of the following values with the ” map [map name]” code:
- d1_canals_01
- d1_canals_02
- d1_canals_end
- d1_tempanals_02
- d1_town_01
- d1_town_02
- d1_town_03
- d1_town_04
- d1_town_05
- d1_trainstation_01
- d1_trainstation_02
- d1_trainstation_03
- d1_trainstation_05
- d1_under_01
- d1_under_02
- d1_under_03
- d1_under_04
- d2_coast_01
- d2_coast_02
- d2_coast_03
- d2_coast_04
- d2_coast_04_dx60
- d2_coast_05
- d2_coast_06
- d2_coast_07
- d2_coast_08
- d2_prison_01
- d2_prison_02
- d2_prison_03
- d2_prison_04
- d2_prison_05
- d3_c17_03
- d3_c17_04
- d3_c17_05
- d3_c17_06a
- d3_c17_06b
- d3_c17_07
Weapon and item names
Use one of the following values with the ” give [weapon or item name]” code:
- weapon_alyxgun
- weapon_ar1
- weapon_ar2
- weapon_bugbait
- weapon_cguard
- weapon_crowbar
- weapon_extinguisher
- weapon_flaregun
- weapon_frag
- weapon_gauss
- weapon_hopwire
- weapon_iceaxe
- weapon_physcannon
- weapon_physgun
- weapon_pistol
- weapon_rpg
- weapon_shotgun
- weapon_smg1
- weapon_smg2
- weapon_stickylauncher
- weapon_stunstick
- weapon_thumper
- weapon_sniperrifle
- weapon_rollerwand
- weapon_molotov
- weapon_manhack
- weapon_immolator
- weapon_irifle
- weapon_slam
- weapon_hmg1
- weapon_cubemap
- weapon_binoculars
- weapon_ml
- weapon_brickbat
- item_box_buckshot
- item_box_mrounds
- item_box_sniper_rounds
- item_box_srounds
- item_healthkit
- item_battery
- item_suit
- item_ml_grenade
- item_ar2_grenade
- item_healthvial
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Cheat Codes
Enter the options menu, select “Controls”, then “Advanced”. Turn on the option for the console. Then while playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Type ” sv_cheats 1 ” to enable cheat mode. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function:
Result | Cheat Code |
Toggle God mode | god |
All weapons and extra ammunition | Impulse 101 |
Toggle no clipping mode | noclip |
Spawn indicated item | give [item name] |
Reduce your health | buddha |
Damage player | hurtme [amount] |
Ignored by NPCs | notarget |
List maps | maps |
Load indicated map | map [map name] |
Spawn indicated NPC | npc_create [name] |
Set max ammo for .357 Magnum | sk_max_357 [number] |
Set max ammo for Pulse Rifle | sk_max_ar2 [number] |
Set max ammo for Pulse Rifle energy orbs | sk_max_ar2_altfire [number] |
Set max ammo for shotgun | sk_max_buckshot [number] |
Set max ammo for crossbow | sk_max_crossbow [number] |
Set max ammo for hand grenades | sk_max_grenade [number] |
Set max ammo for pistol | sk_max_pistol [number] |
Set max ammo for RPG | sk_max_rpg_round [number] |
Set max ammo for submachine gun | sk_max_smg1 [number] |
Set max ammo for SMG grenades | sk_max_smg1_grenade [number] |
Set damage value for pistol | sk_plr_dmg_pistol [number] |
Set damage value for .357 Magnum | sk_plr_dmg_357 [number] |
Set damage value for Pulse Rifle | sk_plr_dmg_ar2 [number] |
Set damage value for shotgun | sk_plr_dmg_buckshot [number] |
Set damage value for crossbow | sk_plr_dmg_crossbow [number] |
Set damage value for crowbar | sk_plr_dmg_crowbar [number] |
Set damage value for grenades | sk_plr_dmg_grenade [number] |
Set damage value for RPG rockets | sk_plr_dmg_rpg_round [number] |
Set damage value for submachine gun | sk_plr_dmg_smg1 [number] |
Set damage value for SMG grenades | sk_plr_dmg_smg1_grenade [number] |
Map names
Use one of the following values with the ” map [map name]” code:
- Introduction: ep1_citadel_00
- Beginning of Chapter 3: ep1_c17_00
- Beginning of Chapter 4: ep1_c17_01
- Chapter 4 City 17 after the first load point: ep1_c17_02
- Chapter 4 City 17 after the second load point: ep1_c17_02a
- Chapter 4 City 17 after the third load point: ep1_c17_02b
- City 17 after the first load point: ep1_c17_00a
- Citadel after the first load point: ep1_citadel_01
- Citadel after the second load point: ep1_citadel_02
- Citadel after the third load point: ep1_citadel_03
- Citadel before the lift ride: ep1_citadel_02b
- Near the end of the Citadel: ep1_citadel_04
- Last Chapter near the end: ep1_c17_06
- Last Chapter: ep1_c17_05
- Looking in the car garage (glitch): ep1_background01a
- Looking off into the damaged City 17 (glitch): ep1_background02
- Looking up at the citadel (glitch): ep1_background01
NPC names
Use one of the following values with the ” npc_create [name]” code:
- Alyx: npc_alyx
- Antlion guard: npc_antlionguard
- Antlion: npc_antlion
- Barnacle: npc_barnacle
- Barney: npc_barney
- Breen: npc_breen
- Ceiling Turret: npc_turret_ceiling
- City 17 Citizen: npc_citizen
- Combine Scanner: npc_cscanner
- Combine Soldier: npc_combine_s
- Crow: npc_crow
- Dog: npc_dog
- Fast Zombie: npc_fastzombie
- Hunter (early version): npc_hunter
- Pigeon: npc_pigeon
- Seagull: npc_seagull
- Stalker: npc_stalker
- Strider: npc_strider
- Vortigaunt: npc_vortigaunt
- Zombie without legs: npc_zombie_torso
- Zombie: npc_zombie
- Zombine (Combine Zombie): npc_zombine
Item names
Use one of the following values with the ” give [item name]” code:
- Black Hole grenade: weapon_hopwire
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Hidden pumpkins
Set the system date to October 31. After you are ambushed by Hunters and Combine at a big house, drive along the road. Near where the supply cache is found, you will see an old truck. Go up to it, and there will be lots of pumpkins lying on the ground.
Lost reference
When you enter the White Forest base, you meet a Vortigaunt in a lab coat named Uriah. When you first enter the room where you meet Uriah, there is a gas tank against the back wall. Behind that tank is a small room with a computer that has a sequence of numbers on it. This is a reference to the TV show Lost that Gabe Newell added due to the fact that he and the creator of Lost were close friends.
Cheat Codes
Enter the options menu, select “Controls”, then “Advanced”. Turn on the option for the console. Then while playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Type ” sv_cheats 1 ” to enable cheat mode. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function:
Result | Cheat Code |
Toggle God mode | god |
All weapons and extra ammunition | impulse 101 |
Toggle no clipping mode | noclip |
Toggle ignored by enemies | notarget |
Toggle enemy artificial intelligence | ai_disable |
Toggle Buddha mode, damage does not result in death | buddha |
Infinite auxiliary power | sv_infinite_aux_power 1 |
Spawn airboat | ch_createairboat |
Spawn jeep | ch_createjeep |
Spawn indicated NPC | npc_create [name] |
Lose indicated number of health points | hurtme [number] |
Wireframe mode | mat_wireframe 1 |
Display damage done to enemy in wireframe mode | r_modelwireframedecal 1 |
Allows no clipping while game is paused | sv_noclipduringpause 1 |
Shows trigger brushes when set to 0 | showtriggers 0 |
Bind key to console command | bind |
Toggle display of frame rate and filename of current map | cl_showfps [0 or 1] |
Toggle current position and angle display | cl_showpos [0 or 1] |
Toggle crosshair | crosshair [0 or 1] |
Display current positional co-ordinates | getpos |
Spawn item, one time only | give [name] |
Save screenshot to “episodicscreenshots.[number]” | jpeg |
Load indicated map to a specific map | map [name] |
List map names | maps * |
Level performance tools | perfui 1 |
Play back existing demo | playdemo |
Records a demo of your game | record |
Reload current save file | reload |
Restart the current level | restart |
Set view direction | setang |
Set position on the map | setpos [coordinates] |
Shake your character | shake |
Stop demo recording | stop |
Set gravity; default is “600” | sv_gravity [number] |
Commit suicide | kill |
Disable cheat mode | sv_cheats 0 |
Spawn NPC names
Use one of the following values with the ” npc_create [name]” code:
NPC or object | Code |
Alyx | npc_alyx |
Antlion | npc_antlion |
Antlion Guard | npc_antlionguard |
Barnacle | npc_barnacle |
Barney | npc_barney |
Breen | npc_breen |
Ceiling Turret | npc_turret_ceiling |
City 17 Citizen | npc_citizen |
Combine Dropship | npc_combinedropship |
Combine Gunship | npc_combinegunship |
Combine Helicopter | npc_helicopter |
Combine Metrocop | npc_metropolice |
Combine Scanner | npc_cscanner |
Combine Soldier | npc_combine_s |
Crab Synth | npc_crabsynth |
Crow | npc_crow |
Dog | npc_dog |
Eli | npc_eli |
Fast Headcrab | npc_headcrab_fast |
Fast Zombie | npc_fastzombie |
Father Gregori | npc_monk |
Floor Turret | npc_turret_floor |
Gman | npc_gman |
Headcrab | npc_headcrab |
Headcrab Launcher | npc_launcher |
Ichthyosaur | npc_ichthyosaur |
Kleiner | npc_kleiner |
Manhack | npc_manhack |
Mortar Synth | npc_mortarsynth |
Mossman | npc_mossman |
Pigeon | npc_pigeon |
Poison Headcrab | npc_headcrab_poison |
Poison Headcrab | npc_headcrab_black |
Poison Zombie | npc_poisonzombie |
Rollermine | npc_rollermine |
Seagull | npc_seagull |
Stalker | npc_stalker |
Strider | npc_strider |
Vortigaunt | npc_vortigaunt |
Zombie | npc_zombie |
Zombie without legs | npc_zombie_torso |
Zombine (Combine Zombie) | npc_zombine |
Portal
Alternate title screen
Successfully complete the game to unlock the cake title screen.
ApertureScience.com login
The graffiti in the game are clues for the ApertureScience.com website. Go to the site, and enter ” LOGIN ” as a command. Enter ” CJOHNSON ” as a username and ” TIER3 ” as a password. After logging in, type ” HELP ” for a list of commands. In addition to logging in as “CJOHNSON” (Chell), you can login as anyone desired by typing a username longer than two characters and using ” PORTAL ” as a password.
ApertureScience.com hidden message
While logged into the ApertureScience.com website, type ” THECAKEISALIE ” to access a hidden message left by some employees.
Completing Chamber 18 easier
At the end of the advanced map for Chamber 18, you will have the same raised platforms as you did in the normal one except now after you leave the lower one, it falls into the toxic water. This forces you to be more precise with your portal jumps. However, you can get past this easily. Do the platform jumping as usual, but if you miss, just land on the platform you came out of. You should be able to fire an opposite color portal at the wall where you entered this area, allowing you to go back to the start. All the platforms rise again, and the portal is still where you left it. You can now fall into the pit again and be able to portal jump to the next ledge. This take longer but does not require precise timing.
Box head pictures
On the level where you get the companion cube after you run past the energy balls and are in the room with the three elevators, there are two doors leading to a catcher and a platform that is pushed out of the wall. Walk up to the platform that is pushed out. Crouch behind it, and walk through the opening. On the left hand side are a group of pictures of people with boxes for heads and hearts around them.
Using cheats and earning achievements
If the ” sv_cheats 1 ” code is enabled, achievements are disabled; however, there is a way around this. There are a few command strings that can be bind to keys which allow you to enable or disable God mode when desired, get all equipment such as weapons, plus the better portal gun. To do this, use the bind [key] “sv_cheats 1; wait; god; wait; wait; wait; sv_cheats 0” console command. For God mode, use the bind [key] “sv_cheats 1; wait; Impulse 101; wait; wait; wait; sv_cheats 0” console command.
Cheat Codes
Enter the options menu, select “Controls”, then “Advanced”. Turn on the option for the console. Then while playing the game, press ~ to display the console window. Type ” sv_cheats 1 ” to enable cheat mode. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function:
Result | Cheat Code |
God mode | god |
Take damage, but cannot die | buddha |
No clipping mode | noclip |
All weapons, including those from Half Life 2 | impulse 101 |
Enemies do not target you | notarget |
Allow separate sets of portals to be created | change_portalgun_linkage_id [0-3] |
Allow use of second portal placement | upgrade_portalgun |
Portal placement cannot be bumped | sv_portal_placement_never_bump 1 |
Portals can be placed on almost any surface | sv_portal_placement_never_fail 1 |
All challenges completed | sv_bonus_map_complete 1 |
Spawn citizen | npc_create npc_citizen |
Spawn Breen | npc_create npc_breen |
Spawn zombie | npc_create npc_zombie |
Spawn Bouncy metal ball | ent_create_portal_metal_sphere |
Spawn Weighted Storage Cube | ent_create_portal_weight_box |
Basic portal gun | give weapon_portalgun |
Fire an energy ball | fire_energy_ball |
Fire rocket from head (glitched) | fire_rocket_projectile |
First person view | firstperson |
Third person view | thirdperson |
Set gravity; “600” is default | sv_gravity [number] |
Disable cheat mode | sv_cheats 0 |
Team Fortress 2
Faster construction
As an engineer, do not wait for your building. Just whack it with the wrench so that it builds faster.
Easy achievements
Play a game with just you and a friend. Have your friend let you repeatedly kill him or her to easily get achievements.
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