Groundwatch

Similarly to my other addon, these new 'vehicles' try to mimic the original NPC's behavior as closely as I could get them while also keeping the addon itself user friendly.

REQUIRES HALF LIFE 2 EPISODE 2

Features

Strider

• A incredibly accurate main gun with decent damage

• The strider's signature belly cannon

• The best height-advantage you're going to get without going airborne

• Sounds identical to that of the NPC

• Did I mention you can traverse rivers if they aren't too deep?

Hunter

• Built-in flechette launcher

• Fully-animated melee attacks

• Identical sounds to that of the NPC

• The ability to trample people with often deadly results

Controls

Universal

• E - Enter/Exit

• W/A/S/D - Movement

• Sprint - Sprint

• Control - Toggle thirdperson

• Walk - Freelook

• Mouse 1 - Primary attack

Strider

• Reload - Sounds

• Mouse 2 - Strider cannon

Hunter

• Reload - Idle sounds + animation

• Sprint + Reload - Angry sounds + animation

• Freelook + Reload - Scanning sounds

• Mouse 2 - Melee attack

Notes

• The map used in the screenshots is rp_ineu_valley_2_v1a

• Striders cannot currently duck because of a hitbox issue

• Console commands for adjusting health are available under the gw_ prefix

• NPC's do not interact with either entity

• You can find the entities under entities -> Groundwatch

Credits

• Hoplite for pointing out several major issues

• Matt for helping with testing

• Taco N Banana for giving me a developer position and plenty of positive feedback following the release of airwatch

• Valve for making the source SDK publicly available

• Everyone who subscribed to the original addon for giving me the motivation to keep working on this and more.