The Orange Box PC Cheats and Tips

At the 'Selection' screen remain idle and after several minutes a demo video will begin to play of one of the games in the pack. When this demo video has finished playing the hidden Left 4 Dead trailer will start.

These cheats are enabled via the console option on shortcut or through the in-game options under the Advanced section of Controls. During gameplay press the '~' (tilde) key to bring up the cheat console and enter Type sv_cheats 1 to enable cheat mode.

Lets Separate Sets of Portals be Created:

Enter 'change_portalgun_linkage_id # (0, 1, 2, 3)'.

Put Portals on any Surface:

Enter 'sv_portal_placement_never_fail # (1 or 0)'.

Solve Puzzles by Firing an Energy Ball:

Enter 'fire_energy_ball'.

Lets you use a second Portal Placement:

Enter 'upgrade_portalgun'.

Create a Weighted Storage Cube:

Enter 'ent_create_portal_weight_box'.

These cheats are enabled via the console option on shortcut or through the in-game options under the Advanced section of Controls. During gameplay press the '~' (tilde) key to bring up the cheat console and enter Type sv_cheats 1 to enable cheat mode.

Unlock God Mode (Server only)

Enter 'god'.

Unlock Developer Mode:

Enter 'developer (0-2)'.

No Clipping Mode:

Enter 'noclip'.

Unlock Picker Mode:

Enter 'picker'.

Unlock ALL Weapons:

Enter 'impulse 101'.

Bounding Box Debug:

Enter 'prop_debug'.

Cannot Die due to Damage:

Enter 'budda'.

Crosshairs On:

Enter 'hud_quickhelp/text? 1'

Damage Player by Indicated Amount:

Enter 'hurtme (#)'.

Enemies don't Target You:

Enter 'notarget'.

Limit Texture Units:

Enter 'mat_numtexttureunits (#)'.

Run Script File:

Enter 'exec (filename)'.

Set Air Density:

Enter 'air_density (#)'.

Set Bounce Multiplier:

Enter 'sv_bounce (#)'.

Set Explosion Length:

Enter 'dsp_explosion_effect_duration (#)'.

Set Friction:

Enter 'sv_friction (#)'.

Set Gravity:

Enter 'sv_gravity (#)'.

Set Maximum Velocity:

Enter 'sv_maxvelocity (#)'.

Set Minimum Stopping Speed:

Enter 'sv_stopspeed (#)'.

Set Pitch Yaw:

Enter 'setang (#)'

Set Vertical View:

Enter 'sv_waterdist (#)'.

Spawn Indicated Weapon or Item:

Enter 'give (weapon or item name)'.

Spawn Jeep:

Enter 'impulse 82'.

Spawn NPC:

Enter 'npc_create_aimed'.

Spawn NPC

Enter 'npc_create'.

Toggle Framerate Display:

Enter 'showfps'.

Toggle HUD:

Enter 'cl_drawhud (0 or 1)'.

Toggle HUD:

Enter 'cl_enablehud (0 or 1)'.

Load Indicated Map:

Enter 'map (map name)'.

Unlock Map List:

Enter 'maps'.

Map Codes

Bring up the console by pressing '~' (tilde) key during gameplay and enter these codes with the 'Load Indicated Map' to be spawned at the corresponding point in the game.

Starts you at the Intro:

Enter 'ep1_citadel_00'.

Beginning of Chapter 3:

Enter 'ep1_c17_00'.

Beginning of Chapter 4:

Enter 'ep1_c17_01'.

Chapter 4 - City 17 after the 1st Load-Point:

Enter 'ep1_c17_02'.

Chapter 4 - City 17 after the 2nd Load-Point:

Enter 'ep1_c17_02a'.

Chapter 4 - City 17 after the 3rd Load-Point:

Enter 'ep1_c17_02b'.

Citadel after the 1st Load-Point:

Enter 'ep1_citadel_01'.

Citadel after the 2nd Load-Point:

Enter 'ep1_citadel_02'.

Citadel after the 3rd Load-Point:

Enter 'ep1_citadel_03'.

Citadel before the Lift Ride:

Enter 'ep1_citadel_02b'.

Last Chapter near the End:

Enter 'ep1_c17_06'.

Last Chapter:

Enter 'ep1_c17_05'.

Looking at the Car Garage (You can't move or do anything):

Enter 'ep1_background01a'.

Looking at the Damaged City 17 (You can't move or do anything):

Enter 'ep1_background02'.

Looking up at the Citadel (You can't move or do anything):

Enter 'ep1_background01'.

Near the End of the Citadel:

Enter 'ep1_citadel_04'.

Starts you at the Credits:

Enter 'credits'.

Enter any of these entries at the console with the map code to get to a specific location in the game.

Enter 'd1_canals_01'.

Enter 'd1_canals_02'. Enter 'd1_canals_end'.

Enter 'd1_tempanals_02'. Enter 'd1_town_01'.

Enter 'd1_town_02'. Enter 'd1_town_03'.

Enter 'd1_town_04'. Enter 'd1_town_05'.

Unlock Cake Title Screen:

This alternate screen becomes unlocked when you have beat the game.