Half-Life’s Tau Cannon: A Quick Look (I haven’t been outside in months)

This project started November 15, 2023. This video’s subtitles destroyed my life. Much credit to Matherunner’s Half-Life Physics Reference #gauss Bunnymod XT HL1 gauss debug mod by me Source debug mod by me Static visualizations done with Inkscape Half-Life 1 code Half-Life: Source code Half-Life 2 code LORE 00:00 Intro 00:26 Name, Firing Mechanisms, Real Life Connections 03:47 Depleted Uranium??? How? 04:48 Origins WHERE NORMAL PEOPLE WOULD STOP 05:09 Reflection Summary 06:00 Penetration Summary, Telegraphing (is that the right word?) 07:01 Recoil Summary OH NO 07:34 Damage, Rate of Fire, Misc Stats and Behavior 09:00 DPS, TTK, Tactics 10:44 Ammo, DPA/APS 12:16 Ammo Efficiency Comparison of all Weapons that use Depleted Uranium 13:49 Gauss Boosting 16:38 Beam Behavior Intro, Line Traces 19:05 Piercing, Line Trace Prioritization 20:05 Reflection 21:06 Reflection Bypass 21:55 Reflections on the Sky, Reflection Explosions 22:35 Reflection Boost 22:59 Doublegauss 23:18 Reflection Damage Reduction 23:44 Penetration 25:02 Penetration Damage Reduction and Explosion 25:31 Post-Penetration 26:10 Nuking BUGS 26:59 “It’s void trust me bro“ Bug (previously undocumented) 27:29 Negative 1 Ammo Bug (previously undocumented) 27:52 Selfgauss 29:43 Selfgaussing and You(r Hitboxes) 31:00 Selfgauss Misc 31:43 Inner Bypass (previously undocumented, hate the name, actually several distinct bypasses in a trenchcoat) 33:04 Func_pushable quirks (previously undocumented) 34:16 Penetration Backfire (previously undocumented, also secretly a penetration bypass but that’s really a footnote) 35:13 Quickgauss 36:16 Rapid Fire HALF-LIFE: SOURCE 38:53 Half-Life: Source’s Laundry List of Changes 40:18 Selfgauss in Half-Life: Source 41:03 Line Traces in Half-Life: Source 41:49 Displacements HALF-LIFE 2 43:52 Half-Life 2, Name, New Visuals 44:31 Power Source 45:09 Penetration Design Still Not Good 45:53 Cut Content (partially previously undocumented) 47:34 More Stats and Behavior, DPS & TTK 49:18 Penetration in Half-Life 2