Half-Life 2 Cutsceneless v1.0

Made by Toxijuice

--What is it?
It's a pack of replacement maps with ways around large, unskippable cutscenes.
This pack is meant for speedrunners, meaning that if a cutscene is skippable through glitches, it hasn't been removed.
Also, if a cutscene is small, can provide utilities, or causes problems if skipped, I did not remove it.


--What has been changed?
d1_eli_01
The airlock's doors have been removed
The elevator activates by the player stepping on it
All doors leading up to the scrapyard have been removed

d1_eli_02
The Gravity Gun has been placed on the ground where Alyx would usually give it to you
Once you pick up the Gravity Gun, all doors leading to Ravenholm will be removed

d1_town_05
Both doors you wait at for Leon are unlocked and open by default

d1_trainstation_01
All doors that Barney must open have been removed

d1_trainstation_04
The combine have been removed
All doors that have to be opened by NPCs have been removed
The elevator activates by the player stepping on it

d1_trainstation_05
The door to the HEV suit can be opened by stepping in front of it
The door to the teleporter will be opened once the suit is charged
The teleporter will teleport you to the area after the usual teleport sequence

d2_prison_06
All doors/barriers that you have to wait for NPCs to open have been either removed, opened, or unlocked
The elevator activates by the player stepping on it, though it takes around 5 seconds
Sliding prison doors that you have to wait for Alyx to open can be opened by standing in front of them.

d2_prison_07
The door that leads down to the flare room has been removed; the holdout is skippable.

d2_prison_08
All doors leading up to the televator have been removed
Going into the televator will teleport you to the next map; the holdout can be skipped

d3_breen_01
host_timescale is modified in select parts to speed up the cutscenes

d3_c17_01
Doors leading up to the next map have been removed

d3_c17_07
The door you must wait for Alyx to break is breakable by weapons or pressure
The door leading outside is open/unlocked by default; the cutscene with Alyx is skippable

d3_c17_13
The object that Dog lifts in order to continue has no player clips; it can be walked through

d3_citadel_01
host_timescale is modified in select parts to speed up the pod ride

d3_citadel_02
host_timescale is modified in select parts to speed up the pod ride

d3_citadel_05
host_timescale is modified in select parts to speed up the pod ride


Generally, with all maps, you will go to the location that you would usually go during/after the cutscene.


--How to install
Copy the maps folder from the Cutsceneless folder to your hl2 directory, replace all files.

These files must be removed:
maps/d1_eli_02_l_0.lmp
maps/d1_trainstation_01_l_0.lmp
maps/d1_trainstation_04_l_0.lmp
maps/d1_trainstation_05_l_0.lmp
maps/d2_prison_08_l_0.lmp
maps/d3_breen_01_l_0.lmp
maps/d3_c17_01_l_0.lmp
maps/d3_c17_07_l_0.lmp
maps/d3_c17_13_l_0.lmp

maps/graphs/d1_eli_01.ain
maps/graphs/d1_eli_02.ain
maps/graphs/d1_town_05.ain
maps/graphs/d1_trainstation_01.ain
maps/graphs/d1_trainstation_04.ain
maps/graphs/d1_trainstation_05.ain
maps/graphs/d2_prison_06.ain
maps/graphs/d2_prison_07.ain
maps/graphs/d2_prison_08.ain
maps/graphs/d3_breen_01.ain
maps/graphs/d3_c17_01.ain
maps/graphs/d3_c17_07.ain
maps/graphs/d3_c17_13.ain
maps/graphs/d3_citadel_01.ain
maps/graphs/d3_citadel_02.ain
maps/graphs/d3_citadel_05.ain

You may also need to delete the corresponding .cache and .manifest files in the maps/soundcache/ folder if you run into any issues

Finally, you will have to preload the maps from the pack in order to rebuild node graphs