What happened to the US in HL2?

The model shows the North American continent crossed out with large X mark, indicating that it suffered serious devastation during the war and was subsequently abandoned with the remaining human inhabitants relocated to eastern Europe.

Can you play GMod without HL2?

You do not need HL2 to have HL2 assets in Gmod.

Is GMod a HL2?

Garry’s Mod, or GMod for short, is a sandbox modification for Half-Life 2 but later became a stand-alone game. It allows the player to manipulate objects and experiment with the physics of the Source engine, often with interesting results due to the power of the engine.

Where does Half-Life 2 take place?

Eastern Europe
Half-Life 2 didn’t just give us an original setting; it introduced many in the West to a whole new style of landscape, geography, and architecture. City 17 may have been fictional, but the influences were plain to see. Set somewhere in Eastern Europe, the metropolis drew clearly from real post-Soviet spaces.

Do I need CSGO for GMod?

Garry’s Mod doesn’t use Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s textures either way. While you can play Gmod without any Source -game, some multiplayer gamemodes require them for textures.

Was the citadel originally meant to have a garbage incinerator?

The Citadel was originally to feature a garbage incinerator, although it is not clear in what version of the Citadel it was to be located. The final showdown dialogue between Breen, Mossman, Eli, and Alyx was originally to be much different and much longer.

What happened to the weapons of invading Visitors in half life?

All invading “visitors” have weapons stripped using a confiscation field, presumably to avoid precisely the situation which occurs at the end of Half-Life 2 and recurs at the beginning of Episode One ironically, because of the presence of a confiscation field.

What happened after Gordon’s assault on the citadel?

In Episode One, the aftermath of Gordon’s assault on the Citadel is clearly visible. The overloading of the Dark Fusion reactor has downed power and destabilized the structure of the whole building, and Gordon must make his way to the core to re-engage the containment field and delay the core’s inevitable meltdown.

How do you get to the core of the citadel?

Toward the very bottom of the Citadel is its core which is only accessible via a lift that descends several dozen floors. The core chamber is protected by large blast doors carrying an insignia with the appearance of a stylized version of the international symbol for radioactivity.