How to Long Jump for Noobs

[jdm]

One thing to note about long jumping

You must let go of w before holding duck and jumping. A lot of you may already know this, just thought i'd put it here for those people that are stuck like I was.

[statickshocker]

They don't specify that? I don't recall having difficulty.

[jdm]

They don't say that you have to let go of w. Its a little thing, but i found it really hard to pull off until i realised that you have to let it go.

[Ghidrah1]

I never paid attention to whether I was releasing W or not in HL. In HL2 ep 2 I'm pretty sure I don't, (dark room with forklift) about midway through Freeman Pontifex.

[Sikobae]

Originally posted by MAC_VTi:

You must let go of w before holding duck and jumping.

Nope.

Originally posted by MAC_VTi:

you have to let it go.

Nope.

Originally posted by Ghidrah1:

In HL2 ep 2 I'm pretty sure I don't, (

There is no longjump in HL2.

/thread

[jdm]

Originally posted by Sikobae:

Originally posted by MAC_VTi:

You must let go of w before holding duck and jumping.

Nope.

You might not have to, but in my experience i found it much more reliable by releasing w before doing the crouch-jump. Also i'm only refering to Half Life 1.

[Ghidrah1]

That's not true Sikobae,
Admittedly the maneuver isn't as fantastical as in HL1, it does exist.
I've spent some time on the jump I mentioned and have 4 methods for making it. The only way I can make the jump without Sprint/jump/crouch, is to stick a saw blade into the edge of the XP platform then sprint/jump to it.

I've seen another example of the jump in an HL2 video guide of Ravenholm, (player carries Dog's Ball) where the player does not pull the lever, (on the 2nd floor balcony) to activate the intermediate platform to reposition which allows one to make the jump to the fixed platform with the MKs and hanging corpse below. It is between the SG acquisition the tram ride to the church.

Even though the jump isn't as extreme as it was in HL1, the key to all the long jumps is the crouch.

Mac VTi I'll have to try releasing "W" to see if it extends my jumps any more than not.

[Jurassic Fart 1]

Why is this the most relevant hint for...

How do you long jump in Half-Life 2?

NOT what I was looking for. Wrong gawdamned game.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by Jurassic Fart 1:

Why is this the most relevant hint for...

How do you long jump in Half-Life 2?

NOT what I was looking for. Wrong gawdamned game.

Why the necro?

[Jurassic Fart 1]

Duh, mo-rawn.