How to spawn your very own Matthew Kane clone!

This guide will provide you with the necessary instructions on how to spawn YOUR very own Matthew Kane! You'll be able to take down the Strogg in no time with an army of certified badasses at your command!

Spawning one certified badass for dummies

First of all, you need to know how to bring up the console. To do this, press ~, Ctrl, and then Alt. It's as simple as that! After you bring it up, copy and paste one of these lines into the console and enter it in to spawn your very own Matthew Kane clone!

Kane with a Machine Gun
spawn char_marine flashlight 1 leader player1 npc_name 'Cpl Kane' npc_description 'Rhino Squad' healthregenenabled 1 def_head 'char_marinehead_kane2' talks 0

Kane with a Shotgun
spawn char_marine_shotgun flashlight 0 leader player1 npc_name 'Cpl Kane' npc_description 'Rhino Squad' healthregenenabled 1 def_head 'char_marinehead_kane2' talks 0

Kane with a Hyperblaster
spawn char_marine_hyperblaster flashlight 0 leader player1 npc_name 'Cpl Kane' npc_description 'Rhino Squad' healthregenenabled 1 def_head 'char_marinehead_kane2' talks 0

If you've followed the steps correctly, you should have spawned in a Matthew Kane NPC. He will follow you around and kick Strogg butt. It's almost like playing Co-op!



NOTE: Spawning NPCs in areas where they weren't meant to be in-game may cause game errors and/or crashes. Always save before attempting to spawn an NPC so you have a save to reload if spawning an NPC in that area does cause the game to crash.

[hoteljulietbravo]

"Corporal I'm a little preoccupied at the moment"

[Kaleidescoop]

@Xalfur I don't mind, feel free to post it yourself!

[Xalfur]

@Unnamed Player 5 I'm currently preparing scripts to replace the guns, but I still have to research which gun has which name as they may be differently named in the game files (like the Dark Matter Gun: weapon_dmg)

[InThePipe5by5]

Wondering. Could you replace the guns with the other guns? What about the "talks" parameter - since Kane doesn't really have much lines lol

[Xalfur]

Well, this is actually both "ancient" regarding the game's age, but also very nice for people who played Q4 like a dozen times (e.g. ... myself)
@Kaleidescoop if you don't mind me taking your precious guide, I will enhance it with explanations and either post it myself or hand it back to you, but that should be your calll!

[WhyD0youCUM]

So for the guy asking I've managed to find a way to spawn strogg Kane. Just copy pasta this and you'll be set:

spawn char_kane_strogg flashlight 1 leader player1 npc_name 'Cpl Kane' npc_description 'Rhino Squad' healthregenenabled 1 talks 0

You can also define his head annnd looking into some head models you can spawn a strogg Voss to fight by your side as well. Think of it as "what if we were able to save him" kind of scenario. The code for this is:

spawn char_kane_strogg flashlight 1 leader player1 npc_name 'Lt Voss' npc_description 'Rhino Squad' healthregenenabled 1 def_head 'char_marinehead_voss_strogg' talks 0

Enjoy the refreshed q4 campaign experience :)

[Kaleidescoop]

Not that I know of right now, sorry! It's been a while since I touched the game though, so there could be something.

[I Bully Engineers]

Is there a way to spawn the strogg version of Kane?

[InThePipe5by5]

This sounds like a reason to reinstall the Q4

[Soot Leopard]

Sounds like fun.
I think you shoulda written that last part as a "side effects may include" XD