Half-Life 1 GoldSrc, but it's gl_nobind 1

gl_nobind is an obscure console command to unbind textures. Why does it exist, I have no idea. Why was it left in the release - even less of an idea. It starts working by assigning every texture to the font texture, and then to the next loaded texture at the moments when the next texture is loaded. At some moments, AND on map loads, textures reset to nothing.
To keep things playable, I was using gl_wireframe 1 and spraying. The spray is a gray 8-Ball icon, and this is the reason why many effects in this video are that 8-Ball icon. To make intro more interesting, I was giving the player items, so that the texture gets changed to that item, temporarily. I've tested these ones:
ammo_357 - OK
ammo_9mmAR = ammo_mp5clip - OK
ammo_9mmbox - crashes (never used in the original game)
ammo_9mmclip = ammo_glockclip - OK
item_airtank - crashes (is a cut content itself)
item_antidote - OK
item_battery - OK
ammo_buckshot - OK
ammo_crossbow - no effect
ammo_egonclip - crashes
ammo_gaussclip - OK
weapon_357 = weapon_python - no effect
weapon_9mmAR = weapon_mp5 - no effect
weapon_crossbow - no effect
weapon_crowbar - no effect
weapon_egon - no effect
weapon_gauss - no effect
weapon_glock = weapon_9mmhandgun - no effect
weapon_handgrenade - no effect
weapon_hornetgun - no effect
weapon_quantumdestabilizer - no effect
weapon_rpg - no effect
weapon_satchel - no effect
weapon_shotgun - no effect
weapon_snark - no effect
weapon_tripmine - no effect
ammo_ARgrenades = ammo_mp5grenades
item_healthkit - crashes on the intro maps
item_longjump - OK
ammo_rpgclip - OK
item_security - no effect
item_sodacan - crashes on the intro maps
item_suit - no effect
So I used:
ammo_357
ammo_9mmAR
ammo_9mmclip
item_antidote
item_battery
ammo_buckshot
ammo_gaussclip
ammo_ARgrenades
item_longjump
ammo_rpgclip
All done in a single run with no saves except the autosaves. That decision led to spending more than an hour on the Nihilanth, because I didn't save up enough ammo in time.
At some moments the player was stuck, so I briefly toggled noclip on and off.
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[@crickysoupdoupLP]

This feels like an extremely obscure indie-shooter you'd pass by on the Steam storefront 9 years ago, then randomly remember it one random night. And I'm all for it.

[@groxxyxiii4443]

sad satan looking half life

[@Adolfik-k5m]

And, you really playing this

[@derpboxstudios]

So basically Half-Life when the morphine hits

[@NoVIcE_Source]

I remember playing it like this once and then I aą̷̛̭̩̟̟̖̩̃̊̂̔͋̀̈͌̄̚͠A̷̫̰͍̞̯̮̺̎̑͒̋͋Æ̶͔̠̑͌̈́̈€̸̦͍̫̯͇̝̠̹̮͎̩̳̣̓́̋

[@assaultboy269]

I thought "Oh neat this will be a cool demonstration video" and then I looked at the time remaining. You absolute legend.

[@Xitilon]

I figured out (actually just remembered a fact long forgotten by me) that gl_nobind comes from Quake's engine. Stay tuned for Quake runs with gl_nobind 1, if anyone cares.

[@l4ut1xvergador2]

trippy! i can see this whole longplay edited into a late night disco/bat ambient amv

[@felix8684]

Cruelty squad prequel:

[@cozyfog]

Its probably there for the case of texture loading problems

[@Dino-dp4gj]

This is cool...

[@MilanesaConPure]

One person out there will find a speedrun strat with this, either that or this could be looked as a "challenge" run.

[@pharaohgamer4345]

Playing half life on microwave

[@licoix]

freeman off da perc 4 realz

[@wiktor1989od]

Dieser Spiel ist verrückt!

[@enrique16ish]

Half-Life but without a graphic card

[@obviousalexc]

Reminds me of an ahoy video kinda.

[@trakinajamorreu]

🎱🎱🎱🎱🎱

[@JacobKinsley]

Cruelty squad if it were fun

[@SkedgyEdgy]

-- i can't believe they ported half life 1 to goldsrc............ -- also as to "why it was left in the release i have have no idea" nearly all of the console commands are made for testing and debugging, why would they only remove this specific one?

[@HAAAAAAAAHHHHHH]

because its a useless command

[@SkedgyEdgy]

@@HAAAAAAAAHHHHHH -- but why would they remove specifically only that cvar they rarely remove cars ever -- it isn't useless it likely was relevant during the creation of the engine, and again, the console is a debug console, so why would they remove debug commands for release

[@Xitilon]

Half-Life 1 GoldSrc was the original release, not a port, as far as I know.

[@railworksamerica]

What the hell did that console command do?!

[@Xitilon]

Map textures to the font texture, and then keep remapping all of them to the last newly loaded texture, I guess.