Security Camera (Beta)

The Security Camera (also known as the thick camera) is a camera that reused by the Combine which was cut from Half-Life 2. It is the direct predecessor to the Combine Camera.

Overview
Unlike the combine camera the security camera has no AI instead it just turns left and right. It is most likely used by Civil Protection. It is used to watch Gas Mask Citizens or other Citizens. The scripts for them still exist though there were no things that activated them so in order to have them turning you could go in the files and turn them off and on.

It is first seen in c17_01 watching a hallway as another is seen watching a metro cop talking to a gas mask citizen. The camera also appears in c17_plaza02_redo (revision 02) as it is watching at the end of the hallway and another looking at a hand truck (similar hallways and stairs to c17_01). In c17_plaza06 the camera's remain the same except when you enter the hallway another camera will be seen with both of them facing eachother from one end to the next with another appearing at the bottom of the stairs as well. In d1_terminal_01_05 they all appear the exact same. In d1_terminal_01_15 They appear like they did in 01_05 but the area to get to them is closed off and could only be accessible with via noclip. In d1_terminal_01_26 they again appear the same way they did in the last prototype map. Eventually they appeared in d1_terminal_01_40 as they were the last time to be seen until c17_01.

Eventually a smaller and thinner version of the camera was created in the d1_terminal maps to replace the original. It uses two separate models one for the camera while the other is the one attached to it. All in all it was ultimately cut for the Combine Camera.

List of Appearances

 * The Half-Life 2 Beta (Non- canonical appearance).