Roller Wand

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The Roller Wand is a weapon cut from Half-Life 2. It was used for the Roller Buddy.

Overview[]

It was probably to allow the player or Alyx to control reprogrammed Rollermines, or even Dog's ball in particular, as the Roller Wand's .cpp file in the Half-Life 2 Beta source code describes it as a "'weapon' what lets the player controll the rollerbuddy" [sic], "rollerbuddy" probably referring to a "friendly" Rollermine (that text can also be found in the Portable Thumper's .cpp file, but this is likely a copy/paste oversight).^[2] It would have probably worked as Dog's hand when he catches its ball in the retail game.

It could also simply be the predecessor to Alyx's EMP Tool, used in Episode One to reprogram Rollermines to help Freeman and her proceed.

The Roller Wand script file found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta files shows it was to temporarily use the S.L.A.M model as a placeholder. That script file is the only source for any information pertaining to the weapon.^[1]
The weapon was to be used by Roller Buddies.

List of appearances[]

N/A

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Playable Half-Life 2 Beta files
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Half-Life 2 Beta source code

Weapons
Aperture Science	Animal King • Bomb • Defective Turret • Frankenturret • Hover Turret (cut) • Oracle Turret • Rocket Sentry • Sentry Turret • Turret Opera
Black Mesa	Barnacle Grapple • Crossbow • Ceiling Turret • Colt Python • Crowbar • Desert Eagle • Displacer Cannon • Glock 17 • Gluon Gun • Laser Tripmine • Mark IV Thermonuclear Device • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • Pipe Wrench • RPG • Satchel Charge • Spore Launcher • SPAS-12 • Tau Cannon
Black Ops	Flash Grenade (cut) • Glock 17 • Laser Tripmine • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Mk 2 Grenade • Mortar • MP5 • Sentry Gun
Combine	AK-47 (cut) • Autogun • Ceiling Turret • Desert Launcher (cut) • Emplacement Gun • FIM-92 Stinger (cut) • Flare Gun • GR9 (cut) • Grenade • Ground Turret • Guard Gun (cut) • Headcrab Shell • Heavy Shotgun • HK-707 (cut) • Hopper Mine • Hopwire Grenade (cut) • Hunter-Chopper Bomb • Immolator (cut) • Incendiary Rifle (cut) • Jaytest (cut) • Laser Tripmine • Launcher (cut) • Manhack • MK3A2 Grenade • MP5K (cut) • MP7 • MP7 (cut) • Overwatch Sniper Rifle • Overwatch Standard Issue Pulse Rifle • Pulse Minigun • Pulse SMG • Pulse weapons • Rollermine • Sentry Gun • Shotgun • Sniper Rifle (cut) • SPAS-12 • Stun Baton • Suppression Device • USP Match • XM29 OICW (cut)
HECU	Combat Knife • Desert Eagle • Dam Turret • Double Turret • Dynamite • Glock 17 • Land Mine • Laser Tripmine • M198 Howitzer • M2 Browning Machine Gun • M202A1 FLASH • M249 Squad Automatic Weapon • M40A1 Sniper Rifle • Minigun (cut) • Mk 2 Grenade • MP5 • RPG • Satchel Charge • Sentry Gun • SPAS-12
Resistance	Alyx's Gun • Brickbat (cut) • Colt Python • Crossbow • Crowbar • Flare Gun (cut) • Ice Axe (cut) • Magnusson Device • Molotov Cocktail (cut) • Pheropods • Physgun (cut) • RPG • Ravenholm traps • Socket Wrench (cut) • Tau Cannon • Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator
Race X	Shock Roach • Spore Launcher
Xen	Black Hole Gun (cut) • Ceiling Turret • Grenade • Hivehand • Sentry Cannon • Snark • Snark Mine
Other	Annabelle • AK-47 (cut) • AR3 • Harpoon (cut) • Magnet Gun (cut) • Penguin • Pulse Shield (cut) • Roller Wand (cut) • S.L.A.M • Sticky Launcher (cut) • Vortex Hopwire (cut) • Zero Point Generator (cut) • Weapons and items in Deathmatch Classic • Weapons cut from Half-Life 2

[HL2Bpf-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Playable Half-Life 2 Beta files

[HL2Bsc-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Half-Life 2 Beta source code

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