Massive momentum after jumping on ramps

[Sharkgrin]

I've learned that if you hold crouch + any direction while jumping, + dashing as soon as you hit the ground will give you a massive momentum boost in whatever direction you're holding down. I'd imagine it might be on the same server tick rather than animation, as the boost seems to happen even after my feet have already touched the ground.

It can be done with any character I just like vyper. I fail a few times but its pretty easy to replicate.

 

[aerostalgic]

I just tried it myself in training, it is easy to replicate I agree. I think its easier if you jump into it vs jumping in neutrally. The momentum is normal dashing up the ramp however. I'm not sure if Valve considered all of this movement manipulation "bugs" though, it seems integral to the identity of this game at this point.

 

[Sharkgrin]

Really weird update; the momentum you get feels tied to the gametime itself and only feels like it activated at around 2:00 - 2:10 and onward.

I was messing around with it some more and it felt like the extra momentum just shut off after around 18 minutes.
Testing the exact same slides in the exact same spot gave me results after around 2 minutes, I'm not sure if its tied to boxes or the timer or something.

The video is me just testing it for about a minute and a half, and after 2:07 its like my momentum just turns on.

 

[Sharkgrin]

I asked around w/ a few people and it looks like this is already well known tech called Ag2 Dashing, after 2:01 you're able to do it, but everyone loses the ability after 17:01 of gametime, really neat bug

 

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Dashing/Ag2 Dashing

AnimGraph2 is a new, more optimised animation system implemented in certain Source 2 games. AnimGraph2 is intended to replace the older, less optimised AnimGraph system. During the switch to AnimGraph2, certain animations have had their properties changed, resulting in strange or unusual...

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it can be most easily done by binding mousewheel to crouch, and scrolling while simultaneously dashing, then holding slide normally.