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2002 Placeholder Physcannon for Synergy

Back in 2002, the Gravity Gun, or Physics Cannon had a completely different shape compared to the one in the final game. However, besides an ultra blurry screenshot from a keynote, not much was known about this variant. Back in Late Summer/Early Fall of 2016, on the Half-Life 2 Cut Content V2 Facepunch Forum Thread, a user by the name of PelPix123 had showcased a screenshot of a placeholder image from this variant. It was a few days later that another online user by the name of OddDoc had uploaded screenshots of the first-person viewmodel complete with full textures. Shortly afterwards, he released the files to the public. Since then, a group of users including Sgt. Headcrab had fixed the model up to work as a reskin for the Gravity Gun in HL2. The group also added a recreation of the Placeholder textures shown by PelPix. Since then I have ported the models/skins to Synergy.

This is completely replaces the First-Person Viewmodel of the Gravity Gun with the leaked model of the 2002 Physcannon utilizing the Placeholder Textures. However, this does NOT replace the World Model/Third-Person Viewmodel (as it is unknown what it would have looked like). This is even complete with a sound from the Half-Life 2 Leak that plays when you use your primary fire key. This does not replace the Super Gravity Gun Variant, however, if you want a reskin that fulfills that purpose, click here.

• Screenshot 1 is of the original image of the placholder texture/model by PelPix123
  
• Screenshot 2 is a gif showing the reskin with fully working animations
  
• Screenshot 3 is from a gif showing this version in-game & in action (The file was more than 2MB, so I couldn't post the gif)
  
• The Rest are of the reskin working in-game.