Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Hello everyone and welcome to a new (probably short) series of videos I do involving the source code from Valve for Half-Life 2, and some guides on how to do stuff with this code. In this episode, I followup on the ironsights tutorial I did around a year ago by (hopefully) resolving an issue where the viewmodel disappears when going through a level transition while using ironsights. This can also happen when saving/reloading the game. I also outline how to implement a better way of checking to see which weapons should have ironsights, as well as how to slow the player down when they use ironsights and how to activate ironsights by using the SecondaryAttack function instead of a keybinding. Please let me know what you think and see you for whatever I decide to do next, thanks for watching!
GitHub page: github.com/TheMaster974/source-code-tutorials
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:23 A better way of implementing the ironsight ability
04:35 Adding ironsight ability via SecondaryAttack
07:14 Adding a delay between entering/exiting ironsights
08:21 Fixing disappearing viewmodels when going through level transitions
11:11 An alternative way to add ironsights?
13:18 Slowing the player down while using ironsights
17:24 Outro
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► My new channel: GarethTheGamer -- youtube.com/channel/UC36qEnApR9ua9eDjaRLYcbA
► Episode 30 (Prerequisite): youtu.be/H0c-FQEGTJ8
Hello everyone and welcome to a new (probably short) series of videos I do involving the source code from Valve for Half-Life 2, and some guides on how to do stuff with this code. In this episode, I followup on the ironsights tutorial I did around a year ago by (hopefully) resolving an issue where the viewmodel disappears when going through a level transition while using ironsights. This can also happen when saving/reloading the game. I also outline how to implement a better way of checking to see which weapons should have ironsights, as well as how to slow the player down when they use ironsights and how to activate ironsights by using the SecondaryAttack function instead of a keybinding. Please let me know what you think and see you for whatever I decide to do next, thanks for watching!
GitHub page: github.com/TheMaster974/source-code-tutorials
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:23 A better way of implementing the ironsight ability
04:35 Adding ironsight ability via SecondaryAttack
07:14 Adding a delay between entering/exiting ironsights
08:21 Fixing disappearing viewmodels when going through level transitions
11:11 An alternative way to add ironsights?
13:18 Slowing the player down while using ironsights
17:24 Outro
► You can buy me a coffee to support the effort of creating videos on my new channel! -- buymeacoffee.com/gareththegamer
► My new channel: GarethTheGamer -- youtube.com/channel/UC36qEnApR9ua9eDjaRLYcbA
► Episode 30 (Prerequisite): youtu.be/H0c-FQEGTJ8
![Valve Source Code 2013 Tutorial (Episode 24): Shader Authoring Part 4 [Adding a Dynamic Sky Effect]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PVf05XXLSZU/mqdefault.jpg "Valve Source Code 2013 Tutorial (Episode 24): Shader Authoring Part 4 [Adding a Dynamic Sky Effect]
Hello everyone and welcome to a new (probably short) series of videos I do involving the source code from Valve for Half-Life 2, and some guides on how to do stuff with this code. In this episode, I outline how to add a dynamic sky effect to a mod, which is done by compiling shaders (which is why this video is part of the Shader Authoring set of videos). There are a couple of issues with this that I dont know how to resolve, plus I have to apologize for some of the laggy gameplay that is shown in the video! Please let me know what you think and see you for whatever I decide to do next, thanks for watching!
Links:
Shader Authoring Part 1 (Either video is a prerequisite for this video): https://youtu.be/yqJHtQ0k9g0 or https://youtu.be/ng7pF8JOB-4
Guide - https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Adding_a_dynamic_sky_to_your_mod
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