Play Alien Swarm in First-Person

Alien Swarm, the delightful and free top-down shooter from Valve that we reviewed yesterday, is playable in first-person mode via a few entries in the game’s developer console. If you were put off by the top-down viewpoint, perhaps this could entice you in.

Shrimpsess on the Steam forums has put up a list of useful console commands for the game, including the method of playing in first-person. Here’s the relevant info:

firstperson

asw_hide_marine 1

asw_controls 0
First one enables firstperson mode, second one hides your marine so you can see, third one changes the camera controls to be more FPS like.

To enable the console, go to Options > Keyboard > Enable developer console. Then hit the “`” key on the keyboard (~ in the US) – the one to the left of the “1″ key in the top left. Then enter each of the above commands to set first-person mode on.

There’s a video below, and aside from the lack of a roof, it still looks really good, and seems to be perfectly playable- which makes sense, considering it’s a Source mod.

[Via PC Gamer]

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  • Andrew MacLeod

    I presume the commands listed are as follows?

    “hide-marine(space)1″
    and
    “controls(space)[zero]“…

    Just to be clear, and it will be a lot easier to play, as well.
    So, thank you

  • http://www.ripten.com/author/Sam%20Naylor/ Sam Naylor

    That’s right, there is a space. I dunno about it being easier to play, since the game is designed with you being able to see all around you in mind!

  • Dave Oshry

    wow, this is awesome. I am actually going to make this happen. oooooo yeahhhhh

  • 6R3ND3L

    on door panels:

    when in first person mode, how do you get the controls back so you can hack?

    thanks :)

  • Dania

    Can you switch back to bird view when you want?