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I found the "mugshots" in the multiplayer settings of HL²DM not very revealing, so I started looking for a decent overview of the available playermodels in HL²DM — and just couldn't find one. After I completed taking screenshots of the playermodels myself, I thought it would make sense to also share them with you — and probably add a tutorial about how to change your appearance in the game.

I hope you find it helpful!

This guide contains:

1. Complete overview of all the playermodels you can choose from
   
2. Guide to change the playermodel to the one you like
   
3. Guide to see the playermodel yourself

To enable the developer console, right click on Half-Life 2: Deathmatch in the list of your Steam games and click on "Properties..." afterwards. Next, under "General" enter the following "Launch Options":


Close the window with "OK", start the game and create a multiplayer match. Now you can change your playermodel by using the following command in your developer console:


Although this guide was originally meant to only give you an overview of the playermodels that are available, here is a quick guide how to make use of them:


Instead of "modelname", use the model of your liking (see the list below). For example:



Since HL²DM is a first person shooter, the player is usually not able to see himself. But there is an easy way to enable a third person view during a local multiplayer game.

1) Enable cheats via


2) Enter this to enable a third person view:


3) To return to first person mode, simply enter:



Here is the list of the playermodels you can choose from:

... and let me know if I there's anything unclear or even faulty. Thanks!