Jumping on boxes

[Captain Colon]

Crouch then jump after like half a second.


It took me forever to figure this out and every time I asked I just got "LOL LERN2CROUCHJUMP N00B" so I hope this helps someone

[SOLANUM]

A much easier way to do this is to face away from the box and jump backwards onto it.



Sol

[Jaffa]

running crouch jumps are more effective than standing ones

[Captain Colon]

running crouch jumps are more effective than standing ones

I tried every possible method and the one I listed is the only one where I can consistently make the jump You can still do the crouch-first one while running but it shortens your jump distance by about half.

[Scraps]

I've made fun of him constantly for not being able to jump.

[EvInReaLife]

Lmao Noob!!!!!!

[Captain Colon]

I've made fun of him constantly for not being able to jump.

But now I can do it and no humans shall ever survive my wrath on rooftop :O

[Shadowex3]

It's kinda silly really, I mean it's EASY to jump on top of a standing player's head and they're TALLER than those boxes. You'd think mappers would be kind enough to maybe put a tiny invisible bevel or something to make it easier to land those jumps.

[phatman76]

lol you should have learned how to crouch jump like 9 years ago in the HL1 hazard course. And you don't need space to do a running crouch jump to do a running crouch jump, just a couple inches if you have the skill.

[Shadowex3]

Except that HL2's physics for jumping are completely different from HL1's, which is why acceleration jumping doesn't exist and circle jumping isn't nearly as effective. I think what's happened is that the boxes are ever so slightly above the maximum height a player can crouchjump so you need to abuse the physics a little bit to get the extra boost. That or they're exactly at your maximum jump height and you just need perfect timing.