Roller Wand

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Roller Wand
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The Roller Wand is a weapon cut from Half-Life 2.

Overview

It was probably to allow the player or Alyx to control reprogrammed Rollermines, or even Dog's ball in particular, as the Roller Wand's .cpp file in the Half-Life 2 leak source code describes it as a "'weapon' what lets the player controll the rollerbuddy" [sic], "rollerbuddy" probably referring to a "friendly" Rollermine (that text can also be found in the Portable Thumper's .cpp file, but this is likely a copy/paste oversight). It would have probably worked as Dog's hand when he catches its ball in the retail game.

It could also simply be the predecessor to Alyx's Multi-tool, used in Episode One to reprogram Rollermines to help Freeman and her proceed.

The Roller Wand script file found in the playable Half-Life 2 leak files shows it was to temporarily use the S.L.A.M model as a placeholder. That script file is the only source for any information pertaining to the weapon.