Abnormality 0016

Abnormality Surname: The Broken Grip

Risk Level: Disruptive

Status Level: Fragmented

Type: Weapon / Tool

Abnormality 0016 refers to a corrupted variant of the standard Physics Gun, which appears under the labels:
weapon_physgun
Physicsgun.gripnull

It retains the visual design and beam color of the original weapon but behaves erratically when used. The Broken Grip does not appear in spawnlists, nor can it be given via give weapon_physgun. It typically manifests spontaneously in players' inventories after loading legacy saves, malformed dupes, or maps with abandoned constraint logic.

When equipped, the weapon functions as normal - until the player attempts to grab, move, or freeze an object. At that point, it begins showing corrupted and unpredictable effects, depending on the context:
Picking up a prop causes it to violently stretch.
Freezing an object freezes the player instead.
Grabbing a ragdoll constantly changes the FOV.
Releasing an object causes it to launch in any random direction.

Abnormality 0016 was first mentioned in a now private youtube video posted on November 11, 2014, titled "Physics Gun freaks out!!" A server admin seen in the video claimed the weapon grabbed an invisible entity that couldn't be removed, causing repeated server crashes. It was described as "holding the map itself."

A player loading onto an old save from 2015. June 19th, 2022