Steam, Single Player, and Cheats

[middletoe]

I'm interested in playing Half Life 2, but I'm absolute garbage
at anything that requires quick reflexes because of nerve
damage. So I'd need cheats in order to play it.

I found some cheats at cheatcc
but it says "server only" for some of the cheats.
The same at gamefaqs -- it says "server side only" for the god mode cheat.

What does "server side only" mean. Would I be able to use the
cheat if I'm only going to be playing the single player version?

[draclvr]

Not sure if this will answer your question, but someone asked a similar question on the Steam forums...

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/s ... p?t=854645

[middletoe]

Well now I'm thoroughly confused. How does it apply to games played as single player?
Are you both client and server when you play single player?

[shany]

Cheats should work fine for single player. I played Half Life 2 with them.

[middletoe]

Thanks Shany. Good news
Thank you too Draclvr.

[draclvr]

Let us know how it works, middletoe. I've never used cheats with Steam.