SniperHunter
Banned
game is just awesome!! I can't stop playing it >_< even though it might kill my GPU XD
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Black Mesa Source |OT| Do you know who ate all the donuts?
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I'm using 90 on a 1680x1050 16:10 screen but it feels a bit off. Gonna drop it down to 85.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
It definitely gets better. You're still a couple of chapters away from the peak (title would be a minor spoiler I guess).
Going by the original HL, that is, only just started Black Mesa. Really interested to see what they do with that chapter though.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
The more I play the more impressed I am with how well they recreated the original game and added their own twist to a few things.
At the moment, I genuinely can't think how Valve themselves could have done a better remake.
At the moment, I genuinely can't think how Valve themselves could have done a better remake.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
It does. Once you get to Questionable Ethics and Surface Tension the challenge, variety, atmosphere, and music go into overdrive.
Black Mesa Source covers everything up until the end of Lambda Core. It is missing the last 20% of the game (known as Xen), though the Black Mesa team may make Xen longer than it was in the original.
Activate the fan and run up the ladder before the fan spins at full speed. Then jump into the fan, it will propel you upward.
Got a last set of a few pics. Questionable Ethics probably had the best cosmetic changes. The blue theme really clicked and as you can see, it has that oldschool level design. VVV
Surprised that they brought these things back, you barely see them any. Notice that the crossbow scope actually shows the world in front of you instead of being a generic 360 degree image. It's a 3D scope too, so when you zoom in it doesn't take you to a different screen altogether.
In the armory room on the building to your right, you don't actually have to reunite the security guard with his old pal. He will open up the huge stockpile for you regardless.
Probably my favorite battle overall other than the finale of Questionable Ethics. Surface Tension and Forget About Freeman the best the mod gets imo, although the remakes of We've Got Hostiles, Blast Pit, and Power Up were extremely satisfying as well. On A Rail, Apprehension, and Residue Processing are still somewhat of a dip in excitement just like the original, though they're still good levels. Lambda Core is well, Lambda Core. They kept it extremely similar to the original. That assassinX5 fight is not a joke, got really lucky on my first try.VVV
They did fail to include one scene that I remember. There's a scene in the original HL where you're walking down a tunnel and a HECU grunt opens and closes a hatch in front of you really quickly. He dropped a grenade in the tunnel and you have to actually walk towards the grenade to get to a safe gap before it explodes.
Playing through Hard was a good challenge but I would have to recommend that most people play this on Normal. You really have to kill enemies instantly with the magnum/crossbow/tau or bait them into doorways and corners a lot of the time to survive and that's not always the most fun thing in the world to do.
Haunted
Member
restart steam/make sure you have Source SDK 2007 installed
GHG
Member
I had the same problem. You probably have the Steam beta UI enabled (big picture or whatever its called).
Disable it the beta, restart steam, double click black mesa and it should automatically download the SDK so you can get it running. For some reason the steam UI beta prevents the SDK from loading.
Once you ahve it up and running properly you can turn the beta back on if you so wish.
eot
Banned
Yup, they cut like the last 10 minutes of Surface Tension.
When the vent you're in gets shot up they transition directly to the Gargantuan chase (which basically starts Forget about Freeman), whereas in HL1 you fall down into a garage and go through a few more areas (including the scene with the satchel charge in the pipe). My suspicion is that they cut it because of all the organic jump pads in those areas, but they did include one so who knows. It stood out to me too though, I think it's one of the coolest scripted moments in HL1.
When the vent you're in gets shot up they transition directly to the Gargantuan chase (which basically starts Forget about Freeman), whereas in HL1 you fall down into a garage and go through a few more areas (including the scene with the satchel charge in the pipe). My suspicion is that they cut it because of all the organic jump pads in those areas, but they did include one so who knows. It stood out to me too though, I think it's one of the coolest scripted moments in HL1.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Wasn't really a puzzle per se, you would do that two or three times throughout the level by shooting the sign which decided which direction your tram would take. Now that you mention it though there was a scene on the rails in the original where vortigaunts are "shooting" HECU grunts right across from them and you're kind of in the middle. They took out a few other areas and made the level more streamlined overall.
They took out the scene, as another example, when you're riding the train and you have to duck behind boxes behind lifted by cables that are being transported above you. There's no sniper near the rocket now either, you don't see one till ST. I'm so freaking glad that they took out the electricity on the rails though and the awkward pools of water you'd see on the tracks.
SteveWinwood
Member
They haven't said when it's going to be available directly through steam have they?
I would not mind if, instead of being mod integration, their Steam release was an actual product. Price it at $10, release it with the Xen levels and Valve could provide some final touches like VA improvements (Eli's actual voice actor, for instance) and optimization. All this effort, I think it deserves something like that.
insane0hflex
Member
About 3 hours in - love the humor so far. Dialogue is suberb and well voiced, pretty much on par with BBB or AA budget games.
Heres a funny poster:
Heres a funny poster:
Years of work updating and improving assets and still they end up with like 5 NPC faces.
They're faithful to the original
Oldschoolgamer
The physical form of blasphemy
Do soldiers throw grenades with pinpoint accuracy, like they use to?
From my play through, it seems they use them much less and not that accurate.
ashbash159
Member
Okay so I'm stuck in the water processing place.
I been through the water flow and have found a side-exit that has allowed me to open red doors to already visited locations. There's also stairs for above the fire section that seem to lead to a dead end where there are a couple of suit charge cells.
Help!
I been through the water flow and have found a side-exit that has allowed me to open red doors to already visited locations. There's also stairs for above the fire section that seem to lead to a dead end where there are a couple of suit charge cells.
Help!
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Go back to the room you emerged from after the fire water area and go back into the water itself. Take a right, there will be more underwater hall for you to traverse.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
They throw them about half as often now I'd say. What they do in this game that they never did in the original is bum rush you. Can't tell you how many times I died from a shotgun grunt who just runs around the corner at you blasting you to shit whilst not giving a care in the world. It's so important to kill grunts really quickly in this game. Shotgun secondary fire/crossbow/tau/magnum are essential.
The gibs are CRAZY in this game. Spines, skulls, brains...just like the old days. The collision detection from HL is back too, you WILL get squished between or under objects, probably what happened to the grunt in your case. And speaking of squishing, the automated doors (yes doors) in BMS are unforgiving. They close on you after a short amount of time and if you stand where the door is supposed to close, you DO TAKE A LITTLE DAMAGE! If you don't have enough health to sustain the damage from the door, then this happens to you
No, his legs are not clipping through the wall. The door cut them off.
Same though it's been a while since i played HL1 vanilla
We released an update not too long ago, and Activision has left us alone thus far.
Foliorum Viridum
Banned
The best thing about this is the made up names in the vending machines.
Fact.
Fact.
ashbash159
Member
Thanks.
Only about an hour it, but I totally agree with the positive impressions here. What the developers pulled off - in their free time, no less - is incredibly impressive. So far, they're effectively dancing the very thin line between being true to the original while still skillfully adding new touches and changing level design.
I can't wait to see how other areas have been improved.
I can't wait to see how other areas have been improved.
CambriaRising
Member
This is amazing. It is obvious that they have been hard at work for the last 7 years. They could have shown a little bit of this too use sooner so we weren't so down on them . They have changed a lot of things for the better to make the game feel more modern, and it is a good thing. So far I am loving it more than HL1, but maybe that is because I played HL1 on Ps2, and then never again until after I had beaten HL2+Ep1.
. They have changed a lot of things for the better to make the game feel more modern, and it is a good thing. So far I am loving it more than HL1, but maybe that is because I played HL1 on Ps2, and then never again until after I had beaten HL2+Ep1.GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
I'm assuming that if it's officially on Steam, I won't have to deal with all these installation issues people keep complaining about, and most of the kinks will have been ironed out. And I'll be waiting anyway for them to finish the game before I play it, as opposed to experiencing the gap between what they have now and when Xen is released.
That would be nice.
They throw them about half as often now I'd say. What they do in this game that they never did in the original is bum rush you. Can't tell you how many times I died from a shotgun grunt who just runs around the corner at you blasting you to shit whilst not giving a care in the world. It's so important to kill grunts really quickly in this game. Shotgun secondary fire/crossbow/tau/magnum are essential.
The gibs are CRAZY in this game. Spines, skulls, brains...just like the old days. The collision detection from HL is back too, you WILL get squished between or under objects, probably what happened to the grunt in your case. And speaking of squishing, the automated doors (yes doors) in BMS are unforgiving. They close on you after a short amount of time and if you stand where the door is supposed to close, you DO TAKE A LITTLE DAMAGE! If you don't have enough health to sustain the damage from the door, then this happens to you
No, his legs are not clipping through the wall. The door cut them off.
Yeah, the doors have got me a couple times. Those fire doors are brutal 1 shot killing machines! Also, those boat hatch like doors are fun to smush the slow walking had crab guys. Love it!
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I wish they didn't abandon the magnum 35% into this game. It's my favorite weapon by far and they never give you ammo for it. It seems to be the most effective for everything sans the big dudes that shoot acid at you and of course the underwater enemies.
Edit: Funny, just as I alt tabbed back in I got a box of full magnum ammo. Ask and ye shall receive!
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Oh wow look at that I haven't looked it up in a while and it's out and rolling! When did it come out! Now I got another mod to install when I get home. Sweet!
I saw it recommended on Greenlight. Are they going to finish Xen, or is this as far as they go 'cuz, well. you know, it's named Black Mesa. Not Black Mesa and then Xen.
One of my favorite parts of GTA: San Andreas!
You should try Freedom Fighters.
Entire computer freezes at the dam part. Seems I can't finish it.
So far it's been an incredible ride though. Truly impressive work.
Going down the tube? I think it might be a memory issue. Try lowest settings for that bit. Failing that try noclip mode to bypass it.
eot
Banned
No, I think it's just a matter of them having to do some stuff on the back-end to integrate it with Steam as a standalone.