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Black Mesa Source |OT| Do you know who ate all the donuts?
- Thread starter The M.O.B
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And then? I couldn't figure out what I should do then. I found nowhere (new) to jump at.
I took the route via the belts that were lasermined, you can get through the narrow parts with continous crouch-jumping.
eot
Banned
You open the door, jump via the platform you moved and then you enter a room with a new conveyor belt that passes through a furnace.
Like this.
Like this.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Still hard to believe that this finally came out and ended up being great.
Other HL2 mods I would recommend include MINERVA, Mission Improbable, Precursor, Nightmare House 2, and Research and Development. And even then there's still many other good ones out there, but these are must-plays for sure.
Source Mod Megathread
First page is slightly dated but the thread itself is still an excellent way to keep up with HL2 mod news. And of course there's the big daddy himself; Mod DB.
Other HL2 mods I would recommend include MINERVA, Mission Improbable, Precursor, Nightmare House 2, and Research and Development. And even then there's still many other good ones out there, but these are must-plays for sure.
Source Mod Megathread
First page is slightly dated but the thread itself is still an excellent way to keep up with HL2 mod news. And of course there's the big daddy himself; Mod DB.
CrunchyFrog
Member
Someone posted somewhere in this thread some config lines that would slightly but IMO fairly reduce the reaction times on marines and some other enemies, did anyone happen to copy/paste or remember those lines and where to put them exactly?
SniperHunter
Banned
Do I leave all the rescued people in the cafeteria? furniture is blocking the exit and I can't get them out!
I H8 Memes
Member
There's a door to the left that you will be able to open from the other side later.
GraveHorizon
poop meter feature creep
jediyoshi
Member
It'd make actual jumping sections to easy, just use a crouch jump script http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=42200882&postcount=1075
Change "bms_normal_jump_vertical_speed" in skill.cfg to 230.
Night_Trekker
Member
I honestly didn't expect much when I booted it up, but wow. So far (about 2 hours in), it's been everything I've wanted from a HL1 remake.
Hats off to the Black Mesa team.
Hats off to the Black Mesa team.
If you are where I'm thinking of, the solution is a shitty physics puzzle.
The one with the moving sidewalk?
Put the (red?) barrels that float in the water below the sidewalk into the cage. If they are enough, you can safely cross it
maniac-kun
Member
Cant get into it because of the weak sound design.
MGHA
Member
Not every game can have little anime girls scream-singing engrish words at the top of their lungs.
Aussie mirror, you need to sign up for an account, but they have pretty good speeds
http://games.on.net/file/50858/
Play the original then this, you'll appreciate the work that went into this more
Just play the original Half-Life (not HLS), and then take a stab at Black Mesa later.
Cameron122
Member
This mod is greatness, I'd kill for an Opposing Force reimagining of this calibur.
bigace33
Member
Is this the full game? I have yet to play the Original Halflife, but have beaten all the other Halflife games. It would be nice to finally play this classic all the way through with Halflife 2 graphics.
Edit: Didn't see the post a few up from mine. Good info, I'll go ahead and play the original then.
Edit: Didn't see the post a few up from mine. Good info, I'll go ahead and play the original then.
To be honest, it's tempting to recommend Black Mesa on its graphical upgrade alone. However, I think it's still best to play the original Half-Life first instead. Currently the mod ends on a cliffhanger.
Also, Black Mesa is noticeably more difficult than the original Half-Life. The enemies are smarter and faster. And overall, I still think the original game is superior. The mod is still lacking a couple levels (even in the released portion) due to the turbulent development over 6 years. I also think the jumping height is still too low; there's even more crouch-jumping required of you than in the original HL1.
But man, does it look good.
OMG
Cameron122
Member
Can't breath hnghhhhh
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Hell yes.
So is it safe to say that the game developers had no idea what they were doing when they placed ammo for Normal difficulty once the "military" shows up?
I remember beating Half-Life all the way back in 1998 and Black Mesa is substantially more difficult and substantially more frustrating. I don't even want to play it any more.
I get that Black Mesa is going for a little bit more of a survival horror vibe than the original Half-Life, but they just made this flat out unfair and imbalanced. The "military" just shows up and starts wrecking your face, putting you down in like 3 seconds and 99% of their shots hit the target and I have nothing but a Glock with 20 rounds.
Ya, Ok, sure.
I remember beating Half-Life all the way back in 1998 and Black Mesa is substantially more difficult and substantially more frustrating. I don't even want to play it any more.
I get that Black Mesa is going for a little bit more of a survival horror vibe than the original Half-Life, but they just made this flat out unfair and imbalanced. The "military" just shows up and starts wrecking your face, putting you down in like 3 seconds and 99% of their shots hit the target and I have nothing but a Glock with 20 rounds.
Ya, Ok, sure.
Holy shit was that good, crazy soldier damage aside, that was freakin fantastic. Seriously, if they just fixed a few technical stuff like random slow downs and tweaked some of the AI variables, I would say this is the definitive HL experience....so...damn...good
And the soldiers were pretty smart (maybe not the rose tinited perfect AI they were in HL1), but they did a fair bit of moving around, rushing when appropriate, holding back when appropriate. And goddamn those assassins, flippin around and shit.
In short floored at how good it was, and like I said the game is a few patches away from being better than hl1
And the soldiers were pretty smart (maybe not the rose tinited perfect AI they were in HL1), but they did a fair bit of moving around, rushing when appropriate, holding back when appropriate. And goddamn those assassins, flippin around and shit.
In short floored at how good it was, and like I said the game is a few patches away from being better than hl1
basic_text
Member
I finally finished it on Wednesday and I can honestly say it was the most fun I've had in ages. It's been years since I played the original Half Life and it all felt like a fresh experience. Couldn't help but feel sad at the abrupt end though.
It merely reinforces the fact that I think the Half Life series is my favourite gaming series of all time.
It merely reinforces the fact that I think the Half Life series is my favourite gaming series of all time.
I found the assassins much easier to take care of in this than I did the original. Their movement speed was so much slower in this I could practically line up every shot withe ease.
Finished this a couple of days ago, some quick thoughts:
It's good, but it's also severely flawed too. If you can wait for Xen, I'd caution waiting in the hope that some of these other issues are patched up as well.
- The mod looks great in most areas.
- The voicework is really good in most respects, I could have sworn they got Kleiner and Barney's VAs to provide voices for the scientists and security guards. I'll have to look that up, don't remember seeing that information in the credits.
- Tau Cannon and Gluon Gun are probably my favourite weapons in the release, very satisfying to use in their various modes and have some great gibbing and particle effects associated with them.
- Surface Tension seemed to run more or less the same length that I remember, but "Forget About Freeman!" seemed to have been cut down to an insane degree.
- Lambda Core is fun, though it has issues. I spent way too much time trying to activate the second pump room before I realized I could (well, had to) proceed without it. The level design wasn't really changed to accommodate this, the audio and indicator lights all implied I needed it.
- Lambda Core teleporter climb still a pain in the ass.
- The mod has barely any autosaves, to the point I just made it a force of habit to quicksave before every questionable jump or firefight, because it's nearly always a safe assumption that the mapper forgot to. This really should have not have been an oversight.
- Speaking of questionable jumps, yeah, it's ridiculous how virtually every jump required has to be a crouch jump. My hand began physically hurting at some jump-heavy stages of the game.
- Difficulty completely and utterly broken. Normal had the marines beating every single other NPC type in the game (bar Gargantuas or massed Alien Grunts) whilst the Xenians were comparatively underpowered, and Easy had the marines slightly easier than expected, with the Xenians comparatively useless. I switched it down to Easy nonetheless, given the balance problems were sucking all my enjoyment out of the combat by the time I had gotten midway through Surface Tension. I don't know, I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if this was a result of "dev difficulty", wherein the echo chamber ratcheted it higher and higher in the absence of a wider audience to balance around.
It's good, but it's also severely flawed too. If you can wait for Xen, I'd caution waiting in the hope that some of these other issues are patched up as well.
Did I miss something or did Valve rip that feature out recently?
HL2 had plenty of autosave points. Go play for a few minutes, die, and see how far back you end up.
Betta Lines
Member
Thought the bump was for Greenlight. I guess they're waiting until Xen is done?