Black Mesa Source Release Date Announced!!

Jackobyte · 17-09-2012 7:38pm

Just started it there a while ago. Hadn't played HL or HL2 before despite owning a copy of the Orange Box. Haven't progressed very far yet, but it seems addictive. Stuck at the

exploding pig/dog thing

. Have only tried it 4 times but it is still frustrating as I've made zero progress in those attempts.

Opinicus · 17-09-2012 8:20pm

I have an album with a few funny screenshots here

Just one or two for flavour (click on the album link for full res)

The Gman

Pics of Richard Feynman (physicist) and Hedy Lamarr (must be kleiner's office)

If you throw anything at a guard you get a command reminiscent of HL2

Little things like the way the glass breaks are cool

Tar.Aldarion · 17-09-2012 8:40pm

I like at the start you can see gman talking ina room cant you and they shut the blinds when they notice you?

kearneybobs · 17-09-2012 9:43pm

OSI wrote: »

Anyone else spotted the Chuckle Brothers mugs lying around?

Yeah, mentioned it on the last page. Such an odd addition. Made me chuckle........ :rolleyes:

5uspect · 17-09-2012 9:53pm

kearneybobs wrote: »

Yeah, mentioned it on the last page. Such an odd addition. Made me chuckle........ :rolleyes:

There's also a Douglas Adams reference:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=97110564

Feck me this game is great! Such great character and weapon animation. Really captures the original wonderfully.

ancapailldorcha · 17-09-2012 10:38pm

The attention to detail is absolutely staggering. I'm finding it a bit sluggish but it is free. It would be nice if you didn't have to crouch for every single jump.

Zab · 18-09-2012 7:11pm

The marines are too accurate and too quick to open fire. They also shouldn't spot you so quickly in some situations but I don't remember how that was in the original.

ScumLord · 20-09-2012 5:58pm

Where's the best place to download this? The links on the site are saying it'll take a day to download. I have a real debrid account so if I could find a single link download on one of the major storage sites like rapidshare I should be able to get a good download speed.

Kiith · 20-09-2012 6:05pm

I doubt you'll find a single link download from a storage site, as it's around a 3gb download. Most of the ones i've seen (and the one i used) was 5 or so links.

kearneybobs · 20-09-2012 6:06pm

I used Utorrent. Is that an option for you? you can get the a link for it on the black mesa website.

dreamers75 · 20-09-2012 6:12pm

Torrent had it in less than an hour.

balkieb2002 · 20-09-2012 6:24pm

Now that it's been out a while there are quite a few copies of it appearing on storage sites though no single links (smallest was 2 links on RS).

ScumLord · 20-09-2012 6:29pm

I usually avoid torrents, I guess i'll just go about it the long winded way.

Zab · 20-09-2012 6:32pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I usually avoid torrents, I guess i'll just go about it the long winded way.

I think they make a lot of sense for this sort of release. The community provide the bandwidth for the download.

danthefan · 20-09-2012 8:01pm

ScumLord wrote: »

I usually avoid torrents, I guess i'll just go about it the long winded way.

If you have a client already there's really no reason not to torrent this. It's completely legit.

Tar.Aldarion · 20-09-2012 8:23pm

Dunno maybe he thinks they are awkward?

Mine was done in half an hour on release day though on torrent, was sweet.

TerrorFirmer · 20-09-2012 8:27pm

Torrent for sure. Mine was done in about 30 minutes.

Monotype · 20-09-2012 9:23pm

The fileshack one didn't take too long and that was on release day. I'd suggest you to use a browser like opera if your connection is slow as it will allow you to resume downloads (won't work on some download sites with limits as the links change). Opera has a built in torrent downloader as well.

pixelburp · 24-09-2012 8:40pm

Just finished it there earlier this evening; I'd actually be happy to leave it now & not bother with the Xen portion when it comes out; no point spoiling the experience. That said, whilst Xen gets the most ire from people, Black Mesa reminded me that the game had already fecked me right off before then, specifically the Lambda Core portion. Even with BMs tidy re imaginings, that area is a nightmare of awful jumping and hopping.

BlitzKrieg · 24-09-2012 9:37pm

so much hate for the jumping in half life...

I actually liked the jumping mechanics in half life, it really brought a lot to the environment I thought.

Genghiz Cohen · 24-09-2012 9:39pm

What's with people hating on loading screens? It's either that or minute long, unskippable cutscenes. (Or an engine with level streaming, but shush)

ancapailldorcha · 24-09-2012 10:20pm

Bit random but does anyone else really enjoy the sound effects and feel of the handgun?

pixelburp · 24-09-2012 10:40pm

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

so much hate for the jumping in half life...

I actually liked the jumping mechanics in half life, it really brought a lot to the environment I thought.

I should probably clarify: what drove me nuts was that so many jumps demanded the classic crouch-jump method from HL1. It had its time & tbh it's a wonder I managed to play the origin in the first place; it also feels doubly incongruous against the backdrop of Black Mesa, with it's more convincing architecture & environments. They could have kept most of the jumping maps, just not insisted that you crouch-jump - it's so bloody counter-intuitive.

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Bit random but does anyone else really enjoy the sound effects and feel of the handgun?

No, I agree the sound design was excellent throughout, really helped the atmosphere both before and after the accident by using lots of little ambient sounds & repsonses.

BlitzKrieg · 24-09-2012 11:08pm

I should probably clarify: what drove me nuts was that so many jumps demanded the classic crouch-jump method from HL1. It had its time & tbh it's a wonder I managed to play the origin in the first place; it also feels doubly incongruous against the backdrop of Black Mesa, with it's more convincing architecture & environments. They could have kept most of the jumping maps, just not insisted that you crouch-jump - it's so bloody counter-intuitive.

Heh I still crouch jump in any pc fps I play today out of habit. That never bothered me as mechanic.

I still do it in BF3 today.

balkieb2002 · 24-09-2012 11:45pm

Still playing through this at the moment though I keep taking breaks once I get to the jumping parts,

currently at part where you jump through those compressors

, as finding some quite annoying.

When doing long range jumps do you need to crouch-jump or just sprint jump?
I don't mind the crouch-jumping mechanic to get to higher places and like BlitzKrieg I still use is games today but it's a running crouch-jump which is causing my frustration.

Also only now after realizing you can get on and off ladders by pressing the "use" key! It wasn't like that in the original was it??

Meesared · 25-09-2012 12:23am

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Still playing through this at the moment though I keep taking breaks once I get to the jumping parts,
currently at part where you jump through those compressors
, as finding some quite annoying.

When doing long range jumps do you need to crouch-jump or just sprint jump?
I don't mind the crouch-jumping mechanic to get to higher places and like BlitzKrieg I still use is games today but it's a running crouch-jump which is causing my frustration.

Also only now after realizing you can get on and off ladders by pressing the "use" key! It wasn't like that in the original was it??

You can?? Ah balls, I would have saved myself MANY broken legs if I had have known that.

BlitzKrieg · 25-09-2012 1:43am

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Still playing through this at the moment though I keep taking breaks once I get to the jumping parts,
currently at part where you jump through those compressors
, as finding some quite annoying.

Careful they can be bugged and you may need to reload an earlier save before you turned them on. I got stuck there for hours on the 2nd set and gave up when it seemed impossible and looked online. Got told the timing can get bugged and reloaded it to just before I entered the room and I got through it all in one go.

SeantheMan · 25-09-2012 2:20am

The platform parts as above are my only gripe. Aside from that it's very good.

I like how there is nothing to indicate where I am meant to go, leaving you to figure it out for yourself. Makes you feel smart again, valve are one of the only companies who can do that in their FPS games.

K.O.Kiki · 30-10-2020 1:10pm

New update!

https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/362890/view/2925611484592371251

Black Mesa Source Release Date Announced!!

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