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Judging is complete and here are the results for the Make Black Mesa Come Alive Competition that recently closed!

Congratulation to the winners, and thank you to all entrants! Some great maps were created for this competition! Go play 'em!

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First Place: First Day at Black Mesa by EljanoCZE

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I see, I'll try to mess around a little bit and try some different stuff. Thanks for the tips! :D

(sorry for the late answer)
err4043 days ago2024-12-10 01:08:57 UTC 0 replies
I would like to disable respawning in my multiplayer HL2 mod, similar to when you die in CS, but I can't find any sources for this. Please help!
I've been recently fascinated with a now closed forum that was very popular back in the late 2000s called the "Half-Life Improvement Team" (or just the HIT forums), especially with a lot of its disc...
Admer4564 days ago2024-12-08 22:53:09 UTC 2 replies
And don't forget our own guide:
[[Tutorial: How to fix those leaks]]
FreeSlave4 days ago2024-12-08 13:31:38 UTC 53 replies
New update https://github.com/FreeSlave/halflife-featureful/releases/tag/featureful-2024-12-08

This release introduces the support for the texture material type configuration. The mod developer now...

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Posted 4 months ago2024-08-09 05:53:18 UTC • Voting closed • 11 comments
What is your favourite official Half-Life game/expansion?

(If you actually want to vote for Decay or Lost Coast, I've decided they don't count. Let me know about how upset you are in the comments!)
  • Half-Life: 39% (29 votes)
  • Half-Life 2: 20% (15 votes)
  • Opposing Force: 17% (13 votes)
  • HL2 Episode 2: 11% (8 votes)
  • Blue Shift: 8% (6 votes)
  • HL2 Episode 1: 3% (2 votes)
  • Alyx: 3% (2 votes)