Black Mesa Created 6 years ago2017-12-24 11:45:06 UTC by satchmo

Black Mesa is newly revamped and also ON SALE now!

There are enough eye candies to make any level designer drool.

Hello dad/medic

YOUNG SATCHMO!!!

It's nice to finally meet you!

Hey! Welcome the community - We've heard a lot about you, it's nice to finally meet you!

Also, yeah, the new BM engine improvements are super exciting. I'm going so far as to use up my mobile data to download it at my Dad's place so I can play with the dynamic lighting sooner.

I've still not touched Black Mesa, and won't until it's the complete package. It was due out by now at one point, but I think it was delayed?

Yeah, they delayed Xen because they realized they couldn't get it as good as they wanted it in the timeframe they had given themselves. IMO it's still worth buying now, even if you don't intend to play it until it's finished.
Also if the earthbound sections are any indicator, Xen is going to be awesome, unlike Xen in HL1, which is meh.

I bought it because it was $5.

Even if they just retextured xen, it would be an improvement. I'm definitely looking forward to it.

The architectural design and gameplay both deviated significantly from the original Half-Life, which is a good thing. It retained the original spirit of the game, but with a fresh new twist.

I am watching my son playing through it. I have to admit that he's a more skilled gamer than I was.

Welcome to TWHL, Mini-satchmo! Your dad is one of the coolest people I've ever had the pleasure of speaking to. Glad to hear you're kicking his butt at games

Welcome to TWHL, Satchmo the 2nd!

On the topic, I'm actually quite curious to see if Black Mesa will even run on my laptop, haha.

I was pretty sure I had played Black Mesa up to the end - yet I look at these screenshots and don't recognise a single one of them. Did they really change it so much since I played it? Or did I never really play it? There's only one way to find out.

Welcome to TWHL, little Satchmo!

They indeed changed a shit-load since the initial public release.

Play it, it's almost like a new game.

I'm going to wait for the Xen update and then I'll replay it.

Yeah, I'm in that camp as well. I played the mod version through to the end, same with the retail version. I'm waiting for Xen now and I'm gonna start from the beginning when it drops to add to the anticipation.

I'm thinking of replaying the earth sections again just to see all the ways they used the improvements, and when Xen comes out I'm going to do a playthrough of BM, HL2, and the Episodes.

does it still have those deadly aimbot soldiers?

To bad that the unofficial uncut chapter packages wont benefit from the new graphic effects and seeing that the author of these is now a long term dev member himself I doubt we will see em anytime soon.

As for the related grunt aim question:

In recent patches their accuracy appears to have been slightly nerved. And in this patch finally the A-grunts as well.

Save/restore problem:You shouldn't change graphics settings in-game then either load a save or transition to the next level:Made yesterday with the "public" build (not the December beta). Looks like Black Mesa also suffer from the "changes aren't saved" syndrome from other Source engine games/mods (HUD post-process isn't saved, texture quality isn't saved).

I'll try the beta once I've finished with the hat achievement ^^

That's not a glitch it's just another teleporter meant to take you into the chessboard realm.