Black Mesa
 

finally, and after a long expectations. Black Mesa is finally released. sorry if I forgot to tell people about it, knowing it since september 13th 2012.



for more informations, please visit:

• its web site: http://www.blackmesasource.com/
• Wikipedia web page (EN)

installation:

• this is a "steam only" mod. please do not ask for its installation, if you don't own a steam game.

1. choose a mirror to download it.
2. the .exe application must be in the same location as the .7z archive to be executed.
3. System_Requirements.
4. enjoy http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_wink.gif.

credits:

teol: for the announcement in another french forum.
-Kid-: for showing us briefly how to install it correctly.

Impressions:

• tested with an Entry-level graphic card (Nvidia n210), 2 GO or ram, Core2 Duo 2.93
• seems not to be a resource intensive game.
• a total remake of the first Half-life, for those who didin't like Half-life 2.

Re: Black Mesa
 

Its back! And ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slRsexrhbG8
Same things again, uh so boring...

Re: Black Mesa
 

Half-Life Best Game Best Story

Re: Black Mesa
 

@ .Dare Devil. it's not exactly the same game, but a remake. many details had changed with better sounds, sprites and animations, etc.
for those who didn't play the first one, and really don't like the crapy HL2, it's really a great challenge. alone against aliens and Adrien Shephard with his numerous comrades. just try to join the surface.. OMG.

@ AmineKyo we can't say it's the best story of all the game ever created. but it's the best one in all Valve games.

@ jonnzus you said something sir ?

Re: Black Mesa
 

Don't forget that you need to install the Source 2007 Base (I think that's the right one) from Steam's Tools section.

Of course, if you wait a few weeks, it'll show up in Steam's store since it's already been Greenlit.

Re: Black Mesa
 

Hi All,
This seems to be a good game :)
I want to ask that is it a standalone game or a MOD? Do we need to have Half-Life 2 to play this game?
Regards,
RaHBeR

Re: Black Mesa
 

thanks sir. it's better to notify it. because a lot of people may not pay attention to those details in the System_Requirements. link :).
it's an unfinished stand-alone mod. you can't (not yet) go to Xen like in HL1.

Re: Black Mesa
 

I've been wondering... is there anyone here on Steam who doesn't own a Source game? If so, does Source 2007 Base show up in the Steam tools for you?

I'd heard that it's available to everyone now that Team Fortress 2 is F2P, but I've never confirmed that. Another question would be if you don't have it listed, will installing TF2 and launching it at least once add Source 2007 Base to your tools list?

Re: Black Mesa
 

I think that's shown for all the people. like all those tools for other games than GoldSrc or Source engine games.

I own TF2, doing all the updates, and never played it online (just some local tests).
so when I installed Black Mesa, the game was working without the Source SDK thingy, and that made me astonished http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_scratch.png. I told -Kid- about it, and he answered me:

• by downloading Source SDK base 2007, Source SDK base 2006 was downloaded at the same time.

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Well, the thing is that it didn't used to be. You used to have to own a Source game (other than the free version of Portal released in 2010) to have the Source SDK and Source SDK Base 2006 or 2007.

Never played it online?! What's wrong with you!

But yeah, the following Source games all install the Source 2007 Shared files:

• Half-Life 2
• Half-Life 2: Episode 1
• Half-Life 2: Episode 2
• Half-Life 2: Deathmatch*
• Counter-Strike: Source
• Day of Defeat: Source
• Portal*
• Team Fortress 2

L4D, L4D2, Alien Swarm, and CS:GO all use standalone files.

For that matter, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch is literally the Source 2007 Shared files with an executable slapped on top of it... it doesn't have any other files.

* The free versions of these games will prevent you from launching games that require the Source 2007 SDK Base, though, unless you have another game from this list. May no longer apply, though.

Side note: I don't think Valve has corrected the error they made in the Source 2007 files when the Mac versions launched in 2010. The error being that the Source 2007 Shared Sounds now include all dialog from HL2 in it.