Black Mesa Source

Kautya · 16 Sep 2012 at 13:35

Have been playing it since yesterday. Looks good. Actually got past the creature in blast pits without using cheats (like i did in the orginal HL). They have done a good job on this considering its a free release.

Evilsod · 16 Sep 2012 at 13:38

First loading screen on the tram was horrendous. Took 15 seconds at least. Second was a lot faster and only took around 5.

Just quit for a moment anyway. Using GameSave Manager to move it to my SSD so hopefully the loading times will be even faster.

deadite66 · 16 Sep 2012 at 13:39

RossG said:
Has anyone playing it on hard managed to get past the assassins? I'm finding it impossible, may have to drop the difficulty level for this bit

the assassins were always suckers for satchel bombs.

sniffy · 16 Sep 2012 at 13:49

Really enjoying this

Great effort.

buchtis · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:02

Does anyone know if they're finishing or will finish the rest of this game?

Craig1981 · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:10

buchtis said:
Does anyone know if they're finishing or will finish the rest of this game?

They plan on finishing it. When they do it is another matter all together though. Its been years getting to this point.

reflux · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:10

Chuckle brothers mugs.

alastair79 · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:13

Jump crouch is still a pain all these years later, also getting stuck on the ladders from time to time.

Love it, love it, love it.

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maxilive · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:19

Something that might help with some ladders is pressing E to get on them/off them instead of jumping

twist3d0n3 · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:47

just finished it, and all i can say is glorious!

Murray · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:47

Does anyone else think that you have to play the original before playing this?

Its like a completely different game.

Puppetmaster · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:48

How do you actually launch the game, cant find any exe, start menu folder or anything in steam :s

jaybee · 16 Sep 2012 at 14:59

I have the below spec and it's running really badly for me this. FPS often drops to low 20s. Load times between sections of the maps is often 10-15 seconds.

Core2Quad @ 3.2ghz
8gb ram
AMD HD 5770 1gb gfx
7200rpm HDD
Windows XP (yeah I know, upgrading asap)

Vsync on
Most settings high or maxed although have tried turning textures and AA down to only 8x and it still runs as badly.

Any other source game I can max out. This runs awful.

I tried the multi core fix and did not affect it.

Shamikebab · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:03

Puppetmaster said:
How do you actually launch the game, cant find any exe, start menu folder or anything in steam :s

Did you restart steam?

Evilsod · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:12

Epic mod so far. Just up to Office Complex on Hard. Vortigaunts fire damn fast. Really need to either blast them with the magnum or go rapid fire with the pistol to make sure they die fast. The shockwave dogs are annoying as hell. One of them in an office because he was hard to hit wrecked my entire armour ><

Just got past the bit with the turret and decided to take a break.

RossG · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:33

deadite66 said:
the assassins were always suckers for satchel bombs.

Done them now, using a combinations of the under-slung grenade launcher and explosive barrels.

HankScorpio · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:35

Chuckle Brothers

Antar Bolaeisk · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:45

Shamikebab said:
I had to put god mode on to get past blast pit, always had problems with those things. Even when crawling and throwing grenades in the other direction they still kill me.

They gave me nightmares when I first played HL. Took me bloody ages to get past them.

dmcg · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:47

just completed aswell if I didn't know much about it I would have thought valve made this by the quality of it

Winky_The_Winking_Turtle · 16 Sep 2012 at 15:53

http://goo.gl/PDeyu
This game is awesome so far, they did a great job. This is the first part of the game, basicly the intro, imma do a letsplay of this if anyone is interested