Black Mesa Source

jaybee said:
I might try whacking it all on my SSD tonight to see if it helps the stutter and long load times...
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My first loading time in the tram was around 10-15s. One after was much less at around 5s. Since then I put it on my SSD and

Craig1981 said:
Doh! Of course! Cant believe I forgot that! Thanks :)
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Fool :p

The river of toxic waste looks very cool in its luminescent green form.
 
JAKUS said:
I just tried to apply this "Patch" and it says uninstall previous version....I do not have a previous version, Anyone ?
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Not sure, installation went plain sailing for me. I could tell it had worked straight away as the jump is way higher. Also could notice with the physics where as before if you threw on object into something, they wouldn't interact? Well now they do and collide with each other. Performance is noticeably better.
Not sure about the jump, as maybe it makes some bits too easy?
 
JAKUS said:
I just tried to apply this "Patch" and it says uninstall previous version....I do not have a previous version, Anyone ?
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Yeah, when I read that I started to wonder if there was a patch in the main install that I wasn't aware of. In the end I figured that there wasn't one and just installed it. I've had no problems. :)
 
jaybee said:
I might try whacking it all on my SSD tonight to see if it helps the stutter and long load times. Also might try updating gfx drivers. Is it too much to expect running everything maxed @ 1920x1200 on an AMD HD5770 1gb? Sometimes my fps goes way down into the 20s.

As for game.... Well for me...over hyped slightly. But then...that's because I have played HL2 and expected great things from HL1/Black Mesa as have never played it. I mean yeah, it's awesome, totally awesome, but bits of it are annoying. The ladders are stupid and I never remember having this much trouble with them in HL2 or any other source game. The need for crouch jumping is also a silly thing imo, but then I am totally used to it from HL2/CS so it did not ruin it.

As for visuals (when it does run ok) I think it looks ace and a lot of work has gone into polishing little effects. The atmosphere and soundtrack compliments it well. The game play is good, although slightly linear. To be fair this is a 1998 game remade.

Overall for a free mod made by devs...fantastic. I am up to "on a rail" so not sure how far in that is.
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I have a GTX570, no idea if you 5770 is close to that but I would assume any modern GFX to handle it maxed with max fsaa. I play 8x MSAA and 16xAF at 1920x1200 and it's always above 150fps. Looks wonderful as well.

Having it on an SSD sees load times of ~2 seconds
 
arc@css said:
Yeah, when I read that I started to wonder if there was a patch in the main install that I wasn't aware of. In the end I figured that there wasn't one and just installed it. I've had no problems. :)
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Well it won't install and I can find no other patches in anywhere in steam...mystery :confused:
 
Any Tips?
Got to the first encounter with the Tanks + Marines.
I remember skulking about in the drains in Half-Life, but what then?
Do I need to kill every thing (Marines + Tanks)
What about the Tanks? Granades, Remote detonation or Rocket launcher?
Just cant remember, an died lots last night...

Still great game, an for free..
 
I know some people were saying the monster in the Blast Pit was too difficult but I got past it on my first try by just crouch-walking, throwing a grenade to the opposite side of the area, climbing down the ladder and then repeating the process until I got to the bottom. When I got to the bottom I just threw one grenade at the blocks of wood obstructing the door, and then another grenade to the opposite side of the area. I'll do the same on the way back up. :)
 
Loading times are great for me but I'm getting poor FPS (feels about 20-30), even on medium graphics settings. This is with 2 x 5850s - does it not like crossfire does anyone know?
 
Duke said:
Loading times are great for me but I'm getting poor FPS (feels about 20-30), even on medium graphics settings. This is with 2 x 5850s - does it not like crossfire does anyone know?
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Maybe an AMD driver issue rather than crossfire? What driver are you on? Spec of machine?
 
Seanoog said:
Any Tips?
Got to the first encounter with the Tanks + Marines.
I remember skulking about in the drains in Half-Life, but what then?
Do I need to kill every thing (Marines + Tanks)
What about the Tanks? Granades, Remote detonation or Rocket launcher?
Just cant remember, an died lots last night...

Still great game, an for free..
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Run :D
 
JAKUS said:
Well it won't install and I can find no other patches in anywhere in steam...mystery :confused:
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Follow up ..

It appears it partially installed and has buggered the game (now in God mode) bit of playing around and I got another partial install, at least I can see now see where it adds files etc.. so can fix the mess.

Word of warning for others, backup your saves just in case ;) fortunately I did when I completed the game so will just reinstall.
 
torN said:
anyone have a problem with Black Mesa CTD'ing...a lot?
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I got lock ups / ctd about four times in the latter stages of the game (only today), and for some reason it seemed to happen when I attempted to take a screenshot. This was before I applied the new patch. Other than that, fine.
 
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