• Black Mesa V7 - 'Where the fuck is Xen' Edition
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To be 100% honest I would prefer if the portal to Nihilanth's place was kept as a deserted island in a black void, would be an even greater contrast now that the rest of Xen is more coherent, too. Having the player move towards the Xen "factory" is a brilliant idea though.
I know it’s (deliberately) super low res, but the Nihilanth chapter image shown in the summer update looks like it might have that black void aesthetic. At the time they also said that the art for the chapter was finished, though I’m sure it’s been tweaked since. I think it could be used to great effect during the fight to increase the sense of desolation and otherworldliness if that’s what they decide to go for. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/246066/87a8598b-38f5-4afe-af94-5b70a41e11cd/image.jpeg
The portal on that tower leads to gm_construct
map edit when xen comes out to do just that.
When you enter the portal, the screen flashes white for a brief second. Then, as it clears, you find yourself in a horse-drawn wagon up in the snowy mountains. "You're finally awake."
todd pls no
Found this cool clip going over one particularly immersive moment during Surface Tension https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQT2OYccrdc
would anyone want We've Got Hostiles Uncut ?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=438635262&searchtext=vent
It's good, but it is based off of the 2012 release. That means the edited maps don't have the edits, fixes, and details carried over from the 2015 release.
I wish OaR Uncut makes it into the official maps somehow, it felt good even if it was for the late mod / early steam version.
I almost forgot how great STU was, damn. I haven't played Retail yet (played mod 3-5 times, waiting for Xen now) but I really hope that scene's still in.
Really looking forward to it now... I still haven't played it though but I guess I'll just wait for Xen now.
Totally agree, Left 4 Dead had brand new and far more natural-looking water splashes, can't they be ported over?
It shouldn't be too hard to make water splashes look better, there are tons of mods out there like there for default HL2 and one for DOD:S that looks pretty nice imo. I think Crowbar Collective have just had other concerns on their mind.
Rerunning Black Mesa on easy now to get that hat achievement. My god, this sucks the fun out of things.
how many people actually held off playing the thing just for xen? because apparently there are many of you
I'm holding off on the hat achievement for Xen. Also, will I need to carry the hat through Xen when it's out?
I could not wait for Xen because I've waited since 2007/2008 for the mod. I don't mind playing it again for Xen though.
I had this mindset and then everyone was quick to point out the quality difference between the content it shipped with and the new xen levels.. I love these guys and their work but I might hold out a little longer maybe
me, that's why your post about us not being owed xen rubbed me the wrong way. I've never had any interest in playing the half-life games more than once so if black mesa is left incomplete then it's probably going to sit in my library forever
just name a prop_physics "quaff" from console and it'll be the hat entity. just like downloading the Little Rocket Man savefile from FPSBanana back in the day.
I actually spent a day doing little rocket man from beginning to end, it was less painful than I'd remembered when trying as a kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_AnIizeH1Q
My 6 hours in Black Mesa are all from launch, when MP was actually active
I guess at this point I never got round to finishing what was released so Xen will be a reason to play it through now.
The only time i played it was back when it was an actual mod.
Played the mod like 3 times, might as well wait until xen before playing retail.
I played through the mod once on release, retail once on release, and have been waiting for Xen to play all of the updates to retail since.
am i the only person stricken by nostalgia at least once a year and at a minimum plays inbound like wtf y'all
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