Black Mesa Source V5 - "They're still working on Xen?" - Games

From the Black Mesa Facebook page [t]https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1/1538907_727024017316410_1857890662_n.jpg[/t] [editline]20th January 2014[/editline] More pictures here, including one with Marc Laidlaw [url]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.727024010649744.1073741825.391087910910024&type=1[/url] [quote]Steam Dev Days was a spectacular experience! Carlos, Ben and Deniz of The Crowbar Collective for the Black Mesa project would like to offer a massive thank you to each and every one of the Valve employees for offering such overwhelming encouragement for the Black Mesa project. The mad props received from Marc Laidlaw, Eric Hope, Robin Walker, Joe Ludwig and countless other Valve employees for this project ... well it's difficult to put onto words how much we appreciate it![/quote]

Black Mesa is getting an (Probably small) article in Gameinformer [url]http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/02/04/march-cover-revealed-2014-3151321.aspx[/url] [quote]The Black Mesa Modification Team shares the challenging development history of its Half-Life remake.[/quote]

Wait, Black Mesa is getting a SIX page spread, not a small article [url]https://www.facebook.com/BlackMesaDevs/posts/10152229299044310?stream_ref=10[/url]

The issue is available for 2 days and nobody wrote anything about the article. 0 results on Google. I assume it must be 6 pages of nothingness.

[QUOTE=Konti;43823364]The issue is available for 2 days and nobody wrote anything about the article. 0 results on Google. I assume it must be 6 pages of nothingness.[/QUOTE] [quote]Black Mesa is getting a 6-page spread in the [b]March[/b] issue of Game Informer!! With Carlos Montero and Benjamin Truman at the front! Get your copy!!![/quote]

February 4th: [QUOTE]Print subscribers can watch for their issues to arrive in the coming days. If you subscribe digitally, your [B]March[/B] issue will be available later [B]today[/B] on PC/Mac, iPad, Android, and Google Play[/QUOTE]

Maybe someone should ask /v/ for scans, although I'm not sure if that's legal so maybe they shouldn't (in case a mod reads this post) :v:

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Thanks, it is a great read. [editline]8th February 2014[/editline] On page 7, what images are there? Are they before and after shots of development?

So, I just found my new weapon in BMS. Phys_pushscale on 99999 and a vending machine. [T]http://i.imgur.com/ZaSViEf.jpg[/T] [T]http://i.imgur.com/dosO4a3.jpg[/T] ....Oops Like, seriously this is awesome. You don't need to have sv_cheats enabled to use phys_pushscale on ridiculous values. Just apply it and shoot physics objects.

On page 9 there's seem to be a picture of an area that I don't remember in the mod. I think I know where it is and it could mean they are adding back areas from Surface Tension. Or it's a MP map or old picture.

[QUOTE=Marden;43837423]On page 9 there's seem to be a picture of an area that I don't remember in the mod. I think I know where it is and it could mean they are adding back areas from Surface Tension. Or it's a MP map or old picture.[/QUOTE] Which image? [t]http://puu.sh/6OEOL.jpg[/t]

the first looks like the unofficial section made by that guy

It does look like Surface Tension Uncut, probably a mistake on GI's end. It could also be from development. The image on the 2nd page I've never seen before, it is from development obviously, different wall textures, the corridor isn't finished and the logo from the Biological section of the facility on the floor.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;43837778]The image on the 2nd page I've never seen before, it is from development obviously, different wall textures, the corridor isn't finished and the logo from the Biological section of the facility on the floor.[/QUOTE] It might be from the infamous leak back when it was Black Mesa Source and not just Black Mesa.

That upper picture is a shot from our actual cut version of that surface tension area. I found that when I was searching through my archives when looking for pictures to give to Issac Perry, who wrote that article.

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[QUOTE=debeerguy007;43838532]That upper picture is a shot from our actual cut version of that surface tension area. I found that when I was searching through my archives when looking for pictures to give to Issac Perry, who wrote that article.[/QUOTE] Yeah, ST wasn't uncut originally, but sections were cut 'cause one of the mappers responsible for it left the project. It's a shame, but on the bright side it let Text rise to prominence with his uncut remake (and later his OAR expansion) and even land a spot on the Dev team!

[QUOTE=RikohZX;43838199]It might be from the infamous leak back when it was Black Mesa Source and not just Black Mesa.[/QUOTE] No, I've seen the leak it didn't look like that. [editline]9th February 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=debeerguy007;43838532]That upper picture is a shot from our actual cut version of that surface tension area. I found that when I was searching through my archives when looking for pictures to give to Issac Perry, who wrote that article.[/QUOTE] Hey Debeerguy, I enjoy your voice acting in the mod! Cannot wait to hear your Gman speech at the end of Xen.

Is Barney coming back for the retail release? That was the one thing that disappointed me about the mod. They even said there was going to be one Barney and I remember hearing voice files from an impersonator and he sounded amazing. :(

[QUOTE=A big fat ass;43856745]Is Barney coming back for the retail release? That was the one thing that disappointed me about the mod. They even said there was going to be one Barney and I remember hearing voice files from an impersonator and he sounded amazing. :([/QUOTE] Barney was never going to be in the mod. [url]http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/Barney_Calhoun[/url] Well, the Security Guard in the tram area could be a reference to B. Calhoun from Blue Shift, because he doesn't have his armour or helmet. Also the files you heard were probably just one of the Generic Guards, voiced by Debeerguy

[QUOTE=Tuskin;43857750]Barney was never going to be in the mod. [url]http://wiki.blackmesasource.com/Barney_Calhoun[/url] Well, the Security Guard in the tram area could be a reference to B. Calhoun from Blue Shift, because he doesn't have his armour or helmet. Also the files you heard were probably just one of the Generic Guards, voiced by Debeerguy[/QUOTE] in blue shift, Barny doesn't get his armor or helmet until he's through those doors.

[QUOTE=Glaber;43874758]in blue shift, Barny doesn't get his armor or helmet until he's through those doors.[/QUOTE] I said that right in my post " the Security Guard in the tram area [B]could be a reference[/B] to B. Calhoun from Blue Shift, [B]because he doesn't have his armour or helmet[/B]"

[QUOTE=Glaber;43874758]Barny[/QUOTE] no

shall we begin [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1260955&page=70"]page 70 of the Half-Life thread[/URL] again?

[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;43876000]shall we begin [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1260955&page=70"]page 70 of the Half-Life thread[/URL] again?[/QUOTE] Gorden? [editline]11th February 2014[/editline] Fuck sorry

OMG new media [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/3318326689562233042/BA774ABF1D715BFD2F7C8D97317A96261A73678E/[/t] Saw it on the BM forums, posted by one of the devs. No idea which version of BM it is, mod or Retail, he did say. One differences I can see is in the Load menu there, the saves now say the Chapter name not the map file name. The Map in the background also has more Grass Compare: [t]http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/3299188295167714678/9EC0C10719D1B68D8E2D912B82C6ADF36F315572/[/t]

[QUOTE=Tuskin;43884581]Saw it on the BM forums, posted by one of the devs. No idea which version of BM it is, mod or Retail, he didn't say.[/QUOTE] I would say it's the mod version, as the scroll bar looks to have that always selected look in the Source 2013 build.

Why was this mod a better experience than retail games with more development time?

[QUOTE=artDecor;43920880]Why was this mod a better experience than retail games with more development time?[/QUOTE] How many games have had a 8 year development time? Other then Duke Nukem Forever.