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Black Mesa |OT| They're Waiting for You Gordon...
- Thread starter Dancrane212
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I tried and got this
Unknown command: snd_rebuildaudiocache
Edit:
Huh sound now working when I plug in my bluetooth headset. But nothing through my monitor. This is the only game this has ever had this problem.
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If you have both your sound devices installed at the same time, the game is probably selecting the other one, try checking if your monitor is the default sound device.
Here are all the snd cvars I could find for Black Mesa, try checking the defaults.
Code:
snd_foliage_db_loss : 4 : , "cheat" :
snd_gain : 1 : , "cheat" :
snd_gain_max : 1 : , "cheat" :
snd_gain_min : 0 : , "cheat" :
snd_refdb : 60 : , "cheat" :
snd_refdist : 36 : , "cheat" :
snd_restart : cmd : : Restart sound system.
snd_vox_captiontrace : 0 : : Shows sentence name for sentences which are set not to show captions.
snd_vox_globaltimeout : 300 : :
snd_vox_sectimetout : 300 : :
snd_vox_seqtimetout : 300 : :
Will be released as 1.0 later today with a whole bunch of fixes, so probably worth waiting a couple of hours
There is no distance between us. No false veils of time or space may intervene.
We see you still in Black Mesa. Clearly we see you in the Nihilanth's chamber. We bear witness to the bright eternity of the Nihilanth's demise. You leap, you fall, we see you flash between the barriers.
For a brief time you joined us. You are one. Between the worlds. Communion of the vortessence. And that other: a deeper mystery. No deeper than the void itself.
We cannot forget those whose cords you cut. Forgiveness is not ours to bestow.
We see you still in Black Mesa. Clearly we see you in the Nihilanth's chamber. We bear witness to the bright eternity of the Nihilanth's demise. You leap, you fall, we see you flash between the barriers.
For a brief time you joined us. You are one. Between the worlds. Communion of the vortessence. And that other: a deeper mystery. No deeper than the void itself.
We cannot forget those whose cords you cut. Forgiveness is not ours to bestow.
OP
OP
Fired up Half Life 2 for the first time in a while as prep for this and boy, that game just *sings* on modern hardware. Nice to see my aging rig cruise through a game again.
Yeah, seems like it'll be a pretty late release this evening.
Yeah, seems like it'll be a pretty late release this evening.
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Still nothing as far as I can tell.
Update: It's most likely going to miss the 5th completely.
Update: It's most likely going to miss the 5th completely.
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Does this run well on integrated graphics (620hd)?
I mean, I t should, right? The Source engine is pretty old.
I mean, I t should, right? The Source engine is pretty old.
Live
It looks like they did NOT release the final 1.0 update yet, they are still working on fixing a gamebreaking MP bug. OP, maybe include some information on that, as I see many people playing a non-final version thinking this is it, after all this media outlet content push lately. Savegames are apparently not compatible between versions. Game will go out of early access once this MP bug is fixed/
PR is not the developers strongsuit it seems :D
PR is not the developers strongsuit it seems :D
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Played the first free release of Black Mesa. AI soldiers were soo hard. They would instantly shoot you when you peeked behind a corner with deadly accuracy. Is this still the case? It was not super fun experience but nostalgia made me finish it. Don't know if I can do it again.
Thanks for the help, I just can't seem to figure it out. I'll just play with headphones on.
I started Xen yesterday ,downloading 1.0 now so I really hope I don't get a "incompatible save" notice again..
Edit: Nope saves don't work. So starting again..
I have same black flickering on the main screen, UI message bugs, and if you try and select an old unsupported save you have to quit the entire game as going back doesn't work.
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Yes. Considerable optimizations were implemented around the lighting system and whatnot. Xen also had some performance issues when it first debuted but they seem to be ironed out...at least from what I have played.
I started a fresh new file and I can already tell some maps might've gotten yet another pass at layout/optimization/item and balance to make it not-so-frustrating as it was back in 2015. The "free mod" version almost feels unbalanced and unpolished balance-wise by comparison.
If MP is the only issue, then single-player campaign-wise, it's already v1.0 as it has the new menu.
I'd give these guys some slack. It's only been like, what, 15 years? ;)
Big time!
It's crazy how some people are complaining in the steam discussion forum, disrespectful and unnecessary. By now the devs posted some updates in the discussions, but I still think they could manage expectations a bit better by communicating more clearly via their official channels ;P
Essentially out of Early Access
According to the Digital Foundary video they've made the AI less deadly without making them dumb.
I've made it to the Lambda Core chapter. Game just keeps on crashing :(
Anyone else experiencing this? (Ryzen 7 2700x, RX 5700, 16GB RAM, GNU/Linux - Solus).
Still, the game is a blast. Will probably (if these crashes stop) be my preferred way of playing HL1 from now on!
EDIT: Reading the thread over at the steam forums, seems like a lot of people are having issues with the Lamda Core chapter.
EDIT 2: Well, I guess I just have to wait for the official release. What a ride its been. Somehow I've kept myself away from it yet curious enough and just waiting patiently, a decade and a half later we're so close!
I'm at the reactor and as soon as the Vortigaunt use their attack or teleport in it seems to crash, not every time though but due to the amount of Vortigaunts.. well.
Code:
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/$USER/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_64/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64): ignored.
/mnt/Steam-Games/Steam/steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms.sh: line 74: 248570 Segmentation fault ${GAME_DEBUGGER} "${GAMEROOT}"/${GAMEEXE} "$@"Anyone else experiencing this? (Ryzen 7 2700x, RX 5700, 16GB RAM, GNU/Linux - Solus).
Still, the game is a blast. Will probably (if these crashes stop) be my preferred way of playing HL1 from now on!
EDIT: Reading the thread over at the steam forums, seems like a lot of people are having issues with the Lamda Core chapter.
EDIT 2: Well, I guess I just have to wait for the official release. What a ride its been. Somehow I've kept myself away from it yet curious enough and just waiting patiently, a decade and a half later we're so close!
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Now released
Steam :: Black Mesa :: Black Mesa 1.0 Patch Notes
The full release of Black Mesa!
Is this now finished and a full game, it appears to be from the reviews but steam store page under development. Im a bit confused :s
It's fully finished, but they're going to continue polishing it up
There was a showstopper MP server bug, so the finished campaign came out earlier and the final 1.0 touches just got pushed through.
I bought this years ago (and messed a bit with the free mod even earlier) but never played more than a few minutes. Going all in now, and oh my, this is stupidly great.
They just nailed the atmosphere I remember from playing the original back in the day. And for now, all the changes I've noticed are for the better.
They just nailed the atmosphere I remember from playing the original back in the day. And for now, all the changes I've noticed are for the better.
I just have to chime in on how AWESOME the soundtrack is! Coming from me, that is VERY high praise as I absolutely love Kelley Baileys work on the original games. Black Mesa definitely captures the same tone as HL2, yet keeping it fresh and it never (well, I haven't made it to Xen yet...) felt out of place. All I can say is that I'll definitely be listening to the OST over and over again. I usually play the games (in order) once every 3 years or so, but the OST is played at least once a month so I'm very happy to have discovered more content for that playlist! Great work Joel Nielsen!
As a left-handed mouse user, I can't seem to map move backward to the ; key (I use PL;' instead of WASD), and then when I start paying, Gordon just walks backwards without me pressing anything. Highly annoyed with this. LOL Gonna try it later, see if there is some conflicting keybind I'm not seeing (and I looked... I don't see anything).
Have had a ton of fun with this and have somehow ended up playing for over 7 hours today (just finished off Surface Tension which remains a huge chapter)....despite being a huge Half Life fan & owning it for a while I committed to playing this on 'release' once it was content complete so this is my first time through.
It is pretty fucking great, I probably haven't enjoyed a single player FPS this much since Doom 2016, it feels really good to play, looks great & the enemy AI is fun. Thoroughly recommended, their version of Black Mesa is just superb in how it has been expanded while still remaining recognisable.
The FPS platforming remains awkward and the worst part of the game...I am interested in seeing what they have done with Xen.
It is pretty fucking great, I probably haven't enjoyed a single player FPS this much since Doom 2016, it feels really good to play, looks great & the enemy AI is fun. Thoroughly recommended, their version of Black Mesa is just superb in how it has been expanded while still remaining recognisable.
The FPS platforming remains awkward and the worst part of the game...I am interested in seeing what they have done with Xen.
Yes, all the voices and (most) sound effects are new.
in fact, the grenade launcher was done by a human voice lol
I was thinking almost the exact same. Fun maps that encourage exploration. Also perfect tension, reminds me a bit about my first playthrough of Arkham Asylum.
I put about 3 hours into this.
It's a great effort by the team as far as environment and atmosphere goes.
However, the combat is pretty terrible. Enemy animations seem jumpy, they move around erratically. The combat setups themselves feel badly designed. Lots of long corridors with no cover opportunities where I basically am forced to suck down damage to shoot enemies that are like 5 pixels high on my screen.
I thought maybe I was just remembering the original game through rose colored glasses, so I went back and played the original for a few hours just now. Every one of my complaints above were addressed. The enemies moved around much better, all the combat setups were challenging but well laid out.
There is a reason that Half Life is one of the greatest games ever made... it's because they nailed every aspect of it including combat. You would have to be extremely talented to recreate something that brilliantly designed when doing a remake. It's understandable that it just doesn't work that well.
It's a great effort by the team as far as environment and atmosphere goes.
However, the combat is pretty terrible. Enemy animations seem jumpy, they move around erratically. The combat setups themselves feel badly designed. Lots of long corridors with no cover opportunities where I basically am forced to suck down damage to shoot enemies that are like 5 pixels high on my screen.
I thought maybe I was just remembering the original game through rose colored glasses, so I went back and played the original for a few hours just now. Every one of my complaints above were addressed. The enemies moved around much better, all the combat setups were challenging but well laid out.
There is a reason that Half Life is one of the greatest games ever made... it's because they nailed every aspect of it including combat. You would have to be extremely talented to recreate something that brilliantly designed when doing a remake. It's understandable that it just doesn't work that well.
I use the same keys in most games and tried the same in Black Mesa. I couldn't get it to work.
Performance is fantastic and i love how they skipped a lot of the filler from the old game and we get to go straight to the fun stuff. Had 1 crash and it's that weird Source engine sound looping crash that always happened with Valve games. Wonder why does that happen?
Lefty here too, I use Home/Del/End/PgDn as my WASD. Whenever a game gives me trouble, which is often, I just remap the keys using the Razer software. If you don't have a Razer keyboard I'm sure there's some other programs that do the same? I end up having different profiles for different games and can just switch using the function key.
I don't recall the soldiers being so hard when they first appeared. 4 vs me is just not working out in my favor
Not sure if 1.0 changed this but soldiers were way overtuned in the betas. They're either too accurate or they do too much damage. Both, probably.
You get used to it but I kinda wish they were toned down. Most of the other enemies are OK.