Black Mesa Source - Free Half Life 2 Mod

[V_R]

Cant believe this has passed me by!

http://release.blackmesasource.com/

Looks like its going to hit Steam soon too, as it been 'Greenlit' by the community.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94128543

Black Mesa Source, the highly-anticipated Half-Life remake, is available to download now.
The free mod, which has been in development for over eight years, is available to download via the official Black Mesa website - provided the servers haven't melted by the time you read this, of course.
Failing that, you can try and download the game from ShackNews or grab the torrent.
Black Mesa Source is a completely reworked version of the original Half-Life, remade in Valve's Source engine by 40 volunteer developers. The game offers updated graphics and redesigned levels.
Be aware that you'll only be able to play up to the Lambda Core section of the game, though. The rest isn't quite ready. Oh, and you'll also need a Source Engine game installed on your computer.
Still, with new releases being a little light on the ground this week, at least it's something to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Think they've done a good job? Let us know what you think of the fan-made remake in the comments below.

http://www.videogamer.com/pc/black_mesa/news/black_mesa_source_available_to_download_now.html

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[V_R]

Just had a quick blast. Seems fun, loads of very positive reviews out there.

Few things....

- Make sure you have the Source SDK Base 2007 installed (found in your games library > tools)
- Dont worry about the installer or the .md5, just download the main files extract them to your Steam/steamapps/sourcemods folder.....

- Restart Steam and you should be good to go. Will be in your library cunningly labeled Black Mesa.


Enjoy.

 

[V_R]

This is very cool.

Anyone whos played HL should get this immediately!

For a source engine game graphics are spot on.

 

[TriplexDread]

Site is down!

 

[floppybootstomp]

Oh, this is very good indeed Surprising how much detail you can see now in the improved version. There's different characters, narrative and some subtle changes to the storyline and also they've added achievments.

It's worth mentioning that once files are unzipped to Source Mods folder the *.exe file has to be activated for the game to install and the game does take a good 5 to 10 minutes to install. Then close and restart Steam.

I didn't have the SDK Base 2007 installed but as soon as I started Black Mesa Steam automatically installed it. Just where is that 'Tools' link? I couldn't find it.

TXD: The servers are extremely busy but there are quite a lot of them, I got lucky with the fifth one I chose which I think was Fileshack in the USA.

 

[V_R]

It's worth mentioning that once files are unzipped to Source Mods folder the *.exe file has to be activated for the game to install and the game does take a good 5 to 10 minutes to install. Then close and restart Steam.

I didn't run any exe, just extracted the file from the blackmesa.7z download and restarted Steam. Where is this exe you speak of?

I didn't have the SDK Base 2007 installed but as soon as I started Black Mesa Steam automatically installed it. Just where is that 'Tools' link? I couldn't find it.

Here..

Yeah its busy busy, can also get it off torrents and newsgroups.

I grabbed it off nzb matrix.

Couple of more links....

http://www.chip.de/downloads/Black-Mesa_57528457.html

http://derpibooru.org/system/downloads/BlackMesa/BlackMesa.7z

 

[TriplexDread]

Yeah got it guys, thanks

 

[Abarbarian]

Well me torrent finally finished,have not had the pc running for a few days. So I hope this is as good as you folks say.

 

[floppybootstomp]

So I hope this is as good as you folks say.

It is I'm up to level 9 'Aprehension' now and this is a fair bit more difficult than the original, lottsa puzzles, red herrings and backtracking.

Not frustrating though, this game oozes playability. Be prepared to use 'Space' and 'c' in unison a lot

 

[Abarbarian]

'Space' and 'c' in unison I'll remember that. Ta.

 

[V_R]

http://www.rejzor.tk/

Black Mesa Enhancer is a fan made patch for a Black Mesa mod
www.blackmesasource.com

This installer will automatically make backups of replaced files and also restore originals when uninstalled. Install path will be auto detected during installation.

MAKE SURE TO FIRST UNINSTALL OLD PATCH BEFORE INSTALLING NEW ONE JUST TO BE SURE!

CHANGELOG:

v1.0
- enhanced performance
- enhanced graphics
- enhanced physics realism
- added subtle motion blur effect during motion
- corrected Bloom and HDR effects
- corrected strafing motion angle
- corrected jumping physics (now able to normal jump on small boxes)
- corrected motion physics for a less floaty feel
- diving air time increased by 5 sec (from 15 sec to 20 sec)
- new punchier MP5 weapon sounds (sounds made by Vunsunta & DarkElfa)

 

[Abarbarian]

Thanks V_R. Downloaded. Have you tried it out yet ?

 

[V_R]

Not yet... Will do though.