a few thoughts

[FERGUS]

My first weapon was the crowbar because my guard didn’t die.

[PlausibleSarge]

@FERGUS

My first weapon was the crowbar because my guard didn’t die.

This

I still think either the guard should be later or the crowbar earlier though. there is just something iconic about crowbar first.

That being said, HL2 Episode 1 and 2 didn’t start with the crowbar, and they play fine

[robot_deodorant]

I think I found a crowbar holding a door shut. It was my first weapon also…

The ladders did seem touchy, but after a while I got used to them. Jumping was biggest annoyance. Trying not to set off those trip mines… ahhh… I think I spent over an hour in that one room alone.

[ZindroVokun]

I didn’t know the guard could die, the zombies beat on mine for about a minute and he stayed up, so I assumed he was a tutorial guard, there to teach players the value of having guards follow you by making you rely on him?

[Lost_one]

@noonem

Everything was fine, I was enjoying the mod and praising it, and then I got to Residue Processing. And I don’t know if someone else designed these maps, or what but they are god damn frustrating. Even more so than they are in Half-Life.

There’s the room where the pipe explodes, that was also confusing because it really doesn’t look like you’d be able to jump over that fence, because let’s be honest, the jumping isn’t that great in this mod. Like the op said, regular jumping is useless. You have to push ctrl to jump over EVERYTHING. It’s made me realise how much I fucking hate jumping in first person shooters.
And then there’s the worst offence. What happens after it. That rotating-radiation jumpy thingy. When I first looked at, I didn’t even realise that it was that. Plus, there’s no indication that you’re supposed to jump on it, it literally looks like you’ll fall in as soon as you do.
I don’t even want to talk about what happened next. I got to the part with the poopy sewage water, and I spent 20 minutes in that shit, with no idea where I was going, what I was doing, when those frustrating minutes were over and I found myself near the dead security guard. I had no idea what I had done to get there. No fucking clue. In Half-Life, sure some parts got frustrating, you still understood what you had to do, where you had to go. In Black Mesa, at least in Residue Processing, I’m able fucking finish the map and still have no idea what I did. The next parts were okay, but I still had a bad taste in my mouth after all of that shit.

That was a really disappointing chapter, and I don’t dislike the mod. Hell, I’ve even liked a chapter here and there even more than the original. Unforeseen Consequences was amazing.

Did you really play the original half life or are you just saying you did? Because from what you said, you sound more like you enjoy call of duty than what the half life series has to offer.

First off, Crouch jumping has been in the half life series since the first half life. When you get to Xen, you’ll find just how much you have to rely on ctrl+space for long jumping. So getting the crouch jumping down now is a necessity anyways.

Second, there’s nothing wrong with Residue Processing. I was able to clear that chapter with relatively few problems. Nothing a little Exploration can’t solve. The idea with the game isn’t how fast you can complete it. It’s how well you do, the more you explore the more likely you’re going to survive the next encounter.

[Tinker]

I got my guard at the beginning dead to get his gun so i could save a scientist from two headcrabs some rooms later. Sadly, i couldnt save him. The entire scene was scripted and both headcrabs weren’t real.

The game is awesome, although there are a couple of things i was dissapointed with.

Why did devs cut of the game that big segment of Surface Tension chapter before Garg?

Is it just me or this game realy is too shiny? Most of it’s surfaces look like they have been oiled. I tried to reduce this effect but i only found commands to completely disable specular maps. Is there any way to slightly reduse specular lighting without disabling it?

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Also, i found one more “hole” in this game. I don’t think i was supposed to go that way.
https://youtu.be/9xa4DdHRJi4

[Dotard]

@Tinker

https://youtu.be/9xa4DdHRJi4

that’s because you aren’t supposed to follow Gman, the scripted scene didn’t occur only later with the hound already dead, lol

[Pudding]

@Tinker

Also, i found one more “hole” in this game. I don’t think i was supposed to go that way.
https://youtu.be/9xa4DdHRJi4

lol nice job finding that glitch

[noonem]

@Lost one

Did you really play the original half life or are you just saying you did? Because from what you said, you sound more like you enjoy call of duty than what the half life series has to offer.

Holy fuck, I must’ve offended you so much for you to bust out “I BET THIS GUY LIKES CALL OF DUTY.” First off, I’m talking about Black Mesa and how the level design in a few places felt confusing to me and didn’t make much sense when comparing to Half Life.

@Lost one

First off, Crouch jumping has been in the half life series since the first half life. When you get to Xen, you’ll find just how much you have to rely on ctrl+space for long jumping. So getting the crouch jumping down now is a necessity anyways.

Jesus. It’s like you didn’t even read what I said. Jump crouching is annoying in Black Mesa. It’s wasn’t annoying in Half-Life. It feels fluid in HL and HL2. But here it’s frustrating and just takes a while longer to get used to.

@Lost one

Second, there’s nothing wrong with Residue Processing. I was able to clear that chapter with relatively few problems. Nothing a little Exploration can’t solve. The idea with the game isn’t how fast you can complete it. It’s how well you do, the more you explore the more likely you’re going to survive the next encounter.

There’s not much to explore. It’s the remade level design isn’t that good. Stop taking this so seriously, I still enjoyed the mod. What, am I like not able to dislike things you like or something?

[Flatline]

@BendyBread

You’re on the BM forums. Most people here are HL1 elitists/“veterans”. Have an opinion on something that doesn’t match the hivemind? Get the shit abused out of you by the crazies.

It’s really quite unfortunate because you can’t have proper discussions and chat about things when everyone either acts like a 12 year old throwing a tantrum, just blatantly hates you, or has an overall superiority complex about them. It’s even worse when the mods aren’t much different at times.

Please don’t tar people with one brush. I think we’ve got a pretty decent community going here since the post-launch reboot. And if you have a problem with one of the moderators, feel free to send us a PM.