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Black Mesa Archive Help!
#1

look im trying to find all the bit and pieces to make this game work im not really having any luck/ I downloaded the mod off the Australian mirror site only to find im missing 2 components to make it work the exe file why the hell there was no exe file included beats me. and the other file which I think I need which is the BlackMesa.md5 file which I can’t get any where I found it on file front but I can’t download it for some reason, can some one clear this up because really seems to me this installation tool where really slap happy which I find funny seeming these people spent years of there life building the game only at the end when they go the share it go oh fuck it that will do.

Ok update/ iv try’ed the torrent the dev’s provided and it does not work all it gives me is a news tracker which I can’t make to do any thing, can some one clear this up because this is ridiculous no way should it be this hard.

#2

When I post something where I expect people to help me, I try to put it into a readable form.

#3

I don’t know if this will help with your problem but I do notice you left out some information when you described this.

I can distinctly remember having to install Black Mesa after I downloaded it. And usually the installer places shortcuts on the desktop and start menu and wherever else. And iirc the game doesn’t come with a .exe file persay. I can’t even find a .exe on my machine, and I’ve been running BM for nearly a year now.

#4

Oh well I was slightly pissed when I wrote that I thought alcohol would help me under stand the dev’s instructions due to the fact I was getting no where sober. I find under standing drunk people easier when im drunk my self

#5

yeah well iv actually not tryied to install it yet because from what iv gathered I still need a file called blackmasa MD5 https://www.gamefront.com/black-mesa-is-live-download-it-here/

which I can’t get a hold of. and iv read a lot of intructions from multiple sources and they all seem to say I need that file.
so do I need it or not?

oh and iv tryied getting it off this site here but it does not work.

#6

Yes, you do, it’s a critical part of the installation process.

If you can’t find it, use the torrent. It has everything you need, and you should be able to select only the MD5 when downloading.

#7

where is the torrent your talking about?

#8

Click this, then click “Torrent.”

#9

The torrent is basically the only way to reliably get the game files.

#10

When you scroll down that page, there are three green links. download all three…
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Download the Black Mesa Installer Here brings you to a page to download the blackmesa-setup.exe
Download the Black Mesa Archive Here brings you to a page to download blackmesa.7z
Download the Black Mesa MD5 Here brings you to a page to download blackmesa.md5

Honestly folks, I know we dont have the files downloading directly from this site, but is it really that hard?

#11

Look I already found that torrent and it does not seem to do any thing but give you some thing called a news tracker for this mod which really does not help me at all.

im nearly at the stage im about to give up this is ridiculous the dev teams done a really poor job at distribution.

#12

dude read my posts I can’t get the md5 file off that site it no longer there as for the torrent all it gives me is a news tracker for the mod which I can’t get going any way.

#13

I just got the MD5 off that site. Torrent works, too; just tried it.

#14

your joking im clicking it but all im getting si/ f1d86575816f4c6994a5657eebf76409 *BlackMesa.7z
502b417a7857c3ffb82a8b2c93ee1ecf *BlackMesa-Setup.exe it just a web file with wrighting.

if this is some kind of joke it not really funney

like I said I used the torrent and all it gives me is the blackmasanewtracker which does not appear to do any thing???.

#15

https://www.mediafire.com/download/khmzyygg4vetko0/BlackMesaNewTrackers.torrent

I mean what the fuck is this supposed to do ??? how does this work. it does not do fucking any thing. guys im trying to be patent with you but your not making any sense what so ever.

#16

First, chill out.

The MD5 downloaded fine for me. As for the torrent, you need a client that will download from torrents.

The following are what I used in Windows with success: BitTorrent, uTorrent, and Vuze. Download one of these programs and then open the .torrent file in it. The program will then begin searching for “seeders” (those people that are connected to the various “swarms” (the hubs that your computer connects to as well)). Once it finds people seeding the file (allowing it to be uploaded from their computer and downloaded to yours), it will begin downloading (it could take some time for the torrent client to begin downloading especially if very few people are seeding at the time. However, once you connect to a seeder, you will start to see “pieces” downloading, small chunks of data at random. The more seeders, the more chunks you can get at any one time as a proportion of your internet speed). Be patient if it doesn’t start downloading right away; it will start downloading soon.

If a lot of seeders are available, it should go pretty quick, depending on your connection speeds. Once done, you should have three files in the torrent client’s download directory: blackmesa.7z, blackmesa.md5, and blackmesa-setup.exe

Make sure that all of the three files are completely downloaded, completely exit Steam, and then run blackmesa-setup.exe (which needs the MD5 and the 7z file to work–you can’t do anything with the MD5 file yourself; the setup program must use it) and go watch some cartoons or an episode of Breaking Bad or something because it’ll take a while to install. Then load up Steam and “Black Mesa” should be available in the list of games.

Let me know how it turns out.

#17

TL;DR,
Step 1. install Utorrent
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Step 2. Open BlackMesaNewTrackers.torrent with it
Step 3. Click okay and wait.
Step 4. Exit Steam, Run BlackMesa-Setup.exe (Most likely located in Downloads\BlackMesa)
Step 5. Apologize to the helpful forumgoers.
Step 6. Play Best mod this side of the galaxy.

Usually I’d also say “seed,” but I can tell that’ll only open a brand new can of worms.

#18

Y-you don’t know how torrents work?

#19

If he lives in Germany and finds out how to use torrents… he’s gonna have a bad time.

#20

That’s fucked up how some places handle torrents.

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