Community Update

Crypt · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Doesn’t that one dude owe Ram $50?

Hubicorn · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

I am sure there is a lot of people owing people money right now.

Zen609 · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

It wasn’t a bet - Ram said he would paypal him $50 if the mod wasn’t released in 2012.

I don’t know how this goes down if only the first part is released in 2012 and Xen isn’t. I think Ram might use the technicality that the upcoming release is “Black Mesa”, and the second release is “Xen”, therefore BM was released in 2012 and no money will change hands.

They’ll have to work that out for themselves.

Defender · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

So, having only played Halflife a couple times through, can someone please explain to me what the hell this “Xen” is?

jambo · August 12, 2020, 4:47am

Another dimension where all of the aliens are coming from.

The Nihilanth fled from the Combine to Xen and enslaved the aliens that attack you in HL1.

Partack · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

I never thought I would see the day…

Is this real life? …

CygNuS · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Anyone waking up from the Spaghettios-sleep is in for a treat.

Ed1 · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Now, we wait.

Too bad for you people, I have a wait function. You see, all I do is press T on the keyboard, drag the slider all the way to the left, watch as a whole day passes in 24 seconds…10 times. >

In 4 minutes, I have done what most of you people took 10 days doing:
Waiting for BLACK MESA.

orcone · August 11, 2020, 9:13am

Holy shit you guys:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19463712
Fans resurrect Half-Life video game
Resurrection looms for Half-Life

After eight years of work, fans are about to release an updated and expanded version of classic video game Half-Life.

Called Black Mesa, the resurrected game will be made available as a free download on 14 September.

The update has been put together using programming tools released by Half-Life creator Valve.

It will have improved graphics, better physics and environmental effects and a tweaked story line.

News about the long-awaited update broke at the weekend when a countdown timer appeared on the Black Mesa project webpage.

A forum message posted soon after revealed that eager players would not get an improved version of the entire game on 14 September.

Carlos Montero, leader of the 40-strong Black Mesa development team, said it decided to release a shorter version instead of making people wait longer for the whole thing.
Alien intrusion

The large chunk of Half-Life that is finished lets players guide hero Gordon Freeman to a section of the original gameplay known as Lambda Core. Finishing this first chunk should take players between eight to 10 hours.

The final section yet to be finished takes place in the alien Xen dimension. An expanded Xen section would be released at an unnamed date in the future, said the team.

First person shooter Half-Life was released in 1998 and gave players the task of guiding government scientist Gordon Freeman through the Black Mesa research complex battling aliens and thwarting their attempt to invade Earth. The game has been hugely influential since its release.

Half-Life creator Valve released an updated version of the game in 2004 that was built around its Source game code or engine. That official update of Half-Life was generally regarded as unsatisfactory and led to the Black Mesa project which aimed to do a better job.

The project uses an updated version of Source which leads to improvements in physics, lighting and allows for far more subtlety in the facial expressions of characters.

The Black Mesa team has also edited the storyline to beef up the more engaging parts of the game and eliminate the slower parts.

You’re on BBC.

You still suck though.

Jethrosoup · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

I remember you. I’ll refrain from saying anything else because I got in trouble last time.

orcone · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

It’s cool bro because I don’t remember you.

Jethrosoup · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Well, we never actually talked but I remember what you did.

CygNuS · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Orcone??
Aren’t you the ex-developer who leaked those screens/preview build to Atomic in 2010?
I remember I emailed you about it to know why you did it, and you even mentioned Xen hadn’t even been started yet at the time.

edit: ninja’d

orcone · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

I wouldn’t say leaked, more like “Oh shit they’ve already done the write up? Awesome I’ll just read it -…oh shit when did they take those screenshots”.

No sir, I singlehandedly created everything on the 404 page.

CygNuS · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Oh come on, don’t play that innocent, you were even offering to leak that build online, to which I reacted very negatively.

orcone · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Yeah you were pretty upset. I lost track of how many builds were out in the wild. Not to mention the one that entered the atmosphere through fire and turpentine.

Disturbulator · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Is this just fantasy?

Ch00_z_3r · August 12, 2020, 4:47am

Johnny_X · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

Really looking forward to release date, the anticipation of the download completing, the mod installing and taking the tram ride to Black Mesa.

Many thanks for all the efforts of all the folks involved in this huge project. I have no doubt it’s gonna be a huge success.

Miller4Ever · November 25, 2018, 2:07am

This is awesome!