I have one quick suggestion, and its regarding the installer. Will the installer be similar to the original WON version of Half-life I bought in 98? but an updated version, even with the sound test would be sweet haha, but we dont really need that. But yes even remaking the orginal installer would just be the icing I have to bite through to get to the cake… so to speak 
, it would be awsome to even re-live that.
Another quick suggestion…I know the devs don’t want to make appear any HL 2 elements in BM for which it has not clearly been stated that they were in HL1.
But that wouldn’t be the case for some sort of little easter egg that I’ve been thinking of: do you remember, in Anomalous Material, before you get the HEV suit, if you go to the cafeteria there is a scientist drinking some cofee and reading some random paper. It could be fun if, instead of this random paper, it was something that looks like a prototype ( not the same as in HL 2, not truly plans ) of the gravity gun, or something that ressembles. Or maybe as a piece of paper lying on the floor/desk in Questionable Ethics, or why not in the test chamber of the scientist that gives you the Gluon Gun.
That wouldn’t affect the canonical line. Even if in a later game ( but I strongly doubt it) some NPC explains the story of the gravity gun’s conception, it wouldn’t change anything as it would just look like a BM scientist had once a quick idea for some kind of new prototype/physics thema and quickly made an outline, as an entertainment. For example, in Opposing Force (I know, it’s not made by Valve, but…), you can see some drawings of the Opposing Force’s “portal gun”, before you get it later.
It would just give to the gravity gun (for the crazy guys like me, who look at every little details in the HL saga) a subtle profundity.
Don’t suggest easter eggs. It is a sure fire way to make sure the idea isn’t added into the game.
And they have said several times that the gravity gun won’t be seen or mentioned at all in Black Mesa.
BOOM! Shakalika.
Is this word relate to me or it is just me?
It’s already been said that the BM Vorts will use the EP2 model, but it makes no sense for the Xenians and Combine to be using the same technology. Is this decision final?
I can easily imagine that the Combine came across vortigaunts still wearing their shackles and simply used their technology to recreate the same control that the Nihilanth had. We don’t know how their shackles worked - whether it was psychological or physical.
The point is that the Half-Life 2 shackles look like the original shackles, not the other way around.
Also, I don’t think you can get more final. The dude has spoken:
Why not? They’ve met in the past and the Combine base their whole armed force’s technology off conquered armies. Just because one side has its own technology doesn’t mean they won’t use stuff off the enemy. In the early days of Vietnam US soldiers would sometimes use AK-47s instead of the M16, as the American rifle wasn’t terribly reliable when it was first deployed.
Yeah, but it has exposed wires. Have you ever seen a single wire in any form of Xenian technology?
you were talking about these?
The sound quality might be good, but it’s fucking annoying to listen to. I’ll just delete or replace the sound files and make everything all better.
I have one quick suggestion, and its regarding the installer. Will the installer be similar to the original WON version of Half-life I bought in 98? but an updated version, even with the sound test would be sweet haha, but we dont really need that. But yes even remaking the orginal installer would just be the icing I have to bite through to get to the cake… so to speak , it would be awsome to even re-live that. Sorry double post 
I’ll say again: look at the Half-Life vortigaunt and look at the Half-Life 2 slave vortigaunt. They’re clearly based upon one another, even down to ring at the back of the neck. And who says it’s a wire? It’s just a way to attach two piece together to allow movement.
It’s not exactly the same model, but the same can be said of the MP5, the alien grunt, the HECU, the houndeyes, the levels, Xen, and pretty much 100% of the whole game. It’s the final model they’re using. Get over it.
Well, we haven’t seen any because HL has never been in a high enough resolution to show that kind of detail. Except for BM.
since the game will be based on source engine and will running via Steam I doubt that it’d be the same installer (or an installer that looks like the original one) as Half Life 1 had
Will it be running via Steam? I thought that wasn’t an option…?
All Source mods can be run via STEAM, just because they’re not distributed over it doesn’t mean shit.
Good point
They have to be run on Steam.
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