Multiplayer Discussion Thread - Screenshots and Discussion

[Fr0z3n]

@zephyr-

Hey, I have some questions that make me curious. Most of the features I ask about are small and maybe not impotant, but they could make the game a lot more better if they are added.

1. Are you planning to add an announcer to the multiplayer? It could say lines like “You are in the lead”, “You are no longer in the lead”, “Headshot”, “Your team has lost” etc.

2. Are you planning to have different viewmodel hands for each player model? (Like, if you are a scientist, you have scientist hands instead of default HEV hands)

3. Will you be able to color your playermodel like in the original hl1?

4. Will there be customizable HUD a-la CS:GO? Like color and transparency of the background.

5. Will you be able to change your fov?

6. Will you be able to change the position of your viewmodel, similar to cs go? With commands like viewmodel_offset x y z

7. Will you be able to change your crosshair? (Also like in CS:GO )

I’m sorry if there are too many questions. Thanks for taking your time to read anyway.

1. Yes. there are announcers in multiplayer.
2. Yes, eventually each character model will have unique viewmodels.
3. The feature is planned, but not implemented.
4. (See number 3)
5. You can your FOV in every source game, so yes.
6. No, not at the moment.
7. Not at the moment, but I’m sure there will be crosshair mods.

[KyuuGryphon]

Not that important, but wait - Customizing player model colours isn’t implemented yet? Wasn’t that why everyone was different colours in the DM stream when it was on free-for-all?

[JordanFanaris]

We have a semi-functional version of player customization in our development build, but it has lots of issues and won’t be released until it’s stable. Hopefully it’ll be stable by the time we launch, but if it isn’t it’ll have to be patched in later.

[KyuuGryphon]

Ahh, okay. That makes sense.

[Bloodshot]

Have you guys added a gibbing sound in? I remember hearing that there was no gibbing sound on purpose before BM came out, but without a gibbing sound blowing up people is kinda underwhelming sometimes

[valve]

What would be the ETA on the recorded stream?

[Crypt]

When it’s ready. :3

[fury]

@Fr0z3n

5. You can your FOV in every source game, so yes.

… can you customize the fov up to 130 degrees (like in HL1DM and AG Mod) or just up to 90 like in most other source games?

[TextFAMGUY1]

@Bloodshot

Have you guys added a gibbing sound in? I remember hearing that there was no gibbing sound on purpose before BM came out, but without a gibbing sound blowing up people is kinda underwhelming sometimes

No, we have not.

@fury

@Fr0z3n

5. You can your FOV in every source game, so yes.

… can you customize the fov up to 130 degrees (like in HL1DM and AG Mod) or just up to 90 like in most other source games?

The FOV can go up to 120 degrees, if I remember correctly. It definitely goes up to 110, as that’s what I play at.

[JeffMOD]

Now that an announcer has been confirmed, I have to ask - Is it optional, either via server-side settings/commands or client side customization/commands?
Having an announcer can be fun sometimes, but other times it just feels like it’s in the way.

[TextFAMGUY1]

You can choose or disable your announcer from the options menu. You can also determine whether it announces things which all players are doing (such as killing sprees) or just for you.

[Kenley]

Who voices the announcer?

[TextFAMGUY1]

We currently have an (in-character) Scientist announcer and a Marine announcer. You can pick which one to use for free for all in the options menu. Default is scientist, as the default model is the HEV scientist.

For team deathmatch, the announcer matches whichever team you are on.

We eventually want to have the spectrum of characters, such as the Guard, etc, but no promises. I really, really, really want us to make a zombie announcer. Nobody would use it, and it would be stupid as heck, but just having that in game would make me strangely amused.

[Fr0z3n]

@TextFAMGUY1

We currently have an (in-character) Scientist announcer and a Marine announcer. You can pick which one to use for free for all in the options menu. Default is scientist, as the default model is the HEV scientist.

For team deathmatch, the announcer matches whichever team you are on.

We eventually want to have the spectrum of characters, such as the Guard, etc, but no promises. I really, really, really want us to make a zombie announcer. Nobody would use it, and it would be stupid as heck, but just having that in game would make me strangely amused.

Oh, I’d totally use it. It’d be the BM equivalent to Io.

[KyuuGryphon]

I would totally use the zombie announcer if it were in-game. That’s too perfect to pass up.

[SirEgon]

What about a VOX announcer?

[fury]

@Fr0z3n

@Snaker

Excuse me, has anyone made a record of the recent mp stream? Missed it :s leeping:

We have one, we’re working on getting it up for everyone in the near future at some point.

On which website do you do your streams and are they ready to replay already? If not, when will we be able to watch them? I am really interessted

[Myth_Alex]

1. Will the multiplayer have co-op / survival modes? (= players VS in-game AI zombies and aliens) This would be very cool. Playing against countless AI zombies and aliens with your friends would be epic.

2. How many announcers are currently? Only the scientist and the Marine one?

3. What other announcers do you plan adding? The Guard? G-man?

4. When are you releasing the MP stream? I wanna see it 8o

:lambda: Thank you in advance :bms:

[TextFAMGUY1]

@Myth Alex

1. Will the multiplayer have co-op / survival modes? (= players VS in-game AI zombies and aliens) This would be very cool. Playing against countless AI zombies and aliens with your friends would be epic.

2. How many announcers are currently? Only the scientist and the Marine one?

3. What other announcers do you plan adding? The Guard? G-man?

4. When are you releasing the MP stream? I wanna see it 8o

:lambda: Thank you in advance :bms:

1. Not out of the box, no. It’s something we would love to do, time and resources permitting, but it doesn’t seem too likely. However our SDK does support NPCs in MP (if a bit janky in implementation) so we’re sure people will be able to knock together some really cool ideas using level design and I/O.

2 and 3. Scientist, Marine, and none. We’re looking to add more in the future. Can’t promise which, though, because again, its dependent on time and resources.

4. Soon™

[Deathmonkey7]

I found some info and screencaps from the stream for anyone who is interested:

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@Bloodshot1

Screenshots from the stream of the new weapon/HEV models. Explosions are now nice particles instead of recolors of HL2 explosions, weapons had much nicer animations, tau cannon tubes have jigglebone physics, separate reloads for empty mags, new muzzleflashes, etc. to name a few of the significant changes i saw.
They brought this up in the stream again when asked but HECU AI have been redone, they are much faster, use grenades more and flush you out/flank you, and are no longer aimbots. So basically a lot more like they were in HL1

Source for four of the above screenshots and information: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackMesaSource/comments/32aczu/black_mesa_devs_showing_off_mp_and_answering/cq9x4yv
Last screenshot from: https://www.facebook.com/ValveTime/photos/a.298708160194779.71671.274276235971305/879063658825890/?type=1&theater#

youtube.com/watch?v=saze3l_dYDk[/spoiler]