Actually, no. I’ve been gone from this forum for a while so I’ve missed those. Are they worth installing?
They are fan favorites on the forum. The guy who made the maps, TextFAMGUY1, joined the Dev Team (or rather the Crowbar Collective?) as a mapper soon after he completed the mods. Not to imply the mods caused him to get hired, but it’s a testament to his mapping skill in general that they wanted him on the team.
Definitely worth having !
https://www.moddb.com/mods/black-mesa-surface-tension-uncut
https://www.moddb.com/mods/black-mesa-on-a-rail-uncut
Also Animation revamp is pretty damn good. - https://blackmesa.gamebanana.com/skins/126786
All would make your second play through much better. Only thing I didn’t like about Animation Revamp was the muzzle flash’s so I just copied the original ones back into the appropriate folder. BMS/Particles/ weapon_mp5.pcf, for example.
I’ll have to try out the maps. I remember when they were being made and following the threads in the beginning.
As for the animation revamp - too flashy for me. And the new revolver model ruins the iron sights - it’s almost impossible to hit people at range using the new model.
I never use the iron sights anyway. I like the positioning of the guns better so its a trade off for me. Since I’ve played through a few times I thought id new things up a bit to entice me to play again. I have thought about changing a lot of the scientist voices back to their originals, will take along time.