Xen won’t be coming to Black Mesa for this update. That said, while I can’t be certain of when the final release will come, it will come.
Please stay on topic.
will we be getting any other news about this update soon?
I’ve been meaning to write another post about the update, but I have been seriously busy working on my content for the update. I have an insane amount of work! Will try and get to it soon.
Take your time. We always waiting for you guys patiently XD
I’m wondering if you could potentially slip in various little code for existing BM npc with each update to give mappers more options when using them. By that I mean little things, such as adding Hammer inputs and outputs to various NPCs to enable them to walk around when they’re not fighting, or disabling ranged attacks so certain NPCs would have to close in to melee (such as HECU, Bullsquids, or Gargs). Surely wouldn’t be too hard to add small bits of code, they wouldn’t interfere with the existing setups in the current BM maps either. You wouldn’t have to implement all the improvements at once, maybe one piece of code at a time.
P.S. Besides that, have you planned any improvements to the NPC coding in future updates, probably in anticipation of Xen NPCs?
so no hopes for this year, jut another small update.
What do you mean by ‘another’? We didn’t have many updates lately and the december update will bring many improvements and new content! I’m sure it will be great!
This update will be a lot of things, and small isn’t one of them. You’ll be getting some good content, too.
I should know. I’ve been working on it. Heheh.
And all hints point to surface tension uncut not being a mod anymore. either that or I am to big of a fan of the uncut mods.
Thanks for throwing out all of these hints. I can hardly wait for what comes next!
Looks like I might need to replay the game (again) after this update… Looking forward to it!
Plot twist: The remade entirety of Half-Life 2, Ep1 and Ep2 are in the update, however inaccessible without cheating due to a lack of Xen.
In all seriousness though, I’m always looking for an excuse to replay Half-Life games, BM included. So I’m thrilled!
Will you fix the hivehand missing bug and 357 not firing bugs?
Adam stated quite clearly that the list was far from representative.
But yes, both bugs are fixed. Of course.
I propose you all wait for that update post for more info, you’ll probably get a more exhaustive list eventually.
Been playing Black Mesa since the first release and just absolutely love it. It possesses that unique aura or tone that modern games just don’t have anymore or satisfies me with. Been closely following the community for a while now and just had to register to tell the developers how absolutely amazing their art piece is and how excited I am for the Content Update 2. By the sound of it, through some vague teases that’s scattered over the forums, it’s going to be spectacular. Can’t wait…
Its the end of november and nothing new has been revealed about the update