Underwater Barnacles

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#21

If Valve had seen fit to alter the gameplay by changing the barnacles they would have done it by now. They had a perfect opportunity to do something like that between HL and HL2, and even created a model for a sand barnacle, but it wasn’t included. For this reason, it won’t be in BM. It’s a good idea, or even a great idea, for a mod, but as a recreation of HL it won’t check.

#22

In HL2 and the episodes, barnacles’ tongues extend below the water (though the barnacles themselves are never seen below the water). We can pretty safely assume that this is the way it will be in Black Mesa.

#23

Are you sure? I remember the tongues stopping above the surface of the water.

You don’t.

…but not really. Link or it didn’t happen.

#24

Go play the We Don’t go to Ravenholm chapter and in the mines at the end of it, the underwater parts wait just below the water and the barnacles with pull you out of it.

#25

Or Episode One’s elevator shaft in Lowlife.

#26

Yeah, that too.

#27

what’s next , BARNACLES IN SPACE?

oh wait…

#28

Well like I said, the ideas now out there.

Thanks guys! :slight_smile:

#29

There was a whole thread about something like that, like this mechanic implemented in Hard-mode difficulty. It was locked for being too popular but deemed out-of-the-question. Only, it would be coded to hover a certain distance above the ground instead of a certain distance from the ceiling.

Did you have a chance to get an opinion on it? (I was disappointed when it was locked without any developers posting.)

#30

Sweet, I may have just helped the mod’s development by 0.001%

:smiley:

#31

But is that 0.001% more finished, or 0.001% more work for them to do…?

#32

So the 31st December 2009 11:59:59PM release date is out of the question? :wink: ^^

EDIT:
I’d prefer not to have “Underwater Barnacles”, due to them only seemingly able to live on land in VALVe’s games.

#33

Shit… my bad guys… :3

#34

Nah, it’s ok since we all knew that. BM is like a construction site : the signboard says end 2009 but they finish it only few month after. Hopefully its not a Swiss mod or you could wait 3 years more :retard:.

#35

Black Mesa: Coming 1st January 2010 00:00:01 All because of more challenging Barnacles. :’(

#36

…kill him.

#37

shht , we don’t want him to expect it

#38

Wha-, I think I just heard something… no… Oh well, back to patrolling!

:slight_smile:

Whistles, completely oblivious

#39

“bonk” -sky monster drops dead-

who wants his shoes?

#40

i do

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