Will Blackmesa DM be ruined by modders?

Half-Life Series
#1

Source and gldsrc’s biggest advantage is also their biggest disadvantage when it comes to deathmatch; extremely easy customization leads to a flood of shitty modded servers running shitty custom made maps with a gig of shitty custom .wav files. This is such a problem that on HLDM and HL2DM it is no longer possible to find a server running good ol’ simple deathmatch on good ol’ commercially made maps.
/rant

So my question is, when blackmesa is released do you think the dm mode be completely ruined by badly made maps running badly made mods that force you to dl gigs of absolutely useless .wav files?

This worries me a lot because if BlackemsaDM lives up to it’s old counterpart it will be the best multiplayer ever made and it could be very easily ruined by bad modders.

#2

Of course. Like any game on source, it will probably run just about any map with the .bsp extension.

Though, you must be some kind of a stupid person, if you want to play retail maps, join a server that plays them/runs with sv_pure 1. How hard is that!

I can go into HL2DM right now and join a server running with zero modification whatsoever, except I wouldn’t do that because I don’t hate custom maps or the Quake 3 announcer for some mysterious reason.

#3

Wicked Sick!

#4

Also do you no about this command?

#5

I like some DM mods, just give me quake sounds and some fun gamemodes, then I will still survive…

#6

Can’t wait to play BMDM WC3 mod with shitty eurotechno playing in the background, thousands of server messages showing up every 5 seconds right in the middle of the screen, seas of stats for every action I make and custom skins from obscure 80’s animes.

#7

And a fullbright map with stock hl2 textures and props with only 1 working spawn point. FUN!

#8

Nothing wrong with custom sounds, but when you have to download THE SAME custom sounds REPEATEDLY, just because they have a slightly different directory structure to the other servers, it gets annoying.

#9

Takes up disk space if you keep joining servers…

#10

Don’t forget the gratuitous amounts of LAG due to shitservertechnology and bright multicolored advertisements repeatedly attempting to make you visit thier lame websites.

#11

Oh man, yes, I just came.

#12

You ejaculated from what delight? lol.

#13

Everything. But mainly from the obscure 80’s anime skins.

#14

Mmmm. I don’t doubt you. Those cheap-costumed asian skins always get to me too, man.

#15

This is the best thing I’ve ever heard.

Too bad HL2DM is boring as shit, dare I say even more so than Counter-Strike.

#16

hl2dm yes, i’ve found watching static a lot more interesting…

css can be fun. got a few saved favourites which provide a few hours of entertainment a week.

left tf2 for a while now, back into dods :smiley:

#17

Slightly on topic: are there any HL2DM servers where you can’t get the gravity gun?

#18

Make that the Unreal Tournament announcer. Because that sound pack only has 1 or 2 quake sounds…the rest are unreal tournament.

#19

Now you’re just splitting hairs.

#20

or not.

Founded in 2004, Leakfree.org became one of the first online communities dedicated to Valve’s Source engine development. It is more famously known for the formation of Black Mesa: Source under the 'Leakfree Modification Team' handle in September 2004.