Black Mesa Source Media Blow out!

[99.vikram]

Because US special forces units use M4's, not MP5's.

The HECU uses MP5, in the Half-Life universe anyway.

In the Blue Shift High-Res pack, did the M4 gain its own ammo, or did it still use 9mm like the MP5?

Same ammo, which was what made it confusing/annoying.

 

[morgs]

I really hope this mod goes the whole way and gets completed, it looks amazing.

 

[99.vikram]

I really hope this mod goes the whole way and gets completed, it looks amazing.

I'm guessing it will finish by next Christmas. We haven't seen any part of Xen yet, or any actual gameplay. And then there's the scripted sequences and dialogue...

 

[Cheomesh]

Same ammo, which was what made it confusing/annoying.

That's retarded :|

 

[Iron_cube]

This mod needs more BM dormitories with Azian, Kleiner, little Alyx ect ect ect.

Thatd be a worthy addition imo.

 

[AciD]

This mod needs more BM dormitories with Azian, Kleiner, little Alyx ect ect ect.

Thatd be a worthy addition imo.

Yes that could be very nice

 

[FriedchikenCamo]

M4 and Beretta sharing the same ammo:

That's retarded :|

Yeah, that's exactly what ticked me off about the model change. The change from a Glock to a Beretta didn't annoy me at all, though 17 bullets must mean those Black Mesa Security personnel enjoy walking around with custom Beretta magazines. Must have extra bullets for those evil rocks, you never know when they could attack

I guess that the M4's weren't bad if you assumed that they converted them to use 9mm, but it just strikes me as if the Gearbox guys had no idea what they were doing.

However, if Black Mesa Source had them both in and they had different ammo, that would be kinda cool.

I'll also forgive Valve's insistence that pistols are for ranged marksmanship and longer-barreled smg's for point-blank combat, since it figures into gameplay.

 

[Cheomesh]

What's custom about them? They make 17, 19, and 33 round mags for the G17. If there are others, I've never seen them.

 

[Tagaziel]

I remember I saw a leaked screenshot of the resonance cascade during my brief term as a mod on the Black Mesa forums. It was hilarously bad. There was just random crap falling from the ceiling, including a blue barrel!

I was assured that the later builds were much better though.

Not familiar with the terms "work in progress", "alpha version" or "test", are you, (gr)asshopper?

What's custom about them? They make 17, 19, and 33 round mags for the G17. If there are others, I've never seen them.

He was talking about Beretta 92. They come in 15 round mags.

 

[Iron_cube]

That marine in the ingame mp5 shot is definitely another player.

 

[Azner]

:O Awesome!

 

[Sufferin-rebel]

Really?

Reminds me of the OpFor Red Beret Guy in COD4 haha

That marine in the ingame mp5 shot is definitely another player.

No, it is that Marine with Metrocop animations, As far as I'm aware, The marines will be able to switch from there MP5/M4 to there sidearm if needed, which all in all sounds pretty cool.

 

[LandStander]

That is cool but why would they need to? Do they run out of ammo?

 

[Iron_cube]

You sure about that?

It really does look like a recompiled marine with HL2DM player animation.

 

[Cheomesh]

He was talking about Beretta 92. They come in 15 round mags.

Ah right. I never played with the high-def pack.

 

[FriedchikenCamo]

Ah right. I never played with the high-def pack.

Blue Shift wasn't really all that great anyways. So it's alright if you've never played that way before. Plus the new models looked out of place with the original blocky maps.

 

[Cheomesh]

I liked Blue Shift more than Op For to be honest.

 

[Iron_cube]

Weirdo :naughty:

 

[AciD]

HD pack
*Yes: BS, OP
*NO HL-Gordon's new look of HEV ruins that game

 

[ríomhaire]

Not familiar with the terms "work in progress", "alpha version" or "test", are you, (gr)asshopper?

Not familiar with the term "humour", are you, master?

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I was hoping to see more of surface tension pics, but other than that, great!

 

[Absinthe]

I'm still really not digging their choice for soundtrack.

 

[m00b]

Xen sucks. Id's stop after lambda core.

 

[Cheomesh]

Xen is aweshens, m00b.

 

[Asknoone]

Xen blows.

 

[Iron_cube]

Xen has an epic atmosphere.

 

[SpotEnemyBoats]

I hope that when Gabe/Valve boot this up on their computer and play it, they go contact these guys and hire them. They are following the mod and giving them advice and encouraging them. I really hope that the community pushes for that effort as well.

I'm hoping if they do indeed gets jobs by Valve, I hope it eventually come's on the console.

This mod needs more BM dormitories with Azian, Kleiner, little Alyx ect ect ect.

Thatd be a worthy addition imo.

I agree, it would be pretty cool to see Azian, little Alyx, with Eli in it. Although, the BM development team said they aren't going to go do that because it creates complications (being that it isn't been done by Valve's staff and wasn't in the original HL1).

 

[Planetary]

It would be a lot easier for them to just have the credits roll when the Lambda Core portal opens.

But then why did they have a Xen concept art contest?

 

[Iron_cube]

Oh yes lets kindly ask them to remove 2 or 3 whole chapters because some people didnt like it in hl1.

 

[99.vikram]

I'm still really not digging their choice for soundtrack.

Then clearly you need to keep listening to it until you understand how AWESOME it is.

Xen sucks. Id's stop after lambda core.

Xen blows.

Xen was the best chapter in Half-Life. It was the highlight of the game. :|

 

[chimpmunk]

It would be a lot easier for them to just have the credits roll when the Lambda Core portal opens.

But then why did they have a Xen concept art contest?

They wanted to re interpret it or something.

 

[Zephos]

Then clearly you need to keep listening to it until you understand how AWESOME it is.

Sure, it's alright on it's on own.

But it doesn't sound like Half-Life, or at least, doesn't sound like it would fit into Half-Life.

 

[Narvi]

You people are weird. The only good thing about Xen was the wonderful art design.

BM isn't going to copy the levels exactly, people. They're going to change gameplay in places so it doesn't suck anymore. Like Residue Processing.

 

[AciD]

Xen is better in original HL in source it suck

 

[Absinthe]

Then clearly you need to keep listening to it until you understand how AWESOME it is.

It just doesn't capture the alienating sounds of the first game. It's too clean. Too much piano. It sounds more appropriate for some dramatic action epic. Not the strange, otherworldly drones and pads of claustrophobic sci-fi horror.

The music doesn't even remind me of Half-Life. Some kind of "re-imagining" of the old tracks could have been great, but I can't even identify the old hooks and melodies. It's the only part of the mod I dislike thus far.

 

[AciD]

I think they will use old mp3.

 

[Asknoone]

Then clearly you need to keep listening to it until you understand how AWESOME it is.

It's not very Half-life.

 

[m00b]

Because the mod is so big I'd release it in parts like Minerva...

 

[Iron_cube]

I agree with the soundtrack thing. It needs moar techno.

 

[99.vikram]

The music doesn't even remind me of Half-Life. Some kind of "re-imagining" of the old tracks could have been great, but I can't even identify the old hooks and melodies. It's the only part of the mod I dislike thus far.

Perhaps the BM team wants the player to feel a different range of emotions? Admit it, there were times in HL when frantic, fast paced music kicked in while you were just exploring something cool.

All I'm saying is to give them some creative space.