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Title: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: WRXChris on Fri, 14 September 2012, 15:53:59
http://release.blackmesasource.com/ (http://release.blackmesasource.com/)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94128543 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94128543)

HL1 re-created with the Source engine for those of you who don't know!!!  I'm downloading it now and it's free!

UPDATE: I just found out that it is not complete yet, it includes all gameplay up to the Lambda Core.  The second part is still being worked on and will be released in the future.
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: The_Beast on Fri, 14 September 2012, 15:55:39
So this is HL1 but better graphics?


I have no clue on this stuff since I've never played HL
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: rayuki on Fri, 14 September 2012, 15:59:16
http://release.blackmesasource.com/ (http://release.blackmesasource.com/)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94128543 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94128543)

HL1 re-created with the Source engine for those of you who don't know!!!  I'm downloading it as week speak!

sweet looks awesome, should bring back some memories. gonna try it with eyefinity see how it looks.
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: WRXChris on Fri, 14 September 2012, 16:02:38
So this is HL1 but better graphics?

yeah, basically, but it's free and valve wasn't involved (community-driven project) so it may be rough around the edges.  I haven't read any reviews or anything.  Looks awesome though and like rayuki said, should bring back some fond memories of the 300MHz days!
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: The_Beast on Fri, 14 September 2012, 16:04:19
Sweet I've kinda wanted to play it because it's an icon of early PC gaming but in 2012, I'm so used to high end graphics I think it would throw me off from truly getting into the game. And it's FREEEEEEEEE
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: jwaz on Fri, 14 September 2012, 16:18:35
After I finish moving, I'm definitely playing through this. Looks fantastic, thanks for the posting.
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: Parabellum on Fri, 14 September 2012, 17:30:18
thanks bro this will come in handy

real handy
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: rayuki on Fri, 14 September 2012, 17:32:05
had a lot of **** trying to download thru the mirrors, so if anyone else is having troubles try usenet its up there and blazing fast.
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: hashbaz on Fri, 14 September 2012, 17:35:56
Didn't Valve already upgrade the graphics in HL1?  I thought I had already played a Source engine Half Life.
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: osxoep on Fri, 14 September 2012, 17:49:39
Urgh. I formatted my Steam drive and I haven't reinstalled the Source SDK yet.

Looks like it's going to be an extra 4GB to download...
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: WRXChris on Fri, 14 September 2012, 17:49:39
Didn't Valve already upgrade the graphics in HL1?  I thought I had already played a Source engine Half Life.

yeah, Valve did release HL:Source officially a while back.  This is from the Black Mesa website: "Black Mesa was built and founded on the basis that Half-Life: Source didn't fully live up to the potential of a Source engine port of Half-Life."
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 15 September 2012, 00:22:16
HL:Source was basically jut HL1 running under the Source engine.  All maps and everything else exactly the same.

This is like HL1 if it was created now, using today's technologies.  Each map is based loosely on the equivalent original HL1 map, but significantly enhanced.  I also read somewhere that some of the boring bits have been removed or shortened, and some of the significant parts have been fleshed out.

I have been waiting for this for a few years now.  All I have to do is find the time to play it ...
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: shattentor on Sun, 16 September 2012, 15:11:37
Oh yeah, I would love to play Black Mesa! Unfortunately the required Source SDK Base 2007 is not available for Mac  :( I do have Bootcamp Win7 for some rare used programs, but I'm not inclined to reboot everytime I wonna play BM...

If anybody has an idea on how to get this to work on OSX, please let me know!
Title: Re: HL3 it is not, but BLACK MESA has FINALLY been released!!! DL link inside.
Post by: jwaz on Sun, 16 September 2012, 16:22:16
I had no problems with the Torrent, hit 3.5 Mb/s