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Title: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Sam Colt on September 02, 2012, 02:01:58 pm
http://blackmesasource.com/

Official Post: http://forums.blackmesasource.com/showthread.php?t=12261.

Their forums seem to be going off and on however, so here's what it says:

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Community Update

We're freaking out over here! It is so exciting to share this news with you!

-You can now Download the Black Mesa Soundtrack, courtesy of our very own Joel Nielsen, at the very generous price of whatever you want! Enjoy and share!
-In the near future you'll see our Website, Wiki and Forums all taken down temporarily for renovations.
- On September 14th you will see the first release of Black Mesa! This will include our re-envisioning of Half-Life all the way up to Lambda Core. We believe this is a great way to provide a complete-feeling 8-10 hour experience with a solid ending, make our fans happy and help us make the best overall game possible.

We are still working hard on Xen and BMDM, but instead of making you wait we are giving you Black Mesa as soon as it's ready! We're doing our best to help bring the immense vision of this project into reality, and we are very excited for what the future brings!

High-Fives Yo,
Carlos Montero - Project Leader


Rejoice, friends!
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Kratos on September 02, 2012, 02:28:36 pm
Holy shit. Its about time!
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: liamcadhain on September 02, 2012, 02:28:56 pm
Sweet, been waiting for that one for some time now
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Sam Colt on September 02, 2012, 03:05:42 pm
I can't wait, this is the next best thing to Half-Life 3. AND I've been purposefully holding off on playing Half-Life for this.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: mbsurfer on September 02, 2012, 03:28:10 pm
Holy shit... I'll believe it when I see it
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Mangley on September 02, 2012, 03:41:31 pm
I need some new pants.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Sam Colt on September 02, 2012, 03:47:36 pm
Quote from: Mangley on September 02, 2012, 03:41:31 pm
I need some new pants.

Just enjoy your soiled ones while you can. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: TriDefiance on September 02, 2012, 05:14:20 pm
Finally!!!
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: CCsaint10 on September 02, 2012, 06:31:25 pm
all you people who didn't believe me...Haters gonna hate
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 02, 2012, 07:08:52 pm
About damn time! :P
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Emilia on September 03, 2012, 12:44:01 am
Yeeeeeeeeee!
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Rodney 1.666 on September 09, 2012, 03:57:27 am
Saw this a while ago; my only response was a "...huh" in disbelief, followed by a "that happened suddenly".
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: CCsaint10 on September 11, 2012, 03:36:36 am
Quote from: Rodney 1.666 on September 09, 2012, 03:57:27 am
"that happened suddenly".

It did happen kind of spur of the moment, however people who noticed (including myself) that they were releasing new interviews with major websites, new media pictures, and increasing activity through various sources smelled something like this coming...
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: major on September 13, 2012, 05:53:03 am
So happy I have Saturday off. And will probably be late to work on Friday.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Luchador on September 14, 2012, 06:04:18 pm
(http://www.luchadordev.com/images/misc/blackmesa.jpg)
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: mbsurfer on September 14, 2012, 06:44:32 pm
Still downloading, the torrent has like 10000+ seeders, yet only downloading 300kb/s >.< GO OGOGOG
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: kraid on September 14, 2012, 08:41:10 pm
I'll have to wait till monday when i'm at home again.
It's far to big for my 5GB traffic limit on my mobile i-net.
But good to know it really happened.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: killermonkey on September 14, 2012, 08:47:19 pm
whomever made that torrent sucks a fat dick.

DHT is not allowed....

Torrent with DHT enabled (I'm using it now): http://minus.com/llHKybTbP7uyU

Trackers: http://torrentz.eu/a9b546b8141c210870ce09c43038a6aee9e0157f
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Proxie on September 14, 2012, 09:01:54 pm
Quote from: killermonkey on September 14, 2012, 08:47:19 pm
whomever made that torrent sucks a fat dick.

DHT is not allowed, nor the peer exchange.

Most of the trackers are offline or invalid as well.

+1
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 14, 2012, 09:11:35 pm
Thanks KM, Much appreciated, Most mirrors was downloading at a mere 100-200kb/s.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: major on September 14, 2012, 09:19:56 pm
I was using there main mirror and was maxing out my connection... hmm.. our torrent is still better ;)
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 14, 2012, 09:22:54 pm
Their main mirror would have took 23 hours for me to download O.o
The torrent goes up to 4.9MB/s so... :D
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: killermonkey on September 14, 2012, 09:30:27 pm
Man and I thought our mod was huge, lol.

Ok time to install and play!

(btw I am really freaked out everytime I download a multi gigabyte file in less than 30 minutes... I remember when you had to go and play some basketball or something while downloading a 100MB patch.... man I am getting old)
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: major on September 14, 2012, 09:46:45 pm
Like when demos were only couple hundred mb max... now demos are like 4-5 gbs...
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Kratos on September 14, 2012, 11:41:50 pm
Quote from: mbsurfer on September 14, 2012, 06:44:32 pm
Still downloading, the torrent has like 10000+ seeders, yet only downloading 300kb/s >.< GO OGOGOG

yea wtf is up that bro. I thought I would max out my download speed, but i was downloading at 350KB/s.

I'm gonna try the game later tonight after our party is over.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Jonathon [SSL] on September 15, 2012, 02:38:08 pm
Played through the entire thing in a single 12-hour run. Holy crap it's really good.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: liamcadhain on September 15, 2012, 03:41:41 pm
I was going to get it when it came out at first, but I think I might just wait now until they make Xen and get it when it's fully finished
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 15, 2012, 05:34:54 pm
Wait wait wait wait... Xen isn't done!?
FFFFFFff....
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: kraid on September 15, 2012, 08:08:21 pm
Don't worry, just another 6-8 Years to wait. ;P
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 15, 2012, 08:41:50 pm
Hehe yeah :P
That's kinda sad because the Xen was the part that I wanted to see the most...
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Rodney 1.666 on September 15, 2012, 08:56:56 pm
I appreciate the spoiler alert by the way.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: kraid on September 16, 2012, 07:42:15 am
I guess i'll start downloading tonight as soon as i got home.
Since a few days allmost everyone i see playing a game on steam friends list is playing BMS.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: markpeterjameslegg on September 20, 2012, 06:42:39 pm
Hey guys & girls, how the hell do I get up to this vent, I have been running around for nearly an hour, I don't seem to be able to jump any higher than a centimeter so there's absolutely no way I can jump on that crate. I have tried laying stuff in front of it as well, but I can't even jump onto the stuff i'm laying down.

Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 20, 2012, 06:57:27 pm
Have you tried strafing mid air? I remember back in CS:S it could give you about a 4-unit boost in height, Maybe it works for this game too.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: markpeterjameslegg on September 20, 2012, 07:03:54 pm
Can't jump high enough. Don't recall having any issues on original Half Life, but then I don't even remember this bit.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: major on September 20, 2012, 07:17:51 pm
Crouch-jump. I didn't have any issues with it.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Emilia on September 21, 2012, 10:14:14 am
I got up there with a crouch jump too. Very easy :)
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: markpeterjameslegg on September 22, 2012, 02:23:05 am
Yep! Got it, couldn't do it with my pad though. :)
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: TriDefiance on September 23, 2012, 01:21:36 am
Omg this game is long... I'm just glad I'm finally outside in the open, than in the vents of the facility. (P.S I've never played Half Life 1, because i never understood it with the graphics. Now with BMS i understand everything! :D)
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: namajnaG on September 23, 2012, 01:54:37 am
Quote from: TriDefiance on September 23, 2012, 01:21:36 am
(P.S I've never played Half Life 1, because i never understood it with the graphics. Now with BMS i understand everything! :D)

IMO You should have at least completed HL1 once before trying out BM:S, But too late :P
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: TriDefiance on September 23, 2012, 04:46:13 am
Quote from: namajnaG on September 23, 2012, 01:54:37 am
IMO You should have at least completed HL1 once before trying out BM:S, But too late :P

I couldn't, something about it made me bored and just to turn it down. I have no idea how BMS is keeping me focused.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: Emilia on September 23, 2012, 12:46:53 pm
I wish this was the same for me TriDefiance.
Title: Re: Black Mesa Source gets a release date!
Post by: killermonkey on September 23, 2012, 04:11:26 pm
I am at the part where the soldiers make an appearance... I am not impressed at all.

The soldiers sound terrible (the voice overs) and the MP5 type weapon is horribly inaccurate and not nearly as deadly as the soldiers themselves (I am playing on Hard). Furthermore they like to be able to attack you from so far away with pinpoint accuracy that it is impossible to return fire. The same with the turrets, why bother giving the turrets a laser sight and rotation feature when they can identify your presence even when they aren't looking at you... that is stupid.

The inconsistent application of the "iron sights" view is pitiful.

I mean it looks great, but it plays terribly. They need more balance in the game....

The AI prefers to run from hiding place to hiding place and take pot shots at you from various angles instead of engaging you. This may be "smart" way to vanquish your enemies, but it is not fun.