Half-Life remake 'Black Mesa' has a post-release hotfix with a little Linux fix included
By Liam Dawe -
Black Mesa, the re-imaging of the original Half-Life released out of Early Access recently after a long development period and it's quite brilliant. Crowbar Collective have now release the first proper post-release hotfix.
Like a lot of games it's big, complicated and bugs always slip through no matter how thorough a developer you are when testing. On the Linux side, an issue came up where some players saw visual issues across different dynamic lighting quality levels so they've changed their "internal texture formats" to hopefully solve it.
Here's what else they fixed/changed:
- Fixed a bug related to the engine not detecting controllers
- Fixed HECU bullet spread distribution not changing based on difficulty
- Decreased HECU reaction time
- Balanced damage of frag grenades used by NPCs (higher damage radius)
- Added an option in new UI to toggle classic iron sights ON/OFF
- Fixed Xbow classic iron sights not rendering crosshair
- Fixed a crash related to marionettist
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I've nearly finished my first run through and I'm enjoying it a lot. The Xen levels are gorgeous.
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It IS quite brillant.
Except for the Interloper chapter - wow, that was probably the most massive break of pace I've seen in a game like that.
Game goes from lots of action, shooting, dodging missiles, jumping and the occasional puzzle to...
Gigantic, long-reaching levels with lots of walking, lots of waiting (on slow-moving conveyor belts, among other things), lots of simple-yet-annoying puzzles and extremely little in the way of action.
Almost made me quit the game - just completely threw me out of the experience. And when you look around, lots of people quite strongly dislike that one chapter.
But except for that one blooper, the game is a great experience. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes FPS games.
Except for the Interloper chapter - wow, that was probably the most massive break of pace I've seen in a game like that.
Game goes from lots of action, shooting, dodging missiles, jumping and the occasional puzzle to...
Gigantic, long-reaching levels with lots of walking, lots of waiting (on slow-moving conveyor belts, among other things), lots of simple-yet-annoying puzzles and extremely little in the way of action.
Almost made me quit the game - just completely threw me out of the experience. And when you look around, lots of people quite strongly dislike that one chapter.
But except for that one blooper, the game is a great experience. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes FPS games.
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Seriously, Gonarch was so stressful I actually was happy for the interloper being so slow. Still stuck there, as it is very slow.
Still, Gonarch must be the most intense boss in a game I have ever played. You really get twitchy in panic of being followed/chased.
It's quite the difference when you realise that the HEV suite is so overpowering. You end up feeling a bit like a Xenomorph, so overpowered the HEV suits makes you, then you run into Gonarch... and it's so insanely powerful...
Big momma headcrab. Hungry, and later Angry top-level predator.
Still, Gonarch must be the most intense boss in a game I have ever played. You really get twitchy in panic of being followed/chased.
It's quite the difference when you realise that the HEV suite is so overpowering. You end up feeling a bit like a Xenomorph, so overpowered the HEV suits makes you, then you run into Gonarch... and it's so insanely powerful...
Big momma headcrab. Hungry, and later Angry top-level predator.
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DamonLinuxPL 20 Apr, 2020
from change log:
So Linux version use Valve ToGL? I thought it was completely native. But apparently I was wrong.
Quote- ToGL/Linux: Changed/tweaked internal texture formats and video options to avoid visual issues on different dynamic lighting quality levels
So Linux version use Valve ToGL? I thought it was completely native. But apparently I was wrong.
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TimeFreeze 20 Apr, 2020
Black Mesa is quite a "good" remake. But i personally just dont like it. There are just to many things which i dislike:
On a Rail got almost completly removed.
No Cockroach A.I
Multiplayer is dead [at least that was so didnt played it anymore]
Multiplayer is also broken [Randomly getting kicked out with strange VAC messages]
Its not funny when a Shotgun is like a Sniper.
The A.I sucks in general.
I dont like what they did with Xen.
Performance still sucks.
I just hope Crowbar Collective will stay far away from Blue Shift/Opposing Force and HL2+EP1/2.
Disclaimer: That is MY Opinion no one needs to share it or accept it.
TLDR: *Angry Purist yells at Crowbar Collective*
On a Rail got almost completly removed.
No Cockroach A.I
Multiplayer is dead [at least that was so didnt played it anymore]
Multiplayer is also broken [Randomly getting kicked out with strange VAC messages]
Its not funny when a Shotgun is like a Sniper.
The A.I sucks in general.
I dont like what they did with Xen.
Performance still sucks.
I just hope Crowbar Collective will stay far away from Blue Shift/Opposing Force and HL2+EP1/2.
Disclaimer: That is MY Opinion no one needs to share it or accept it.
TLDR: *Angry Purist yells at Crowbar Collective*
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Quoting: TimeFreezeIts not funny when a Shotgun is like a Sniper.
In fairness to Crowbar Collective, real shotguns do actually have a surprisingly far reach compared to their gaming counterparts. BM's shotgun is one of the most accurate ones I've used yet.
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CMDR_Kiel42 20 Apr, 2020
I don't quite get the hate on Interloper, I loved it. But to each their own.
(Oh also I hated every minute of On a rail when I first played the original HL, I'm so happy they cut it out)
(Oh also I hated every minute of On a rail when I first played the original HL, I'm so happy they cut it out)
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Quoting: DamonLinuxPLfrom change log:It's a Source Engine game, and Source uses ToGL. Source 2 has native rendering.
Quote- ToGL/Linux: Changed/tweaked internal texture formats and video options to avoid visual issues on different dynamic lighting quality levels
So Linux version use Valve ToGL? I thought it was completely native. But apparently I was wrong.
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Quoting: win8linuxQuoting: TimeFreezeIts not funny when a Shotgun is like a Sniper.
In fairness to Crowbar Collective, real shotguns do actually have a surprisingly far reach compared to their gaming counterparts. BM's shotgun is one of the most accurate ones I've used yet.
Yeah, games always get that wrong. A shotgun isn't supposed to have the range of a melee weapon. The spread of the pellets is usually pretty tight, letting them travel relatively far.
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Quoting: PopeRigbyYeah, games always get that wrong. A shotgun isn't supposed to have the range of a melee weapon. The spread of the pellets is usually pretty tight, letting them travel relatively far.And pistols are not sniper rifles .
TL;DR Games are not realistic. Neither are movies. It's just our perception.
Game developers have to work with a surprisingly delicate balance between "realistic" and "fun". Hollywood has given us a very twisted perception of how guns work. So if you make it too realistic, it feels less realistic, because you subconsciously expect the guns to work like they do in the movies.
But the hardest thing to simulate accurately is "you", because in the actual reality the mechanical accuracy of the gun does not mean nearly as much as the person wielding it. There are even records of actual soldiers in actual conflicts complaining that their guns were inaccurate or ineffective, whereas it was often the case that under stress and pressure they were simply not able to keep on target.
The closest I have seen is the original Operation Flashpoint, later renamed to Arma: Cold War Assault, where you would basically have no chance of hitting anything while walking around, and sprinting would make your heart race and your hands tremble. But this clearly wouldn't work for a fast paced game like Half-Life.
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