Black Mesa

Black Mesa

Developer(s)	Black Mesa Modification Team
Engine	Source
First release date	Windows September 14, 2012

Half-Life

Half-Life	1998
Half-Life: Opposing Force	1999
Half-Life: Blue Shift	2001
Half-Life: Source	2004
Half-Life 2	2004
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch	2004
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast	2005
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source	2006
Half-Life 2: Episode One	2006
Half-Life 2: Episode Two	2007
Black Mesa (unofficial mod)	2012

Key points

The Black Mesa Mod is a recreation and reimagination of the events of Half-Life in the modern Source engine.

There are some changes from the original game, for example, some items are located in different places.

Unfinished. Developers still working on the Xen portion of the game.

Requires Steam and Source SDK Base 2007 (both free)

General information

Black Mesa Forum

Black Mesa In-Game Issues Forum - highly active support forum

Black Mesa Wiki

Unofficial Half-Life Wiki

Availability

Visual instructions from Chocofluffy.

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Developer Website		The game is free of charge.

Requires Steam and the Source SDK Base 2007.

Source SDK Base 2007

Source SDK Base 2007 • Link The Source SDK Base 2007 is a Source tool which is available to all users for free. In the Steam client, go to Game Library. Click 'All Games' drop down menu next to Search Bar. Click on Tools. Find Source SDK Base 2007 and select install. Run the Black Mesa installation.

Improvements

Play on Mac OS X and Linux

Install the Windows version using PlayOn. Instructions for Mac OS X. A native Linux version is to be released at a later date.

Game data

	Location
Windows	C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\SourceMods\BMS\SAVE\

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Borderless fullscreen windowed

-window -noborder • Link Find Black Mesa in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input -window -noborder Press OK Launch the game

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Issues fixed

Lagspikes And Performance Issues

Major lagspikes and stuttering with 100% usage of core 1, and less on the remaining cores.

Unable to select anything in options menu regarding Multi-core rendering (no options to select).

Quadcore CPU Affinity • Link Possibly only works with quad-core CPUs. Go to Task Manager. Click the processes tab. Find the hl2.exe process. Right click > Set Affinity.. > select all cores but one

Game Not Opening • Link Install Source SDK Base 2007 Try opening the game again, it should work this time.

Issues unresolved

'Could not load library client'

A large thread has been created to attempt to fix this issue. No conclusive fix has been found yet.

Some users report this fix works.

This error occurs at launch.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP, Vista, or 7.	Windows XP, Vista, or 7.
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, or AMD processor.	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz or AMD equivalent.
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (1024 MB).	1 GB (1024 MB).
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB (Not including the free Source SDK 2007, installed separately).	8 GB (Not including the free Source SDK 2007, installed separately).
Video card (GPU)	Shader Model 2.0 capable, ATI 9600, NVidia 6600 or better.	Shader Model 3.0 capable, ATI X1600, NVidia 7600 or better.