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Revision as of 17:11, 7 April 2020

Black Mesa
Black Mesa cover
Developers
Crowbar Collective
Engines
Source
Release dates
Windows March 6, 2020
Linux March 6, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 84
OpenCritic 84
IGDB 89
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Black Mesa on IGDB
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Black Mesa on MobyGames
Black Mesa on Wikipedia
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⤏ Go to series page
Half-Life mods and fangames (series)
Half-Life 1998
Half-Life: Opposing Force 1999
Half-Life: Blue Shift 2001
Codename: Gordon 2004
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
Portal (series)
Half-Life: Decay (unofficial port) 2008
Half-Life: Alyx 2020

Key points

An unofficial remake of Half-Life.

General information

Official Discord server
Unofficial Half-Life Wiki
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
 DRM-free on Linux when run directly from executable.
Windows
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.
The original standalone release from September 2012 is no longer available for download at the official website, but previously provided download links still work (1 2).
MP3s of the official soundtrack are available for free with the option to donate at the official website, as well as at Joel Nielsen's Website. Lossless formats are available for purchase from Bandcamp.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Steam <path-to-game>/bms/cfg
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Steam <path-to-game>/bms/save
Saved games cannot transfer between the mod release and Steam release. Use sv_unlockedchapters 15 in the console to unlock all chapters.[1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general video settings.
In-game general video settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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  • Movement Rebinding

  • Combat Rebinding

  • Miscellaneous Rebinding

  • Weapons Rebinding

  • Multiplayer Keys Rebinding

Controller support

  • Controllers are no longer natively supported (with exception of Steam Controller preset binding buttons and axis to keyboard and mouse). A mod is required to restore the controller support. See this guide.

Toggle crouch

Add script to autoexec.cfg[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>/bms/cfg/.
  2. Open autoexec.cfg and add this: 
    alias t_duck "duck1"
alias duck1 "+duck; alias t_duck duck2"
alias duck2 "-duck; alias t_duck duck1"
bind "ctrl" "t_duck"
    • Replace ctrl with desired crouch key.
  3. Launch the game and bring up the console.
  4. Type in and enter exec autoexec.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Dialogues only.
Korean
Fan translation, download here.
Norwegian
Polish
Fan translation available here.
Portuguese
Spanish
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team». For Steam-version and mod-version – audio or text + audio

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
32 Versus
Online play
32 Versus

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes State GG3D Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Black Mesa.
iZ3D
vorpX
G3D, DirectVR
Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Chromatic aberration always on

Chromatic aberration stays on even after disabling it through the video options. Its associate variable mat_chromatic_damage_enable doesn't work either.

Issues fixed

Black screen while in fullscreen mode (Windows 10)

Enable borderless fullscreen windowed mode[3]
If an adaptive sync monitor is used, set it to run in windowed mode if possible. This is an option for G-Sync at least.

Very poor performance on AMDGPU kernel driver (Linux)

It is possible to run the game without starting Steam by running bms.sh
Remove the included libstdc++.so.6[4]
  1. Go to [SteamLibraryDir]/steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bin
  2. Remove libstdc++.so.6
Run the game in Steam Native environment[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Shader Model support 2, 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok Heavily modified variant.
Audio Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Steamworks

Enabling the console

Set through options menu[5]
  1. Go to Options and click on Game.
  2. Set Developer Console to Yes.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista 7
Processor (CPU) 2.6 GHz Dual Core 3.2 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM) 6 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible 		4 GB of VRAM
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.0
Processor (CPU) 2.6 GHz Dual Core 3.2 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 GB of VRAM
OpenGL 3.0 compatible 		3 GB of VRAM

References