The mod seems good at first, but then you realize you have to constantly jump to avoid what's under your feet, and the character never does it well! The mouse settings also need reworking; in fact, just copy them from Half-Life 2, it was great... Plus, the enemies sprint too fast, almost teleporting! In the last stretch, I really struggled to figure out where to go or what to do... and when I did, I found myself fighting with the lights in my face and I couldn't see a thing. I'm not kidding, it's a mess! So much so that I didn't understand where the last portal to go through was until I accidentally stumbled upon it. By the way, there are supply drops all over Xen, even more than in the original game, but they're not where you need them. You have to touch the infinite supply crates multiple times or else it won't get them all. The RPG remains unusable until the rocket hits a surface, even without the laser pointer...

So far, the mod isn't complete. The game is very long; I finished it to the last chapter in about 18 hours, which makes it as long as an average FPS... but then there's simply no ending. There's no point in downloading and trying it now; who knows how many years it will take to fully play it without any glitches. Right now, the last chapter available is a real drain on resources, and I struggled to maintain 60 FPS on a 3090, which is absurd. Plus, the Xen level takes up more than 50% of the entire game. It's very beautiful graphically, but a bit too long.

For now, I regret having played it and wasted all those hours, only to simply not get an ending. It doesn't make much sense to release mods like this, as if it were Early Access...
They should at least communicate right away how many chapters they want to make so that anyone who wants to try it already knows what to expect and those who want to wait know how much has been done up to that point.

Phenomenal mod but with one issue which can be me. Prior to getting the shotgun I did not enjoy the ammo management, I felt to many rooms lacked ammo or perhaps had it in places I couldn't find it. Normally I am not ammo starved in half life games but I did run out in this one. Running out of ammo can especially be an issue if I don't have a crowbar yet since then I can't conserve it. Didn't have problems with health management but felt underequipped and this was before I noticed the alt fire which as a result I didnt dare use much. If I am on my last clip and can't find ammo in the next 3 rooms thats a very frustrating experience. Ended up making a bind that gives pistol ammo. After getting the shotgun the issue went away for me.

One more thing - it's a request or proposal, depending on your response. Could you add controller input to the game? The game looks amazing and in fact I would ask you to add the controller input myself :) See, I am a developer, with around 8 years of experience, see my last post and I have always dreamed of making games. I have some experience with Unity3D, but not much :) So if you would like to get some help, for free ofcourse, I am in! Just message me! Or if you don't - I use XBox controller with Steam on PC, if that helps with the implementation :) Good luck!

The reason for the symbolic link to fail is the pushd command. It can't read paths with whitespace in it. Running bshift_gamelink.bat from cmd shows the error:

\Steam\steamapps\common\Black was unexpected at this time.


Change the content of bshift_gamelink.bat so it uses absolute paths, like this:

set "game_dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Black Mesa"
set "mod_dir=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\362890\2424633574\bshift"

if exist "%game_dir%\bshift" (
rmdir "%game_dir%\bshift"
if exist "%game_dir%\bshift" (
echo Could not recreate link - rmdir failed.
echo You can try to delete "%game_dir%\bshift" manually.
pause
exit 1
)
echo Old link removed.
)

mklink /J "%game_dir%\bshift" "%mod_dir%"
echo.
if exist "%game_dir%\bshift" (
echo Link created.
) else (
echo Could not link - mklink failed.
)
pause

это просто офигенно

copied the bshift folder and .bat files into my root black mesa file; writing "-game bshift" won't work, and I can't delete to start over. Error message"file is in use elsewhere". Everything is closed. I don't understand.

focal point is REALLY laggy and crashes alot

It's ok. It's laggy as hell even on low settings. Many of the puzzles are not clear at all. Some times they want you to do things they don't explain. A few things take precise action with almost no room for error... it's too over-tuned. I think they expect us all to be top tier gamers.

It got so hard near the end I just turned on god mode and tried to enjoy the story.

The install does not work out of the box, good luck.

A big Thanks to the dev team, excellent job. Are we gonna see a remake for opposing force too?

Blue Shift from HECU Collective was amazing. It's basically a full on game for free, from the perspective of Barney. I enjoyed it a lot! Thank you tem!

I have black screen problem with custom campaigns anyone know how to fix...please.

почему бы её сделать не отдельно
хотелось бы трилогию блейк мезы собрать

Great mode! It gives a new life to Black Mesa

stpuid mod tbh

crashes even made with patato graphics and crashes with no reason after 2 hour playing

FIX IT FOR GODSAKE

@Zero her name is Ellie

Ronny teleported xen like in the elevator..... wtf

I am in the chapter of Captive Freight and the scientist lady won't leave the crouched stance so I can't progress in the story. The group follows me down to the door but nothing happens.

Question: Will this addon ever be made more accessible to play? I just don't want to delete stuff and mess with my folders to play this (Campaigns/ Steam Page)

Go into your bshift folder and delete all the .sound.cache files, that should rectify that. It's due to your caches being out of date or corrupt, causing the game to start loading memory into the sound buffer instead of actual sound data.

Why is the audio glitching out and making high-pitched screeching sounds?

Are there any concerns about Steam Workshop mass DMCA's? Are there any plans to unlist/hide the addon until Steam is able to get it under control?

It's unbelievable how good this is, and that's with it being unavoidably compared to the quality of Black Mesa. Excited to see the continuation of the Xen chapter and the finale. Thank you for what's obviously a genuine labor of love.

did it uploading but not see on black mesa not find so how do download

you are not able to eat the baby houndeyes

WHY ARE YOU ABLE TO EAT THE BABY HOUNDEYES D:

Guys there is a bug in the chapter Captive Freight when I open the container with rosenberg the hecu push me in but he is not in the container and nothing happened no forward from there

@dajkalaszlo20 I understand your feelings because I myself found the final part of Xen (starting with the factory) complex and frustrating when I first played the Xen chapter.
However, after playing more and understanding it better, I love Xen and find it very easy (except perhaps for the portal back to Earth).

I remind you that a caretaking patch will soon be released to rebalance the combat and puzzles in Xen.

So black Mesa was great. But Xen is too much and very unbalanced. too many puzzles after one another in a quick succession. Then the battle at the end of Xen no long range ammo to deal with the controllers and weapons accuracy feels changing each time i try to take down a vorti when they get teleported in there. ALl together great work but honestly I find myself frustrated on Xen too many times.

а что делать если у меня линукс

the 362890 file has nothing in it the -game bshift -oldgameui pops up an erroer iv wanted to play this for sooooooooooooooooooo long and it still does not work pleas help me

Recently, I encountered an issue where I was unable to save my progress. The application that encountered the error is named bms.exe, version 1.0.0.2, and the timestamp is 0x68614e62
Error module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.26100.5722, timestamp: 0xff9b1c54
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Error offset: 0x000b346e
Error process ID: 0x4C54
Error application start time: 0x1DC05D8A49A2727

so much fun. but the game broke on me. After I save Rosenberg and we get the whole gang together and head down to a basement area, Otis won't input the security door code. no way to progress. tried older saves but problem still remains. bummer man

the 362890 file has nothing in it the -game bshift -oldgameui pops up an erroer iv wanted to play this for sooooooooooooooooooo long and it still does not work pleas help me

que manera de alargar los niveles xdd

We are addressing some of the combat and puzzle flow and balance issues in an upcoming caretaking patch

@Wibble of course you would say that lmao

Just started donating on patreon. I'm excited to see what you guys have planned next. Keep up the great work!

как установить? уминя нет в игре

no download fiile size 0

"Focal Point is too hard"

Serious skill issue.

Мод просто шедевр! Прошел с удовольствием и надеюсь на продолжение.

The last part of Focal Point has got to be some of the most infuriating and rage inducing section I have ever experienced in this mod. I can't even begin to tell you how much I FUCKING HATE CONTROLLERS. Hopefully the next couple chapters aren't this autistic. nevertheless I obviously respect the people behind this mod! keep up the great work (besides Xen).

Last area unbeatable. Too many controllers that infinitely spawn in and can't jump in portal to leave because they keep pulling me out .

Mod is a huge pain in the ass anyway and had to look up last few areas because too esoteric on what to do.

Great mod overall. I really enjoyed my experience, but I have a couple of minor issues to mention. When I walked into the orbs that slowly drain your health while fighting the Alien Controllers, my FOV would change to 75 and stay locked there until I restarted the chapter. Adjusting the FOV didn't help, as it caused the weapons to appear larger. Additionally, before reuniting with Otis and the others and heading to the old lab, the AI would break, causing Ellie to stay crouched and blocking progress until I either restarted the chapter or entered "restart" in the console. Despite these issues, I had a lot of fun with the mod

alright, I do love this mod, do not get me wrong, I think it is crafted exceptionally well... right up until the part of focal point where the signal to earth gets jammed and you have to go on a 40 minute side quest to un-jam it. Which wouldn't be a huge complaint of mine if I wasn't already so tired of xen. I really would've preferred the chapter ending there, not to discredit the work put into the section. That's just my opinion though, take it how you will.

uh.. why is only the unstable brach availalbe to me ? D:

Sounds like you're using the new UI which is highly likely to crash the game on loading/opening menus. Use -oldgameui as launch parameter or the corresponding .bat file as a workaround.

Everytime I attempt to save the game manually, it crashes. Very unfortunate as some of the fights are quite challenging and I find myself having to restart from the nearest auto save in which I have low hp.