![]() ![]() Thanks to a new deferred rendering system, Black Mesa now supports fully dynamic lighting, which will come into play in a few key scenes and settings to make them much more realistic. Whether that will come to pass remains to be seen, but the team, which has expanded a lot over the years of the remake’s development, seems confident that it will do.Īlthough this latest announcement isn’t something that fans of Black Mesa wanted to hear, alongside the other detail reveals, the team has shown off a new type of lighting they are now adding to the rest of the game. It’s larger, more detailed and said to be more in line with the rest of the game in terms of “mechanics, cohesion, and expression.” The wait should be worth it though, as beyond just looking much more contemporary, with advanced lighting and particle effects made possible with modern renditions of the Source Engine, Xen is far more expansive a place to explore in Black Mesa. While those levels are now nearing completion and looking far prettier than anything in the original Half-Life, they still aren’t quite ready for prime time. Neither was entirely complete though, lacking the final Xen levels from the original Half-Life. ![]() However, a near-complete version was released in 2012 and a follow-up Steam Early Access edition hit in 2015. The Black Mesa remastering of the 1998 classic, Half-Life, has been in development in one guise or another since 2004 and its eventual release was questioned many times over the years. We now have to wait until December 2017 for its final release, though we’re told that the developers consider this as a “do-or-die” deadline. The bad news is that the game’s release has been pushed back again. The good news is that we have our first look at what the Xen levels will look like. When it comes to the Black Mesa HD recreation of the original Half-Life, we have some good and some bad news. The fan creators worked hard for a couple years remastering Half-Life, making an already superb game even better, so they definitely deserve the cash. I highly recommend buying Black Mesa: Source when it comes out Steam. Until Xen is completed, we have multiple interesting additions planned for the Steam version of Black Mesa, which we will announce later on down the road. So, please be patient with us as we work to make Xen a stunning and worthy conclusion to Black Mesa. The work to port to the new engine was not because of the decision to go retail, this was work that had to be done to get Black Mesa onto Steam and support our future plans. Over the past year, we have spent a HUGE amount of time porting the game to a new engine and fixing hundreds of bugs. ![]() To be totally honest however, Xen is still a ways off. We’ve been overwhelmed by fan anticipation for Xen, and we’re excited so many people are eager to conclude the game. We will be paying careful attention to feedback, and you’ll have a very real say in how the final game turns out. #Black mesa wireless free#However, the Steam version will include features that the free version simply can not have. Purchasing the Steam version of Black Mesa is more about supporting the team and our efforts than anything else. We also plan to open source our maps and some game assets to the modding community! In fact shortly after the Steam release there will be a completely new free version of the game. But we aren’t dropping all support for the free version. Soon you’ll see Black Mesa available on Steam for a relatively low price. The second is because frankly, our team could really use the financial help. This lets us tackle and fix limitations instead of working around them. #Black mesa wireless full#One is we believe we can make the game even better by having full access to the Source engine. Our decision to sell Black Mesa rests on two key points. We believe this philosophy has significantly contributed to the overall quality and feel of the game. For us, Black Mesa is purely a labor of love. Our team is made up of average, hardworking people, and no one joined the team to make money. We never developed Black Mesa with money in mind. Black Mesa has been given the opportunity to be sold as a retail product on Steam! This is an incredible honor – one we never expected – but also one we found hard to accept. We’ve had quite a year since then, with a lot happening internally that we haven’t been able to talk about… until now. Last year, Black Mesa was one of the first Steam games to be Greenlit by you, our amazing fans. HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY HALF-LIFE! We here at Black Mesa have some big news! ![]()
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