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Download of the Week: Black Mesa 1.0

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  1. Jos TechSpot Staff Posts: 1,699   +24

    Black Mesa, the long-anticipated fan remake of Half-Life, has officially gone live today after eight years in development. For those hearing about this mod project for the first time, it involves a ground-up rewrite of Half-Life using Valve's Source Engine,...

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    Jos, Sep 14, 2012
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  2. Sniped_Ash Newcomer, in training Posts: 67   +19

    They're waiting for you, Gordon. In the tesssst chamberrrrr....
    Sniped_Ash, Sep 14, 2012
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  3. amstech TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 489   +67

    Oh.
    My.
    God.
    amstech, Sep 14, 2012
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  4. likedamaster Newcomer, in training Posts: 74   +12

    What the...
    I don't even....

    Finally!
    likedamaster, Sep 14, 2012
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  5. Neojt TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 118

    Darn I dont have any source game on my PC :S I do have the original HL
    This looks cool.
    Neojt, Sep 14, 2012
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  6. Puiu TechSpot Booster Posts: 828   +51

    You don't need another game for this, just need the 2007 source sdk which is free.
    Puiu, Sep 14, 2012
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  7. customcarvin Newcomer, in training Posts: 80

    Also on NZB matrix.. downloading at 3.1 MB/s :)
    customcarvin, Sep 14, 2012
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  8. spydercanopus TechSpot Guru Posts: 744   +76

    The right game in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So wake up Mr. Freeman.
    spydercanopus, Sep 14, 2012
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  9. Guest

    Is it me or is the download painfully slow? I'm using BitTorrent, but while my internet connection is ~20Mbps minimum, I haven't gone above 300Kbps with the torrent.
    Guest, Sep 14, 2012
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  10. mevans336 TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 159   +9

    The torrent is coming down at 3.2MB/sec for me.
    mevans336, Sep 14, 2012
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  11. Adhmuz TechSpot Paladin Posts: 697   +38

    Downloaded it, took less than an hour. Installed, and WOW, looks great, sounds great, the memories are great. Everyone should give this a download having played it or not.
    Adhmuz, Sep 14, 2012
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  12. Per Hansson TS Server Guru Posts: 1,801   +66

    I've got it downloaded now, this is gonna be great fun to play through!
    I have been looking forward to this for sooo many years!
    Per Hansson, Sep 14, 2012
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  13. Guest

    Black Mesa is a Half-Life 2 total conversion, remaking Valve Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life.

    ^^ From the download page :)
    Guest, Sep 14, 2012
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  14. spydercanopus TechSpot Guru Posts: 744   +76

    I really appreciate all the hard work this team put in, and for free. But jumping is way off in this version. What's with the crouch-jump? And the part you jump box to box suspended over the water in Black Mesa took me about 20 trys. Wound up just saving after each jump. Sometimes it takes the jump, sometimes not.
    spydercanopus, Sep 14, 2012
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  15. Guest

    Incredibly slowly? 300kbps is what I peak at, on a good day, when the planets are aligned perfectly and the Gods on Mt Olympus have an orgy. Australian ADSL2+ ftw
    Guest, Sep 15, 2012
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  16. Camikazi TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 190   +21

    That is dial-up speeds there, if that is all you get on your ADSL then you are getting ripped off badly.
    Camikazi, Sep 15, 2012
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  17. NTAPRO TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 601   +52

    Would definitely love to give this a try. Hope my average or less than average specs can handle it xD
    NTAPRO, Sep 15, 2012
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  18. Guest

    @Camikazi

    @Camikazi: Dial-up is about 5kbps download speed (since rarely people actually hit 56k which would be 7kbps).

    Anyways I have a 60Mb connection (actually 63.39 according to speedtest.net). When the server permits I download at over 8,000kbps. Black Mesa downloaded at only 300kbps however, due to the limited speed host I downloaded from. I should have used a torrent since this is a hot download right now, it probably has a lot of seeders. I just didn't want to install a torrent program on my computer.
    Guest, Sep 15, 2012
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  19. Camikazi TechSpot Enthusiast Posts: 190   +21

    Yea I exaggerated, but that speed is low though :)
    Camikazi, Sep 15, 2012
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  20. Soulflare3 TechSpot Member

    If you're downloading via torrent and want faster speeds you have to edit your client settings and allow more connections to be made at once. Example: http://prntscr.com/fn421
    Soulflare3, Sep 16, 2012
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