test mortar

[icannotfly]

pistol twirl was perfectly timed!

[gaulucky92]

This is genuis :)

[SiPlusTV]

I miss the launch sound from HL1...

[Phenixtri]

Honestly you need to put some more time lag between when you press the button and order the strike to when the actual rounds hit, Those mortar rounds are more or less the heavy "educated guess its that or SP artillery like the paladin" 120mm type and are fire from a fairly long distance so thus a goo 30+ sec time lag is needed for it to make sense and also add a degree of difficulty.

[HellfighterOfEarth]

@Phenixtri Well, true, but think about it. Although maximum realism in a game is quite awe inspiring, you don't want too much of a delay between pressing FIRE and the rounds landing. You could be having to hit a moving target, and with a 30 second delay, you could easily miss, and by then, whatever your trying to hit could kill you in that time.

[Phenixtri]

@HellfighterOfEarth Yea but the only time you use it is on the tactical map in surface tension and even then you are on top of a silo of some kind and the garg in the map cant reach you. Plus its not hard to lead you targets and its hard to miss with a mortar barrage to begin with. Tho I guess to keep its fair and balance a 10-15 sec delay could also work as it would just mean that the mortars are a bit closer presumably in Marine Fire bases or FOBs.

[Phenixtri]

@HellfighterOfEarth Yea but the only time you use it is on the tactical map in surface tension and even then you are on top of a silo of some kind and the garg in the map cant reach you. Plus its not hard to lead you targets and its hard to miss with a mortar barrage to begin with. Tho I guess to keep its fair and balance a 10-15 sec delay could also work as it would just mean that the mortars are a bit closer presumably in Marine Fire bases or FOBs.

[XenoSpyro]

@Phenixtri actually it can reach you. it will go right up the Handicap style ramp and your only safety was to jump in the water tank behind you. (I was playing dodge the airstrikes, run from garg yesterday)

[Phenixtri]

@XenoSpyro LOLz I remember doing that back in the day was so fun to fuck with that garg. xD

[XenoSpyro]

@Phenixtri well when i tried it against those random airstrikes i always lost, never got the garg destroyed. i am disappoint

[Phenixtri]

@XenoSpyro What on the old Half Life?

[XenoSpyro]

@Phenixtri ya

[Phenixtri]

@XenoSpyro Odd I found it fairly easy to kill the garg. since its movement path is so linear and predictable.

[XenoSpyro]

@Phenixtri still is a pain in the ass to run away from though since its faster

[Phenixtri]

@XenoSpyro true

[Dpika1849]

II know its not dead but it would be nice if they would give more updates if they are giving more recent updates please let me know where.

[Exhidi]

0:47 :O

Pro Freeman with pro handgun.

[xsantosis]

This mod will be epic for sure :)

[BlueRaptorTiger]

You have to remember. The speed you usually walk, and the speed people in games walk, are two diffrent things

[viliussmproductions]

i love this part

[casmith1998]

I hate the tilting on the screen too! I hope they make it where you can disable it.

[dev02ify]

@casmith1998 It's for dev maps stupid (not trying to be an ass).

[ElliFong]

FFFuuu! *Boom*

[SpartanShadow125]

The new Mortar App. Only on the iPad.

[BenjaminEllett]

I dont like that curving to the side when you move, I know you might be making it look "realistic" but that doesnt happen to me when i strafe unless im dodging somthing. I know this isnt final but please dont miss it, it looks silly.

[HyperRyun]

@BenjaminEllett This. It's so fucking disorienting.

[XenoSpyro]

@BenjaminEllett I was actually disappointed that the sidestep tilt was removed in a later patch. And also with the Gluon gun ray having a bursting cloud at the end

[XenoSpyro]

@BenjaminEllett i mean having the cloud removed in a patch as well

[Kugluck]

More ear-cracking roar!

[RawrNinjaBurgers]

@Kugluck OH FUCK YOU LOVE THAT ROAR TOO?!?!

[matrixmairo]

I like the pistol idle animation, but I would advise you make him not DO IT ALL THE F**KING TIME.

That got really annoying in hl.

[RawrNinjaBurgers]

@matrixmairo yeah lol with the SMG it looks likes he reloading

this game is change

[Azf12]

Ideas:

If there are grunts near by, or there is a radio near by or in a room, you will hear the captain say "Move out of the area, we are Air Striking that area!". The grunts will clear the field and move into a building. If Gordon cross paths with them, they will try to push him into the field, or just point-blank shoot at him.

[blocklandbuilder]

That idle anim was sweet

[Rldm1012]

lol press button, look up, and die! xD soooo damn funny xP

[KissAssGoodbye]

that map aim is pretty cool

[coisinhodasilva]

lets see...

this button...

*look up* OHH SHIII...

BEEEEEEP

[troy1002x]

I don't think the smoke rotates when it happens.

[damaster77854]

That was a pretty tight idle anim on the pistol.

[numberonegtafan]

I hope you keep Gordon Spinning his Pistol. That's was awesome. Good job, keep it up. Can't wait till this is out to public.

[dragonbaas]

like sam and max 104 said: what to do in time of war? select target, press fire, that is all

[Judes6647]

The rules of the military:

#1 If something we dont undertand comes along, SHOOT IT! SHOOT IT NOW!

#2 If rule #1 fails, nuke and forget.

[ResidentEvil91]

Nice! That lookslike PSP :DD

[deafomega]

I love that "look up at the mortar" moment, BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

[TheTerminator248]

could you guys make the HUD a bit smaller?

[DAudIcI]

@TheTerminator248 It's not the hud's big. I think they just filmed the footage on smaller resolution, so no detail gets lost during video conversion. Comparing with an other screenshot it seems they really captured this on 640x480. Because the hud and on-screen text and menus are almost never resized to preserve quality they seem big on such low resolution, even though it's standard sized.

[TheTerminator248]

@DAudIcI that explains alot.

[joshizdebest]

@TheTerminator248 Whats wrong what the hud though it looks fine the way it is

[aquadragon89]

@joshizdebest Not a damn thing is wrong with the hud, gives that classic feel to it.

[strength0r]

i cant wait for this x)

[kefkasakura]

Do want that on multiplayer (with 5 kills in a row I mean, you can shoot a mortar)

[warflango]

VERY nice. I'll miss the original incoming mortar whistle sound, but this is freaking amazing.

[51vk5]

COOL!

The panel was a great idea! Good Job guys!!!

[babyturtlex]

balck meas forever

[RobotBoy655]

Cool! I love the panel in the end!

[LittleRedVixen]

The Glock flourish at the end...gravy.

[SirJam3sProductions]

0:21 "Anti Gordon Freeman missile locked and loaded"

Gordon: O_O

[Rapidiul]

0:47

i love what gordon does with the glock :D

[snowballeffect]

I love doing that in real life with a glock! except it's so dangerous, that I have to do it wearing a bullet proof vest and in a sealed room.

[luxo619rammstein1]

KAAAABOOOOM!!!

[somebodychileno]

lol

in console i always put the command explode after that

[IntoxicatedFailures]

Those explosions look like shit. Make an actual animation for them, not rotating jpegs.....

[DiePoente]

its not final D:

[IntoxicatedFailures]

@DiePoente

I know but some times developers don't fix the things that need to be fixed.

[DiePoente]

these guys aren't developers, they don't get paid for it, but I am sure they changed it

[plutoend99]

why the fuck is the development team wasting theyre time on things that were not in the original game!?...valve should definately hire them asap as they seem to work at the same pace

[ballsopt]

they're not wasting time, they're perfecting it. They're putting way more detail and care into this than even valve has done with HL2.

And if you ever played HL1, you'd know this WAS in the original.

[plutoend99]

yeah thats right suicide mortars, and GPS mortars

[ballsopt]

@plutoend99

what are you even complaining about? play the game again. It's in there.

[plutoend99]

ah alright..

[superxbetatester]

@ballsopt i understand, but updating people would be nice

[MichealMcNanner]

@ballsopt 8 Months later, still no updates.

[TyMan210]

@ballsopt It's not that they're doing more/better than Valve, it's just that they only have less than a tenth of the manpower to do it.

[00vitality00]

lol fag you dont got any thing looser

[Thegamer5150]

@ pluto

it is in the original game this is a more awosome version of it

[ENDORPHINSAM]

... Your retarded. they'er making it funner to play if you already finished hl1. so you dont get board of awesome graphics. DumbAss

[phillipjfry6]

good ol' surface tension.

[Snipaaz]

is this hl2 or hl1?

i cant really recognize O_o

[Pull0utBoy]

it seems like they're adding a lot more to black mesa...

[Redek70]

Nice side arm animation at the end :)

[depholade]

King of the hill style multiplayer map with this thing in the center. whoever controls the hill controls the artillery... MUHAHAHAHA

[PPPrulez]

pretty nice i actually recreated this thing in garrys mod but it wasnt nearly as epic

[Treviath]

God dammit you can make that look good. So exited to play this but it's good I know what patience is. Take as much time as you need to get it perfect.

Also lol at the third swich :D

[G3org3Master]

@Treviath

yep, patience is a virtue

[ballsopt]

They should use Company of Heroes' howitzer explosions for reference.

[Jdog8998]

They kind of like like rotating images...

[tylergarynoahcox]

Awsome explosive effects!

[shadowa911]

0:48 --- HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[danielign9]

Awesome. Gotta love the Source engine. And I guess there's gonna be tilting when going side to side and a new gun animation (at end). Nice.

[gmoder96]

when the game's done its gonna be a real piece of art =)

[woodpod]

Yeah, but not as impressive as it would have been whilst the source engine was still new and impressive :/

[DhocksGamingCentral]

LOL 0:23 you can hear where the guy gets WOPPED by the mortar LOL

[Peusterokos1]

Lmao exacly when 0:23 played, all i hear is a fucking "BOINK, HEY FAGGOT ITS 13 O CLOCK" cuz its my alarm clock lmao

[shadowa911]

Heh, nice. Love the smoke effects from the explodes. Realistic.

[OxYcOd0n3]

Actuakky I like the 1st one, but that just reminded me the ac130 =P

[Intosia]

lol love the pistol swing the end :D

[iamthe1337est]

The keypad looks boss

[OxYcOd0n3]

AC-130 standing by

[infrared337]

0:25 ,,OH MY G" *dead* :D

[UziGameLover]

00:47 pistol spin of win

[MARIO640000]

HOLY SHIT IS A....

[G3org3Master]

because of the dev textures...

[RockXStarEvan]

@G3org3Master Yeah, but still, they could've gone with a prettier looking particle effect for explosions.

[G3org3Master]

oh you were talking about the explosion lol, yeh I see what you mean, not the final version though and I guess in game it will look better.

[thepwnmaster]

"It's a test, not final, so get over it. "

read the disclaimer jackass

[RockXStarEvan]

Lol, dude, I did. And I wasn't acting like a jackass, I was merely making an opinion.

[WeretFilms]

Wait wasn't it an airstrike?

Well anyways, for the texture of the map there is a BSP slicer that creates a 2D picture map of the BSP floating around somewhere.

[stockietjuh]

Nice!

[thenextlevel123]

I dont like it!

[Einhanderkiller]

The stylized look reminds me of Team Fortress 2.

[Maxaxle]

@Einhanderkiller Ditto.

[joangura]

need more realistic explossion

[mikleros]

0:48 - 0:50.

[Caveshift]

is like raining hell down from heaven.

[Bahi2025]

...

[DoctorWeeTodd]

Glocks also have no external safety, making it one of the worst guns to twirl despite it's "safe action trigger."

[YESSIRx]

0:24 OH SHI-

[joeb0]

Release date is rumored to be December 31st 2009.

[t0n1cer]

that would be AWESOME!!!! this is going to be the best mod ever!!! *at least thats what i hope for* ^^

[keshaz12]

Yay i have a source game so i will playy it!

[RedQueensAce]

This must have been a bitch to code.

[dranoel1963]

@RedQueensAce its acsualy quite easy. but it must have alot of gliches for the source engine....sad story with valve's source engine

[FearoftheDomoKun]

The mortars fall too slowly i'd say, looks a tad strange. Nice sound effects!

[gabe0083]

gabe wants this now

[franciscojavierm]

Holy shit!!! this is awesome!!!

[Thrillseeker1985]

aaaargh my EARS :p

[austin329iscool]

KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[MagnitudePerson]

BTW this reminds me of the mortar's from the old Ativision game "Battlezone" and Battlezone 2 aswell, creepy-ass howitzers!!! And nie sound effects, best way to add tension by doing that instead of the HL sound method, although i hope you keep some original sounding effects though.

[MagnitudePerson]

Rochelle: "This is some DEEP shit we've got overself in-to, Black Mesa..."

Couldn't have said it, any better! !

[flaala1]

Looks nice I hope they make the smoke better

[RuneSPS]

that is fucking nice

[crosseyedmonkee]

sweet!

[themaster0fclimax]

dont realese until june!

[SenselessJacko117]

You were pwnd by morters.

[eitje24]

best eva@!^^%&%@

[rich98521]

u can see the trail infront of the mortal when its falling on him and i still dont like the leaning when u go sideways and i know its not final i just wanted to comment on it

[death5431]

you leaned in hl1.

[oKBo]

@rich98521 Well, being that this is just a test map to check out certain functions, I'm sure they will consult you before the final release of the whole game to see what you like and what you don't like. I'm not too sure, I just wanted to comment on it.

[Legoman513]

The lean is going to be in one way or the other because they are trying to keep the retro feel of the controls of the original. Just wanted to comment on it.

[Berniebud]

@o0wierucha0o

sheesh would everyone shut up about that? It was annoying when everyone didnt read the description but now their being even more annoying by repeating whats in the description.

[Kataki87]

y ello thar troll

[sergiuung]

could you guys include the test maps as bonus in the release :)

[freredarme]

It's a testmap -_-'

[sergiuung]

uh, wat? that has nothing to do with what i asked...

[unberyl]

"We WILL release this year! Chill out dudes & dudettes!

10:06 PM Jul 28th from TweetDeck"

Read the former news before complaining :).

[dartvader117]

they said it would be released this year. you guys have less than two months to make that, hah...

please make it

[noname2tellu]

I'm going to be so excited when this is finally done :D!!!! <3 how it's looking! -Be sure if you haven't already, check the trailer and teaser trailer XD.

[sh4rky70]

BEST EVAR.

[roryos]

niiiiiiice, gj guys :D

[JanVaran]

Wow, Valve should hire these guys pronto.....

[spartan117ak]

@JanVaran If this has not been said countless times I might agree with you, but now...

You don't think Valve already knows about this mod?

[RExplosionStudios]

But when VALVe hires people, they always take over production of the mod.

[bbenjoe]

Oh I love the phrase: "orbital bombardment" even if it's not the case her.

[lBlueShadowI]

Can't wait for the game :D

[ballsopt]

i hope the final explosions kick up dust and debris a LOT higher.

[TehMatoking]

@ballsopt They said in the forums that the particle effects have been remade a long time ago.

[lauris47]

add ground shake

[LkMaxBR]

Great :-D

And better target selection!

[Torbellicus]

The explosions should be MUCH larger and louder.

[Haydenrw93]

this is alpha matereal dont worry in game will ba a lot better

[Mkemcz]

The map-location mortar looks good. This will be great in-game, I can tell that. Keep up the great work!

[rerundadog]

i hope it comes out at christmas cause thats when im getting my new pc

[ryboy101]

Good effort lads. This is going to be the greatest mod ever created. If you don't get jobs at Valve I'll eat my own penis.

[JamesTheWench]

TOGGAF TI OD

[melvintwj]

You are going to eat it xD

[userzotob]

cool

is comming ..  :D

[narcisticthinker]

i so hope you guys finish this!

[DeadNetworks]

is there a date of release yet?

[haris300tt]

they have always had a "when its finished" release date, but 2009 was promised

[Schpudd]

-some- content was promised in 2009, not a whole mod

[masterclif]

"WHEN WILL BLACK MESA BE RELEASED: In the newest trailer, devs stated that the mod will be released in 2009. There's still no EXACT date though. So it can be released anywhere from now till 31st December 2009."

Don't spread false rumors.

[vgpowerlord]

'When will Black Mesa be released?

'e have always gone for a "when it's done" approach. We have however committed to releasing in the year 2009.'

-- Black Mesa Source site

[Legoman513]

It's pretty much confirmed to be the very end of 2009. Unless something goes wrong and they feel they absolutely most delay it. They have continually said 2009 though, so we can hope.