Got a Question? - Enquiries about the mod - Page 920

**Raminator** · 16-04-12, 06:16

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Originally Posted by Medevilae

Will the majority of props in the environment be static, or only things like desks, filing cabinets, etc?

Black Mesa has more static props than Half-Life 2, since you don't have a gravity gun. It reduces the entity overhead in the map and the props are lit better, they blend into their environment more convincingly. Typically, while objects like desks and filing cabinets are physics-enabled in Half-Life 2, they're static in Black Mesa.

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Originally Posted by DiePoente

I guess you've wrote 14 chapters on your site to let not knowing people believe that there are only 14 chapters, so they get surprised ingame?

Since Xen is supposed to be a surprise anyway in the mod?

James is functionally illiterate, stop rubbing his face in it.

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Originally Posted by Kazioo

1. Have you already planned how long before BM's release you will announce the release date?

No.

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Originally Posted by Kazioo

2. If so, can you tell us how long that period will be?

No.

**Kazioo** · 16-04-12, 16:04

Will we hear any G-Man's speech in the first release of the mod?

**Tuskin38** · 16-04-12, 16:24

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Originally Posted by Kazioo

Will we hear any G-Man's speech in the first release of the mod?

His speech when finishing the game is pretty big so of course he will be talking.

**kharvd** · 16-04-12, 17:59

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Originally Posted by Kazioo

Will we hear any G-Man's speech in the first release of the mod?

It looks like a trick question to get some info about Xen's presence in the mod

**Medkit** · 16-04-12, 18:17

And the answer is obviously yes:
Who would cut the famous '...uhm-hm, bla bla...' conversation we hear through the glass in Anomalous Materials?

**Snaker** · 17-04-12, 00:51

Does the Apache cockpit still remains to be opaque?

**ac3d** · 17-04-12, 07:14

On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate Kevin's G-man impression? 10 being Shapiro's long lost twin brother
and it wouldn't hurt to ask, but could you please upload more voice acting?

and maybe the mod too while you're at it

**GothicFighter** · 17-04-12, 08:31

On a scale from 0-6.9 and 7.1-10, how confident are you that the mod will be released within the next two years?

**Raminator** · 17-04-12, 08:53

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Originally Posted by Snaker

Does the Apache cockpit still remains to be opaque?

Yes.

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Originally Posted by ac3d

On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate Kevin's G-man impression? 10 being Shapiro's long lost twin brother

10

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Originally Posted by GothicFighter

On a scale from 0-6.9 and 7.1-10, how confident are you that the mod will be released within the next two years?

10

**CygNuS** · 17-04-12, 09:24

Are you devs happy with the current rate of progress since 2012?

...what the heck, also on a scale from one to ten, please

**Bloodshot** · 17-04-12, 09:29

On a scale of 1-10 what would you rate Black Mesa quality-wise, in its current state, compared to other recent, polished AAA titles?

Also about static props/meshes, later on (obviously) you get grenades. Will some of these areas have more physics props just to affect grenade usage visually?

**AirRaid** · 17-04-12, 09:39

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Originally Posted by ac3d

On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate Kevin's G-man impression? 10 being Shapiro's long lost twin brother

Did you not listen to the Steamcast interview a while back? Kevin did some Gman in that and it was awesome.

**JerseyRyan** · 17-04-12, 09:48

Serious question: Why are you developing this mod behind closed curtains?

I mean the alternative would be to give everyone reading access to the SVN repository which wouldn't be too unusual for mods. So why did you make the decision to develop within a black box?

**GothicFighter** · 17-04-12, 09:56

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Originally Posted by JerseyRyan

Serious question: Why are you developing this mod behind closed curtains?

I mean the alternative would be to give everyone reading access to the SVN repository which wouldn't be too unusual for mods. So why did you make the decision to develop within a black box?

Long story short - people will complain.

**ZachDaniel** · 17-04-12, 10:13

Yeah. Now nobodies complaining. *re*

**JerseyRyan** · 17-04-12, 10:39

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Originally Posted by GothicFighter

Long story short - people will complain.

I know the quotes from the developers and I know why they aren't giving new mediaz but I would like to make clear that this is not what I'm asking about. I'd like to hear why they did not choose the "open source" approach.

"People complaining" actually means "People giving feedback" which I wouldn't consider a big disadvantage.

**Mont_Blanc** · 17-04-12, 10:40

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Originally Posted by JerseyRyan

Serious question: Why are you developing this mod behind closed curtains?

I mean the alternative would be to give everyone reading access to the SVN repository which wouldn't be too unusual for mods. So why did you make the decision to develop within a black box?

Serious question : Why does it matter ?

**Maxey** · 17-04-12, 10:47

Is it really that usual for modders to go the "open source" approach?

**Raminator** · 17-04-12, 10:58

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Originally Posted by CygNuS

Are you devs happy with the current rate of progress since 2012?

...what the heck, also on a scale from one to ten, please

Like any other year, it varies, but there has been some spectacular progress this year.

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Originally Posted by Bloodshot

On a scale of 1-10 what would you rate Black Mesa quality-wise, in its current state, compared to other recent, polished AAA titles?

It depends on the AAA-title, obviously.

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Originally Posted by Bloodshot

Also about static props/meshes, later on (obviously) you get grenades. Will some of these areas have more physics props just to affect grenade usage visually?

No. We chose to make most of the larger, heavier props immobile to reduce their rendering overhead and improve the way they look in-game. Your explosives generally aren't powerful enough to move them.

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Originally Posted by JerseyRyan

Serious question: Why are you developing this mod behind closed curtains?

I mean the alternative would be to give everyone reading access to the SVN repository which wouldn't be too unusual for mods. So why did you make the decision to develop within a black box?

It wouldn't have benefited us. Black Mesa doesn't contain new game modes or mechanics, it doesn't require balancing against players, it has no new or experimental technology, so wide-scale playtesting wouldn't achieve anything. Black Mesa is grounded in its presentation, and disseminating that incrementally would ruin the effect.

**kharvd** · 17-04-12, 14:46

Have you considered opening the source code after the release of the mod?

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CygNuS Zombie Join Date: 31st August, 2010 Location: Belgium (Flanders) Posts: 316	Are you devs happy with the current rate of progress since 2012? ...what the heck, also on a scale from one to ten, please Last edited by CygNuS; 17-04-12 at 09:33..

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Kazioo Headcrab Join Date: 15th November, 2009 Posts: 164	Will we hear any G-Man's speech in the first release of the mod?

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Medkit Houndeye Join Date: 10th February, 2011 Location: Hungary Posts: 537	And the answer is obviously yes: Who would cut the famous '...uhm-hm, bla bla...' conversation we hear through the glass in Anomalous Materials?

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Snaker Snark Join Date: 4th April, 2011 Location: soviet russia Posts: 49	Does the Apache cockpit still remains to be opaque?

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ac3d Houndeye Join Date: 3rd July, 2009 Posts: 785	On a scale of 1 to 10, what would you rate Kevin's G-man impression? 10 being Shapiro's long lost twin brother and it wouldn't hurt to ask, but could you please upload more voice acting? and maybe the mod too while you're at it

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GothicFighter Zombie Join Date: 30th August, 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 251	On a scale from 0-6.9 and 7.1-10, how confident are you that the mod will be released within the next two years?

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Bloodshot Alien Grunt Join Date: 12th July, 2010 Posts: 2,962	On a scale of 1-10 what would you rate Black Mesa quality-wise, in its current state, compared to other recent, polished AAA titles? Also about static props/meshes, later on (obviously) you get grenades. Will some of these areas have more physics props just to affect grenade usage visually?

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JerseyRyan Snark Join Date: 6th May, 2010 Location: Germany Posts: 99	Serious question: Why are you developing this mod behind closed curtains? I mean the alternative would be to give everyone reading access to the SVN repository which wouldn't be too unusual for mods. So why did you make the decision to develop within a black box?

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ZachDaniel Snark Join Date: 7th June, 2010 Location: Ct Posts: 36	Yeah. Now nobodies complaining. re

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Maxey Gargantua Join Date: 7th August, 2009 Location: Elvas, Portugal Posts: 5,119	Is it really that usual for modders to go the "open source" approach?

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kharvd Cockroach Join Date: 1st April, 2012 Location: Russia Posts: 3	Have you considered opening the source code after the release of the mod?

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