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**Dotard** · 29-06-12, 13:18

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Originally Posted by Maxey

Does Black Mesa support gay rights? You should post that BM supports gay rights on Facebook. That should be enough to suddenly increase the average IQ of the BM community.

Sure it does,

**Zen609** · 29-06-12, 16:01

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Originally Posted by Maxey

Does Black Mesa support gay rights? You should post that BM supports gay rights on Facebook. That should be enough to suddenly increase the average IQ of the BM community.

Heh -that's a clever thought. But I think people that live outside of the US really don't understand the situation here. There is a large Totalitarian movement composed of about 40% of the population. A post like that wouldn't have the intended consequences. BM would be making a statement in a cultural/political war, and the that would be played out on the facebook page. Instead of purging the stupid, that would incite them, and make a grand invitation for every ignorant white-trash christian/nazi on facebook to insult and harass the devs/fans.

Besides, Catz made the page - good luck getting her to post that.

**garrthbarrttinn** · 29-06-12, 18:01

I'm really sorry if this question has been asked RECENTLY, I haven't kept good tabs on BM information recently, but, is there any new news on whether or not BM will be released over steam servers? Since it's getting closer to the game's release, have you guys talked to Valve at all about the subject or have they contacted you? Or anything of the sort?

**_L1pE_BR** · 29-06-12, 19:49

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Originally Posted by Raminator

It isn't.

Aw, kinda disappointed there, I was hoping the Xen turret would be improved somehow and be used by alien grunts about as often as the HECU Turret is used by the human grunts, would have made battles more interesting, and I always liked how Xen had its own turret like the HECU had theirs and the contrast of it. Oh well, whatever, I guess I'll have to deal with it.

More questions:

Can NPCs heal themselves in any way? If so, which ones and how?

which other NPCs have armoring that works like Alien Grunt's (i.e. reduces damages done if shot in the armored part)?

**amazingcomedy** · 29-06-12, 20:39

Have the contents of Gordon's locker in Anomalous Materials been changed at all?

**Raminator** · 30-06-12, 03:41

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Originally Posted by Maxey

Does Black Mesa support gay rights? You should post that BM supports gay rights on Facebook. That should be enough to suddenly increase the average IQ of the BM community.

I'm a firm believer in marriage equality (and indeed all forms of egalitarianism).

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Originally Posted by garrthbarrttinn

I'm really sorry if this question has been asked RECENTLY, I haven't kept good tabs on BM information recently, but, is there any new news on whether or not BM will be released over steam servers? Since it's getting closer to the game's release, have you guys talked to Valve at all about the subject or have they contacted you? Or anything of the sort?

Not yet.

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Originally Posted by _L1pE_BR

Aw, kinda disappointed there, I was hoping the Xen turret would be improved somehow and be used by alien grunts about as often as the HECU Turret is used by the human grunts, would have made battles more interesting, and I always liked how Xen had its own turret like the HECU had theirs and the contrast of it. Oh well, whatever, I guess I'll have to deal with it.

Static positions like that don't suit the way we've set up our agrunt AI. In Half-Life they generally preferred their ranged attack, so having them sit around with big guns while they shot bees at you would make sense. Ours are a lot more aggressive though, using the hivehand to suppress enemies before charging into melee. If they had heavy ordnance with them, they'd just shoot themselves in the back.

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Originally Posted by _L1pE_BR

Can NPCs heal themselves in any way? If so, which ones and how?

NPCs can't heal themselves, but scientists can heal the player and medics can heal human grunts.

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Originally Posted by _L1pE_BR

which other NPCs have armoring that works like Alien Grunt's (i.e. reduces damages done if shot in the armored part)?

None.

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Originally Posted by amazingcomedy

Have the contents of Gordon's locker in Anomalous Materials been changed at all?

Compared to Half-Life? Compared to earlier versions of Black Mesa?

**~~xalener~~** · 30-06-12, 05:46

compared to irl

**Dr Zoidcrab** · 30-06-12, 10:35

is the player still able to walk on the laser tripwire explosives or will we actually have to put effort into getting around them this time (couldnt find anything in search, sorry if this has been asked before)

**Eric Fong** · 30-06-12, 11:13

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Originally Posted by Dr Zoidcrab

is the player still able to walk on the laser tripwire explosives or will we actually have to put effort into getting around them this time (couldnt find anything in search, sorry if this has been asked before)

You can't walk on them anymore.

**Nerdguy** · 30-06-12, 11:21

Will the Face Creation System create Asian faces?

**iLikeTheUDK** · 30-06-12, 14:48

Okay, so to quote GLaDOS's line from Portal 2, "it's been a LOOOONG time" since I posted anything on this thread, but this is what I wanted to post:
I don't mind you putting original music in the mod that might not fit the atmosphere as well as the original music, but can you PLEEEEASE put the Valve theme in the scene where you see the HECU jetfighters with the cliffs in the background through the pipe you're walking in! It's probably one of the most memorable scenes in the game, and the music in the entire game makes a highly memorable part (for those who played it with Half-Life Source or, if they played the original 1998 GoldSrc Half-Life instead, actually remembered to keep the CD inside the drive) - So I assure you that adding the original music to go with this part would increase nostalgic value a lot.

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Will the Face Creation System create Asian faces?

Talking about that just reminded me of something that hasn't been seen in any Valve game for a very long time: Alyx! The last time we had a Half-Life game it ended with her crying after the death of her father (who happened to be one of Freeman's fellow scientists who operated the test in Anomalous Materials), but she's doing this for 5 years already! I wonder if Episode 3 is actually being worked on at the moment. It needs to pick up where it left off at some point in the near future.

**amazingcomedy** · 30-06-12, 16:57

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Originally Posted by Raminator

Compared to Half-Life? Compared to earlier versions of Black Mesa?

Compared to Half-Life.

**Disturbulator** · 30-06-12, 18:40

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Originally Posted by iLikeTheUDK

but can you PLEEEEASE put the Valve theme in the scene where you see the HECU jetfighters with the cliffs in the background through the pipe you're walking in!

No.

If you want that, replace the appropriate .mp3 with the one you want.
Seriously, it takes five fucking seconds.

**iLikeTheUDK** · 01-07-12, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Disturbulator

No.

If you want that, replace the appropriate .mp3 with the one you want.
Seriously, it takes five fucking seconds.

How can you decide? you're not even on the Black Mesa development team.

**iLikeTheUDK** · 01-07-12, 13:04

Well, I'll probably agree with Disturbulator. But the question was directed any member of the mod's dev team. Maybe Raminator. And I'm not sure Disturbulator is in there so I don't think he can speak for the developers of Black Mesa.

**deadlife101** · 01-07-12, 15:15

Senior members of the forum know the answers to these kind of questions, now go be annoying somewhere else.

**iLikeTheUDK** · 01-07-12, 15:49

Sorry, I didn't mean to be annoying. I just wanted to get my answers from someone more trustable, i.e. someone who actually works on the mod.

**Chickenprotector** · 01-07-12, 17:24

The question got answered. As he said, you can replace sound files with the ones you want. You can do it in any source game, you just need to know what the mp3 (or the audio file) is called and name it appropriately. Stop posting about it, you can end up getting yourself banned due to your behavior. Don't say we didn't warn you.

**Briareos H** · 01-07-12, 17:37

Did anyone confirm that there was a music trigger at that point in BM? No? So his question is not answered.

It's one thing to have the devs choose not to reply to a given question (and in that specific case it is only natural), it's something else altogether to have people who are not in the know give a partial answer to the question without the certainty that they are right.

**iLikeTheUDK** · 01-07-12, 18:34

Okay, I'm stopping, I'm moving on to another subject - How far are you about into the project? What episodes are you most progressed on?

29-06-12, 18:01	#19243
garrthbarrttinn Vortigaunt Join Date: 2nd May, 2009 Location: in the land of the free and the home of the dumbasses Posts: 1,500	I'm really sorry if this question has been asked RECENTLY, I haven't kept good tabs on BM information recently, but, is there any new news on whether or not BM will be released over steam servers? Since it's getting closer to the game's release, have you guys talked to Valve at all about the subject or have they contacted you? Or anything of the sort?

29-06-12, 20:39	#19245
amazingcomedy Zombie Join Date: 14th February, 2011 Posts: 294	Have the contents of Gordon's locker in Anomalous Materials been changed at all?

30-06-12, 05:46	#19247
~~xalener~~ Banned Join Date: 28th May, 2009 Posts: 4,364	compared to irl

30-06-12, 10:35	#19248
Dr Zoidcrab Cockroach Join Date: 15th June, 2012 Posts: 17	is the player still able to walk on the laser tripwire explosives or will we actually have to put effort into getting around them this time (couldnt find anything in search, sorry if this has been asked before)

30-06-12, 11:21	#19250
Nerdguy Houndeye Join Date: 2nd July, 2010 Location: Indonesia Posts: 692	Will the Face Creation System create Asian faces?

01-07-12, 13:04	#19255
iLikeTheUDK Cockroach Join Date: 26th February, 2012 Posts: 18	Well, I'll probably agree with Disturbulator. But the question was directed any member of the mod's dev team. Maybe Raminator. And I'm not sure Disturbulator is in there so I don't think he can speak for the developers of Black Mesa.

01-07-12, 15:15	#19256
deadlife101 Zombie Join Date: 19th September, 2011 Location: Washington Posts: 295	Senior members of the forum know the answers to these kind of questions, now go be annoying somewhere else.

01-07-12, 15:49	#19257
iLikeTheUDK Cockroach Join Date: 26th February, 2012 Posts: 18	Sorry, I didn't mean to be annoying. I just wanted to get my answers from someone more trustable, i.e. someone who actually works on the mod.

01-07-12, 17:24	#19258
Chickenprotector Houndeye Join Date: 14th May, 2009 Posts: 507	The question got answered. As he said, you can replace sound files with the ones you want. You can do it in any source game, you just need to know what the mp3 (or the audio file) is called and name it appropriately. Stop posting about it, you can end up getting yourself banned due to your behavior. Don't say we didn't warn you.

01-07-12, 17:37	#19259
Briareos H Snark Join Date: 18th March, 2011 Posts: 48	Did anyone confirm that there was a music trigger at that point in BM? No? So his question is not answered. It's one thing to have the devs choose not to reply to a given question (and in that specific case it is only natural), it's something else altogether to have people who are not in the know give a partial answer to the question without the certainty that they are right.

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01-07-12, 18:34	#19260
iLikeTheUDK Cockroach Join Date: 26th February, 2012 Posts: 18	Okay, I'm stopping, I'm moving on to another subject - How far are you about into the project? What episodes are you most progressed on?