{"id":44662,"date":"2012-09-14T18:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44662"},"modified":"2012-09-14T18:53:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:53:42","slug":"black-mesa-free-half-life-1-conversion-mod-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44662-black-mesa-free-half-life-1-conversion-mod-released","title":{"rendered":"Black Mesa free Half-Life 1 conversion mod released"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Mesa, the long-awaited Half-Life 1 total conversion mod for Valve’s Source Engine, has been released. You can now head on over to the Black Mesa website<\/a> and download the mod files from a mirror or via BitTorrent.<\/p>\n

Black Mesa requires only a free installation of the Source SDK Base 2007.<\/p>\n

The Black Mesa mod (originally Black Mesa: Source) is a community project started back in 2004 with the aim to recreate the original Half-Life using the advanced features of Valve\u2019s Source Engine and modern high-resolution textures. The mod will be a free release, with the only requirement being that players own a Source Engine game on Steam.<\/p>\n

The project makes use of the 2007 Orange Box version of the Source Engine, bringing advanced particle effects, facial animations, and multi-core rendering support. Black Mesa hasn\u2019t merely recreated Half-Life 1, but has tweaked level designs where the team deemed necessary, meaning some segments are shorter, while others are scaled up.<\/p>\n

The 14 September release is the first playable release from the project, allowing gamers to get up to the Lambda Core section of Half-Life 1.<\/p>\n