w3gBt
workshop mods crashing game?

I recently bought a new computer and wanted to revisit black mesa and had multiple mods installed from my last computer, which was considerably weaker than what I have now but it usually never crashed..

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

Td80A
The game is way too hard

I've been playing this game and it's okay and the many problems I had were overly aggressive AI even though it was on normal, the aim assistant barely does anything even when on max. I would recommend..

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

FcSAP
is fighting hecu soldiers up close a good idea?

everytime theres a hecu soldier i run up to them face to face while we trade bullets most of the time i forget to reload so i get gifted lots of bullets

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

lh9ft
are you workin on expansions?

I love this remake in special xen, some bugs but nothing that can't be fixed, but i want to know u have any intention on expansion like blue shift and opposing force

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

C8aNh
rtx 4090 still getting 3 FPS in lambda core

Like title, what the hell?

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

haRjr
Lambda Core

I'm stuck at the part were you have to assend the tall tower structure with 7, I think levels.On viewing this on youtube, the levels are clearley marked on the centre structure. I think you have to ac..

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

6CvZh
Lambda Core Portal puzzle missing numbers.

Am i the only one with this bizzare bug where the numbers which are supposed to be displayed near the giant pillar with the teleports are missing? For the life of me i cant figure out the correct sequ..

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

efzxh
Shouldn't we have Gonomes in Xen?

We see HEV zombies in Xen but they were probably for a long time there. Shouldn't they evolve into Opposing force Gonomes?

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

hTWNl
Xen is faithfully dissapointing

Ways in which new Xen is faithful to the originalIt's a choreThe textures are way uglierMost sane players just quit after reaching the lambda teamWays in which xen outdoes it's originalIt's terribly o..

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

xr9F2
Black Mesa is good?

Hello Doctor Freeman..., do you think that black mesa is a good game, or a great game for some reasons, or that it is an u-unbalanced, boring game that I can't make a good remake? what are your opinio..

2:14 am, June 3, 2023

54xgC
64-bit for Macos

Could there be a 64-bit version of the game? I want to resurface this discussion because of the way modern CPUs steer away from 32-bit (at least on the Mac side of things).I have a new Mac with Apple ..

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

D76F5
Does anyone know how to fix this?

Always, like always when i launch the game i have 60 fps. But i have 100% gpu using, it all goes on "bms.exe"Does anyone know how to fix this?Maybe I need better gpu?I need to set everything..

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

1wKgL
Game crashing

Game crashing without error, idk what to do, crashes are random.

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

kSiGP
runs well in my old desktop win10 32 bit 3gb ram 1/2gb vcard with following launch commands.

-dev -oldgameui -windowed -novid -autoconfig -autoexecMine had not been responding when it's game menu loaded so i could not get in to it's detail settings. I found in the autoconfig.cfg file where th..

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

3896j
Softlocks in Xen?

It appears you can easily softlock yourself in Xen. Before entering the forest you need a chrystal to activate the door. But you can just throw the chrystal off the island and softlock yourself.

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

YdHjI
bug in train part

there is a bug where if u don't push the entire car inside the elevator the car just gets stuck and u can't do anything to move it.

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

THGfx
Bug: texture issue with pre-cached shaders

Map: bm_c4a1b1Position: setpos -1888.637451 9147.133789 6716.328125OS: LinuxThere's a tree trunk which appears in pitch black. When I disabled pre-cached shaders in the Steam settings this issue disap..

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

Oc1gy
where mp5

i just got into questionable ethics and im just wonder if i was supposed to get the mp5 back yet or not

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

G1cZI
Gonarch broken?

Ok so I beat Gonarch in the big wide open area, then went through the extremely annoying 60 minutes of running through tunnels and ♥♥♥♥ where she is invincible. Then I got to the part where yo..

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

40Ji5
How to use xbox 360 game controller?

My controller is working fine with other Steam games. I cannot see any setting in INPUT to use the game controller. I started the game anyway and only the keyboard worked. Any help please?

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

IzBwe
Problem with DXVK main menu doesnt show up

Background map plays with music but no main menu. Solutions?

5:14 pm, May 23, 2023

RsDXp
The Game doesn't work

I ran the game, it started to install Microsoft Visual and DirectX, and than - nothing. No mistake, it hasn't opened! What's wrong?

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

sqV0W
Glitch in Interloper when doing Rarest Specimen

There is this glitch that I am having in Interloper that is preventing me to keep the hat for Rarest Specimen. After the end of the Gargantuar chase when I jump on those boosters, the hat just flies o..

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

rF9tm
Broken Rocks Lighting

Im pretty sure that im not the only one who sees random rocks that are just pure black hell it shows up in the tram ride the black rocks also show up in Xen so either its broken textures or broken lig..

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

1SsGk
Player model in singleplayer

is it possible to change playermodel in single player ?

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

kKESQ
purple hat achievement (can you just go from chapter 3?)

can you just start in chapter 3 (unforseen consequences) and go from there with the achievement? or do you have to complete the first 2 chapters first?

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

YindT
Official VR mod?

Will be there or it is already there?

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

qoLTW
How do you get the Tau Cannon???

So I missed it in questionable ethics. Not sure why/how. I am VERY thorough and have been taking quite awhile to painstakingly explore every nook and cranny.Somehow I missed the Tau cannon (wasn't awa..

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

j4Df5
I just noticed something about the Photocopiers

They have a Biohazard symbol on them...what are they using to print stuff with???

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

gEAnI
What if the Resonance Cascade never happen, How would Black Mesa React to Aperture

Another Viewer Question: would would be your Guess on If the Resonance Cascade Never Happened how would Black Mesa react to the Aperture Science Incident and Corporate Espionage?

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

k5xu4
Stuck in Chapter 6, looks like a bug to me, but I am not sure

I am not sure if this is a bug and never played the original Half-Life.I am stuck in Chapter 6: Blast Pit, with that big tentacle monster. I have activated the ventile and don't know what to do next. ..

2:14 pm, May 3, 2023

o486S
GÖRÜNTÜ TİTREMESİ YAŞIYORUM ÇÖZÜMÜ VAR MIDIR

GÖRÜNTÜ TİTREMESİ YAŞIYORUM ÇÖZÜMÜ VAR MIDIR

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

IFtUk
My Xen lighting is incorrect and I don't know how to fix it.

My Xen lighting is AGGRESSIVELY blue. It's not normal. I've played this game upwards of like... 6 times all the way through? Xen I've played probably double that 'cause it's honestly my favorite part ..

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

0nwpu
Tell us more Storys in the Half Life Universe

I know this is a hard one, but this dev team showed how good they are, in making a Valve game. Use this ability and give us short but deep Games that take action in the Half Life universe.of Course yo..

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

Bv5Tb
Вопрос о пасхальном месте...

Здраствуйте, впервые проходя игру, наткнулся на невидимый портал на карте bm_c2a5c. На третьем прохождении я захо..

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

q4xzb
stuck on gonarchs lair

every time i try to finish the fight my game crashes. any ideas on what i can do?

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

40Yr2
Black Mesa crashes after first logo(on Linux)

Hello everyone, I have Fedora Workstation 38 and when I try to launch Black Mesa. It shows me the logo screen and it saying, that "bms_linux is not responding" and after some period od time ..

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

V6DFH
Menu flickering

Menu flickers with dark sections appearing.... what's going on

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

oHP8L
Difficulty hard isnt hard

Something feels weird about Black Mesa's hard difficulty.I expected to need more than 2, 9mm shots for a headcrap and a bullsquid to be 'not so explody' after 1 double shotgun shot..

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

HtCJ2
How do you change the map time as a server host to unlimited?

How do you change the map time as a server host to unlimited? we keep running out of time playing coop

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

cZnt6
Game looks good

I'm seriously impressed with the graphics in this game considering the engine limitations, especially the lighting. The atmosphere in the game is spectacular. Last time I played the game was in 2012, ..

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

8liYg
How do I host a multiplayer server?

When I click on 'Host', my server displays as a LAN server, instead of the other regular 'Internet' servers I see in game. So how do I change my multiplayer game from LAN to Internet?

2:14 pm, April 23, 2023

nd1IV
do alien grunts get stronger in XEN or something?

last time i checked, hivehands only had 8 hornets, but these alien grunts can fire 2 times faster and have about 30 hornets stored in THEIR hivehands. also now they can dodge, and resist the gluon gun..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

a9l7T
How do I disable the Zoom for the Revolver?

How?

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

ZYTs4
This game is messing up my desktop.

For some reason when i'm playing this, my computer would get louder and louder, before, this only happened when I reloaded saves again and again, then when I boot up the game and play it in general, b..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

IcBUG
Should They Have Added Stuff From Opposing Force?

So, do you guys think the devs should have added Opposing Force's weapons and enemies into Black Mesa?

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

1Ovc5
Reshade dont work.

Im trying to get me reshade on the game but the menu dont appear.

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

cg5Kb
Is is possible to do the purple hat and pizza achievement in one go?

I am currently near the end of we got hostiles and am carrying both the pizza box and purple hat with me. Before I go any further I just want to know if it is possible to get both achievements in one ..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

UuLhQ
How to turn off gibbing?

There used to be a thread with that command, i think the moderator mentioned something about the value of explosions but i sadly can't find the thread. Does anyone know how this command goes?

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

8xUYX
Game isn't seeing save games

I haven't played for a little while, not since before the definitive edition was released, I've just gone to go back on to finish off the game but while I can see my save games in the steam folder the..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

QWefn
Vulkan performance on Windows is 15% faster than D3D9

Since DXVK 1.9.1, Vulkan performs on average 15% faster than the original API (Direct3D9). Can be even more on CPU bound scenarios.Just drop the 32 bit version of DXVK's d3d9.dll in the Bin folder and..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

wMohO
Why Buy Black Mesa on Steam?

Among many reasons why, here are some compelling reasons on why you must experience Black Mesa: Surface Tension: UNCUT! Dynamic CSM shadows A new dynamic lighting system Massive visual overhaul Stand ..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

Y9oiW
Join the Official Black Mesa Discord!

On the official Discord server, you can expect:A place to communicate with Black Mesa developers and fansSupport centerStay tuned about Black Mesa and other future Crowbar Collective projectsEvents an..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

9L7Bb
[READ FIRST] POSTING RULES & GUIDELINES

Welcome to the Black Mesa forums! You will be able to share your thoughts about the game, provide feedback and suggestions, ask for or provide help, and even create content you can share with the rest..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

aJloW
Frequently Asked Questions

Does Crowbar Collective have any plans to remake Opposing force or Blue Shift?We do not. There are other, unaffiliated mod teams working on those. We recommend you check them out!Operation: Black Mesa..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022

y8Cbz
Is HL1 really worth getting if I already have Black Mesa?

I played Black Mesa first, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I would like to play OG Half Life, but is it really worth paying for if I already have Black Mesa, even on sale? I have an itch to revisit the Half..

11:03 pm, March 21, 2022