Since Half-Life is free for everyone and Steam updated a few things. Here’s a tip to enable the “Hi-Def” models, if you don’t like the original poly models.

disable Options-> Content -> “Enable original models”

It’s a little counterintuitive from the original way, but steam hasn’t updated their support page yet.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6CF4-96FA-BF4A-329D

  • Canadiangamer117@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    🤔 I genuinely never knew it had an actual high def mode that’s pretty cool speaking of was this originally a remaster made just for PC all those years ago?

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    1 year ago

    Is anyone else unable to move? I can look, jump, crouch but can’t move forward, back, strafe left or right…

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        1 year ago

        Nah. It runs fine. It’s the controls that is a hassle.

        But with steaminput controls can be fixed.

        My problem with Black Mesa was how fast they made the marines. OG HL marines felt slow and purposeful. BM ones feel like Unreal Tournament bots.

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    1 year ago

    If you’ve never played HL1 and already own black Mesa but haven’t played it yet, is it better to play BM or the Original?

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      1 year ago

      Black Mesa takes a few creative liberties, and very much feels like its own experience. I’d call it more of a remaining than a remake.

      Personally, I think the original is much tighter in its level design and pacing. Black mesa changed a lot of the levels and puzzles, sometimes for the better but not always.