Black Mesa

Black Mesa

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Black Mesa Complete Guide
By Gloveman
A Complete Guide to Black Mesa for Chapters, Weapons & Items, Commands and more!

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Introduction





You are Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist at the Black Mesa Research Facility. When a routine experiment goes horribly wrong, you must fight your way through an interdimensional alien invasion, and a bloodthirsty military clean-up crew in order to save the science team... and the world!
  • A completely reimagined and refined single player campaign, including all new and expanded Xen levels
  • 19 chapters of fighting through top-secret labs, running atop harsh desert landscapes, sneaking into abandoned railways, and leaping across dimensions
  • Mind-Blowing graphics and effects, never before seen on the Source Engine
  • Face off against an army of classic enemies, updated with new features and engaging AI
  • Wield an arsenal of military hardware, scientific prototypes, and the iconic crowbar through incredibly detailed environments
  • The all-new soundtrack and voice acting create a more immersive experience than ever before
  • 50 Fun and challenging achievements
Walkthrough
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20 Years of Black Mesa
Black Mesa started life as Black Mesa: Source right after Half-Life: Source released as a faithful remake to Half-Life 1 as HL:S just didn't meet any expectations. A little team called Crowbar Collective would take up the honor of re-imagining Half-Life for modern audiences for the next 18 years.

Black Mesa: Blue Shift
Endorsed and backed by Crowbar Collective is the follow-up to Black Mesa - Blue Shift

The 2nd expansion to Half-Life 1 now recreated in Source for Black Mesa developed by HECU Collective and available for FREE on the Workshop.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2424633574
Commands & Launch Options
Moreso the same commands as Half-Life 2 but just the important stuff for gameplay

  • sv_cheats 1 - Enables Cheats
  • God - Invincibility
  • Buddha -- Can't die but will still take damage
  • Noclip - Fly through walls
  • Impulse 101 - Gives all weapons
  • Impulse 102 - Head skulls
  • Impulse 105 - Enemies can't hear you
  • Impulse 106 - Displays the model spirite stats of what you're looking at
  • Impulse 107 - Displays the texture name of what you're looking at
  • Impulse 200 - Removes Items
  • Impulse 206 - Removes the NPC you're looking at
  • Notarget - NPC's ignore you
  • Maps * - Shows list of maps
  • map "map name"
  • Kill -- Suicide
  • Restart - restarts the current map
  • Disconnect - Ends your SP or MP session
  • fov_desired - Changes FOV (default is 90)
  • default_fov 90 for default
  • viewmodel_fov 54 - default weapon fov
  • Notarget - Enemies Ignore You
  • r_drawviewmodel 0 - Hides weapon
  • cl_drawhud 0 - Remove the HUD
  • crosshair 0 - Disable the crosshair
  • save_transition_music 1 - Music will continue to next transition

    Launch Options
    If you want to set custom launch options you can do it the same way as other GoldSrce and Source games by going to the game > Right Click > Properties > In the empty box type the commands you wish to enable. For example:

    -windowed -noborder

    If you want the Old Game UI simply put this

    -oldgameui
Multiplayer
Black Mesa features two MP modes including Deathmatch and Co-op.

Deathmatch
TDM, DM and CTF are the 3 modes you can enjoy on select servers for your MP fun.

Co-op
While not entirely functional as of 2025, its still a fun experience to go through the game with friends or randoms in a lobby. If you want to go further you can download the 2012 maps for Synergy or get the SourceCoop mod for a better experience.
Chapters
CH1 - Black Mesa Inbound
  • bm_c0a0a
  • bm_c0a0b
  • bm_c0a0c

CH2 - Anomalous Materials
  • bm_a1a0a
  • bm_c1a0b

CH3 - Unforseen Consequences
  • bm_c1a1a
  • bm_c1a1b
  • bm_c1a1c
  • bm_c1a1d
  • bm_c1a1e
CH4 - Office Complex
  • bm_c1a2a
  • bm_c1a2b
  • bm_c1a2c

CH5 - "We've Got Hostiles"
  • bm_c1a3a
  • bm_c1a3b
  • bm_c1a3c

CH6 - Blast Pit
  • bm_c1a4a
  • bm_c1a4b
  • bm_c1a4c
  • bm_c1a4d
  • bm_c1a4e

CH7 - Power Up
  • bm_c2a1a
  • bm_c2a1b

CH8 - On A Rail
  • bm_c2a2a
  • bm_c2a2b
  • bm_c2a2c

CH9 - Apprehension
  • bm_c2a3a
  • bm_c2a3b
  • bm_c2a3c

CH10 - Residue Processing
  • bm_c2a4a
  • bm_c2a4b
  • bm_c2a4c

CH11 - Questionable Ethics
  • bm_c2a4e
  • bm_c2a4f
  • bm_c2a4g
  • bm_c2a4h

CH12 - Surface Tension
  • bm_c2a5a
  • bm_c2a5b
  • bm_c2a5c
  • bm_c2a5d
  • bm_c2a5e
  • bm_c2a5f
  • bm_c2a5g
  • bm_c2a5h
  • bm_c2a5i

CH13 - "Forget About Freeman!"
  • bm_c3a1a
  • bm_c3a1b

CH14 - Lambda Core
  • bm_c3a2a
  • bm_c3a2b
  • bm_c3a2c
  • bm_c3a2d
  • bm_c3a2e
  • bm_c3a2f
  • bm_c3a2g
  • bm_c2a2h
  • bm_c2a3i

CH15 - Xen
  • bm_c4a1a
  • bm_c4a1a1
  • bm_c4a1b
  • bm_c4a1b1
  • bm_c4a1c
  • bm_c4a1c1

CH16 - Gonarch's Lair
  • bm_c4a2a
  • bm_c4a2b
  • bm_c4a2c

CH17 - Interloper
  • bm_c4a3a
  • bm_c4a3a1
  • bm_c4a3b
  • bm_c4a3b1
  • bm_c4a3b2
  • bm_c4a3c
  • bm_c4a3c1
  • bm_c4a3c2
  • bm_c4a3d
  • bm_c4a3d1

CH18 - Nihilanth
  • bm_c4a4a

CH19 - Endgame
  • bm_c5a1
Weapons & Items
Weapons
  • Crowbar - give weapon_crowbar
  • Glock - give weapon_glock
  • 357 - give weapon_357
  • MP5 - give weapon_mp5
  • Spas12 - give weapon_shotgun
  • Crossbow - give weapon_crossbow
  • Tau - give weapon_tau
  • Gluon - give weapon_gluon
  • Hivehand - give weapon_hivehand
  • Snark - give weapon_snark
  • Frag Grenade - give weapon_frag
  • Satchel - give weapon_satchel
  • Tripmine - give weapon_tripmine
  • RPG - give weapon_rpg

Ammo
  • Glock Ammo - give item_ammo_glock
  • 357 Ammo - give item_ammo_357
  • MP5 Ammo - give item_ammo_mp5
  • MP5 Grenade - give item_grenade_mp5
  • Spas12 Ammo - give item_ammo_shotgun
  • Crossbow Ammo - give item_ammo_crossbow
  • Energy Ammo - give item_ammo_energy
  • Snarks - give item_weapon_snark
  • Frag - give item_weapon_frag
  • RPG - give item_weapon_rpg
  • Satchel - give item_weapon_satchel
  • Tripmine - give item_weapon_tripmine

Items
  • HEV Suit - give item_suit
  • HEV Health - give item_healthkit
  • HEV Battery - give item_battery
  • HEV Long Jump - give item_longjump
NPC's
Much like Half-Life 2 you can spawn select NPC.

Some will/wont work so dont do these on a main save (you should be doing this after you beat the game) or else you'll prob break something.

Black Mesa Personnel
  • Dr. Eli Vance- npc_create npc_eli
  • Dr. Issac Kleiner - npc_create npc_kleiner
  • Scientist - npc_create npc_human_scientist
  • Female Scientist - npc_create npc_human_scientist_female
  • Security Guard - npc_create npc_human_security
  • Security Ceiling Turret - npc_create npc_sentry_ceiling
  • Security Ground Turret - npc_create npc_sentry_ground

Zombies
  • Zombie - npc_create npc_zombie_scientist
  • Crawler - npc_create npc_zombie_scientist_torso
  • Zombie Guard - npc_create npc_zombie_security
  • Zombie HECU - npc_create npc_zombie_grunt
  • Zombie HEV - npc_create npc_zombie_hev

Military
  • HECU Grunt - npc_create npc_human_grunt
  • HECU Medic - npc_create npc_human_medic
  • HECU Commander - npc_create npc_human_commander
  • HECU Grenadier - npc_create npc_human_grenadier
  • Black Ops Assassin - npc_create npc_human_assassin
  • Sniper - npc_create npc_sniper
  • M1 Abrams Tank - npc_create npc_abrams
  • LAV 25 - npc_create npc_lav
  • Apache Helicopter - npc_create npc_apache
  • Osprey - npc_create npc_osprey

Xenian
  • Snark - npc_create npc_snark
  • Headcrab - npc_create npc_headcrab
  • Houndeye - npc_create npc_houndeye
  • Bullsquid - npc_create npc_bullsquid
  • Ichthyosaur - npc_create npc_ichthyosaur
  • Vortigaunt - npc_create npc_alien_slave
  • Alien Grunt - npc_create npc_alien_grunt
  • Unarmored Grunt - npc_create npc_alien_grunt_unarmored
  • Controller - npc_create npc_alien_controller
  • Gargantua - npc_create npc_gargantua
  • Blast Pit Tentacle - npc_create npc_tentacle
  • Houndeye Bomber - npc_create npc_houndeye_suicide
  • Elite Grunt - npc_create npc_alien_grunt_elite
  • Xen Tree - npc_create npc_xentree
  • Xen Turret - npc_create npc_xenturret
  • Protozoan - npc_create npc_protozoan
Workshop
Black Mesa supports Workshop meaning you can upload or download select addons or mods for your playing pleasure. From new campaigns, to overhauls, to Classic Revamps or an entire new game with Blue Shift and Military, the workshop has a vast variety of content to enjoy.
Achievements [WIP]
Black Mesa has 50 achievements.