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Mars Base Alpha (Redux)

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Game Content: Campaigns

Game Modes: Co-op

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16 Aug, 2024 @ 2:48am

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Description

BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER - this mod REQUIRES MBB Resources 1, 2 and 3 and they cannot be uploaded onto here so you are going to have to download and install them seperately.
Do not download this campaign if you aren't going to grab MBB Resources as it won't work properly!
You will also need Metamod and Sourcemod for the flamethrower to work properly.
You may also need to add -insecure to your launch options.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS?
This is Mars Base Alpha https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3306564738 that I have updated to be more in line with Mars Base Bravo.

WHY?
The friends that I made this for had played MBA original version so much that we were able to pretty much breeze through it. After making MBB more than 10 years ago now I decided to revisit MBA, give it a facelift and fix a few things so that we could continue to enjoy it. Our team has mostly disbanded now (due to old age and real life commitments) so I am putting it up here for the world to try.

WHAT'S CHANGED FROM MARS BASE ALPHA ORIGINAL?
The visual asthetic now looks a lot more like Mars Base Bravo giving the 2 campaigns some continuity
Tanks and other special infected no longer spawn directly in front of you but I have left the horde triggers in place
The finale is now split into 2 levels making it a lot more do-able
WHAT'S NEW? Things from Mars Base Bravo have been retconned into the campaign to bring it in line with MBB
New areas have been added to existing areas
New weapons have been added including the superweapon (use with extreme caution) and the flamethrower (Metamod and Sourcemod required for the flamethrower to work)
The zombies are mostly gone and have been replaced with aliens and monsters (from Splinks and Stay Puft)
It is now MUCH darker with lighting from MBB added to the entire campaign
Blast doors open much faster so no more waiting around for them to open
New places for the aliens to attack from instead of just from down the corridor
Other stuff I won't spoil here...

KNOWN ISSUES
The final level (Escape) sometimes fails to work depending on what route you take through the campaign. As far as I am aware this is a game engine issue (it doesn't recognise 2 seperate maps going into one map) so you may need to load that map seperately in order to finish the campaign - you may not need to but just be aware
The survivors sometimes struggle to get onto the train in the METRO map
HOW TO PLAY
This mod requires MBB Resources in order to work properly. I cannot add them to here but I have hosted them on my personal mediafire account and you can get them from the following link
(https://app.mediafire.com/qhlkibghdtqf7) - minus the brackets.
You can also find a working copy of Metamod and Sourcemod in the same place which are required for some weapons.

To install MBB Resources -
Download all 3 parts
Go to steamapps/common/Left 4 Dead 2/left4dead2/addons and put the .vpk files in there next to mba redux.vpk
If you downloaded Metamod and Sourcemod there will be instructions in the download
It is best to move all other mods to another folder so that they don't mess with this campaign - especially if you have weapon or player/zombie character mods installed
This campaign is designed and meant to be played as a team of 4 humans. It CAN be played alone but it works better and is a lot more fun when you are in a team of 4 as there are a couple of places where the survivor bots can get confused or stuck.
For a real hairy chest, double caffienated, extra large, 100% balls to the wall crazy experience try kicking unused players so if there are 2 of you playing together as coach and nick, bring up the console with ¬ and type 'kick rochelle' and also 'kick ellis' so there's just the 2 of you in the campaign - good luck.

Try playing it on at LEAST normal but go for ADVANCED for the best results, playing on EASY is for babies but will also have you completing it in just a few minutes.
One player should always carry the Superweapon if you are finding the campaign tough but be careful with it...

Hope you enjoy this version of Mars Base Alpha - it's less frustrating then the original but might still make some people rage quit.
THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
Don't try it unless you have a sense of humour, are not easily prone to rage quitting and have a masochistic and possibly sadistic personality. It was made for 4 friends to have fun with, which they did. I am releasing it onto here for others to have fun with - if they dare...

REMEMBER TO REMOVE MBA RESOURCES AND METAMOD AND SOURCEMOD FROM YOUR ADDONS FOLDER ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THIS CAMPAIGN OR THEY WILL MESS WITH SOME OTHER CAMPAIGNS