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Harder BMS Addon (Sourcemod)

Everything is more scarce. Every mistake hurts. Run. Think. Shoot. Live.

This is a difficulty-enhancement addon made for the Miscellaneous Black Mesa Gameplay Tweaks mod, intended to bring Black Mesa closer to the classic hard difficulty of Half-Life 1.

This does not do anything by itself, and requires these two other mods for it to work properly. Credits to @ White and Birdy™ for their mod that allows editing ammo pickups.

This addon modifies maximum ammo capacities for all weapons (heavily nerfs maximum shotgun ammo), significantly nerfs health and weapon pickups to roughly 60% of their vanilla amount, and increases incoming damage for Gordon to create what is, essentially, a Hard+ difficulty (if playing on hard mode), though the other difficulties have also been buffed a bit. Install this if you feel like the Difficulty Tweaks mod is too easy.

Despite of what the mod's title implies, the aim is not to create a super impossible difficulty, but rather balance the game's resource-gathering to encourage exploration and bring the experience closer to that of Half-Life 1 and, to an extent, to the original Black Mesa: Source 2012 mod.

Instead of always being at full health and losing it instantly after every encounter, it will take longer to earn that maximum health, but you will be rewarded for maintaining it. The same thing applies to ammo: Why explore and go out of one's way to get rare ammo? Why think carefully about spending ammunition when one can just move forward and the game will just spew out infinite supplies? Well, not anymore — you get what you work for. With this addon, every bit of health and ammo will matter. So go out there, explore. Run. Think. Shoot. Live.

Game play-tested on the hardest difficulty. Always open to feedback.

Installation is quite lengthy due to the pre-requisites of the mod, so get ready.

Here is a guide as to how to set up the custom folder if you have not done so already:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=502670746

[SOURCEMOD] Ammo Pickup ConVar/Crossbow Pickup Fix
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/?id=2454684652

Miscellaneous Black Mesa Gameplay Tweaks
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3392846162

Simply subscribing to the mod should be enough to get the mod working, but if it does not, make sure to:
1. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\362890\3399089717 (or a similar path in the drive where you have Black Mesa installed).
2. Copy the VPK file into your custom Black Mesa folder (bms/custom).

If you have some time, leave any suggestions on how the mod can be improved.

That should be all, enjoy!