Black Mesa

Black Mesa

More Realistic Damage
48 Comments
ChasedByChainsaw 17 Nov, 2024 @ 8:16pm 
God I love this mod, especially on hard. I love that it forces me to actually think in combat as going guns blazing almost always guarantee's death. I love that the enemies don't shoot peanuts and actually pack a punch. I love that the enemies aren't bullet shields.

If you could, can you make this mod work for Blue Shift? If not that's okay and if it does work on BS then I'm gonna be rlly happy :>
CrackaJack 7 May, 2023 @ 12:48am 
first i thought this didnt work, then i noticed 50 bullets max for 9mm. eeerm, how am i supposed to play like this if i need 30 shots to take down 1 enemy? also u write in ur xml at inflict dmg scale 3 "If you go higher, it will take more than 2 headshots to kill marines with MRD" are u sure thats how it works? btw i need more then 2 headshots already the way it IS setup. i very much suspect some changes in the skill.cfg just dont work anymore :/
yibbinz 1 Apr, 2023 @ 9:53pm 
should I copy over the .vpk file to my custom folder as well? or just copy over the misc folder
Dave Norton Epic Grave Prank 14 Jan, 2023 @ 2:47am 
I'm going to need someone to explain this to me--
So there is this WONDERFUL little file containing the specifics of a weapon's damage count, problem? I don't entire understand it when none of them are to be found in the actual Black Mesa game files. What is there to replace, let alone edit?
dudebro 1 Jun, 2022 @ 3:02pm 
this mod is dogshit
originalname 16 Jan, 2022 @ 7:04pm 
Is the alternative option optional?
msmr 20 Oct, 2021 @ 2:26am 
Still working?
PonyKisser:3 17 Jul, 2021 @ 3:21pm 
How do i remove the increased spread?
drums 9 Jan, 2021 @ 10:42pm 
But if I still take the same amount of damage like always it becomes too easy.. doesn't it?
Weefy 14 Dec, 2020 @ 10:51am 
the mod is great, but the Ichthyosaur can now be killed by one shot from a pistol and sometimes even dies by himself
Jeez, this took a while to make.
Shadow -Λ- 5 Dec, 2020 @ 8:33am 
Does this stop me from getting achievements? :p2orange::Colt1911::security::bms_crowbar::p2orange:
Jame Krugie 6 Nov, 2020 @ 6:50am 
Do you have to remove the original skill cfg folder
WAcrobat19 22 Jun, 2020 @ 8:39pm 
The Black Mesa Character Expansion states it uses your hitbox mod for the Human NPCs, so this mod is compatible with that mod?
Leausi 14 Jun, 2020 @ 11:19am 
would you say this makes the enemies more difficult?
NerdCuddles 26 May, 2020 @ 6:56am 
you should make a mod that makes all bullets projectiles
☢ ​​Seaal Mid​​ ☢ 3 May, 2020 @ 8:54am 
So how drastically will the mod be affected if I don't get the hitboxes mod? I have mods that replace the HECU models and I don't really want to part with them.
doblej 25 Apr, 2020 @ 1:14pm 
i cant beat the fricking apache, even on easy
David_VI 20 Apr, 2020 @ 8:19am 
How do I know this is installed or working correctly?
febreeze 16 Apr, 2020 @ 11:34am 
noticing the same issue as the guy below. most of the game has been alright so far, damage-taken wise. however, no matter how well i try to outmaneuver the chopper's guns and land a charged tau shot on it, i get mowed down before i have time to charge up a second shot, no matter what difficulty i'm on or how much health/power i have. the only way possible way to get past that part was to jump into the water and climbing up the tower before the helicopter could be triggered
Weefy 13 Apr, 2020 @ 5:12am 
@Mirellanmål I mean fight with tau canon which starts with helicopter destroing a bridge. Heli is hitting with every shot and dealing serious damage. I don't have anywhere to run or hide and heli has too much HP to be killed before it starts atacking. I'm on Black Mesa difficulty, but even on normal it's the same.
Mirellanmål  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 11:47am 
@SunBoi241 Yes, you do need to edit gameinfo.txt. There is a guide linked in the description.
Mirellanmål  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 11:43am 
@white n On what difficulty are you on? Normal, Black Mesa or Hard?

Do you mean the fight where you first acquire the RPG?
Chalkles 9 Apr, 2020 @ 2:09pm 
'cause it's not working when I just put the folder in without changing it.
Chalkles 9 Apr, 2020 @ 2:07pm 
Do you just put the folder in custom? or do you have to still edit gameinfo.txt?
Weefy 8 Apr, 2020 @ 12:28pm 
I like challenges, but first fight with helicopter is just impossible
Hermanver 6 Apr, 2020 @ 12:35pm 
Cool. Thanks for updating the description.
Mirellanmål  [author] 6 Apr, 2020 @ 8:19am 
@Iron The idea was that enemies would be easier to kill but the player would also die more easily. Which one may or may not enjoy.
Mirellanmål  [author] 6 Apr, 2020 @ 8:17am 
@Gordon That makes no sense.
Mirellanmål  [author] 6 Apr, 2020 @ 8:16am 
@Nitro Blitzen @Hermanver Ah, crap. I forgot to add back the description after updating the mod. Look in the description now, the instructions are there. Sorry about that.
Mirellanmål  [author] 6 Apr, 2020 @ 8:13am 
@TBC Thanks. I might do it but right now I don't feel like it, I think.
Mirellanmål  [author] 6 Apr, 2020 @ 8:11am 
@Iron Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it. What difficulty setting did you play on? There are three options: Normal, Black Mesa and Hard.

I could increase the "damage taken" variable that controls damage taken by the player, which is now set to 0.75 on "Black Mesa". I had it higher at first but I felt some parts of the game would become too difficult for many players. Spots with many soldiers mostly. Do you think I should increase it? To combat the issue of soldier fights being to difficult I could perhaps lower the damage of the NPCs' weapons, but I would prefer not to.
Hermanver 5 Apr, 2020 @ 2:19pm 
How do I install this mod?
revenant 4 Apr, 2020 @ 7:05pm 
I am absolutely in favour of altering the ammo pickups and/or maximum carried ammo counts to help balance this mod. I think the design philosophy present in Alyx and Doom Eternal back this up pretty well. Plus the maps are already full of hidden loot piles, reinforcing the incentive to explore.
Feels really good though, just not balanced.
PonyKisser:3 4 Apr, 2020 @ 1:16pm 
It says this mod has special installation instructions...but where are said instructions?
Eisen 1 Apr, 2020 @ 4:04pm 
Makes the game way too easy, sadly. More realistic, but way too easy.
Mirellanmål  [author] 30 Mar, 2020 @ 9:32am 
@AmenNoose @Hmmmmm The Workshop menu in-game is not functioning at the moment. It's being worked on by Crowbar. If this mod works, marines will die from 2 glock or MP5 headshots on any difficulty. Without the mod it will take more than that. There is one exception though in either scenario: When you catch them off-guard it seems to always take one headshot to kill them (maybe more without the mod), not sure why.

@Hmmmmm I can't help you troubleshoot unless you provide more information on what you have tried and in what way it doesn't work.
Mirellanmål  [author] 30 Mar, 2020 @ 9:19am 
@Dr. Clef [LFG] @[SA]soul eater Okay, thanks for your input. For the record I wasn't thinking of making it as extreme as in Half-Life: Alyx .
Skyep 29 Mar, 2020 @ 10:50am 
Every mod i download doesn't work, and im following what it says to do to download mods, but nothing works.
AmenTrollervist 27 Mar, 2020 @ 3:27pm 
not seeing them in the installed stuff in the game, I am fairly sure I did everything correctly.
22JUAN22 27 Mar, 2020 @ 11:29am 
lmao me downloading this right after i edit the cfg to make black mesa realistic
[SA]soul eater 26 Mar, 2020 @ 11:52pm 
if you want to do that, make it a separate mod, like the hitbox changes.
Penis Man 26 Mar, 2020 @ 9:58pm 
I think I misspelled do'nt
Penis Man 26 Mar, 2020 @ 9:57pm 
Please don't.
Mirellanmål  [author] 26 Mar, 2020 @ 9:48am 
I'm thinking of lowering the maximum amount of ammo you can carry and perhaps the amount of bullets in each clip. What do you guys think of that? I have personally never been out of ammo, and I think it's a bit boring that you barely have to worry about that. After playing Half-Life: Alyx, I can say that limited ammo certainly works and makes for fun gameplay.
Mirellanmål  [author] 25 Mar, 2020 @ 3:04am 
@JiMiMi That's pretty cool. Thanks!
LucSon 24 Mar, 2020 @ 11:54am 
1000th Steam workshop item for BM! Congrats!