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BMCE Addon - Black Mesa Character Expansion Revised
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 29 Nov, 2021 @ 6:34am
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How to install
Black Mesa Character Expansion Revised, BMCER for short, was designed to be installed on top of default BMCE. BMCE, while being fantastic mod, has always been notoriously hard to install. For BMCER I decided to attempt to streamline installation process and it should now be easier to install for most people. This will show three different starting points for installing BMCER.

ATTENTION! You will need to have MISC. FILES (BMCE HECU Soldiers) installed for this to work. MISC. FILES (Romka's HECU Soldiers) will work too but this isnt recommended. For those wanting to use Romka HECU models use this mod instead. Having MISC. FILES (Default HECU Soldiers) installed is not and will never be supported and as such will cause issues.

Please read this discussion before asking questions.

How to start installing:
- subscribe to this mod
- Start the game once so that it can download the files
- Close the game
- Check if you have Hazard Course mod installed. If you dont, and dont wish to use it, you can skip this next step entirely
- If you are using BMCE Romka HECU, install BMCER compatibility patch for that AFTER doing rest of these steps

How to deal with Hazard Course:
- This step can also be used if you wish to install Hazard Course after installing BMCER
- If you have hazard Course installed, go to steamapps\workshop\content\362890\2329457048 and copy all its contents to steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms/custom
- Unsubscribe from workshop version of Hazard Course
- Remove hcourse_misc_dir.vpk, BMCE comes comes with all the necessary files
- Proceed to one of three following steps, depending on your situation

1. How to install if you dont have BMCE already installed at all:
- Recheck you actually subscribed to this mod, if not go back to "How to start installing"
- Download BMCE files.
- Place these in steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms/custom
- Download BMCE HECU files or Romka's BMCE HECU files
- Place these in steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms/custom
- No need to decompile anything
- Go to steamapps\workshop\content\362890\2668159678
- Make sure that BMCER folder is above default BMCE files. Do not remove any default BMCE related files
- If you have BMCEHD/BMHD installed, those should be above BMCER. You may have to switch around some folder names to make this work correctly.

2. How to install if you have correctly working BMCE installed:
- Recheck you actually subscribed to this mod, if not go back to "How to start installing"
- Go to steamapps\workshop\content\362890\2668159678
- Copy folder 1_BMCERevised to steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms/custom
- Make sure that BMCER folder is above default BMCE files. Do not remove any default BMCE related files
- If you have BMCEHD/BMHD installed, those should be above BMCER. You may have to switch around some folder names to make this work correctly.

3. How to install if you dont have correctly working BMCE installed:
- Recheck you actually subscribed to this mod, if not go back to "How to start installing"
- Make sure you have ALL BMCE related VPK files installed and placed in your custom folder
- Remove any BMCE related FOLDERS from steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms/custom (leave any BMCE related VPK files) but recheck you have all BMCE related VPK files installed
- Go to steamapps\workshop\content\362890\2668159678
- Copy folder 1_BMCERevised to steamapps/common/Black Mesa/bms/custom
- If you have BMCEHD/BMHD installed, those should be above BMCER. You may have to switch around some folder names to make this work correctly.
Last edited by DWBoyGamer; 2 Feb @ 3:20am
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:22am 
This is really good and all. But I am already having trouble installing just plain BMCE. The scientist that is supposed to help the guard in the beginning of the game should not be wearing a lab coat.
Yet in mine he is. I have triple checked and it is not working. I have all files in place, and did everything I needed to do to the LETTER. So I don't know what is going wrong here.
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:25am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
This is really good and all. But I am already having trouble installing just plain BMCE. The scientist that is supposed to help the guard in the beginning of the game should not be wearing a lab coat.
Yet in mine he is. I have triple checked and it is not working. I have all files in place, and did everything I needed to do to the LETTER. So I don't know what is going wrong here.
Try installing Anomalous Materials Chapter Overhaul? Im pretty sure he is still normal scientist without it.
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:46am 
Originally posted by DWBoyGamer:
Originally posted by Soldier:
This is really good and all. But I am already having trouble installing just plain BMCE. The scientist that is supposed to help the guard in the beginning of the game should not be wearing a lab coat.
Yet in mine he is. I have triple checked and it is not working. I have all files in place, and did everything I needed to do to the LETTER. So I don't know what is going wrong here.
Try installing Anomalous Materials Chapter Overhaul? Im pretty sure he is still normal scientist without it.
Ah, my other mods were breaking it.
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:47am 
Also, what is the point of the overhaul chapters? My game works fine now without them.
Also, where do we first see the scientists in HEV suits?
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:48am 
This is the same mod as BMCE just with the HEV suits, the rolled up sleeves and the new guard models right?
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:53am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
Also, what is the point of the overhaul chapters? My game works fine now without them.
Also, where do we first see the scientists in HEV suits?
Chapter Overhaul mods offer some more character placements I cant do simply by editing character manifest.
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:53am 
Originally posted by DWBoyGamer:
Originally posted by Soldier:
Also, what is the point of the overhaul chapters? My game works fine now without them.
Also, where do we first see the scientists in HEV suits?
Chapter Overhaul mods offer some more character placements I cant do simply by editing character manifest.
Ok, and when do we see HEV suits?
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:54am 
Originally posted by DWBoyGamer:
Originally posted by Soldier:
Also, what is the point of the overhaul chapters? My game works fine now without them.
Also, where do we first see the scientists in HEV suits?
Chapter Overhaul mods offer some more character placements I cant do simply by editing character manifest.
Also, how do I launch the overhauls?
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:54am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
This is the same mod as BMCE just with the HEV suits, the rolled up sleeves and the new guard models right?
No, I also did some changes to character manifest and added administration personnel and first response guards.
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MythicMimic 30 Nov, 2021 @ 7:54am 
Ah, so that is what the green guards are for.
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 30 Nov, 2021 @ 8:01am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
Originally posted by DWBoyGamer:
Chapter Overhaul mods offer some more character placements I cant do simply by editing character manifest.
Also, how do I launch the overhauls?
Just subscribe to them, they will replace vanilla maps
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 30 Nov, 2021 @ 9:49am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
Originally posted by DWBoyGamer:
Chapter Overhaul mods offer some more character placements I cant do simply by editing character manifest.
Ok, and when do we see HEV suits?
Only NPCs who will always wear HEV suit are Smithers (one of the scientist in Blast Pit) and all three living guards in Lambda Complex.
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 30 Nov, 2021 @ 9:49am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
Ah, so that is what the green guards are for.
Yes
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MythicMimic 1 Dec, 2021 @ 4:41am 
Wow! Thanks for everything dude!
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DWBoyGamer  [developer] 1 Dec, 2021 @ 6:01am 
Originally posted by Soldier:
Wow! Thanks for everything dude!
You are welcome!
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