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Resonance Decade Update: Hotfix #2

[p]Hello Scientists! We've deployed a hotfix surrounding issues recently reported to improve your experience around the facility. [/p][p]Changelist:[/p]
  • [p]Replaced old bone separation logic for ragdolls with a trace-based solver that resolves occluded or embedded bones:[/p]
    • [p]Ensures hierarchy-correct traversal by sorting bones by tree depth before applying fixes.[/p]
    • [p]Uses trace normals and parent-to-child constraints to reposition bones without excessive separation.[/p]
    • [p]Scales inherited velocity by mass ratio and biases resolution based on contact direction.[/p]
    • [p]Added debug overlay (r_debug_ragdoll_separation_solver) for visualizing correction passes.[/p]
    • [p]Minor cleanup of redundant vector normalization and more consistent use of safe math.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed incorrect animation state when unarmed in multiplayer.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed grenade fuse continuing after the owner's death in multiplayer matches.[/p]
  • [p]New DLL directory resolution functions are now enabled by default for improved security and compatibility.[/p]
  • [p]Added support for the -disablenewdlldirectoryfunctions flag to disable SetDefaultDllDirectories and related APIs, allowing an alternative (legacy) DLL loading codepath.[/p]
  • [p]Significantly improved Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM) quality in applicable materials.[/p]
  • [p]Enabled Parallax Occlusion Mapping (POM) functionality in ToGL.[/p]
  • [p]Fixed normal mapping issues related to the dynamic lighting on Brush-based geometry,[/p]
  • [p]Bundled a minimal set of required runtime dependencies from:[/p]
    • [p]Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (VC++ 10.0) SP1 Runtime[/p]
    • [p]Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 (VC++ 12.0) Runtime[/p]
    • [p]Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime[/p]
    • [p]LunarG Vulkan Runtime and Loader[/p]
  • [p]Updated DXVK (Windows) to version 2.6.2,[/p]
  • [p]Added -enableprocesspowerthrottlingstate flag. By default, setting the process power throttling state is disabled unless this flag is specified.[/p]

Resonance Decade Update: Hotfix #1

Hello Scientists! We've deployed a hotfix surrounding issues recently reported to improve your experience around the facility.

Changelist:
  • Resolved IVP related crashes in the "Office Complex" chapter when resuming from a save file. This fix potentially safeguards other chapters from having similar crashes.
  • Potentially fixed cases of Alt+Tab related crashes.

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[h2]👮🏻‍♂️HECU Collective Update![/h2]

The HECU Collective is hard at work on new chapters for Black Mesa: Blue Shift. While you wait, their latest update shares their current progress, screenshots, behind the scenes animations and audio.

[h3]Want to know more about what's coming? Check out the full details on ModDB[/h3]

[h2]🔴LIVE TODAY - SALEM TECHSPERTS PLAYS BLUE SHIFT![/h2]

[h3]The Greatest Technician that's ever lived, plays Blue Shift! [/h3]
Join Salem Techsperts as they dive into Black Mesa: Blue Shift TODAY at 2:00 PM EST! Catch the action on their YouTube channel and right here on the Black Mesa Steam store page.

[h3]Watch Live on their YouTube or Black Mesa Store Page
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[h2]💥HISTORIC SALE ALERT![/h2]
[Don't miss out - Black Mesa is currently 90% OFF in our "Resonance Decade" Steam Anniversary Sale. This is our deepest discount EVER, celebrating 10 incredible years on Steam!

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Coming Soon: Mark your calendars for May 17th! The Crowbar Collective team will be joining forces with LambdaGeneration for a special community gaming night. Stay tuned to our social channels for more details!

Stonking Half-Life remake Black Mesa is the cheapest it's ever been on Steam, offering Barney Calhoun in glorious 4K for a mere 2 bucks




Check it out, guys: I think this Half-Life game is gonna be pretty big potatoes. You're a mute scientist who starts shooting people at work and then you fight a large baby in space. Let's just hope they don't kill it with too many sequels...
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Ten years later, Half-Life remake Black Mesa gets surprise update, drops to $2

Black Mesa is mostly lauded for its reimagining of Xen, but I prefer Crowbar Collective's take on the opening Anomalous Materials section. The reception area with the chunky, CRT security monitors. The changing room with the HEV suit. That iconic little cafeteria area, where you blow up Magnusson's casserole. The original Half-Life has a distinctive, generational aesthetic - the sights and sounds of Valve's shooter are etched into the collective memory of an entire epoch of PC players. But Black Mesa adds a new layer of detail. Once a fan-driven modding project, it's now ten years since Black Mesa first arrived on Steam, and to celebrate, it's gotten a worthwhile update and a severe price cut.


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