Black Mesa News

[p]Hello Scientists! We've deployed a hotfix surrounding issues recently reported to improve your experience around the facility.[/p][p]Changelist:[/p]

• [p]Resolved a rare issue that prevented the game from launching and triggered a 'Failed to load the Launcher DLL' error in specific scenarios.[/p]

[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]

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.
  

[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]
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