Category:Black Mesa level design

Getting started

• Your First Level

Design

• Black Mesa Level Aesthetics
• Adding Detail to Your Map

Constructing Elements

Lab

• Lab Doors
• Double Sliding Doors
• Catwalks
• Announcement System

Hazards

• NPC Spawner (Xen Portal)
• Turret Triggers
• Security Turrets

Office

• Vending Machines

Tutorials

• Compiling Your Map With HTCT

External links

• Steam Store
• Official BM map sources
• Official BM discord server
• Black Mesa Soundscapes - Video listing all of the ambient sounds used for the env_soundscape in Black Mesa Hammer. Credit to soer4769 on YouTube.

Additional Information

• List of Black Mesa entities - full lists of Black Mesa and Black Mesa: Definitive Edition versions.
• Bms.fgd - FGD file for Black Mesa
• Proper compile settings - incomplete guide showing how to use expert compile

Scripting

• Making BMS NPCs Speak

Black Mesa Specific Entities

• func_conveyor_bms
• game_mp_gamerules
• game_round_start
• godrays_settings
• env_lensflare
• info_player_scientist
• info_player_marine
• mp_round_time
• newLight_Point
• newLight_Spot
• newLight_Dir
• newLights_settings
• newLights_Spawner‎‎
• newlights_gbuffersettings
• newxog_volume
• prop_physics_psychokinesis
• prop_physics_teleprop
• prop_ragdoll_original

Black Mesa Specific Shaders

• Parallax occlusion mapping
• $specmap_texture
• $moss_enable
• Lightmapped_4WayBlend

Game Modes

• Black Mesa: Deathmatch
• Black Mesa: Team Deathmatch
• Black Mesa: Elimination
• Black Mesa: Coop