Hope you are ready for a lo-ong shift...

Barney's Tales is a total conversion of the original Half-Life Blue Shift add-on. Source Engine, used in mod, will allow us to visit the world of the scary Black Mesa Research Facility once more.
Security officer Barney Calhoun, undecided major, was going on his first shift in a research facility. He put on his uniform, got his Glock-18 in the armory and set out for the Sector 3. Suddenly, Barney felt an explosion and the lift he was going by fell down. Next thing he saw when consciousness returned was a strange alien creature tearing a scientist.
With the personnel and security officers at his side Barney must escape the Black Mesa before it becomes a blazing crater...

The development team is working at some innovations of Barney's Tales:

  • Authentic weapon firing simulation and iron sights aiming system;
  • Close to real models of HECU soldiers – including uniform and gear;
  • Weapon models created according to existing samples;
  • Realistic player camera and footsteps simulation;
  • Vehicles added - player would be able to drive some;
  • Calculation of character’s stock power amount;
  • Lots of tasks involving physics;
  • Improved enemy AI;
  • HDR-lighting;
  • Rather than in the original Blue Shift the storyline is presented in another view;

  • Expanded plot, even new chapters are added;
  • Multiplayer mode.

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14 comments by Kub on Aug 12th, 2007 digg this super bookmark


Greetings!
Yup, we were silent about 9 months and we have decided at last to show the public what we were working on so hard. Of course, we've had some rearrangements during this period of time. Some people left, some entered the team. Ah, okay, I'm finished with sad.
Now about some curious things. You know, we did not want to give any new media, but there was some funny case. Once I received an e-mail with an offer to give an interview to a Czech site hl2.vokr.com, then had a quick chat with LEXX and we both thought: "Whatever!" You know, answering those questions was rather a nice experience. Here's the link to an English version of the conversation - try it, there are really interesting details about our upcoming mod, some information about the release date, visual and Ai features.
Sure thing, what media release without any screenshots? Here they are:

ba_maint HECU Soldier
ba_maint ba_tram

After we received some angry responses about those desert-camouflage, we've decided to alter them. From now on they are going to look accurately like HECU soldiers in the original. As you can see, we have one screenshots from the beginning chapter and two ones from ba_maint.
Hope you liked that. Waiting for you impressions about the shots and the interview in our mod profile.
Good luck and stay tuned!

Comments  (10 - 20 of 343)
poisonheadcrab
poisonheadcrab Aug 8 2008, 7:05pm says:

I wish one of the DEV's would tell us what the hell is going on.

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johnnyxcasanova
johnnyxcasanova Aug 8 2008, 11:03am says:

If this mod dies im going to cry myself to sleep...

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freredarme
freredarme Aug 7 2008, 9:03am says:

6 month and not news... hum, it is dead ?

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zzzzac1
zzzzac1 Aug 5 2008, 6:34pm says:

D:

Oh noes

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zzzzac1
zzzzac1 Jul 27 2008, 8:13am says:

I hope it is not dead.

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MR.sugar
MR.sugar Aug 2 2008, 2:54pm replied:

Everyone here hope... Its last thing we can do...

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poisonheadcrab
poisonheadcrab Jul 22 2008, 11:58pm says:

Is this mod actuly alive because it really seems dead.

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DJPOO
DJPOO Jul 14 2008, 5:39pm says:

When there is little too no forum activity, it's more then fair to say a mod is dead.

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VicXxX
VicXxX Jul 12 2008, 2:19pm says:

i,IT CANT BE DEAD!

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MR.sugar
MR.sugar Jul 11 2008, 3:14am replied:

Nothing interesting, they are all on Hlportal.de profile too.

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