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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6 comments by Kub on Jul 24th, 2006 digg this super bookmark


Greetings. Well, a month passed, so we have something new to share with.
Firstly, I would ike to notice that the official site of Barney's Tales is up at last. Our first web-designer had suddenly dissapeared, so we had to create it ourselves. This is not Macromedia Flash merical I was talking about, but also not bad, huh? :) Unfortunately it is in Russian, but I am sure, you would need only two links: the media gallery and the forum. I would be very pleased to see you there.
So, the most delicious - concept-arts. Let me bring to your attention the new version of the Black mesa Research Facility Guards. This is not the final version, but many things would be brought to an in-game NPC-model. Also, let me introduce thematic dektop wallpaper and a cocept-art from project mapper, bma2004.

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Oh, if you have not alredy seen the updated version of M4 Assault Rifle model - you can see it in the gallery
That's all for now. Good luck, comrades! ;)

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MR.sugar
MR.sugar Aug 29 2008, 6:43am says:

Now, the site is rly down. It looks like ist closed forever....

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Spriter-San
Spriter-San Aug 31 2008, 7:40pm replied:

Dude, Shut up if you don't know what you're talking about. They aren't dead until it's officially announced. Sheesh.

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poisonheadcrab
poisonheadcrab Aug 31 2008, 11:58pm replied:

Who knows mabe they arn't dead. They probobly just update slow like the BMS team.

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MR.sugar
MR.sugar Sep 3 2008, 10:38am replied:

Are you sure? Then why is website down, their PR leader have no contact with entire team and Lexxor leaved mod sometime ago (he joined OPBM for while, but now he disapeared completely). And tell me now, how they can announce something, if thier PR leader have no contact with team? And tell me, why there wasnt any activity on their forums?

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poisonheadcrab
poisonheadcrab Aug 31 2008, 10:30am replied:

Are you sure? Last time you said the sight was dead it came back.

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MR.sugar
MR.sugar Aug 31 2008, 12:06pm replied:

Now there is message "access denied". And its there for 2 days now...

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DJPOO
DJPOO Aug 30 2008, 2:03am replied:

Makes since if they didn't pay the monthly bill for the server. Too bad though, I really didn't want to waste five dollars on HL:Blue Shift for Steam.

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Alfrodos
Alfrodos Aug 21 2008, 8:52am says:

Не могу в это поверить, что мод умер, но хотя бы скажите, что "нет мы живы" или "да, мы сдохли"...куда лучше просто знать, что вы работаете, чем ничего.

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poisonheadcrab
poisonheadcrab Aug 13 2008, 7:07pm says:

Ya but still nothing new

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MR.sugar
MR.sugar Aug 13 2008, 1:57pm replied:

Now its fine, site is back...

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