Black Mesa

Black Mesa

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[achivements] "The Plan" and "Unquestionably Ethical" lame and lazy way
By LeXa2
An almost effortless way to get "The Plan" and "Unquestionably Ethical" achievements.
   
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Preparations
1. Start up the game, go to the devconsole (typically opens when you press tilda "~" key on the keyboard) and execute (from here onwards execute means "type in text that follows line by line into the console and press Enter on the keyboard after each line):
map bm_c4a2c

2. Let the map load and then execute in the console:
sv_cheats 1 god sv_cheats 0

3. Rush effortlessly through the level to a point where the entrance to the secret passage is expected to be located. Check section "[ENG] How to get to the place? Where to install the "Gas Tank"?" in this wonderful guide to grasp an idea on where to go. Or view the following video at around 1:07:00 time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33GDeowy_g&time_continue=4021
Important: Note that passage most probably would be blocked for you but no worries, it won't stop you from getting into it.

4. Open up console and execute:
sv_cheats 1 noclip sv_cheats 0
Now you're in "no clipping" mode and will be able to fly through the wall/rocks that block the entrance to the passage into the passage. As soon as you position yourself inside the secret passage go to console and execute commands from last code block once again to turn "no clipping" mode off.
Execution
5. Follow the secret passage to a point where the socket for the gas canister is located:
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1824713062
Then make sure you are looking directly at the nearby wall or at the floor right behind you (i.e. not at some distant point in the cave where Gonarch is sitting) and execute in the console:
prop_physics_create props_questionableethics/qe_gas_cylinder.mdl
Close the console and you will see a gas canister spawned right at the point your crosshair had been pointed at. Pick up the canister and yet again open open the console and execute:
ent_setname gas
Close the console and create a new save. Exit from the game, run it again and load up your save. Important: achivements probably won't register if you try to get them without save-quit-run-load cycle.

6. Put gas canister into the apparatus and push the button that had turned green. Watch Gonarch die and get your beloved "The Plan" achievement.

7. Reload your save but this time do not put gas into the apparatus. Instead follow the ledges on the left side of the cavern using long jumps and proceed to the next level leaving Gonarch alive behind. Get the "Unquestionably Ethical" achievement in process.
Closing words
Tested this approach to work with latest public beta as of 13/02/2020 (it is final 1.0 release candidate beta). It is a big timesaver for greedy achievements hunters out there that allows to get these two in an almost effortless way. I don't recommend following this one though if you want to get all the joy of actually accomplishing this in the hard but intended way.
10 Comments
LeXa2  [author] 15 Jan, 2021 @ 6:25pm 
@An Atheist Jew Yeah
Welcome. Same for me - finished BM quite some time ago by now. Considering to do a revisit later on this year though as I've heard a lot of positive feedback from friends on changes done since 0.9/1.0.

Also a bit curious if R7 3800X + RTX 3080 would be able to provide maxed out steady 140FPS experience @1440p + 4xSGSSAA. With R7 2700X + GTX 1070 it wasn't able to cut it, though DSR 1920p + 2xSGSSAA was producing nice picture with FPS floating at around 90-100 resulting in a pretty smooth experience thx to G-SYNC. Main deal is to manage to find enough free time (yeah, Real Life (TM), I'm looking at you :-D).
An Atheist Jew 15 Jan, 2021 @ 5:17pm 
@LeXa2 I didn't even know that was a thing! It seems there's an option in the keybindings to set the console to something, although I don't think that's specific to the old game UI mode. Ah well, I finished it, anyway, with 99%. Couldn't be bothered to find all of those dead guys throughout Gonarch's lair. This workaround probably saved me 20 hours of my life, so many thanks.
bhop medic gaming 14 Jan, 2021 @ 2:42am 
you can also enable with new UI, its like at the very top of the options
LeXa2  [author] 13 Jan, 2021 @ 11:49pm 
@An Atheist Jew Yeah, thanks for commenting about console enablement. I'm so used to it being enabled that totally forgot about the existence of related option. I don't have "-console" comamnd line parameter in my launch options though - instead I've got "-oldgameui" as I prefeur old HL2-style menus. And with old UI there's an checkbox in options to enable devconsole - I believe that was the way I got it enabled in the past.
An Atheist Jew 10 Jan, 2021 @ 1:48am 
Thanks. Works great, although you should stipulate somewhere in this that the dev console needs to be enabled.

Right click on Black Mesa in your Steam library. At the bottom of the properties tab, under "LAUNCH OPTIONS", type in -console

That's it. Hit tilde (~) to open it.
bhop medic gaming 29 Mar, 2020 @ 8:39pm 
+rep
Gordon 21 Mar, 2020 @ 12:48pm 
And Little Cute Headcrabs! ^w^!
LeXa2  [author] 12 Mar, 2020 @ 11:17pm 
@GreekBoy
prop_physics_create props_canteen\pizza_box.mdl
ent_setname drhornspizza
GreekBoy 9 Mar, 2020 @ 3:28pm 
do you know the console command to spawn the pizza box?
Motörman 1 Mar, 2020 @ 7:44pm 
At least the console commands will be much better than having to go through all the shitty Bullsquids and incredibly adorable Houndeyes.