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Black Mesa Speedrun Setup Guide

By Tmob

Introduction

This guide assumes you know how to use the developer console to create binds

Great! You have interest in speedrunning Black Mesa. For the fastest help, join the discord [discord.gg]
To speedrun Black Mesa, you need to pick your version. There is 4 versions ran by speedrunners:

MOD

MOD is the version released in 2012 as a HL2 mod. It can be found here MOD has the most skips, but is pretty hard with lots of crashes, increased gravity, and low speed bhop. It has the least maps. It doesn't have sliding, "improved earth", quantum pause, xen or save deletion on almost every map. MOD is generally not recommended to run.
Xengine(Cu5)

Xengine, or Cu5, is the last non beta release before Xen, it came out in 2018. It can be obtained by opting into the xengine beta in game properties tab. It has tick perfect bhops, quantum pause, a lot of skips, and the most voidclip angles. It doesn't have sliding, save deletion on almost all maps, "improved earth", or xen. Xengine is generally not recommended to run.
0.91

0.91, or the xen update, brought xen into an official release, it came out in 2019. It can be obtained here [drive.google.com] It has sliding, quantum pause, xen, and save deletion on almost all maps. It doesn't have QE skip in MOD and cu5, many voidclip angles, and "improved earth". 0.91 is the recommended version to run.
1.5

1.5, or current patch, or definitive edition, reworked power up and reworked puzzles and gameplay game round, it came out in 2020. It can be obtained by simply downloading the current build from steam. It has sliding, quantum pause, xen, save deletion on almost all maps, "improved earth" meaning that the game is generally longer with more stuff to do, and less skips. 1.5 is not recommended to run

Binds

Great! You have picked your version you want to run, now comes the binds. Binds between xengine-0.91-1.5 are all the same, which I will get to. I'm going to start off with MOD as it is a tiny outliar.

MOD Binds

• bind mwheelup +jump
• bind mwheeldown +jump
This allows you to bhop confidently.

• bind [key] save quick;load quick
This allows you to save, and load that save with a press of a button, useful in clips and during On a Rail.

• bind [key] "save ThisisnotspeedrunitslikeusecheatingyouareuseholesintexturesetcyoucrosshalfgameovertheairthisisnothonestlyIthinkIMHOthisisnotrightlytogolikeitItisimmitatingofcompleteofthegameSureyoumakeglobalandcosmicalworkYouareexxellentspec; reload"
What this does is save delete, it basically allows you to do "map bm_cXXXX" into console with using glitches.

Recommended binds

• bind [key] "save quick"

• bind [key] "load quick"

• bind [key] "save hard"

• bind [key] "load hard"

Xengine-1.5 Binds

• bind mwheelup +jump
• bind mwheeldown +jump
This allows you to bhop confidently.

• bind [key] save quick;load quick
This allows you to save, and load that save with a press of a button, useful in clips and during On a Rail.

• bind [key] "save :; reload"
What this does is save delete, it basically allows you to do "map bm_cXXXX" into console with using glitches.

• bind [key] "toggleconsole;unpause"
What this bind will do is what we call "quantum pause" it freezes your body in space and allows it to gain momentum while the game around you still moves.

Recommended binds

• bind [key] "save quick"

• bind [key] "load quick"

• bind [key] "save hard"

• bind [key] "load hard"

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