I recently started replaying Black Mesa and I'm annoyed that 9 months after the game's release, they still haven't done anything about the awful jumping mechanics. Basically, the default jump (space-bar) is completely useless, and every single jump you make requires a crouch jump (space-bar, followed by crtl in quick succession). Leaving aside the awkwardness of those controls, it begs the question of why they didn't just increase the default jumping height to make it actually worth a damn and save crouch-jumping for the really difficult platforming sections.

• Portal 2 Bhop
• Crouch Jump Script

Jump backwards, release S and press crouch and keep it pressed all the time. And then just jump. Portal 2 GLaDOS Wakes Up - Duration: 8:26. PrecisionGamingOrg 2,395,421 views. Apr 12, 2017 - press crouch, jump, relese crouch (flying without holding crouch). #1 Corners #2 Funnel flying #3 Laser pinning #4 Portal bumping #5.

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What's irritating is that fans of the game are defending the decision as being faithful to Half Life 1, which apparently also made extensive use of crouch-jumping. The thing is, even people who have played Half Life 1 have admitted that there is way more crouch-jumping than before and that the default jump is useless. You can't even call it a product of the Source engine; I've played plenty of Source engine games, Half Life 2 included, and have never had to use crouch-jumping. The Black Mesa guys are clearly willing to make changes to the original game in the interest of improving it where necessary, so it makes you wonder why they're being so stubborn over something as simple as the jumping controls.

What do you think? Am I alone in this, or are there others who find this is seriously hindering their enjoyment of the game?

As the summary already told you, today, the 16th of April 2019, I launch theNo Jump official blog. You will find some articles and posts about the No Jump development with screenshots and sometimes videos to show you how advanced the mod is in the development process.

As I'm forced to post big articles and not simple little articles, I will post a lot of things on the website which I can't put here because I can't write an article just for the sake of it. For example, imagine I implemented new gameplay elements in the game, I will talk about it on the website rather than here. Then, on the monthly INSIDE POST, you'll be able to find a résumé of everything I've said on the website!

Now I invite you to click on the image above to get to the website and find by yourself about the website itself. I'll try to refresh it as regularly as I can, whenever I made advancement on No Jump, prepare to receive a new article post!

Crouch Jump Script

Also, if you have any question about the website or No Jump in general, please, send me an e-mail at:nojump.contact@gmail.com or in the comment below. I'll try to answer them asap, yet, it seems last time I didn't get notified about a comment posted on the INSIDE POST #2...

Thank you,

Agur,

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