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Microsoft Windows Update "KB2735855" Problems!

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ATTENTION users who are experiencing broken cube / maps / textures / props, missing weapon models, a high frequency of crashes.
You may be a victim of a bad download due to dropped packets and faulty download execution within your browser as a result of the poorly executed Windows update "KB2735855"!


Microsoft has acknowledged that the WINDOWS Update "KB2735855" (for windows 7/8 [32 and 64bit]) is faulty. This update leads to dropped packets and faulty downloads within your browser.
This could explain some of the problems that our users are seeing with a functioning but extremely buggy game. The support site for the update is here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2735855 Please read and choose if this applies to you.


Advise:

For users not experiencing any of the above, ignore these instructions

For users that ARE experiencing problems outlined above, please follow these instructions

1) Remove / uninstall the Windows update

2) Back up your Black Mesa save files

3) Uninstall/Remove Black Mesa by deleting the BMS folder found here: \Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS

4) Re download Black Mesa:

a) Torrent: http://www.mediafire.com/?khmzyygg4vetko0

b) Gamefront: http://www.gamefront.com/black-mesa-...wnload-it-here

i) Scroll down to see three separate download links. Download all three.

The complete game installation package consists of the three files:

1) blackmesa.7z 2) BlackMesa.md5 3) blackmesa-setup.exe

5) Install Black Mesa game by clicking on blackmesa-setup.exe and be sure it is installed to this directory:

\Steam\steamapps\sourcemods\BMS

6) Launch Steam and find the game "Black Mesa" listed in your games library

Note: You may also need to check the Source SDK 2007 install base in steam for consistency



Please continue to report issues on our message boards here:

http://forums.blackmesasource.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63



Thank you, and have a very safe and productive day!

The Black Mesa Facebook Team