Black Mesa: Blue Shift

Uploaded · Published December 9, 2024 · Updated March 27, 2026

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Authors: UnstoppableGiant, StavaasEVG, Validator, Cyvo, Jofoyo, Dr.Lee Everett, Citizen⁵, ICEBIRD112, Daver., RimaS.SK, Imperial Officer, Faber, LIL-PIF, HECU Collective

Last revision: 16 Nov, 2025 at 14:02 UTC (1)

File size: 15.07 GB

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Description:

The fifth chapter of the Half-Life: Blue Shift remake, Focal Point, is now released!

Relive the Black Mesa Incident as Gordon Freeman’s best friend – Barney Calhoun!

This is a work-in-progress modification, the content may change in the future.

Installation via symbolic link (Recommended):

This method allows Blue Shift to automatically update from the Steam Workshop!
Important: If you already have an active "bshift" folder in Black Mesa root directory, you have to delete it or otherwise the symbolic link might fail to create!

-Go to "*/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/362890/2424633574";
-Launch the "bshift_gamelink.bat" as administrator;
-Check, if the symbolic link "bshift" has been created in the Black Mesa root directory ("*/Steam/steamapps/Common/Black Mesa");
-Done.

Installation via "bshift_install.bat":

-Subscribe to the mod in Workshop and wait for it to download.
-Go to your Library, click right mouse button on Black Mesa, go to "Manage" and click on "Browse local files";
-Go from current directory ("steamapps/common/Black Mesa" up to the "steamapps" folder;
-From this directory, go to "workshop/content/362890/2424633574";
-Once you locate the mod files, double click on "bshift_install.bat" and follow what it says.
-Done.

Installation via file browser (If previous methods didn’t work):

Important: Delete the old "bshift" folder from the Black Mesa root directory before copying the new one or you’ll face some issues.

-Go to "*/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/362890/2424633574";
-Copy the "bshift" folder and the .bat files into your Black Mesa root directory ("*/Steam/steamapps/Common/Black Mesa");
-Proceed to the launch instructions.

Important: You will have to do this again each time a new version is released since Steam will only Update your workshop folder!

Launch via file browser (If used the Symbolic Link Method):

-Go to "*/Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/362890/2424633574";
-Launch using the .bat files.

Launch via Desktop Shortcuts (If used the "bshift_install.bat" Method):

-Launch the game via "Black Mesa: Blue Shift" or "Black Mesa: Blue Shift (Old UI)" shortcut on your Desktop. This is the Step 5 in the installation video.

Launch via file browser (If used the File Browser Method):

-Go to your Black Mesa root directory ("*/Steam/steamapps/Common/Black Mesa/");
-Launch using the .bat files.

Launch via Steam Library:

–New UI: Go to Black Mesa game properties in Steam and type "-game bshift" into your launch options.
–Old UI: type "-game bshift -oldgameui" into your launch options.

Important: Don’t forget to remove this entry when you want to play Black Mesa again.

Uninstall via bshift_uninstall.bat:

-Go to Black Mesa root directory and launch "bshift_uninstall.bat".

Uninstall via file browser:

-Go to your Black Mesa root directory ("*/Steam/steamapps/Common/Black Mesa/");
-Delete:
-"bshift" folder
-All of the "bshift*.bat" files
-"bshift_gamelink.bat"
-"bshift_icon.ico"
-"bshift_uninstall.bat"

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– Game may hang when starting (Fix: Please wait a few minutes, some machines may take a while to boot the game)
– The new UI is highly likely to crash the game on loading/opening menus (Use -oldgameui as launch parameter if you launch it via Steam)
– DXVK still might cause some visual issues in a few areas on certain systems
– Some captions and display messages are still missing on certain language settings