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The HEV Charger as seen in Black Mesa. Left to right: full charge and depleted.

Overview

The HEV Charger is a charging station for HEV Suit users, to boost their suit's armor capabilities. To use the HEV Charger, one has to simply press and hold the +"use" key in the direction and proximity of the charger.

Gameplay

Each charger has a set amount of energy, meaning that the supply is finite.

The chargers have a precise status bar on their screen to indicate the charge level, which runs out while in use. The screen also emits a green dynamic light that will turn dark and stop glowing once all the energy is depleted.

Media

The health and H.E.V. chargers at full charge.

The H.E.V. and health chargers after having been fully used up.

Redesign History

Mark Foreman was responsible for bringing the HEV and Health Chargers up to the current standards of the mod, remaking in 2011 the models and its textures. The current version of the HEV charger is composed by: 6.928 triangles for the model; 2 1024^2 textures for the unit, Diffuse and Glow (Alpha), Normal and Specular (Alpha). 2 256^128 textures for the screens. Diffuse, Screen On and Screen Off. [1]

Images

An older version of the HEV Charger.

High and low poly renders + wireframe of the charger's current model. By Mark Foreman.

Textures of the current model, by Mark Foreman.

Video

The HEV faceplate found in the HL2 chapter Black Mesa East, shortly after the player acquires the Gravity Gun.

Trivia

The design for the Black Mesa HEV charger is based off an old HEV faceplate that can be found in HL2 and Episode 2. These were put there by Valve as an Easter Egg for fans of the original Half-Life, and to establish a link within the series timeline. The Black Mesa developers have chosen to use this old design to maintain continuity with the rest of the series.

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