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Counter-Strike 2 — Now Available!

p0sixkillah — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 21:00:05 +0000

Counter-Strike 2 is now officially released for all players on Steam! A Steam client restart may be required for the update to be applied correctly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSE38xjMLqE

For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2 marks the largest technical leap in Counter-Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter-Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.

In addition to the classic objective-focused gameplay that Counter-Strike pioneered in 1999, Counter-Strike 2 features:

All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode
Global and Regional leaderboards
Upgraded and overhauled maps
Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades
Tick-rate-independent gameplay
Redesigned visual effects and audio
All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2

https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/730/

Half-Life: Alyx Gets a Workshop Tools Update, Linux & Vulkan Support

Nick — Fri, 15 May 2020 20:30:22 +0000

Destinations - Now available

p0sixkillah — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:33:09 +0000

Yesterday Valve published their another VR title, Destinations, which is powered by Source 2.

Destinations Workshop Tools lets you create, share, and explore both real and imaginary places in virtual reality. This is a beta release of a set of content creation tools that users can use to construct worlds and share them on the Destinations Workshop – then explore them with the included Destinations Viewer.

Visit the Destinations Steam store page to download the tools and viewer. Then read the developer wiki to learn how to get started making your own destinations.

Destinations is compatible with any HMD that is supported by OpenVR, including the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

Data miners and people without a VR set can launch the app executable with the -novr switch, as usual.

HL3/L4D3/RPG findings:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/4ngj11/findings_in_destinations_summary/
https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/4nbusm/hl3_strings_found_in_destinations/

Dota 2 Vulkan support DLC released

p0sixkillah — Wed, 25 May 2016 11:24:35 +0000

As we wrote earlier, Vulkan support was to come to Dota 2 this week.

https://i.imgur.com/tPxyhkd.png

Here are the patch notes:

The beta version of Vulkan support for Dota 2 is now available via DLC. Vulkan is a high-efficiency cross-platform graphics API for modern GPUs. For more information on Vulkan visit http://www.khronos.org/vulkan/.

Technical notes:
* Please make sure to opt-in to the Steam Client Beta for the latest Steam Vulkan Overlay (fixes performance issue with Steam Overlay).
* Enable with the -vulkan launch option after downloading the Vulkan Beta DLC. Remove -dx9/-dx11/-gl (if present) from any previous launch options.

Minimum requirements:
- Windows 7/8/10 64-bit: NVIDIA 600-series+ (365.19+ driver), AMD 7700+ (Crimson 16.5.2.1+ driver)
- Linux 64-bit: NVIDIA 600-series+ (364.16+ driver), AMD GCN 1.2 (16.20.3 driver)
- 2GB of GPU memory required - may experience crashes with < 2GB of GPU memory.

* The first time you run with Vulkan you may experience short stutters while the engine caches shaders on disk. After playing through or watching a match, these stutters should go away.

* There is a known issue on Linux with NVIDIA GPUs where tearing can be observed even when vertical sync is enabled. NVIDIA is aware of the issue and it will be fixed in the future through a driver update.

* Please file any bugs with the Vulkan version at https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Dota-2-Vulkan/issues/

Dota 2 will be updated to include Vulkan support

p0sixkillah — Thu, 19 May 2016 08:23:08 +0000

A Valve employee confirmed in their post on Reddit, that "sometime next week" Vulkan support will be enabled for the Dota 2 client.

The Lab is now on Steam

p0sixkillah — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:49:06 +0000

A few hours ago Valve released "The Lab".

Set in a pocket universe of Aperture Science, The Lab offers a wide range of ways to enjoy VR, all in one application.

Slingshot
Begin your career as a Calibration Trainee by recklessly destroying everything in the Aperture Storage Annex using the Core Calibration slingshot.

Longbow
Use your archery skills to defend your noble castle gate from a rampaging but adorable and equally noble horde of attackers.

Xortex
Are you a bad enough dude to become a Xortex ace? Relive the golden era of gaming -- only this time, it's all around you.

Postcards
Visit exotic, far-off locales from the comfort of your own head.

Human Medical Scan
Explore the intricate beauty of the human body through a highly detailed model created from a series of CT medical scans.

Solar System
Why watch shows about the vast majesty of space when you jump in and see it for yourself? Have educational space-fun while putting Neil Degrasse-Tyson out of business.

Robot Repair
Can you repair a robot? Good, because Aperture Science's Human Diversity Outreach Program is now hiring.

Secret Shop
The fantasy equivalent of a twenty-four-hour convenience store is now open for business! Peruse artifacts, shop for familiars and cast a spell or two at Dota's Secret Shop!

https://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/450390/

Note that only Robot Repair is powered by Source 2. Interestingly enough, the MD5 hashes[pastebin.com] for some engine files are different from those which were bundled with the SteamVR Performance Test, so put your tinfoil hats on - the investigation, which is the great search of Half-Life 3 may continue!

Source2 VR Demo Released!

Cra0kalo aka 'Cra0' — Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:22:13 +0000

Valve released a new VR demo tool running on Source2. With GDC around the corner this is a sneak peak of what we can expect this year.

ValveTime has done some analysis of the files included with the demo you can read about it EXAMINING THE FILES OF "STEAMVR PERFORMANCE TEST" & "APERTURE ROBOT REPAIR"[www.valvetime.net]

To run this without a VR set use "-novr -vulkan"

Grab it while you can :
http://psteamproxy.yuanyoumao.com/app/323910/

Dota2 Updated dropped leaked files "hl3.txt" "rpg.txt" "lights.txt"

Cra0kalo aka 'Cra0' — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:42:55 +0000

This isn't exactly Source2 news however I'm sure many of you would still be interested as the new Half-Life installment will be running on the new engine.

:Page: http://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/652584292422406148

引用自 ValveTime：
SteamDB has brought to light some leaked Half-Life 3 content that was released through today’s Dota 2 update.

The leak doesn’t contain any game assets, but instead it has some text files that define some game assets - similar to what Valve’s FGD does.

Of note are three files that have new information, named hl3.txt, rpg.txt, and lights.txt.

Full Article[valvetime.net]

:disk: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking/blob/0dd82bbf7db9c0bde3f045e337544eeeb7038595/373301/game/core/tools/help/fgd/hl3.txt

:disk: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking/blob/0dd82bbf7db9c0bde3f045e337544eeeb7038595/373301/game/core/tools/help/fgd/rpg.txt

:disk: https://github.com/SteamDatabase/GameTracking/blob/0dd82bbf7db9c0bde3f045e337544eeeb7038595/373301/game/core/tools/help/fgd/lights.txt

Discuss on the forums

Source 2 Dota Workshop Item Tools Now Available

p0sixkillah — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 09:09:25 +0000

The Source 2 Dota Workshop Item Tools are now available! Instructions are available here.

引用自 Valve：
These item tools have been re-written from the ground up. For this release, we have focused on enabling basic item types - hero weapons and wearables, couriers and wards. Ability models, other submission types and a more refined UI will incrementally come online after the basics become stable.

The item submission process includes entries for Source 2-format textures, but the tools will also accept and convert Source 1 format material files.

We'll be checking the Dota Dev Workshop Forum for tool feedback from workshop item creators. We'll post here again when our next round of significant item tool updates are released.

Bringing more life to the group.

p0sixkillah — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 09:07:24 +0000

So, finally, we've got the first game on Source 2 released a few days ago, and it was Dota 2 “Reborn” update.

We want to expand this group since it was Dota-centered for the few last months. By this expansion we expect you to be inviting more and more members to this Source 2 community, which would allow us to develop a big helpful and greetful community of Source 2 map makers, modelers, sound designers, scripters, and, possibly, developers when the full Source 2 SDK will come out including the engine source code on some big Valve's game launch.

We've already opened a few forums for Source 2 modders so I hope it's just a matter of time and our group will be populated with high quality content related to the newest Valve's game engine. ;)

With love, the “Source 2” staff.