Source SDK Release Notes: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 12:01, 15 August 2025

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Important:

If you see this page when you first open the "Source SDK" (AppID 211) launcher, please note that the standalone Source SDK tool/launcher is no longer updated, and does not support Source 2013 and Team Fortress 2 branch games.
The deprecated Source SDK tools are provided to create content-based mods for Source 2009 or earlier, and to obtain source code & create or maintain legacy mods built on Source SDK Base 2006 and Source SDK Base 2007.

Many Source 2013 and Team Fortress 2 branch games are usually shipped with Source SDK preinstalled, located in the \bin folder. To launch the SDK applications (Hammer, HLMV, etc...) manually on Source 2013 games, see the SDK Installation - Source 2013 (SteamPipe) & TF2 branch section for a list of applications and their executables.

Note:The latest release note on Steam News page is no longer updated. Instead release notes and changes below are copied from source-sdk-2013 GitHub Commits history. It is also recommended that you visit Source SDK 2013 GitHub page and view recent changes there, as this page may not be up to date.

Source SDK 2013 update (7/25 - 8/5/2025)

Multiplayer (Team Fortress 2 branch)

TF2 fixes:: Fix Wrangler shield not moving with sentrygun
All:: Fix point_camera transmit state in multiplayer; Fix CVoiceStatus::UpdateServerState not sending the correct vban state from the client

Updated source code (as of 8/13/2025)

Source 2013 Singleplayer: Source SDK 2013 GitHub repo.
- Note:SP code has not been yet updated since 2014.
TF2 branch (newer Source 2013 MP): Source SDK 2013 GitHub repo.

Report Issues

If you encounter any problems with this release (bugs, crashes, etc...), visit GitHub Issues page to report or search existing issues:
- Source 1 Games repo - find / report bugs that affecting Valve games.
- Source SDK 2013 repo - find / report bugs affecting the Source SDK itself, and Source SDK Base 2013.
- Important:Always search for existing issues before creating new bug report, to prevent duplicated bug reports.

Previous releases

See the Source SDK release notes archive for information on previous releases.

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-== Current Known Issues ==
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+{{Important|[[File:Source SDK Launcher screenshot.png|120px|right|Screenshot of the now-deprecated "Source SDK" launcher.]] <big>If you see this page when you first open the "'''Source SDK'''" (AppID 211) launcher, please note that the standalone Source SDK tool/launcher is '''no longer updated''', and '''does not support {{src13|1}} and {{tf2branch|1}} games'''.</big></br>The deprecated Source SDK tools are provided to create content-based mods for {{src09|1}} or earlier, and to obtain source code & create or maintain legacy mods built on {{srcsdk06|1}} and {{srcsdk07|1}}.
+Many {{src13|1}} and {{tf2branch|1}} games are usually shipped with Source SDK preinstalled, located in the {{path|\bin}} folder. To launch the SDK applications ({{hammer|1}}, {{hlmv|1|linkto=source}}, etc...) manually on {{src13|1}} games, see the [[SDK Installation#Source 2013 (SteamPipe) & TF2 branch|SDK Installation - Source 2013 (SteamPipe) & TF2 branch]] section for a list of applications and their executables.
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+{{Note|The latest release note on [https://steamcommunity.com/games/SourceSDK/announcements Steam News page] is no longer updated. Instead release notes and changes below are copied from {{code|source-sdk-2013}} [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/commits/master/ GitHub Commits] history. It is also recommended that you visit Source SDK 2013 GitHub page and view recent changes there, as this page may not be up to date.}}
-== New Features ==
+== Source SDK 2013 update (7/25 - 8/5/2025) ==
+=== Multiplayer ({{tf2branch|1}}) ===
+; TF2 fixes{{colon}}
+: Fix Wrangler shield not moving with sentrygun
+; All{{colon}}
+: Fix point_camera transmit state in multiplayer
+: Fix CVoiceStatus::UpdateServerState not sending the correct vban state from the client
-=== SDK Code ===
+== Updated source code (as of 8/13/2025) ==
+*Source 2013 Singleplayer: [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/tree/singleplayer Source SDK 2013 GitHub repo].
+**{{Note|SP code has not been yet updated since 2014.}}
+*TF2 branch (newer Source 2013 MP): [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/tree/master Source SDK 2013 GitHub repo].
-* '''Visual Studio 2005 Support''' [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1 Bugzilla]
+== Report Issues ==
-** SDK now ships with solution files, project files, and static LIBs for both Visual Studio 2003 and Visual Studio 2005. There were also several code changes to accommodate Visual Studio 2005.
+* If you encounter any problems with this release (bugs, crashes, etc...), visit GitHub Issues page to report or search existing issues:
-** When you create a new mod the solution and project files for both compilers are copied to the target directory. All Visual Studio 2003 solution and project files are of the form ''project''-2003.vcproj or ''solution''-2003.sln. Similarly, all Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files are of the form ''project''-2005.vcproj or ''solution''-2005.sln.
+** {{GitHub|ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games/issues|Source 1 Games repo}} - find / report bugs that affecting Valve games.
-* '''Spectate Mode Added to HL2MP'''
+** {{GitHub|ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/issues|Source SDK 2013 repo}} -  find / report bugs affecting the Source SDK itself, and Source SDK Base 2013.
+** {{Important|Always search for existing issues before creating new bug report, to prevent duplicated bug reports.}}
-== Bug fixes ==
+== Previous releases ==
+* See the [[Source SDK release notes archive]] for information on previous releases.
-=== Faceposer fixes ===
+__NOTOC__
-* Faceposer Crashes When When Trying to Extract or Add a .txt File [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6 Bugzilla]
+[[Category:Valve]]
+{{Source topicon}}
-* Fixed bug where visemes (the face shapes used by phoneme processing) would be connected to the wrong parts of the face depending on the order that models were loaded.
+[[Category:Source SDK FAQs]]
+[[Category:Entry pages]]
-=== SDK Code Fixes ===
+[[Category:Changelists]]
-* Added player 'ready' command in HL2MP. If mp_readyrestart is enabled, then the round can be restarted if every player says 'ready'
-* In HL2MP objects no longer hide tripwire slams. If an object is placed on top of a tripwire slam, it explodes, mirroring the behavior of det-pack slams.
-* Scoreboard no longer changes during intermission, in the case a player is standing next to a grenade or flaming barrel when the round ends.
-* Fixed ragdoll velocity extraction.
-* Fixed 3d skybox always rendering, even if not visible. added "r_3dsky 2", which forces the 3d skybox to always render.
-* Fixed about 15 cases of off by one errors in iterating from 1 to gpGlobals->maxClients in the game and client code. [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21 Bugzilla]
-* Lag compensation added back into HL2MP. It was mistakenly removed in the previous SDK release. [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54 Bugzilla]
-* shaderlib.lib can be compiled again. This was broken in the previous release. [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55 Bugzilla]
-== Previous Releases ==
-* Click [[PreviousReleaseNotes|here]] for information on previous releases.
-[[Category:Steam]][[Category:Changelists]]