Svengine

Svengine is a third-party, modified version of GoldSrc using licensed code, introduced with version 5.0 of Sven Co-op. It has enhancements such as increased engine limits (allowing for larger and more complex levels) and Hor+ FOV support.

Features

Added

Feature list from the Sven Co-op official website

• Engine
  • Renderer
    • Improved dynamic lighting for entities (coming soon)^[1], replacing old floor-based lighting method.
  • Scripting
    • AngelScript scripting engine
    • Other
  • New game and server launchers for improved functionality.
  • Increased limits for various engine core parameters, such as base decals, beams, dynamic lights, edicts, frame rate, heap memory size, models, sounds, and more.
  • Increased limits for map-related parameters, such as brushes, leafs, models, nodes, planes, textures, world size, and more.
  • Enhanced networking changes, including IPv6 support, increased network rate, datagram length, entities per packet, user message size, and more.
  • Various engine settings and log improvements.

• Tools
  • Custom fork of ZHLT 3.4 map compiler tools designed specifically for this particular branch. Based on Vluzacn's fork (build 34) and compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.

Removed

• Software renderer support

Specifications

Engine Limits
Limits	GoldSrc Pre-25th	GoldSrc Post-25th	Xash3D	Svengine
Maximum number of dynamic sound channels	8	32	64	N/A
Default max number of server entities (MAX_EDICTS)	900	1200	600 - 8192	8192
Absolute max number of server entities (via liblist.gam edits)	2048	2048	8192	N/A
Maximum number of temporary entities (MAX_TEMPENTS)	500	N/A	300 - 2048	N/A
Maximum number of particles (MAX_PARTICLES)	4096	N/A	1024 - 131072	N/A
Maximum number of beams (MAX_BEAMS)	64	N/A	64 - 512	256
Maximum number of visible entities in the package (MAX_VISIBLE_PACKET)	256	1024	2048	N/A
Maximum number of pre-cacheable models and sprites (MAX_MODELS)	512	N/A	1024 (4096 in FWGS)	8192
Maximum number of pre-cached sounds (MAX_SOUNDS)	512	N/A	2048	4096
Maximum number of entries to read sentences made up of sentences (MAX_SENTENCES)	1536	2048	4096	N/A
Maximum number of user messages (MAX_USER_MESSAGES)	128	N/A	191	N/A
Max number of loaded textures (MAX_TEXTURES)	2048	N/A	4096 (8192 in FWGS)	N/A
Max number of GL textures (MAX_GLTEXTURES)	4800	10000	4096 (8192 in FWGS)	N/A
Number of messages titles.txt (MAX_MESSAGES)	1024	N/A	2048	N/A
Maximum size of indexed textures	512х512	512x512	8192х8192	N/A
Maximum size of full color textures	512х512	512x512	8192х8192	N/A
Maximum number of models on the map (MAX_MAP_MODELS)	256	N/A	768 (1024 in FWGS)	4096
Maximum number of map leafs (MAX_MAP_LEAFS)	8192	N/A	32767	65536
Maximum number of entities per packet (MAX_PACKET_ENTITIES)	256	1024	256	512
Maximum number of spans (software renderer geometry limit)	3000	6000	N/A	Removed
Maximum number of surfaces (software renderer geometry limit)	2000	4000	N/A	Removed
Maximum number of edges (software renderer geometry limit)	7200	14400	N/A	Removed

Media

Availability

Todo: Download link

Tip:The SDK for this branch has been released and is available under the "Tools" category on Steam, if Sven Co-op is downloaded.

• Sven Co-op

External links

• Svengine in the Sven Co-op Wiki
• Sven Co-op - the official website

References

References
1. Quick 5.27 Progress Update - Sven Co-op - Steam News. Retrieved on February 18, 2025.