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*Completely rebuilt [[Valve Hammer Editor|Hammer]] level editor, featuring modern polygon mesh editing tools. | *Completely rebuilt [[Valve Hammer Editor|Hammer]] level editor, featuring modern polygon mesh editing tools. | ||
*Support for both forward and deferred rendering pipelines. | *Support for both forward and deferred rendering pipelines. | ||
*64-bit | *64-bit only | ||
*Lower latency and more responsive input. | *Lower latency and more responsive input. | ||
*Improved audio and voice processing. | *Improved audio and voice processing. | ||
*Makes use of the [[wikipedia: Vulkan (API)|Vulkan 3D Graphics and Computing API]]. | *Makes use of the [[wikipedia: Vulkan (API)|Vulkan 3D Graphics and Computing API]]. | ||
*New in-house physics engine, [[Rubikon]]. Includes support for [[Cloth Simulation]]. | *New in-house physics engine, [[Rubikon]]. Includes support for [[Cloth Simulation]]. | ||
*Physically based rendering support. | *Physically based rendering support. | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 14 January 2023
Source 2 is a 3D video game engine in development by Valve as a successor to 
Source.
It is used in 
Dota 2, 
SteamVR Home, 
Half-Life: Alyx, 
S&box, and more. Elements of Source 2 are present in 
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, such as Panorama UI.
Source 2 was first made public with the Dota 2 Workshop Tools Alpha in August 6th 2014 and formally announced by Valve in March of 2015 at the Game Developers Conference. It was then implemented into Dota 2 on June 17th 2015. Valve has announced that Source 2 will be released to the public for free, and it will only take money should it be used for commercial products.
The engine is capable of rendering highly complex and well detailed scenes with minimal framerate drops, thanks to its new 64-bit support alongside Vulkan, allowing for better multi-core rendering and more efficient 3D rendering.
Support for 32-bit, OpenGL, DirectX 9, XAudio, and macOS versions below 10.14 were removed in 2021.
Features
- Integrated asset management via the Asset System.
- New engine-integrated authoring tools, rebuilt from the ground up.
- Completely rebuilt Hammer level editor, featuring modern polygon mesh editing tools.
- Support for both forward and deferred rendering pipelines.
- 64-bit only
- Lower latency and more responsive input.
- Improved audio and voice processing.
- Makes use of the Vulkan 3D Graphics and Computing API.
- New in-house physics engine, Rubikon. Includes support for Cloth Simulation.
- Physically based rendering support.
- Support for the Steam Audio sound system.
- Enhanced Panorama GUI, designed to be more user friendly.
- Native DirectX 11® and Vulkan support.
Products using Source 2
Valve
Products made by Valve.
2015 Dota 22016SteamVR Performance Test — Non-interactive version of the Robot Repair demo2016Robot Repair— Included in
The Lab2016
Destinations — Replaced by SteamVR Home2017 SteamVR Home2018
Artifact — The Dota Card Game2019
Dota Underlords2020 Half-Life: Alyx2022
Aperture Desk Job
Third-Party
Products made by third-party companies and mod teams.
NA S&box
Tools
- Dota 2 Workshop Tools
- SteamVR Workshop Tools
- Half-Life: Alyx Workshop Tools
- Source 2 General Discoveries