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Portal 2: Community Edition is based on 
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{{P2ce|4}} is a mod for {{Portal2|4}} developed using licensed code from [[Valve]], that aims to make useful tweaks and additions to the game for mappers and modders. It's designed to be used as a base for custom maps and other ''Portal 2'' mods, though it will also include its own campaign to show off some of the new features. | {{P2ce|4}} is a mod for {{Portal2|4}} developed using licensed code from [[Valve]], that aims to make useful tweaks and additions to the game for mappers and modders. It's designed to be used as a base for custom maps and other ''Portal 2'' mods, though it will also include its own campaign to show off some of the new features. | ||
While there is no set release date, a P2CE developer has stated that the release target is "within 2 years", as they don't want to keep people from using it any longer then they have. {{Cite|1}} | |||
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Revision as of 13:41, 21 May 2024
Overview
Portal 2: Community Edition is a mod for 
Portal 2 developed using licensed code from Valve, that aims to make useful tweaks and additions to the game for mappers and modders. It's designed to be used as a base for custom maps and other Portal 2 mods, though it will also include its own campaign to show off some of the new features.
While there is no set release date, a P2CE developer has stated that the release target is "within 2 years", as they don't want to keep people from using it any longer then they have. [1]
Portal 2: Community Edition is based on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's engine branch. Therefore, much of the documentation on this wiki pertaining to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive may also apply to Portal 2: Community Edition.
Features
- Runs on
Strata Source, a heavily modified version of the CS:GO engine branch with Portal 2's entities ported, having all of CS:GO's features plus more.
- Panorama UI
- Cascaded Shadow Maps
- Lightmapped Ambient Occlusion
- Native DirectX 11 support; DirectX 9 support has been completely dropped
TeamSpen's Hammer Addons integrated by default
Left 4 Dead 2/
Black Mesa-style workshop, which allows for asset modification as well as custom maps.- Re-enabled engine tools
- Increased env_projectedtexture, now up to 8 dynamic lights can be active at a time.
- Volumetric projected textures
- Physically Based Rendering shader
- Parallax-corrected cubemaps
- Enhancements to vanilla test element entities, such as the ability to color lasers
- Paint Gun, Adhesion Gel, and Schrodinger's Cube re-implemented
- Ladders, both
Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive style, are re-enabled - Re-Implemented Half-Life 2 weapons.
- Backwards-compatibility with almost all Source Engine games, including support for
Source 2013 maps and models - Toggleable b-hop and duckjump
- Ability to mount and play other Source games, including
Portal and Half-Life 2 - Upgraded and expanded
Hammer to fix crashes and instabilities.
Planned Features
- Most
Mapbase features will be implemented - Toggleable legacy movement (/)
- Improved gel and portal color customization
- Expanded VScript API, along with a new scripting system utilising AngelScript
- Toggleable Portalgun projectile behavior
Media
Screenshots and videos of P2CE can be found on its Steam store page.
Team
Portal 2: Community Edition is developed by the P2CE Team. An up-to-date member list can be found here.
Gallery
See also
- Portal
- Portal 2
- Mapbase, a similar project for Half-Life 2 (developed from Valve's public Source 2013 Singleplayer repository, and therefore is open-source; compatible with more older DX9 hardware)
- TeamSpen's Hammer Addons, a set of Hammer improvements added to P2CE by default
- Portal 2 Level Design
- List Of Portal 2: Community Edition Entities