Strata Source
 Strata Source (more informally known as Strata, and formerly known as the Chaos Engine) is a third-party 
 Source engine branch using licenced code. It is a modified version of the 
 CS:GO engine branch that combines the features of both CS:GO and the 
 Portal 2 engine branch, along with many improvements that bring Source close to modern standards. This engine branch was first released publicly with the launch of 
 Portal: Revolution, and is still in active development.
Features
Feature list from the Strata Source Wiki
 
New since the 
 CS:GO engine branch:
- Native DirectX 11 renderer
 - Support for DX11 by default
 - DXVK support on Linux for DirectX 11
 - 64-bit executable
 - Game runs on 64-bit on all platforms; 32-bit and Mac OS support has been dropped
 - PBR shaders
 
      Introduces a new 
PBR shader that attempts to create realistic reactions to light
- Ported 
 Portal 2 engine branch features - Including but not limited to World Portals and Portal gun
 - Backwards compatibility with BSP v19-21, as well as BSP v25 support
 - Backwards compatibility with 
 Source 2013 (and older) branch models - The model format found in games such as 




 is now supported. - WEBM video support, replacing older Bink videos
 - Increased framerate, lower file sizes, and easier to author
 - New v7.6 VTF version
 - Adds support for the higher-quality ATI1N, ATI2N, BC6H, and BC7 texture compression formats, as well as lossless 
 deflate compression on top of existing image format, for reduced size. Better support for 4K textures[How?]. - Many improvements to Linux support
 - Fully cross-platform engine tools and utils
 - Steam Audio
 - Many improvements to the 
 Hammer level editor, named 
 Strata Hammer - Many code quality improvements (Refactors, cleanup, and C++20)
 - Sentry crash report integration
 
Availability
The following titles run on the 
 Strata Source branch:
 Portal 2: Community Edition
 Momentum Mod
 Portal: Revolution (Uses older version of P2:CE as a base)
The source code for this branch is not available, however, authoring tools exist for each game, located in ![]()
/bin/win64/.
See also
- Strata Source's Wiki
 
 Mapbase, a mod for Source 2013 Singleplayer with similar goals
 Alien Swarm Deferred
 Strata Hammer