User:Mipi/strata
Strata Source (formerly known as Chaos Source) is a third-party Source engine modification that utilizes both proprietary and open-source licensed code. It is a modified version of the CS:GO engine branch that combines many of the features present in both Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Portal 2, along with making various improvements to the engine that bring Source close to modern standards.
As of late, the engine is still undergoing active, closed-source development and is yet to have been released to the public.
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History
Development on Strata Source commenced in Late 2020 as a community made fork of the 
CS:GO engine branch with features from 
Portal 2 backported. Initially known as 'Chaos Source', the project was the result of a joint collaboration between the mod teams responsible for the 
Momentum Mod and 
Portal 2: Community Edition modifications respectively. The team, known at the time as 'Chaos Studios', envisioned a version of the Source Engine that fostered an 'open and sharing community' with respect to all Source Engine licensees.
As of 2023, in an effort to improve the branding of the engine branch, the team behind Chaos Source renamed the engine to what is now known as 'Strata Source', per the input and feedback of the project's members.
Features
Since the inception of the Strata Source project, many features and fixes (among other improvements) have been implemented into the Strata Source engine. Some of the additions include:
- A native
DirectX 11 renderer - DXVK support on Linux for DirectX 11
- 64-bit support
- 32-bit support has been completely dropped.
- PBR shading
- Uses shaders to attempt to more accurately simulate real-world light.
- Backported Portal 2 engine branch features
- Including, but not limited to: world portals, gels and the portal gun.
- Backwards compatibility with BSP v19-21
- Backwards compatibility with TF2/HL2 branch models
- WEBM video support, replacing older bink videos
- Increased framerate, lower file sizes, and easier to author
- Steam audio support
- Many improvements to Linux support
- Many improvements to the
Hammer Editor - Many code quality improvements (Refactors, cleanup and C++20)
- Cross-platform engine utilities and tools
- Sentry crash report integration
Availability
Strata Source has yet to be wholly released to the general public. Some of it's constituent project's source code are available for access on GitHub however.
In addition, the following projects will use the Strata Source engine branch:
See Also
{{branch-navbox}} [[Category:Third-Party Engine Branches]] [[Category:Strata Source]]
