The Source Engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. Its unique features include a large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven, shader-based renderer, accurate lip sync and facial expression technology, and a powerful, efficient and completely network-enabled physics system.
The Source engine was first shown to the world by being the power-horse behind the hugely anticipated Half-Life 2 which was released in late 2004. Since then the Source Engine has been upgraded with the release of such titles as Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Team Fortress 2 and the Left 4 Dead series to name a few.
Whilst it has been years since the release of the Source Engine they haven't yet unveiled a 'next-generation engine' as the Source engine is always updating and is just as relevant in the gaming world today if not more than when it debuted in 2004. It has been aided by the release of the free Source Development Kit (SDK) which include such features as HDR for developers to use in their projects. Hence the reasons stated we have yet to see 'Source Engine 2'.
On July 10th 2012, Valve released the 'Source Filmmaker' - a freeware client to allowed anyone to make movies inside the Source Engine. More information on the Source Filmmaker can be found here.
Below you can find a list of amazing features that the Source Engine boasts:
Long time no see! This update took longer to cook than we'd hoped, but it's because it's just that good! Please share your feedback with us!
For starters, it appears that we hear an ambulance nearby: The Doctor has arrived to help Innocents resuscitate unconscious people and find out who the Traitors are!
If a player gets shot down when Doctor is present, they will have 30 seconds to be resuscitated before they die. But be careful with who you revive: Doctors can revive anyone (except Zombies), you might revive a Traitor!
We've updated the visuals of our old player models to be more unique and more detailed than ever: look at how gorgeous that Detective looks!
We are also seeing two brand new weapons in our stocks: Maschinenpistole 40 and the fan-favorite all-time classic Colt 1911!
One more change we think you would like is Steam statistics! You are now able to track different parameters that you achieved throughout your Treason playtime: number of correct/incorrect kills, your total score, number of wins, clues delivered and more! You will also get a level assigned, based on your total score!
PLEASE NOTE: previous playtime does not count towards these stats, so you will be starting from zero. Also, playtest and regular build stats are not shared!
And last but not least, the long-awaited role selection algorithm update! Previously, each player had sort of a "queue" system, where if they haven't gotten a specific role in a long time, they would have priority over other players in selection algorithm. Now, instead of this priority being the final say in your role, it will instead be a chance of you getting a role: the less you played as a specific role, the more of a chance you have of getting it, while the final say is now in the hands of random number generation. So it still tries to be fair (just like we originally intended!), but it is no longer as predictable as it was previously.
Full list of changes
Stability
Gameplay
UI
Sound
Maps
New map: Dust Ode
Hub
Castle
Classic
Clues
Dust 2 Ode
Hotel
Simple
Temple
Tower
Villa
Voorgoud
We hope this update was worth the wait! Thank you for sticking with us!
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The most best Engine in universe
Hi, how i can found people for work with battle royale on source engine?
To bad this engine was not coded to count beyond the number three.
man, i love source :3
can anyone link me an up to date tutorial on how to make mods for the source engine beyond going into source sdk and clicking create a mod the best link I have found so far is the my first mod article in the valve developer community however for the prepare the solution section I got very confused as the only version of visual studio I have is 2015 but it only goes up to 2012
check crimewarssource youtube vids
Source 2 HYPE
http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/3/8145273/valve-source-2-announcement-free-developers
HYPE is real!