That was announced at the end of last year though, it's been known for a while that dota 2 would be the first source 2 title.
What this means is that we'll probably see the Source 2 client (beta or not) go live real soon. Probably Tuesday or Thursday.
Yo this news is older than Keeper of the Light
Hard to believe Source 2 is announced
the big news isnt that source 2 is announced
the big news is valve is about to release the first game with source 2.
[QUOTE=Wii60;47854553]the big news isnt that source 2 is announced
the big news is valve is about to release the first game with source 2.[/QUOTE]
That doesn't really mean much, considering how Source 1 Dota 2 will exist alongside the Source 2 version for a while until Valve reaches a point where S2 is "stable enough" and they can transition to the new engine entirely.
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;47854621]That doesn't really mean much, considering how Source 1 Dota 2 will exist alongside the Source 2 version for a while until Valve reaches a point where S2 is "stable enough" and they can transition to the new engine entirely.[/QUOTE]
Dota2 has Source 2 tools already in it.
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;47854621]That doesn't really mean much, considering how Source 1 Dota 2 will exist alongside the Source 2 version for a while until Valve reaches a point where S2 is "stable enough" and they can transition to the new engine entirely.[/QUOTE]
That's exactly what they have been doing with the source 2 version that they released ages ago
Didn't Valve annonce themselves that Dota 2 will be fully ported to source 2 in 2015 tho :v:?
[QUOTE=Itauske Roken;47854664]Dota2 has Source 2 tools already in it.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=eirexe;47854721]That's exactly what they have been doing with the source 2 version that they released ages ago[/QUOTE]
Not exactly. The tools are running on a hybrid Source 2. It's basically running on L4D2's branch (they left some particle files in the core VPKs :v:), because the community was bitching about new mod tools so they had to come up with something. It's not a proper S2 build.
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;47854830]Not exactly. The tools are running on a hybrid Source 2. It's basically running on L4D2's branch (they left some particle files in the core VPKs :v:), because the community was bitching about new mod tools so they had to come up with something. It's not a proper S2 build.[/QUOTE]
It's not, all the engine binaries are new with new names, all formats are new, it's not a hybrid, it's source 2.
Valve's presentation about physics where the testbed was shown some years ago was running on source2, as seen on the debug log in those presentations, and that was left 4 dead 2, so it might be leftovers from that.
[QUOTE=eirexe;47854838]It's not, all the engine binaries are new with new names, all formats are new, it's not a hybrid, it's source 2.
Valve's presentation about physics where the testbed was shown some years ago was running on source2, as seen on the debug log in those presentations, and that was left 4 dead 2, so it might be leftovers from that.[/QUOTE]
By hybrid I mean it's not the version they are planning to release. This is more of a pre-alpha-that-the-general-public-can-mess-with, and you can easily tell how broken it is by the fact that most props and particles break during custom gamemodes, and there's a lot more going on under the hood. I'd take a screencap for you to look at but It would take ages to re-download them.
Once again, please read my [URL="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lZNEXw0_KJHe9aSnPn4ioSvTmeENKuxRl0DnxZcy_5M/edit"]Source 2 document[/URL].
OP you might as well want to create a thread announcing Michael Jackson's death
To clarify, Source 2 and Dota 2 running on Source 2 is already available via the Workshop Tools Alpha, [b]but[/b] these new strings (and a couple found in an earlier Dota 2 update) seem to indicate that a Source 2 version of Dota 2 will be released alongside the current Source 1 version.
To put this into context, the main event of Dota 2's big annual Valve-organized tourney is coming up later this Summer. At a different big tournament earlier this year the organizers already had pro players participating in a special Source 2 game mode. It is possible that Valve wants to do something similar on a bigger scale to officially release the engine with a bang, but wants to keep old Source 1 version running in case they can't fix big Source 2 bugs until the main event. Wouldn't want to screw over pro teams scrimming until the tournament, or even worse have bugs come out during the main event.
does this mean dota 2 is still in beta
[QUOTE=Hugg;47855000]does this mean dota 2 is still in beta[/QUOTE]
I wonder what would happen if Valve would clean-up all inventories when dota 2 moves on source 2 (I know it's impossible but either way i wonder)
The uproar would be so high and so real v:
[QUOTE=Mitchel.;47855055]I wonder what would happen if Valve would clean-up all inventories when dota 2 moves on source 2 (I know it's impossible but either way i wonder)
The uproar would be so high and so real v:[/QUOTE]
Probably a severe market panic across all Valve game economies (with lots of people trying to get rid of their inventories before their games go Source 2) and huge loss of trust into the general Steam Market and hats as an incentive to preorder stuff or participate in Steam events where you can win hats or support tourneys that offer hats. Might continue to affect UGC creators and any trust going into the inevitable reboot of paid mods.
They also have presentations how adding a community driven economy gives longer life for the game
[QUOTE=eirexe;47854838]It's not, all the engine binaries are new with new names, all formats are new, it's not a hybrid, it's source 2.
Valve's presentation about physics where the testbed was shown some years ago was running on source2, as seen on the debug log in those presentations, and that was left 4 dead 2, so it might be leftovers from that.[/QUOTE]
source 1 ports are called hybrid internally. only the games developed from scratch are fully using source 2.
[QUOTE=testinglol;47855408]source 1 ports are calles hybrid internally. only the games developed from scratch are fully using source 2.[/QUOTE]
no they aren't, that was for a game called "hybrid" running on a modified version of source
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(video_game)[/URL]
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this is a joke
[QUOTE=Mitchel.;47855055]I wonder what would happen if Valve would clean-up all inventories when dota 2 moves on source 2 (I know it's impossible but either way i wonder)
The uproar would be so high and so real v:[/QUOTE]
What do hat inventories even have to do with a new engine
do you even know what source 2 is
[QUOTE=NixNax123;47855415]no they aren't, that was for a game called "hybrid" running on a modified version of source
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_%28video_game%29[/url][/QUOTE]
[CODE]SOURCE2_FAMILY = ( SOURCE2, HYBRID )[/CODE]
pretty sure that video game from 2012 is not using source 2.
[QUOTE=testinglol;47855437][CODE]SOURCE2_FAMILY = ( SOURCE2, HYBRID )[/CODE]
pretty sure that video game from 2012 is not using source 2.[/QUOTE]
that was sarcasm i'm sorry
[QUOTE=NixNax123;47855458]that was sarcasm i'm sorry[/QUOTE]
-insert 'only pretending to be retarded/it was a joke' reference-
Give me Source 2 SFM, then I will be happy
Will it actually be different? Something tells me the game is going to look identical judging by the pictures of dota 2 on source 2 floating about.
[QUOTE=CommanderPT;47859352]Will it actually be different? Something tells me the game is going to look identical judging by the pictures of dota 2 on source 2 floating about.[/QUOTE]
Significantly better content creation tools. Basically this is going to be Warcraft III 2.0 when it comes to custom games.
it'll also be greatly optimized, so whenever the hero models are loaded your game won't stop up for like 5 seconds anymore
[editline]2nd June 2015[/editline]
oh yeah and vulkan
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