Source 2 soft-launch

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Source 2 soft-launch

Post by Cheddars » Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:56 pm

http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/7/5978029 ... ine-launch
Valve appears to have stealthily soft-launched the long-awaited Source 2 game engine alongside the overnight release of Workshop Tools for Dota 2, Dota modders are suggesting.

Central to the theory is while Dota 2's assets remain the same in this update, the code is decidedly different — in particular, all files that would share a name with the Source engine are qualified with the number 2, including engine2.dll, vconsole2.exe, vphysics2.dll.
The tools themselves have relatively high system requirements, including a 64-bit version of Windows and DirectX 11 compatible graphics card. In response, Valve has acknowledged "this is a developer focused release and currently has high system requirements." But the company is yet to make a statement regarding the possible Source 2 connection.
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Re: Source 2 soft-launch

Post by Neelpos » Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:02 pm

Thereby continuing their annual release schedule of something game related, and maintaining their history of adding 2's to their products.

Fingers crossed for CS2, DoD2, and L4D2:ep1 "The We're Actively Messing With You Box" next fall.
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Re: Source 2 soft-launch

Post by bl4nk » Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:40 pm

Just wait until Gamescom, where Valve is scheduled to appear. I'm pretty sure they're going to be revealing some big stuff there.
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Re: Source 2 soft-launch

Post by Django » Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:02 pm

Any rumors on the system requirements?
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Re: Source 2 soft-launch

Post by MrBlip » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:09 am

bl4nk wrote:Just wait until Gamescom, where Valve is scheduled to appear. I'm pretty sure they're going to be revealing some big stuff there.
the latest on steam machines and the controller probably
they have a pretty small section and are just listed under pc/controllers
Django wrote:Any rumors on the system requirements?
dota 2 authoring tools require 64bit os and dx11 card. that's all we know so far.
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Post by Ian7 » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:20 am

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