Valve working on new Source engine

Technology and Gaming
#1

https://au.gamespot.com/news/valve-working-on-new-source-engine-6399853

#2

Awesome

#3

Well, they kinda don’t have a choice.

#4

half life 3 with directX 11.1? SIGN ME UP!

#5

Strategically speaking, they might not use DX at all. If they’re serious about the Linux push then they’ll probably want to go with OpenGL for consistency’s sake.

#6

DirectX still runs better than open GL under microshaft.

#7

I hope they implement DX 11.0 with tesselation and the new shader model, it allows games to look a lot better than on Directx 9. DirectX 11.1 offers non-required features like stereoscopic 3D built-in, while windows 7 users use their GPU control panel or a custom d3d9.dll file to enable stereoscopic 3D in games…

#8

Dx11.1 Win8 only “_” Linux and OpenGL confirmed :3

#9

If MS’s next OS ends up being closed platform just like mac, then to linux i go!

#10

Ms’s os has always been a closed platform, since windows 95

#11

Yep, I’m expecting Valve’s next engine to be pretty much 100% OpenGL. Especially since 11.1 is Windows 8 only.

#12

I think they’ll do DX11 while still having the option to switch back to DX9 for the sake of consoles and older hardware.

#13

There will almost definitely be dx11 consoles by the time this engine sees the light of day.

#14

I hate how integrated gfx have shit OpenGL support. My laptop has trouble playing GLQuake and GZDoom just because they are OGL. :frowning:

#15

Considering Valve’s promise to release Mac and Windows games simultaneously from Portal 2 onwards, I doubt they’ll focus on DX11 features.

Unless MS stops being a little bitch and opens op DirectX for global use (but they know fully well that DirectX is one of the biggest sellingpoints of Windows, so they never will).

#16

Yes…Gabe will definitely make us use Windows 8…

#17

Cmon!
DirectX 11.1 it’s like d11 + 3d support.

Don’t know what you think guys but I won’t miss the 3d…

Imo I consider it a waste of gpu resources.

#18

Whatever happens, they’ll never go Windows exclusive.

#19

I’m not entire sure, but isn’t OpenGL capable of everything that DX11 can do?

#20

OpenGL can do whatever you want it to do, that’s the whole idea behind it.

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