Valve working on new Source engine

Technology and Gaming
#41

DMM would be pretty damn awesome.

#42

For some reason I think Valve will incorporate a whole new physics engine apart from Havoc that is made to compete with PhysX. A lot of people give Nvidia shit for PhysX since usually it’s only Nvidia cards that can run it remotely well, so a competitor that benefits both AMD and Nvidia would be a welcome feature.

#43

Plus it could grant them the ability to go completely independent license wise, whatever that advantage would be. No thirdparty anything.

#44

Valve no longer uses Havoc. The use an in house physics system. This is irrelevant however because you are confused, PhysX isn’t a physcs engine the way Havoc is or Valve in-house engine is, its a system for gpu accelerated physics.

#45

Since when has Valve not used Havok? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that screen in every Valve game.

#46

Source still uses a heavily modified version of Havok.

#47

Relevant

https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/16/3652756/valve-big-picture-mode-steam-os-linux-game-console

#48

So according to you guys, which game will benefit Source 2 first ?

#49

Well, I’d guess they would go with a big bang by going straight to HL3.

#50

next HL hopefully

#51

Ricochet 2. :stuck_out_tongue:

#52

The smart thing to do would be HL3, but I could honestly see Valve throwing a curve-ball (as if HL3 in itself wasn’t one) our way and give us a brand new I.P. designed around mechanics made possible by the new engine.

#53

ugh. even though I know it would probably be great.

#54

While I would like a new IP from valve, honestly if the first title to ship with source 2 isn’t HL3 I’d be kinda disappointed.

I wonder if it is HL3 if valve will do anything special for multiplayer this time around other then deathmatch.

#55

It would be cool if the engine made use of this, if unlimited detail was released and ready to use for developers.

#56

That unlimited detail thing is a scam. He’s been working on that for years and still looks the same every time, no noticeable improvements or innovations.

#57

Really? If so, :’(

#58

me too :’(

#59

If that were an actual technology, I’d expect to hear more about it, given how revolutionary it would be.

#60

even if it’s bullshit, I think that’s the next step in gaming visuals(end of polygons)

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