Source engine

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game engine

Source engine is a game engine developed by Valve, known for powering titles like Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal 2 with advanced physics and mod support.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Source 0
GoldSrc 1
Valve Source engine 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf game engine ⓘ
developer Valve NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valve Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionPlatform Steam NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature Faceposer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hammer Editor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Model Viewer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Source SDK NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstUsedIn Counter-Strike: Source beta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Half-Life 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
graphicsFeature HDR rendering ⓘ
bump mapping ⓘ
dynamic reflections ⓘ
real-time lighting and shadows ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
networkModel client-server architecture ⓘ
notableFor cinematic physics-based gameplay in Half-Life 2 ⓘ
long-term engine updates via Steam ⓘ
strong modding community ⓘ
operatingSystem Linux ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

macOS ⓘ
physicsEngine Havok NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor GoldSrc NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher Valve NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 2004 ⓘ
successor Source 2 ⓘ
supports DirectX NERFINISHED ⓘ
Havok physics NERFINISHED ⓘ
OpenGL NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steam Workshop integration ⓘ
Vulkan NERFINISHED ⓘ
advanced physics simulation ⓘ
console ports ⓘ
dedicated servers ⓘ
facial animation system ⓘ
modding ⓘ
multiplayer games ⓘ
ragdoll physics ⓘ
single-player games ⓘ
usedFor MOBA (early Dota 2) ⓘ
first-person shooters ⓘ
puzzle-platform games ⓘ
usedIn Counter-Strike: Source NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Day of Defeat: Source NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dota 2 (early versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Garry's Mod NERFINISHED ⓘ
Half-Life 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Half-Life 2: Episode One NERFINISHED ⓘ
Half-Life 2: Episode Two NERFINISHED ⓘ
Half-Life: Source NERFINISHED ⓘ
Left 4 Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ
Left 4 Dead 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portal ⓘ
Portal 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
SiN Episodes: Emergence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Team Fortress 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Stanley Parable (original mod and early standalone) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apex Legends → engine → Source engine ⓘ
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic → gameEngine → Source engine ⓘ
Portal 2 → gameEngine → Source engine ⓘ
Wheatley (Portal 2) → gameEngineOfGame → Source engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Wheatley
id Tech engine → influenced → Source engine ⓘ
subject surface form: id Tech
id Tech engine → influenced → Source engine ⓘ
subject surface form: id Tech
this entity surface form: GoldSrc
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic → usesTechnology → Source engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valve Source engine