How To Get Source 2 Hammer
By entering the Steam Client Beta and selecting the 'Dota 2 Workshop Tools Alpha' option from within the game's Downloadable Content list, users can access the newest version of Hammer which is currently only used to create maps and mods for Dota 2's upcoming Steam Workshop support. Feb 27, 2016 Source 2 and the new Hammer editor. Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by TheSniperFan, Jun 17, 2015. Joined: Jul 18, 2013 Posts: 686. So apparently Dota 2 will be receiving its Source 2 treatment by the end of this week.
So apparently Dota 2 will be receiving its Source 2 treatment by the end of this week. I've just seen showcasing the editor.I just skipped through the video, due to a lack of time, but I noticed some nice things. The brush at 10:00 looks extremely useful. From the looks of it, it allows drawing replacements. At 12:15 you can see that even transitions are possible.What do you think of it? I know, it's just a video, but it's enough for a first impression.I for one, think it's amazing. Although that might just be because I had a lot of exposure to the old Hammer editor from Source one, and I'm still recovering.Furthermore I wonder how much improvement Unity's terrain tools will receive.
I think we all agree that this is one part where Unity is severely lacking. Looks awesome.
Would be nice if more tools like that were available.However, there are so many factors at work here its hard to say that something like this should be in Unity. DOTA is one game getting a fancy level editor, Unity is a massively flexible Engine. I do agree that more tools that move in that general direction are good though. For instance Mecanim is amazing, maybe there will be better tools that make other facets of game design and composition much easier in the future as well, but I don't know what they might be in terms of Unity integration.Old-HammerEd was a dark art.
I'm glad that time has passed. The way they connect logic also reminds me an awful lot of the editor used by the sidescroller 'Abuse'.That game also had one of the best level editors I can remember. No cryptic number- or hexcodes for certain functions. Everything is connected visually and easy to understand. A button opening a door? Drag a connection line from the button to the door.
Several buttons? Create a switch (AND, OR, XOR) - drag a line from the switches to the logic switch and from there to the door.Abuse also was the first game that introduced me to the idea of triggerboxes. Same thing here: Triggerbox - drag line to an enemy spawner: boom! Ambush situation.Unfortunately I could only find gameplay videos. I still recommend checking out the editor for everybody who is interested in this stuff. Abuse is available for free on the internet since the company went bankrupt and released all of their so far produced projects.
It's a DOS game - so anyone giving it a try will probably need DOSBox as well. Click to expand.I used to really enjoy the level editor in Red Faction. It was very cool how you could create static and geomodable areas and really easily build some pretty complex maps including triggers and include your own sounds and textures. I created some bizarre multiplayer maps with it (one that was a huge barn and had a flying saucer outside that you could jump pad inside of and then shoot people with the rail gun until someone else got in and blasted you).I also recreated the temple map from Goldeneye, complete with the big sliding stone slab doors that opened up when you walked up to them. My roommate and I spent hours playing Goldeneye on an N64 and drawing out the map on graph paper so we could reproduce it.
In true Valve fashion, Gaben & Co. Have just launched the long-awaited Source 2 engine as part of the new Dota 2 Workshop Tools. Oddly, Valve isn’t confirming that this is actually Source 2 — but the Steam and Dota 2 communities are confident that this is it. You can also run an alpha version of Dota 2 in the new Source 2 engine, making it unofficially the first Source 2 game.
Officially, we hope that Valve is still holding out for Half-Life 3 as the first real Source 2 game — the math checks out: Source 1 + Source 2 = Half-Life 3. Read on for our early impressions of the Source 2 engine, and how to try it out yourself.Visually, Source 2 currently looks very similar to Source 1. It appears that some Dota 2 spells have different particle effects in Source 2 and lighting seems a bit fancier, indicating there’s been some underlying tweaks to the engine, but that’s about it. I wouldn’t worry too much, though — as far as I can tell, the Source 2 version of Dota 2 is using the exact same assets as the Source 1 version (yes, this means Source 2 appears to be backwards compatible with Source 1 games). We won’t see any significant visual differences until developers/games target Source 2’s new features.
Dota 2, Source 1: Shadowfiend’s Raze, no particlesAs for whether Source 2 uses DirectX/Direct3D, or OpenGL, the jury is still out. Historically, Source is a multi-platform engine that uses a variety of low-level graphics APIs. There are some new DLLs in the Dota 2/Source 2 directory that suggest D3D10 and D3D11 are both available. Personally, given Valve’s focus on cross-platform compatibility, the impending, and its declaration that, I wouldn’t be surprised if Source 2 primarily targets OpenGL. (Though, given the Xbox One’s use of DirectX/Direct3D, there will certainly be a D3D version of Source 2 at some point.)One other thing worth noting: The Source 2 version of Dota 2 loads much, much faster than the Source 1 version. It also feels snappier. I don’t know if this is entirely due to Source 2 (it could be down to some other changes in this alpha build of Dota 2), but it would make sense if that was the case. I also noticed, by looking at the Windows Task Manager, that this version of Dota 2 uses a 64-bit binary.
Source has historically always been 32-bit. 64-bit Source 2 could partly explain why the game feels so snappy. Dota 2 Source 2 folder path. Note the ‘engine2.dll’ file, too. How to run Dota 2 in the Source 2 engineIf you want to take Source 2 for a run, follow these instructions:. Install Dota 2. Right click Dota 2 in your Steam Library and click “View Downloadable Content.”.
Put a tick in the “Dota 2 Workshop Tools DLC” checkbox. This will trigger a 5GB download. Open up Explorer and navigate to wherever Dota 2 is installed. Then navigate to SteamApps common dota 2 beta dotaugc game bin win64 (pictured above).
Source 2 Engine Download
Run dota2.exe.That’s all there is to it. Now I’m going to play around with some DLLs and see if it’s possible to run other games in the Source 2 engine. So, where’s Half-Life 3?By this point you’re probably wondering why Valve chose Dota 2 as the stage for Source 2’s debut, rather than Half-Life 3. Well, for a start, it’s important to note that this is definitely a soft launch.
Source Hammer Editor
We probably won’t see a lot of fanfare or an “official” launch until there’s a new triple-A game that uses the Source 2 engine and all of its glorious new features. This first official Source 2 game might well be Half-Life 3, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it was TF3, L4D3, Portal 3, or some other game entirely.The other possibility is that, believe it or not, producing a big, pretty Source 2 game just isn’t a priority for Valve.
As Gabe Newell noted in a Reddit AMA earlier this year, “The biggest improvements in Source 2 will be in increasing productivity of content creation.” User-generated content from the Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 Workshops have been a massive success story for Valve, both in terms of financial rewards and user engagement. I’m sure Half-Life 3 would make a lot of money, too — but rather than sinking hundreds of developers and millions of hours into a triple-A game, it’s probably much more efficient to just make more hats.