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Update - March 11th, 2024

Mar 11

Portal 2: Community Edition - March 11th, 2024 Update

Additions (16)

Added a status indicator for validity of autosave paths in the Hammer options dialog
Added an overlay plane when using Hammer's Clipping Tool
Added 'buildambientcache' concommand to pack ambient light cache into BSP
Added 'enable' key to 'mounts.kv', to allow entries to be selectively disabled
Added new launch arguments, '-display' to select which monitor the game will start on, and '-adapter' to select which GPU the game will render with
Added new VProf UI, perf counters UI and VProf report generator UI. The old VProf tree UI has been removed in favor of the new UI
Added 'packed_files_list' to view files packed into the BSP
Added PBR parallax dithering to smooth out the appearance of layers
Added 'strata' and 'vgui_green' themes for ImGui
Added support for AVX/AVX2 (and other modern x86 extensions) in VRAD. If your processor doesn't support it (or if you pass '-noavx'), it will fallback to a more generic version of VRAD
Added support for continuing demos recordings after disconnect (Requires 'demo_autorecord 1')
Added support for Ogg and FLAC audio files
Added theming support for ImGui
Allowed custom models on 'prop_wall_projector', 'prop_tractor_beam', 'prop_personality_core', 'prop_glass_futbol_spawner', 'prop_glass_futbol', 'prop_glass_futbol_socket'
Fixed Schrödinger cube trying to create its particle each time it was updated
Running in tools mode will now display '[Tools Mode]' in the window title

Fixes (43)

Added '$usecolor' to 'paintblob' shader. Allows settings '$color' and '$alpha'
Fixed a bug causing 'ambient_generic' to not use the correct source entity when played using the Toggle input
Fixed a bug preventing 'ambient_generic' entities without the 'Start Silent' flag from playing
Fixed a crash on exit related to in game videos
Fixed a rare crash related to triggers failing to access gamerules
Fixed a rare crash related to view PVS
Fixed an issue in Legacy UI where changing your persona with a large amount of friends could cause the game to hang
Fixed 'BecomeShortCircuit' forcefully dropping the held entity, even if it's not a monster cube
Fixed 'black' shader not respecting fog like it should
Fixed certain datamodel files not loading on Linux
Fixed console spam on vehicle 'ent_text'
Fixed console spam relating to the portal gun
Fixed crash when creating a prefab in Hammer
Fixed crash-on-exit in most utilities on Linux. This was a harmless crash, but annoying nonetheless
Fixed CSM fading out unintentionally on PBR brushes
Fixed displacement carve normal direction combobox not having expected entries
Fixed DX11 swapchain creation failing in some cases
Fixed dynamic game mounts when running under WINE
Fixed file lookups on Linux occasionally failing
Fixed Hammer 3D view selection not working properly with instances
Fixed Hammer model browser stretching
Fixed incorrect lighting on PBR shader in some cases
Fixed issues with horizontally moving platforms in certain maps
Fixed LightmappedReflective combo error
Fixed materials being used for ropes and anything else simultaneously sometimes not being drawn (e.g. on surf_arcade)
Fixed models in Hammer getting randomly colored when the entity didn't have 'rendercolor' KV
Fixed occasional crash when breaking a turret
Fixed occasional MaterialSystem deadlock when loading maps
Fixed packing of certain files into VPKs with 'vpk.exe'
Fixed Particle Editor crash when adding a new operator
Fixed PBR parallax using texture coordinates from the layer below the correct one
Fixed some objects not rendering in Hammer 2D views
Fixed tools mode closing/swapping input when scrolling with the mouse
Fixed 'trigger_changelevel' not working for HL2 maps (Thanks AlexEpisode!)
Fixed vehicles crashing if their script is null
Fixed VGUI 'movie_display_screen' trying to create a video material every frame when it fails to load
Fixed Wheatley's flashlight in 'sp_s2_bts3'
Fixed window size bug on Linux
Fixed WVT and PBR materials not rendering properly when used on displacements
Load 'gameevents.res' and 'modevents.res' from the MOD search path instead of GAME. Previously, custom folder and workshop addons could unintentionally break things
Re-enable '$depthblend' in SpriteCard shader
Use non-native file selector for instances when running Hammer under WINE
Use the Strata icon for the engine instead of the old Chaos icon

Improvements (30)

Added new categorization method for ImGui windows. Should be easier to navigate now
Cleaned up some console spam
Commands and ConVars marked as 'notindemo', but still present in older demos, can no longer be executed by demos
Controller glyphs in VGUI menus are now based on controller Steam detected
Creating displacement from brush entities in Hammer will now move the solid to world
Hammer entity properties dialog will now set origin when creating brush entities
Hammer Texture Browser now stores state of its filters
Hid some potentially buggy debug console commands
HLMV link mode now syncs light state and colors
HLMV now uses the same audio system as the game. This allows sound operators and more to function correctly
Improved behavior of 'vpk.exe' on Windows
Improved compile times on models with large amounts of flexes
Improved Hammer Entity IO stability
Improved L4D1 and ASW model compatiblity
Improved loading times for when using many search paths
Improved performance when resizing the game window
Improved support for MP3 audio files by replacing minimp3 with libsndfile
Load 'dsp_presets.txt' from MOD path
Load 'particles_manifest.txt' from MOD search path. This is to prevent workshop addons overriding it. The additional BSP-packed 'particles_manifest.txt' is unaffected by this change
Marked most commands related to saving, loading, connecting, disconnecting, or map changing as 'notindemo'
Merged 'client.dll' and 'client_legacyui.dll'
Removed brickbat ConVars
Removed 'npc_assassin'
Removed the launch argument '-debugstartupscreen'
Removed the requirement on 'materials/console/startup_loading.vtf' and 'materials/vgui/portal2logo.vtf' files
Replaced most Hammer MFC message boxes with Qt message boxes
SAPI phonemeextractor can now actually extract phonemes
Static prop ambient light cache is now stored automatically, and '-storeambientcache' has been removed
The ambient light cache is now rebuilt for changes in map revision
The ambient light cache version has been increased to 3

VScript (5)

Added ImGui based VScript consoles for server and client, for debugging purposes
Added 'CBasePortal' with the following methods: 'GetPartner' 'GetPortalNumber' 'GetHalfWidth' 'GetHalfHeight' 'IsMobile' 'IsOpen'
Added 'CPropPortal' (Inherits from 'CBasePortal') with the following methods: 'SetActivatedState' 'Resize' 'Fizzle' 'NewLocation' 'SetLinkageGroupID' 'GetLinkageGroupID' 'GetFiredByPlayer'
Added global 'FindPortalByID' to find portal by linkage ID and number, respectively (1=primary, 2=secondary)
Fixed a VScript crash related to bad function calls with default arguments

Panorama (10)

Added 'GameInterfaceAPI.GetCurrentMap()'
Fixed crash when 'ContextMenuFadoutTime' is undefined
Improved Panorama stability and logging
Removed the 'Chaos' prefix from any Panorama panels that had it. 'ChaosHud' is now 'HUD', 'ChaosMainMenu' is now 'MainMenu', and so on
Removed the 'Chaos' prefix from any Panorama events that had it. 'ChaosFrameUpdate' is now 'FrameUpdate', 'ChaosShowIntroMovie' is now 'ShowIntroMovie', and so on
Renamed 'chaos_hud_menu_show' command to 'hud_menu_show'
Renamed 'chaos_hud_menu_hide' command to 'hud_menu_hide'
Renamed 'chaos_hud_menu_reload' command to 'hud_menu_reload'
Removed 'ChaosPopupManager' from Panorama. Use 'PopupManager' instead
Removed 'ChaosTooltipManager' from Panorama. Use 'TooltipManager' instead

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update - November 6th, 2023

Nov 6, 2023

Portal 2: Community Edition - November 6th, 2023 Update

Additions (2)

Added support for HL2 ladders (Thanks AlexEpisode!)
Added support for multiroot KV1 in KV3T

Fixes (6)

Fixed Faceposer crash when right-clicking in the Phoneme Editor
Fixed Hammer 3D Shaded Textured Polygons View looking blown out
Fixed Hammer nodraw button disabling some helpers
Fixed Hammer nodraw button not hiding all non-default nodraw faces
Unhid ConVars related to bloom ('mat_bloomscale' and 'mat_bloom_scalefactor_scalar')
Unhid ConVars to pause multiplayer games with one player on the server ('sv_pausable_dev' and 'sv_pausable_dev_ds')

Improvements (7)

Added on/off parameter to 'god', 'notarget', and 'buddha' commands to match 'noclip' behavior
Allowed FGD 'flags' key type to have long name and a description
Improved Hammer Texture Browser responsiveness
Ported Hammer Displacement Noise dialog to Qt
Renamed 'portalgun_crosshair_mode' to 'cl_portal_crosshair_mode' for consistency
SplineRope shader now supports '$baseTextureTransform' and '$color' params
The game will now only prevent launching if the same Strata-based game is already running

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update - October 4th, 2023

Oct 4, 2023

Portal 2: Community Edition - October 4th, 2023 Update

Additions (16)

Added 'paintpower' property for paint color material proxy to request a specific color
Added CSM and flashlight to 'lightmappedreflective'
Added ConVar 'traceray_force_vphysics' for testing (1 = Use VPhysics collisions for displacements, 2 = for everything)
Added ConVar 'traceray_unshrink_vphysics_brushes' which unshrinks VPhysics-type brush entities
Added ModelPanel methods to change/enumerate flexes
Added ModelPanel methods to change/enumerate pose parameters
Added ModelPanel methods to change/enumerate sequences
Added Panorama weapons API for custom weapon select HUDs
Added 'ForceDropPhysObject' input to '!player'
Added 'GameStateAPI.IsPlaytest()' and 'GameStateAPI.IsPlaytestRecording()'
Added 'gameui_activate' command to Steam Input command list
Added 'zoom', 'toggleconsole', 'showconsole' and 'hideconsole' commands to be usable in steam input
Added a mandatory whitelist file for Panorama's AsyncWebRequest function. The '-unrestrictedwebrequests' launch argument will skip this file and allow all requests
Added support for escape sequences '\n', '\t', '\"', and '\\' in VMF and BSP #60[github.com] #1899[github.com]
Exposed 'SetSelected(bool)' on 'RadioButton' in Panorama JavaScript API
Restore the original Connection Problem warning for Legacy UI #1144[github.com]

Fixes (38)

Adjusted folder mounting order to fix wrong assets occasionally being used
Fixed AI disabling on maps with no navigation nodes (Like 'sp_a2_bts5')
Fixed Co-Op ping tool using SP custom colours
Fixed Hammer crashes related to entity outputs
Fixed Hammer crashes related to saving and loading files
Fixed Hammer inserting extra quotation marks for compile commands #753[github.com]
Fixed Paint blob particles always being white
Fixed Panorama UI controller movement always moving right no matter the input direction
Fixed Panorama not loading images when game was started with +map
Fixed Portal 1 crosshair not swapping properly when playing with controller
Fixed VBSP not always acknowledging parameters in patched materials
Fixed VGUI panels not loading proper fonts in Panorama
Fixed '-multirun' not working #882[github.com]
Fixed 'logic_branch' not firing _OnLogicBranchRemoved to its listeners
Fixed 'player_speedmod' not working in singleplayer when inputs are not called directly from the player
Fixed 'trigger_autosave' being deleted upon map load
Fixed a crash on laser-triggered cube respawn #1510[github.com]
Fixed certain VTFs failing to load due to added resources
Fixed certain entities not being found during a level transition
Fixed crash when determining recipients to multicast to
Fixed crash when omitting certain child elements from the Panorama loading screen panel
Fixed crash when popup-manager.xml is invalid (the game now exits with an error dialogue)
Fixed displacement tool sometimes making 2D views to not update
Fixed flashlight making some opaque water disappear
Fixed hang on start when the engine is told to play an invalid startup movie
Fixed instance outputs bugs
Fixed issues with some collision traces, notably bullet impact traces on displacements
Fixed opening the game menu sometimes requiring an extra ESC input
Fixed point entities in 2D view not drawing outlines and text
Fixed rare possibility for a trace that starts inside a world brush or entity and then runs into a different entity to pass through that entity
Fixed rendering of jigglebones within model panels
Fixed server content taking priority over game files
Fixed shaded textured view not working
Fixed string truncation when using SetMessage input on 'point_worldtext'
Fixed the map name not displaying in the top right corner #912[github.com]
Made ModelPanel rotation speed consistent regardless of FPS
Prevent a crash when the surface vertex count exceeds the max decal vertex limit
Restore timeout while waiting for your partner in Cooperative

Improvements (27)

Allowed the game to run alongside other Source games without '-multirun' #268[github.com]
Displacements now use the more accurate VPhysics collisions by default ('traceray_force_vphysics' 1)
Fogui FarZ can now be set to -1 (Default value), which disables the override
Fogui now allows users to enter and copy numbers manually on sliders
Game no longer creates soundcache directory in maps folder when not needed
Hammer fix map dialog now will try to warn about unused keyvalue typos of existing keyvalues are not set, instead of suggesting to remove them
Hammer options dialog now only saves settings when pressing OK button
Hammer options dialog now updates 2D/3D views when changing visual settings
Logical view in Hammer now draws its title
Made VMF saving a little bit more robust to not keep corrupted file on crash
Made steam.inf parsing hardier and informative
Move to visgroup dialog now shows user visgroups as well
Overlays in Hammer should no longer z-fight with wall they are on
Panorama XML parsing errors should now give more context to the error
Panorama now can handle texture reloading without freaking out
Ported Hammer Arch and Torus dialogs to Qt
Ported Hammer Map Diff dialog to Qt
Ported Select Entity dialog to Qt
Reduced the number of required child elements for the Panorama main menu and intro movie
Removed SFUI prefixes from all localization files
Removed max limit on texlights in VRAD
Toggling maximized view in Hammer now doesn't break active mouse look
Transform dialog now shows 1 as placeholder when scaling
Un-developered 'sv_soundemitter' commands
Unamed instances can now use 'func_instance_io_proxy'
'ambient_generic' now finds Sound Source entity's every time it is played, not only when initialized
'material_modify_control' now should be able to handle when materials are modified by VBSP (cubemap fixup or wvt patch) on newly compiled maps

Console (8)

Console autocomplete and history can now be navigated with tab and shift+tab, like in other games
Console input is now immediately filled in when navigating the autocomplete menu
Autocomplete now correctly shows the first 100 results alphabetically out of all matches, instead of just the first 100 found
Input history no longer saves empty or duplicate inputs
The backtick key (`) will now always close the console if it is open (controlled by 'con_backtick_always_closes')
Closing the console now also automatically closes the game menu
Pressing ESC will now clear the console input box if it has text, otherwise it will close the console
Closing the console no longer clears the input box automatically

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update - July 16th, 2023

Jul 16, 2023

Portal 2: Community Edition - July 16th, 2023 Hotfix

Fixes (2)

Fixed Hammer freezing when changing entity class
Fixed colorcorrection not working properly

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update - July 15th, 2023

Jul 15, 2023

Portal 2: Community Edition Update - July 15th, 2023 Changelog

Additions (30)

Added 'Test' and 'InValueNoTest' inputs to `logic_case` (upstream from Revolution)
Added CSM debug menu
Added ConVar change listener method for Panorama
Added ImGui versions of `+showbudget`, `+showbudget_texture`, and `+showbudget_texture_global` panels
Added VScript function `CScriptKeyValues::Dump`
Added `$.LoadKeyValues3File` to load KV3 files
Added `distvariance` sound parameter to sound scripts, allowing for distance blending to be tweaked instead of being tied to a ConVar. Usage is `distvariance "near, far"`
Added `ent_text` debug output to `logic_gate`
Added a `download` mount for all content downloaded from community servers to be held in
Added button to toggle Sentry consent in game
Added clipboard support to ImGui
Added crash feedback dialog
Added dynamically coloured paint blobs
Added flag to lights to disable sprite drawing in `buildcubemaps`
Added framerate limit to Hammer 3D viewport to prevent GPU ramping up to 100% usage
Added in HL2's HUD Hint Display
Added keyvalue to control Rocket Turret range
Added movie support to `env_projectedtexture` (upstream from Revolution)
Added option to choose framerate limit in Hammer
Added option to disable lazy texture loading in Hammer
Added pose parameter output to mdlinfo and improved output formatting
Added projected texture keyvalue limit (8 is the new max)
Added spawn flag to `prop_button` to disable activation sounds
Added support for `cl_downloadfilter mapsonly` to download only BSPs from servers
Added the ability to change the `npc_personality_core` flashlight color (upstream from Revolution)
Added utility to dump shader documentation
Re-enabled the following operators in the `math_float` sound operator: asinh, atanh, acosh, expm1, expm2, log2, log1p, logb, erf, erfc, gamma, lgamma, rint, nearbyint, roundtol and trunc
Schrödinger cube can now support dirty skin variant (upstream from Revolution)
Schrödinger cubes can now play particle effects when powered (upstream from Revolution)
Schrödinger cubes can now play sound when powered and unpowered (upstream from Revolution)

Fixes (69)

Disabled `npc_wheatley_boss`, `npc_monk` and `npc_rocket_turret` interactions with the Gravity Gun
Disallow more client cmds when in non-co-op multiplayer
Don't show the co-op partner remote view in true multiplayer
Fixed 'scale' being applied to all entities in Hammer
Fixed 3D view in Hammer flickering when antialiasing was disabled
Fixed Adhesion Gel behaving incorrectly on level transition
Fixed Adhesion Gel sometimes not reorienting the Player's hull
Fixed Arbitrary VScript execution on the co-op host (Thanks for the report Nanoman2525!)
Fixed Hammer crash when changing `prop_static` entity into `prop_dynamic`
Fixed Hammer solids not rendering
Fixed Linux dependency issues for Panorama
Fixed MRU material list getting reversed on every Hammer launch
Fixed MSAA trying to be applied even when driver reported no support
Fixed PNG screenshots having a weird line in them in some cases
Fixed PNG screenshots on maps with HDR being too dark
Fixed VBSP not finding entities at "0 0 0" and leaking the map
Fixed VGUI Console lockups
Fixed VScript crash on VM error
Fixed `$detailtint` not working on VertexLitGeneric with `$phong`
Fixed `_restart` not restarting the game
Fixed `cl_csm_debug_2d`
Fixed `logic_gate` having incorrect starting state
Fixed `logic_gate` state being incorrect after reloading a save
Fixed `npc_personality_core` and `npc_monk` being able to be dissolved
Fixed `r_mapextents` getting reset on map reload without cheats
Fixed bullet decals, 375 shells, AR2 impact and crossbow effects not appearing as expected
Fixed certain client co-op commands doing whatever they want on the server in true multiplayer
Fixed clamping logic of `math_clamp`
Fixed crash in closed captions
Fixed crash on dedicated server related to DevUI
Fixed crash when decoding certain 8-bit WAV files
Fixed crash when sprite helper would have invalid model and parent tried to change scale KV
Fixed crash when using bind command in console
Fixed disable glow input
Fixed failing to create swapchain on some hardware
Fixed faulty logic causing IK to be unusable
Fixed formatting logic of `logic_format`
Fixed handling of CRLF files in StudioMDL on Linux
Fixed infinite loop in audio code
Fixed loading of TF2 maps with v7 static prop lump
Fixed map instance resolution under Linux
Fixed model helper trying to use non-uniform scale on non-prop_static entities
Fixed modelscale not updating when undoing in Hammer
Fixed nodraw/favourite button in Hammer sometimes not working
Fixed not being able to choose game config with doubleclick
Fixed occasional Hammer and game crash when reloading models
Fixed occasional crash that could happen when using `playvol` command
Fixed occasional lockups on very large maps when opening portals
Fixed performance degradation issue
Fixed personality cores, turrets, security cameras and roller mines spawning duplicate ragdolls with the Super Gravity Gun
Fixed point_paint_sensor not detecting blue gel before the surface is painted some other color first
Fixed possible crash when trying to interact with map window during load
Fixed regression breaking connections outside of the local machine
Fixed rendering breaking when disabling postprocess on HDR maps
Fixed richpresence spam
Fixed screenshots in certain scenarios
Fixed security exploit related to `point_survey` in Portal 2 (removed the entity) (Thanks for the report Nanoman2525!)
Fixed some HL2 entities not communicating their collision groups to the client correctly
Fixed some models not rendering in Hammer
Fixed some rare cases of entity IO string corruption
Fixed the incorrectly sized viewport in HLMV and Faceposer
Game and tools no longer rename themselves "MainThrd" on Linux
Hammer camera button and statistics now render correctly
Load BSP ConVar whitelist from MOD search path to not pick it up from CS:GO
Marked `sv_force_enable_paint` as replicated
Marked start/stop videos commands as FCVAR_SERVER_CAN_EXECUTE to fix Portal 2 co-op videos
Removed playtest random death
Revert Rocket Turret's skin to idle after rocket explodes
Unhid `voice_vox`, which is used for open mic mode

Improvements (16)

Added `cl_playeranimstate_transitions`/`sv_playeranimstate_transitions` ConVars to enable transitions in player animations
Changed Hammer config to text format
Converted Hammer options to Qt
Entity IO can now send values of any data type to string inputs
HDR cubemaps are now stored in BC6H format
Increased max lightmap size on surfaces
LDR cubemaps are now stored in BC7 format
Massively improved Adhesion Gel
Moved `imgui.ini` to be under `cfg/imgui.ini`
Negative entity coordinates are now sent to the client more accurately
Ported VGUI debug system menu to ImGui
Removed `item_ammo_uranium` and `item_ammo_flechette`
Removed devonly flag from showanimstate ConVars
Removed houndeye, `weapon_hopwire`, `weapon_manhack` and `weapon_thumper`
Removed old VGUI fogui
Replaced OpenAL with SDL for voice recording and removed dependency

Portal 2: Community Edition

Hammer Achievements

Apr 1, 2023

P2CE Community, we hear you! We love Hammer and know you do too. We've seen your feature requests and bug reports for Hammer.

That's why we're introducing a groundbreaking feature for Hammer: Achievements!

That's right! Get rewarded for using Hammer by crashing it, using it, carving things and more!
Hammer's 21 new Achievements will be available through April 22nd, have fun :)

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update 0.9.0 Released!

Feb 2, 2023

Portal 2: Community Edition - 0.9.0

Finally, 0.9.0 is out! We've made huge progress on major features in this update.
We're proud to announce that DirectX 9 is **gone** and that we've massively increased
map & engine limits!

Thanks to all who tuned into our QnA stream yesterday! We've timestamped the VOD which
can be found here:

Limitless Potential...

After months of hard work by Momentum team members SCell555, Xen and others,
map size and many engine limits have either been increased or removed entirely.
Mappers may now enjoy a whopping 131,072 x 131,072 x 131,072 grid- 4 times larger on each axis than the standard Source engine grid.

Summary of new limits in BSP v25

Grid size (game units): 32768 -> 131072
models: 1024 -> 65536
brushes: 8192 -> 131072
brushides: 81920 -> 655360
planes: 65536 -> 1048576
vertexes: 65536 -> 1048576
nodes: 65536 -> 1048576
texinfos: 12288 -> unlimited
texdata: 4096 -> 16384
faces: 65536 -> 1048576
HDR faces: 65536 -> 1048576
origfaces: 65536 -> 1048576
leaves: 65536 -> 1048576
leaffaces: 65536 -> 1048576
leafbrushes: 65536 -> 1048576
areas: 1024 -> 65536
surfedges: 512000 -> 8192000
edges: 256000 -> 4096000
LDR worldlights: 8192 -> unlimited
HDR worldlights: 8192 -> unlimited
leafwaterdata: 32768 -> 32768
waterstrips: 32768 -> 1048576
waterverts: 65536 -> 1048576
waterindices: 65536 -> 1048576
cubemapsamples: 1024 -> 16384
overlays: 1024 -> 16384
displacements: 32768 -> 262144
edicts: 2048 -> 8192

Say Goodbye, DirectX 9!

Our DirectX 11 backend has finally been completed! The old DX9 backend has been completely stripped from the game, along with its 1.5GB of compiled shaders. From now on, P2:CE and other Chaos games will be DirectX 11 only on Windows, and Vulkan only on Linux (via DXVK).

This effort was made possible by SlidyBat, SCell555 and the many other contributors
to Chaos engine. This work started way back in 2021, it's amazing to see this monumental
task finally completed!

Please report any bugs or other problems you experience with the DirectX 11 renderer
so they can get fixed quickly.

Change List

Features

Increased BSP Limits and version to v25
Removed DirectX 9
Massively improved VRAD texture shadows, previously they were semi-broken
Added fizzler refraction vfx
Added -outdir parameter to studiomdl
Added -aoradius flag to VRAD as alternative to -aoscale
Added support for F12-24 and 102nd keys
Optimized game startup time (Huge improvements for Linux here)
Optimized VRAD, in some workloads ~10% decrease in map compile time
Enabled sentry crash reporting in all GUI tools and compilers
Refactored Panorama file system layout
Refactored Steam Input

Fixes

Fix UnlitTwoTexture
Fix sun specular on PBR
Fix studiomdl path handling
Fix crashes when running SP maps in MP
Fix OnSoundFinished for ambient_generic
Fix bad mounting of PLATFORM in Hammer, when using it with mods
Fix crash when world light is in the void
Fix crash when dealing with invalid portal gun hold particles
Fix weapon viewmodels vanishing after entering a vehicle
Fix crash when running buildcubemaps in a map with no cubemaps
Fix PBR fog being inconsistent
Fix PBR projected textures
Fix occasional crash on start due to startup videos
Fix load tools dialog
Fix duplicate loading of tools
Fix toolunload command
Fix broken displacement physics in HL2 maps when running with IVP
Fix occasional crash due to visibility
Exposed some portal laser cvars
Updated DXVK to 2.1
Updated SDL2 to latest

Portal 2: Community Edition

Portal 2: Community Edition - Q&A #5

Jan 28, 2023

We'll be streaming live at 12:30PM PST today over on YouTube.
Hop in and hang out!

https://www.youtube.com/live/PmLjYCVYb08

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update 0.8.1 Changelog

Sep 12, 2022

A small hotfix for P2CE:

Fixed crash loading certain valid textures
Removed unnecessary campaign-related assets from release
Added empty ChapterBackgrounds.txt to override Portal 2's
Added compile tools benchmark scripts
Don't load mounts.kv if -nousermount or -safemode is passed to the game
Added brae's get_hammer_content and get_latest_js_types scripts, and ported them to PowerShell
The convert_bik_to_webm PowerShell script should now work on UNIX platforms
Update install_hammer script's downloaded dependencies

Portal 2: Community Edition

Update 0.8.0 Released!

Sep 11, 2022

Another major update to P2:CE. Here's what we've been doing recently:

Game

Added Volt[github.com] (VPhysics wrapper for the Jolt physics engine)
- Enable it by adding -jolt to your launch arguments
Added sentry integration for automatic crash dump uploads
Fixed incorrect entity deletion over level transitions
Exposed sv_rollangle and related as cheats
Simplified SendTable sorting algorithm
Third-person camera is smoother when snapping to angles
Exposed cl_draw_player_model
Added a cinematic camera toggleable with cam_smooth
Strip more CS:GO code from P2CE
Fixed VGUI looking in bin/<os>/ for the platform folder
Use stderr for debug strings on Linux
Re-encoded all webm videos in p2ce/media/
Added bik -> webm PowerShell converter script
Added elevator frame section armless model
Added autumn foliage assets
Reverted game instructor font to Portal 2's (die Stratum 2)
Remove AI upscaled duct texture
Added HL2/EP1/EP2 vehicle scripts, weapon scripts and new weapon manifest
Added skill configs and skill manifest from HL2/EP1/EP2
Make Black Mesa maps loadable
Weapon manifest is now loaded from the MOD path, and only when necessary
Removed support for encrypted weapon scripts
Allow empty ChapterBackgrounds.txt instead of falling back to background01
Removed +mat_dxlevel, et al restrictions from launcher

Entity

Fixed NPCs not being able to fire weapons
Don't link base weapon classes to entity name and don't precache them
Removed textures making the super physgun white
Updated Schrodinger cube model

Panorama

Added commands to print, wipe, reload, and save persistent storage
Fixed text wrapping and label sizing
Move fonts.conf to platform and strip CS:GO stuff from it
Background maps now fully work with Panorama
Added MapLoaded and MapUnloaded events to allow it to fade out to the background map

Hammer

Fixed About dialog
Fixed crash on shutdown
Pulled in latest AngelScript changes
Set model compiler in postcompiler back to studiomdl

Graphics

Implemented multiple views support for DX11
- Hammer should work with DX11 now
Added distort and hologram render effects
Fixed 4wayblend shader trying to use non-existent texture
Ungrab cursor on shader error on Linux
Use a better algorithm to pack lightmaps
Added BC7 format for VTF, re-enable ATI1N and ATI2N formats
BCn can be encoded on Linux now
Make BCn -> RGBA8888 conversion faster
Texture loading no longer fails with lightmapped_4wayblend shader on DX11
$seamless_scale now behaves correctly on angled surfaces
Added $seamless_scale to lightmappedgeneric and other relevant shaders on DX11
Fixed static prop runtime lighting calculation
Use SIMD accelerated conversion for RGBA8888 based image formats

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