The Orange Box branch of Source engine (and its 2013 SteamPipe update) is the new IE 6!

[wadmodder1999]

You guys might had seen Delfy's video on the TF2 exploit that now causes entire servers to crash when inserting a 64250x64250 image on the Conscientious Objector. This really now proves that Valve has lost all faith of the older branches of the Source 1 engine. I'm sorry if I have to write this, but as of 2024, The Orange Box branch of the Source engine from 2007 and its SteamPipe update branch from 2013 is now the new IE 6. WHY?! Because Valve has always had a lack of communication between its Steam userbase and its modding community, and pretty much now lets any older engine branch of Source 1 to firmly rot with security issues and bot accounts. In addition, Valve is a company where any of its employees do whatever they want to, meaning they are extremely silent with communication between the consumers and the developers. This means that any common law funded by the SIIA and ESA that involves "Software Patching Law", "Game Patching Law", "Patching Law" and "Security Fix", all terms you can search on Google is now pretty much useless at Valve, because its developers and employees do whatever they want to.

Now for those that are wondering, what is the term "The New IE 6"? Well it's a common term on the internet since around the late-2000s to early-2010s where a software product's current state is compared to that of the infamous web browser by Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6 released in 2001 (the year of 9/11), which was a popular browser during the 2000s but was then criticized for its bugs and security exploits, and has now been hailed as one of the worst software products ever made, resulting in almost all websites dropping support for the outdated browser in the 2010s.

Here's all the reasons why the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch is now the new IE 6, and all the reasons why the branch is so broken:

1. The Orange Box branch was made late into the DirectX 9-era of graphics card hardware back in 2007, the same year that Windows Vista and DirectX 10 were released, while the 2013 SteamPipe branch was a major overhaul update that was released late into DirectX 9's lifespan, as DX9 would end support when Windows XP ended support in 2014. Neither the Orange Box or SteamPipe branches ever supported any version of DirectX newer than 9 on Windows, and Valve wouldn't natively support any DirectX version newer than 9 in their later Source 1 branches released between 2008 and 2013 which were the branches for Left 4 Dead, Alien Swarm, Portal 2, CSGO and the original 2013 release of Dota 2, all of them still had only DirectX 9 as its maximum version. Valve wouldn't make the transition to DirectX 11 until Source 2 was released.
2. The Orange Box/SteamPipe branch relies on older networking APIs made during the late-1990s to early/mid-2000s, which are very easy for any hacking group to easily hack into and hijack VAC servers, which really means that hackers are adding more security risks via remote code execution to Steam users if their playing any multiplayer game that uses the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch, and Valve has been painfully slow to fix any of these security issues and for trying to adopt to newer networking and security APIs in both their Steam client and their game engines. This is really why all those bot accounts in TF2 are making use of all security exploits in the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch.
3. Valve's GitHub pages for Source Engine games is now pretty much useless and its community is extremely toxic, ranging from no real solutions to stuff Valve wouldn't implement. And GitHub only supports projects that support the version control system Git, which for sure works with any open-source project but is a very difficult solution for any Proprietary software offering, because it makes fixing any buggy code and security problems more complex. If your developing any proprietary software. use a mix of CVS, Hg, SVN, BZR, TFVC, Arch, Perforce and Fossil for whatever components of the software your developing, not just use only Git, because that create more complex problems to your software than any of the other version control systems available.
4. Because of the outdated DirectX 9 software-rendering nature of the branch in general, any game that uses it now consumes twice the number of resources, which includes memory, computing power, and for laptop users double the amount of battery life, when compared to native DirectX 11 and 12 hardware-rendering or even Vulkan hardware-rendering.

What this basically means that Valve has just pretty much let every single hacker group exploit all security problems in the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch, meaning every Steam user who plays Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike Source, Day of Defeat Source, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch and Half-Life Deathmatch Source are now going to be victim of remote code execution which are hosted on servers tied to hacker groups. This also means that Valve will never likely fix any of the security exploits that causes bots to invade TF2 servers both from Valve and the community because VAC hasn't been update to support any newer networking and security APIs made years after DirectX 9 was discontinued.

If you are planning to make a multiplayer game or mod on the Source engine, do not use the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch because of all the security issues that Valve has never been able to fix in-house. Use either the CSGO branch which is now only going to be used to create third-party games, or use the community-driven Strata branch, which offers more features, including support for DirectX 11, WebM video for FMVs, being exclusive to 64-bit processors and operating systems, PBR shaders, support for older versions of BSP, and much more. Both the CSGO and Strata Branch also have support for more networking and security APIs than what the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch has to offer.

In addition, my writing would be the perfect reason why many third-party games should move development to more secure and more stable branches of the Source engine, as the security issues of the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch will make things worse for both Valve and its Steam users in the years to come.

If you agree with my critical statement regarding the current state of the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch, feel free to provide any comments, thoughts or rants to me, I won't mind what you think.

[Bassturd]

Anyone have the cliff notes?

[wadmodder1999]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lsXT2zNFTE

Now the TF2 bots have returned in the recent 64-bit version of the game. So the answer now lays in the eye of the communities of TF2, Source engine modding and multiplayer games on Steam now, the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine is now "The New IE 6"!

It's now official proof that the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine is no longer secure and safe from bot accounts and remote code execution this decade. Valve's maintenance team on GitHub is terrible, they now only make money on their existing catalog of games, and now they have abandoned any future security enhancements for the VAC anti-cheat system. In otherwords, this year is now where the reputation of the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine, meaning that Multiplayer-only titles like Counter-Strike Source, Day of Defeat Source, Half-Life 2 Deathmatch, Half Life Deathmatch Source and Team Fortress 2 are no longer safe from any bot accounts. In otherwords, the lack of any communication between Valve and its community now proves that the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine is no longer secure and safe as it used to be.

I've lost all faith of any improvements for the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine and now the consumers, PC gaming community, the Steam userbase and even the Source engine modding community will also likely lose faith for any improvements to the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine as well. In addition, the term "Valve Time" now no longer seems to be a development trope for the promised releases of any new game they are planning to release, "Valve Time" is now just a money laundering and security fraud scheme/term for false promises for their Steam userbase and modding community that there are unwilling to deliver.

I wish for anyone to create a campaign targeting third-party games that use The Orange Box/SteamPipe branch to upgrade to either the CSGO branch or the Strata branch of the Source engine to prevent their games being the next target from the bot accounts, which offers more features, including support for DirectX 11, WebM video for FMVs, being exclusive to 64-bit processors and operating systems, PBR shaders, support for older versions of BSP, and much more. Both the CSGO and Strata Branch also have support for more networking and security APIs than what the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch has to offer.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, start a campaign to rid the existence of the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch of the Source engine from all Single-Player & Multiplayer games to encourage third-party developers to upgrade to either the CSGO or Strata Source engine branches,

[KennyAtom]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von BassTurd:

Anyone have the cliff notes?

Valve bad.

They no update 17 year old game.

Grrr.

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Ursprünglich geschrieben von KennyAtom:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von BassTurd:

Anyone have the cliff notes?

Valve bad.

They no update 17 year old game.

Grrr.

They just updated the half-life games a month or 2 ago.

[wadmodder1999]

https://gamerant.com/team-fortress-2-review-bombed-why/

That's it, now I've had it with the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch!!! Alright everyone lets start a campaign similar to Stop Killing Games and Occupy Flash that targets single-player and multiplayer Source engine games that use the Orange Box/SteamPipe branch and other pre-CSGO branches as well, that encourages third-party Source engine developers to move their games over to either the CSGO branch or the Strata branch of the Source engine, which provides better security, reliable stability/performance, more features and other quality of life improvements.

Call it what ever you want, call it "Drop The Orange Box", "Drip The Orange Box" or "Spill The Orange Box" if you want to.

[SMIFFY]

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[Hammer Of Evil]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von KennyAtom:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von BassTurd:

Anyone have the cliff notes?

Valve bad.

They no update 17 year old game.

Grrr.

thanks man.

some days you just feel like writing a 10,000 word essay on stuff i guess.