#Tf2 source 2 mod#
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#Tf2 source 2 code#

#Tf2 source 2 code#

Even the code I've produced in my free time tend to be better than the code I've written at my job. But from what I have been able to see in most of my job, proprietary code bases tend to be lower quality than most OSS projects. Things are changing slowly, having a good code coverage is more and more a goal if not a company policy, code review processes are more and more common, companies are a bit less paranoid about trusting external services for CI/analysis/fuzzing.

Heck, in this job, even my home desktop was a 3 or 4 times better development machine than my work laptop. Just as an example, in a previous job, I tried to get budget for a Jenkins server, never got it, so I ended-up 'stealing' an old abandoned server from another project, once I got it I ran into issues not being able to configure the post commit hooks to trigger a CI build. In a Corporate environment, the procurement for such services can be off-putting, integration setup can be an up-hill battle, and there can be strong restrictions regarding external services. CI, static analysis, dependency auditing, etc is one click/integration away. Third, people working on OSS projects are generally a bit more motivated, either because it's their subject of interest, or because of the general appeal of OSS.įorth, often with OSS, you actually have more resources/service available to help with code quality. You can also spend time on things like unit tests, fuzzing, etc.īasically, you can more easily work on all these things that are 'valuable' but difficult to 'quantify/measure'. Second, You have far more time/freedom, specially if it's a personal project, to think about design/code architecture, and to rework things if required. In contrast, in a corporate environment, the code is not seen by so many eyes if at all, and even if read, the readers are roughly a known quantity. Here are my though on it:įirst, with Open Source software, you expose (potentially) what you write to the while world, as a consequence, you don't want to feel ridiculous by publishing atrociously bad code.

#Tf2 source 2 software#

'This project is a huge undertaking, we would have to consider all nitpicks of TF2 gameplay, try to rebuild every single mechanic to feel similar to the base game, but with enough dedication, I believe that we can do it,' said producer and lead programmer Moonly Days.Developing an Open Source software can have some incentives to have cleaner code. It's worth noting TF:S2 is still in the early stages of development, however, and the team is fully aware that this project is going to be demanding. Producer and environment artist Kaya has also made a 'simple original test map' with a spytech theme, which has already been released on s&box. Porting Arena map Well, for instance, required the rebuilding of certain sections of the map, along with the creation of new textures and meshes.

They've also been hard at work porting assets and maps into Source 2, and it certainly doesn't seem to be a simple process. As explained in their blog post, the team wants to '.rebuild Team Fortress 2 mechanics, port all the assets from the base game to the new engine and see how different it can look and feel from the original game.' So far they've shown off their work recreating Sniper, Demoman, Scout, Pyro and Soldier, along with a 'new and improved HUD'. The team currently has over 20 volunteers helping out, and has already started implementing significant portions of TF2 in s&box.

So we've decided to not lose that chance.' Here's Arena map Well in Source 2, courtesy of Amper Software.

#Tf2 source 2 mod#

It, pretty much, like Garry's Mod itself, allows you to build whatever you want using the toolset that it provides. '.s&box, the spiritual successor of Garry's Mod made on the Source 2 engine, has been released as part of a dev preview to a group of community members, including ourselves. 'Ever since Source 2 was first mentioned publicly as an engine that Valve was working on, a lot of people in the Team Fortress 2 community have started asking the question: if Valve ever ports TF2 to Source 2, what would it look like? How different gameplay would be? And would TF2 even feel the same?,' the team explained in a blog post. The reason for this: they wondered what Team Fortress 2 would look like in Valve's newest engine, Source 2. In any case, it seems the community has finally taken it upon themselves to give Team Fortress 2 a refresh, as a group of modders called Amper Software has started recreating the game in Garry's Mod spiritual successor s&box. Watch on YouTube The original Team Fortress 2.