Portal 2: Community Edition - 0.7.4 released to default, playtest_beta and nightly branches. The previous_version branch has been updated to 0.7.3.

Game changes:

  • Marked mounts.kv as a user config, updates will no longer reset it

  • Cleaned up the default cvar config

  • Cleaned up keybind configs

  • Added more default keybinds (e.g. +speed mapped to shift)

  • Fixed controller config cvar names

  • Reimplemented joy_invertx cvar

  • Do not mount platform path from code, rely on gameinfo.txt

  • Reduced startup times on Linux

  • Removed togl

  • Fixed most pixelsurfs

  • Fixed pixelwalking

  • Added sub-frame mouse interpolation for game ticks

  • Ensure engine uses latest tick interval for physics

  • Fixed phony mouse movement using m_rawinput 0 at low frame rates

  • Ungrab and unhide the cursor when showing message boxes

  • Do not colorize terminal output if terminal does not support it

  • Hid internal building_cubemaps cvar

  • Reset sv_skyname on map change

  • Do not print the syntax of some test commands as an error

  • Removed ent_fire autocomplete console spam

  • Do not attempt to fix double materials/ material paths

  • Do not cut off first character in vtf path if second character is a slash

  • Fixed setmodel command crashing game when model is not precached, and other associated problems with setting unprecached models on entities

  • Removed duplicate launch scripts (p2ce_panorama.bat, p2ce_panorama.sh)

  • Removed LightedFloorButton proxy from floor button materials

  • Marked Portal color cvars as archive, will not force-reset between maps

Entity changes:

  • Made it possible to change the models of various Portal entities: • All floor buttons • prop_button • prop_under_button • prop_glados_core • npc_security_camera • npc_rocket_turret • prop_linked_portal_door • prop_exploding_futbol

  • prop_glados_core uses Portal 1 model and animations

  • Progress bars on test chamber signs begin at 0 instead of 1

  • Shells are ejected from guns when firing

  • Fixed logic_playmovie not firing OnPlaybackFinished

  • Added OnArrivedAtNode output to func_tracktrain

  • Setting a negative speed on func_tracktrain causes it to go backwards

  • When an entity passes a trigger's filter fire StartTouch

  • When an entity no longer passes a trigger's filters fire EndTouch

  • Removed SetBloomScaleRange from env_tonemap_controller

  • Fixed flashlight not turning off entering a vehicle

  • Added item_boots model

  • Added missing vtx file for a speaker_system model

  • Removed env_outtro_stats

  • Removed duplicate startdisabled kv on some triggers

  • Skip writing lights with _removeaftercompile keyvalue to worldlights lump

  • Do not force-play portal gun fizzle animation if it's not currently held

  • Allowed paint blobs to push physics props

  • Force env_bubbles to be invisible (functionality remains the same)

  • Fixed env_surface_teleport sometimes not functioning properly

  • Added spawnflag for interacting with explosive projectiles to triggers

  • Added keyvalue for whether trigger_gravity persists

VGUI changes:

  • Updated game logo

  • Fixed Ctrl + Left Arrow moving input cursor to the end of the previous word, not beginning of line in text inputs

  • Enabled current paint indicator on paintgun UI by default

Panorama changes:

  • Moved Panorama to a public GitHub repo (https://github.com/StrataSource/p2ce-panorama-ui )

  • Fixed pressing enter in console activating buttons

  • ChaosAvatarImage internal image takes up full dimensions

  • Added triple monitor mode from CS:GO

  • Removed legacy V8 Windows XP handling

  • Set ChaosHudBlurTarget to disabled if not blurring

  • Forward slider settings from ChaosSettingsSlider to its internal slider

  • Removed empty demoui files from Panorama

  • Added several base Panorama files to platform

  • Unhid panorama_dump_deny_input cvar

  • Unhid panorama_render_stats cvar

  • Removed the @ sign from the beginning of Panorama cvars

  • Implemented class selectors

  • Removed obnoxious asterisks from layout parsing errors

  • Removed requirement to have an empty vanity element in mainmenu.xml

Tools changes:

  • Added Hammer install script for Linux (sdk_tools/install-hammer.sh)

  • Fixed faulty Hammer logic when reading invalid characters in VMF files

  • Added attachments preview to Hammer model browser

  • Added compatibility with CompilePal

  • Only colorize output in Hammer map launcher window if terminal supports it

  • Removed duplicate srctools.vdf file

  • Set postcompiler studiomdl path by default

  • Added bspfix tool: can remove assets already included in game or mounts, and list AppIDs used by the bsp

VScript changes:

  • Added CreateEntityByName function (allows passing of kvs to ent)

  • Boud SURF_* and CONTENTS_* flags

  • Allow scripts to be ran from platform

Graphics changes:

  • Added new VTF version 7.6, which allows image to be compressed using DEFLATE • On most compression levels average compression ratio is ~0.1

  • Added mat_tonemapping_occlusion_use_stencil to default video config

  • Do not use fastpath rendering for opaque colored brush models

  • Enabled noise in the engine_post shader

  • Fixed DX11 SDK layer exiting game

  • Will no longer create morph debug textures in release

  • Fixed mipmap size calculation for compressed textures

  • Sky occlusion materials use depth write material without bias enabled

  • Only warn about material proxies failing to bind to an entity once

  • Do not warn about material proxies in particle systems

  • Cap FPS and fps_max cvar to reasonable limit (1000)

  • Fixed user data size not being set in VLG shader

  • Fixed water splash particle z-fighting

  • Fixed ropes not rendering when the wrong shader is specified in the material

  • Ensure reflection direction is normalized in PBR shader

  • Added frame vars for PBR shader (DX9, DX11)

  • Added parallax corrected cubemaps to PBR (DX11 only)

  • Use static prop baked lighting data in PBR shader (DX11 only)