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