¶ Introduction
Source is a game engine created by Valve Corporation, and released in 2004. It powers games such as Half-Life 2 and Portal. It's also the successor to the GoldSrc engine and the predecessor of Source 2.
Articles directly under the Source umbrella describe glitches, tricks, and mechanics possible in multiple games running on the engine.
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¶ Games
¶ Most notable Source games developed by Valve include the following:
Half-Life: Source
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Portal
Portal 2
Team Fortress 2
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
¶ Source engine was also licensed by third-party developers for games such as:
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
SiN Episodes: Emergence
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
The Ship: Murder Party
Zeno Clash
Postal III
Black Mesa
Hunt Down the Freeman
¶ Modifications
Just like the GoldSrc, Source is a great engine for various sorts of modifications.
But what is... a mod?.. I sure don't know it myself.
While the distinction between a standalone game and a mod can be vague and baffling at times (primarily on Steam), the main traits of a mod are:
- Being distributed as such.
- Having a dependency on one of the Source games.
Usually, identifying them isn't hard, since most mods are placed in the sourcemods folder and require a specific SDK Base to run.