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Topic on Engine talk:Source

Build numbers are meaningless?

3 comments • 17:55, 2 January 2023 17:55, 2 January 2023
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Mirh (talkcontribs)

Once upon a time, I remember the rule was "number of days since HL1 went gold". And then perhaps you could not really compare game versions from different branches, but still.. you had some sense of ordered progression.

But now what even is the criteria?

Edited 17:47, 18 November 2022 17:47, 18 November 2022
Aemony (talkcontribs)

Well, for the most part, they do seem rather meaningless. Though if we followed the Valve developer wiki, we'd basically list the most appropriate codebase as the "build" instead. It would allow us to categorize the various games under these main engine branches:

  • Source 2004
  • Source 2006
  • Source 2007
  • Source 2009
  • Source 2013
  • Left 4 Dead engine branch
  • Alien Swarm engine branch
  • Portal 2 engine branch
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive engine branch

Though currently doing so does not seem to be all that important.

17:43, 30 November 2022 17:43, 30 November 2022
Mirh (talkcontribs)

The speedrun guys would certainly appreciate the information. Just like "conservationists" perhaps.

Yet, except perhaps 2004-2006, 2007-2009 and 2013... yeah, it's hard to find the right granularity level.

17:55, 2 January 2023 17:55, 2 January 2023