On Friday, game developer Valve has announced that its successful MOBA, which was previously run on the Source engine, is now exclusively on Source 2 client. It was said that "Dota 2" will be the company's first game to fully utilize the Source 2 Engine. This was made possible after the game has received a full upgrade from Source to Source 2. The company says that the game remains the same.
However, it emphasizes that the switch to "Dota Reborn" will introduce some big changes to the game's UI and game modes, a report from IGN said on Friday.
It can be recalled that "Dota Reborn" went into beta last June and Valve has previously announced that it will have a new feature like the 20-player "Dota 2 mode," which was earlier revealed during The International competition held this year.
"Dota 2 is now powered by the Source 2 engine, Valve's latest game development platform. This means that ongoing development in the new engine will continue to improve Dota 2. Source 2 includes technology for rendering improvements, performance optimizations, higher fidelity content, and richer, more dynamic games," reads a description of the Source 2 engine as posted on the "Dota 2" website.
In "Dota's" Source 2 engine, players will be able to use new authoring tools to build a tile system. Using these tools will eventually make authoring new maps faster and accessible.
This new feature allows new maps to be integrated in "Dota 2," like the Desert terrain map. Players can do a variety of visual styles, while ensuring that the variety of maps have an identical gameplay. Players who are equipped with various custom terrains will be able to play together while seeing a different version of the map.
"Source 2 was built to support a wide range of hardware. Dota 2 in Source 2 runs better on older laptops, and at the same time further increases performance on current desktops. Though Dota 2 may not require all of the resources of a high end machine, Source 2 has been built to be capable of driving modern machines to their limits. It can use all of your CPU cores, your 64-bit OS and memory, and includes support for recent and upcoming graphics standards like Direct3D 11 and Vulkan as well as virtual reality if the game demands it. Performance will continue to improve during the beta as we optimize it for more PC configurations," said Valve, explaining that the "Dota 2" has an enhanced performance under Source 2 engine.
A complete list of features regarding Valve's Source Engine 2 can be viewed via "Dota 2" website.
