360° Source Engine

Injini ye-Source, eyadalwa yi-Valve Corporation, ingenye yezinto ezidume kakhulu nezihlala isikhathi eside kwezobuchwepheshe besofthiwe emlandweni wemidlalo yevidiyo. Yethulwa ngo-2004 ne-Counter-Strike: Source, futhi kancane nje kamuva yenza i-Half-Life 2 yaba yimpumelelo enkulu, le njini yethula inqubekela phambili enkulu kusuka kulokho eyayilandela, i-GoldSrc. Ngenkathi i-GoldSrc yayiyinguqulo enezinguquko ezinkulu zenjini ye-Quake, i-Source yakhelwa ukubhekana nezidingo ezikhula ngokushesha zez simulations zemidwebo, ukunikeza izithombe, kanye nokuxhumana kwenethiwekhi, ekugcineni yenza isilinganiso sabantu bokuqala ukudubula iminyaka ecishe ibe engu-20. Enye yezinto ezihlukanisa injini ye-Source kwaba ukuhlanganiswa kwayo okwaguqula imidlalo kwezobuchwepheshe bokulinganisela kwezinto. Ngokusebenzisa inguqulo enezinguquko ezincane ye-Havok physics middleware, i-Valve yaguqula umhlaba womdlalo usuke kumhlanganisela ongashintshi ubeyindawo yokudlala exhumanayo. Ku-Half-Life 2, lokhu kwakhonjiswa kakhulu nge-Gravity Gun, isikhali esavumela abadlali ukuthi balawule izinto endaweni ezungezile, baphendule izinsimbi, izimboni, namabhokisi babe yizikhali. Leli zinga lokuxhumana okusekelwe kubuchwepheshe bokulinganisela kwenzeka laguqula izimiso zokuklama imidlalo, lukhuthaza abathuthukisi ukuthi benze izimfihlakalo nezinye izimpi ezibheka ubunzima, ukungqubuzana, nokunyazelisa kunokuthi kube nokudubula okulula. Ngaphezu kwezobuchwepheshe bokulinganisela, i-Source yethula ukuthuthukiswa okungazange kwenzeke ngaphambili ezinhlotsheni zokuhambisa izithombe zabalingiswa. Ngaphambi kwe-Source, ubuso babalingiswa emidlalweni yevidiyo babevame ukuba yizithombe eziqinile ezifakwe kumapholigoni amahlavu anokunyakaza okulinganiselwe. I-Valve yethula uhlelo olusekelwe ku-facial muscle simulation, eyavumela abalingiswa abanjengo-Alyx Vance kanye ne-G-Man ukuthi babonise imizwa eyinkimbinkimbi njengokungabaza, ukwesaba, nenjabulo ngomlingiswa oyingqayizivele. Le khono lobuchwepheshe lwenza i-Valve ukuthi ixoxe izindaba ezicebile ngaphakathi enjinini yomdlalo, igweme isidingo sokubuka izikhathi ezingezona ezokudlala nokugcina umdlali ehilelekile kuyo yonke indaba. Le njini iphinde yahlonyiswa ngokuhlakanipha kwayo nokusimama komphakathi okuphumelelayo eyayikwenza. I-Valve yakhipha i-Source SDK, iqoqo lamathuluzi okuthuthukisa ahambisa ukwakhiwa komdlalo kubathuthukisi bama-amateur. Le mvuzo yovuleka yenza kwazalwa izenzakalo zamasiko ezinkulu. Imidlalo efana ne-Portal yaqala njengez projekthi zabafundi ezagxilisa enjinini ye-Source, kanti i-Garry's Mod yanikeza abadlali indawo yokuhlola izimpahla zenjini ngaphandle kwenhloso ngaphandle kokudala. Le njini yaba isisekelo se-machinima—amafilimu enziwa ngaphakathi kwemidlalo yevidiyo—ngenxa yamathuluzi afana ne-Source Filmmaker, eyavumela abasebenzisi ukuthi benze izithombe baqondise izikhathi besebenzisa izimpahla ezifanayo ezisetshenziswa abathuthukisi. Naphezu kweminyaka yayo, ukwakheka kwe-Source kwaboniswa ukuthi kuyakwazi ukuguquguquka kakhulu. Kwaba yisisekelo sezindawo ezingokoqobo ezihlala e-Left 4 Dead kanye nesitayela se-cartoon esihle se-Team Fortress 2 ngendlela efanayo. Noma ngisho neminyaka ngemuva kwenkathi yayo, ikhodi yenjini yaba yisisekelo sezinto ezidumile zesimanje ezifana ne-Titanfall ne-Apex Legends, nakuba ziguquke kakhulu. Ngenkathi i-Valve ekugcineni yaguqukela ku-Source 2 ukuze ibhekane nezidingo zesimanje zokukhanya nosayizi wemephu, injini ye-Source yokuqala ihlala iyisahluko esibalulekile emlandweni we-gaming, ikhunjulwa hhayi nje ngezithombe eziye yakhetha, kodwa ngendlela yayo eyayibeka ingqondo kanye nephysicality kumhlaba wedijithali.