GoldSrc

GoldSrc, or Goldsource, is the retronym used internally by Valve Software to refer to the modified Quake engine that powers their science fiction first-person shooter Half-Life (1998). GoldSrc is a modified version of the QuakeWorld engine codebase, which in turn is a development of the Quake engine codebase. Some minor fixes from the Quake II engine were incorporated as it was developed. GoldSrc is able to render in two APIs − OpenGL and Direct3... more

GoldSrc, or Goldsource, is the retronym used internally by Valve Software to refer to the modified Quake engine that powers their science fiction first-person shooter Half-Life (1998). GoldSrc is a modified version of the QuakeWorld engine codebase, which in turn is a development of the Quake engine codebase. Some minor fixes from the Quake II engine were incorporated as it was developed. GoldSrc is able to render in two APIs − OpenGL and Direct3D. The successor of the GoldSrc engine is the Source engine which powers Half-Life 2. Today, Goldsource is still being used by developers. Nexon Corporation, for example, developed Counter Strike Online by using GoldSrc. While the engine had no official name, in the months before the release of Half-Life, many computing magazines described the engine as being based upon "Quake Unified Technology". Erik Johnson explains the origin of the GoldSrc name in this quote from the Valve Developer Community: less