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Leaked source – CS:GO

232 points by wastedbrains 3y ago

sylware 3y ago
And cs2 is about to be released. Funny timing. You could dev a PC AAA game and released it only for elf/linux. It is so easy to install free mainstream elf/linux distros, ppl will probably do it to play that big PC AAA game.
- jablala 3y ago
  Probably a good thing as from my understanding there is an uncertainty whether a version of CSGO will exist. For example there are some old patch versions available from circa ~2013 which are still playable. Not sure if that will be possible after the move to CS2. You would think so, but at the very least, "Kisak-Strike: Gentoo Offensive" will exist.
  - saratogacx 3y ago
    I'm not sure I understand this point. Can't you still play CS:Source and CS 1.6? Why wouldn't CS:Go keep operating. It may not get as many content updates but the core game should be able to keep going as long as Valve keeps the game servers running.
    - piperswe 3y ago
      Considering that Counter-Strike 2's beta is being distributed as a private DLC for CS:GO [1], it's possible that CS 2 will entirely replace CS:GO. [1]: https://steamdb.info/app/2279720/ https://steamdb.info/app/2279720/
- dollarlord 3y ago
  the source engine is horrible for making games. There are basically zero examples of a decent game made with it. Except Apex Legends, it was a herculean effort, and it still sucks. You inherit a ton of exploits and bugs(apex came out and you could do a 2005-era speedhack). Netvars are still bad. I almost guarantee they will not do another game in source. idtech still towers over the source engine for any real "small" projects. The community support + license + codebase is just so much better. The only reason to use source is if you are a superfan who wants to make derivative stinky cut-content projects, and VR ports. Otherwise, you're just enslaving yourself to the valve megacorp(unless you can afford an apex-style deal).
  - ohgodplsno 3y ago
    >idtech still towers over the source engine for any real "small" projects. The community support + license + codebase is just so much better. idtech... 4 ? How badly do you hate your job that you agree to put up with this piece of shit ? Even pulling out Godot would be less crappy and have more support than an engine targeting DX9 and OpenGL released in 2002. idtech 4 is barely better than _goldsrc_. Some things ought to die, and idtech 4 is better suited to a museum than any real game these days. The lack of any useful and modern tools should already be a screaming red flag.
appleaday1 3y ago
The best CS:GO was when they didn't have competitive mode XD
metadat 3y ago
Anyone have a magnet link to the original full.7z as a torrent? <Edit: The best I can find so far are these~> [1] https://git.botox.bz/BotoX/hl2_src-leak-2017/src/commit/21b3eba5306aa277cf169fcbf56fc14ef84a2974/src/utils/dx_proxy https://git.botox.bz/BotoX/hl2_src-leak-2017/src/commit/21b3... [2] https://hl2-beta.ru/index.php?topic=29120.0 https://hl2-beta.ru/index.php?topic=29120.0 Both of which lead to: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:21dda6847dde983f2f8063739249d2d1d09a5dda "April 22nd 2020, random leaked shit.rar" / 5.0GB MD5: c053f2b60d104f61c3057d3d425abd25 SHA256: f77c6124b35b3a44966aa904cccc178342957e0e2d42e8588e240ce9533d6096 </Edit> Also, really admire the level of skill, dedication, and degree of focus it took to pull this off. I'm good at most of the areas used in this article, except the RE, and this was undoubtedly a TON of work for one lone wolf to execute on! Huge respect for this person. Then creating such an amazingly detailed technical write-up with the entertaining story bits and cute references like ".. us smoothskins ..", I had to look it up: https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Smoothskin https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Smoothskin Thank you so much, @LWSS (the author)!
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opan 3y ago
The title says "open source" but then goes on to talk about leaked source. Unless a clean room RE was done, I don't think this can be called "open source". I want the thing in the title to exist, of course, but at best this seems like the sort of thing that won't be legal and free until we're all dead. If anyone was interested in making a properly free CS:GO, they probably should avoid reading this post as it seems to show the leaked source.
- jaimehrubiks 3y ago
  I got the same impression, is he suggesting that the code itself is open source, or did he rewrite everything (not only the binaries he mentioned)
- dizhn 3y ago
  This person is really confused about licenses and copyright. > Please note that this code is property of Valve-Software and any contributions that you make are considered a donation into the public domain.
  - ethanbond 3y ago
    Legitimately seems like a GPT-tier confusion. Just put all the somewhat-relevant words in a syntactically correct configuration and call it done.
    - awestroke 3y ago
      What are you talking about? GPT4 would not do that kind of mistake. I must say, reading comments like this, that GPT4 actually comes across as more intelligent than many hn commenters
    - DizzyDoo 3y ago
      Heh, it's like all those YouTube videos where someone uploads a song and the uploader puts "No copyright infringement intended" in the text description, sometimes with five or six exclamation marks just to really make sure they avoid the takedown.
cssONLY 3y ago
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GaggiX 3y ago
I dream of a day when the source code for Mario Kart Wii is leaked (my favorite game), but I guess CS:Go and TF2 is already something. But to be honest, in the future there will be powerful models trained to reverse engineer binaries, so it probably won't be necessary.
- TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
  There's a vibrant Mario Kart Wii mapmaking community and you can run the game flawlessly using Dolphin. It's not perfect, but it's about as good as we can hope for.
  - GaggiX 3y ago
    I play modded Mario Kart Wii almost everyday on my modded Wii U, there are so many beautiful community tracks. Creating tracks is fairly easy, the community has already reverse engineer all you need, changing the game behavior by modifying the main.dol and StaticR.rel is not (that's why a source leak or a complete reverse engineering would be gold).
Jack5500 3y ago
This world view is quite perplexing, to be frank. On one hand, he urges potential users to switch to Linux, emphasizing its cost-free nature and the freedom it offers in terms of code and game direction. However, on the other hand, the code being used is stolen and leaked, thus infringing on the original creator's copyright. Additionally, the repository's license claims that all contributions are considered public domain, which adds to the oddity of the situation. Since there is no legitimate license permitting the existence of this code, it is even more peculiar that a custom license is being invented, allowing contributions to this clearly stolen source code to be considered public domain.
- smoldesu 3y ago
  I was also confused, but I think their thesis statement is pretty enlightening: > If we got nuked tomorrow, and Steam went down, anyone could have CSGO up and running in the Bunker LAN by next week. Years later when us smoothskins are rockin’ Power9 Rigs, we would also have the ability to recompile and port the game. The lip service to "Open Source" and white-knighting is a little harsh, but I think this was made with honest intention. Someone wanted to make a thing and offer it to others in the spirit of open collaboration. Their wording is wrong, but their heart is in the right place.
  - netule 3y ago
    Valve has been relatively permissive regarding open-sourcing and liberally licensing some of its properties under the right conditions. See its push for SteamOS and allowing Black Mesa to be sold for profit. However, it might have been a good idea to contact them about this before hosting modified stolen property, even if it was with good intentions. I've got a feeling that this repo won't last too long.
    - dandongus 3y ago
      >I've got a feeling that this repo won't last too long. It appears the repo in question has been available for 3 years.
oleg_antonyan 3y ago
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kristopolous 3y ago
For other people totally confused, all these acronyms are for video games
Aeroi 3y ago
dope, can you make my macbook run 1.6?
- kowalej 3y ago
  No need to even install. Play right in the browser: https://play-cs.com https://play-cs.com.
pharmakom 3y ago
it says one of the leakers was arrested? is there a source for this?
29athrowaway 3y ago
It's unlicensed proprietary code, you cannot use it.
- quazar 3y ago
  Who is going to stop me?
  - RektBoy 3y ago
    Mighty global police named U.S.A. greedy mfkers.
  - 29athrowaway 3y ago
    1. github 2. Hacker News
- metafatess 3y ago
  no
- 93po 3y ago
  I'm using it right now.
- sBqQu3U0wH 3y ago
  Are you german?
codethief 3y ago
Given the proprietary nature of most of the source code, I'm surprised the author's Github account hasn't been suspended yet. The blog post is from 2020 and everything's still online.
sodality2 3y ago
(2020)
T3RMINATED 3y ago
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xwdv 3y ago
I think we will begin to see more projects like this as it becomes trivial to take some leaked source code, and hand it off to an AI and tell it to make it non-copyright infringing. Eventually the next natural progression is to hand over an entire program’s binary, and have the AI produce an equivalent code base in whatever language you wish. In response, this will usher in a new era of very thin clients, or perhaps server based rendering of programs.
gatkinso 3y ago
its finally the year of the linux desktop
jrflowers 3y ago
> Some weird schizoid managed to grab both these codebases during his work on some 900th attempt of a HL2 VR project and his major goal was to have this circle leak it to the public and fly to his girlfriends house (also involved in the valve community) and kill himself and her. What the fuck? This is so weird.
- dollarlord 3y ago
  source engine is cursed, that's the average user
- ohgodplsno 3y ago
  average sourcemod enjoyer
favorited 3y ago
The title should say (2020) -- the bottom of the page notes "Written on December 16, 2020"
destroy-2A 3y ago
I am impressed with the amount of effort this bloke put to get this thing running, respect. I would rather see people talking about the insane hacks that were in the code. I also had a chuckle when I saw the license In a few days when valve lawyers knock on the door... he guys I said ALL DUE RESPECT, so its legal, its in the Geneva convention!!! https://youtu.be/Af-Id_fuXFA https://youtu.be/Af-Id_fuXFA
no_time 3y ago
Now that it has been posted here, I urge everyone to clone the repo and download the steam depots mentioned in the README. It did compile successfully for me the last time I tried it a year ago. I miss the original UI more than I anticipated, but other than that it works great.
the_overseer 3y ago
Am I the only one who isn't that impressed with the codebase quality? They are not even respecting the same coding convention in the same file for Christ! It just looks so hacky and something from the early 2000s era when it comes to engine architecture... What am I missing? Shouldn't these guys be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to engine design? Last time I checked they were a multi-billion dollar company which prides in hiring only the best of the best. How the hell do the best of the best write this code where you find // HACK: everywhere?

232 points by wastedbrains 3y ago

And cs2 is about to be released. Funny timing. You could dev a PC AAA game and released it only for elf/linux. It is so easy to install free mainstream elf/linux distros, ppl will probably do it to play that big PC AAA game.

jablala 3y ago
Probably a good thing as from my understanding there is an uncertainty whether a version of CSGO will exist. For example there are some old patch versions available from circa ~2013 which are still playable. Not sure if that will be possible after the move to CS2. You would think so, but at the very least, "Kisak-Strike: Gentoo Offensive" will exist.
- saratogacx 3y ago
  I'm not sure I understand this point. Can't you still play CS:Source and CS 1.6? Why wouldn't CS:Go keep operating. It may not get as many content updates but the core game should be able to keep going as long as Valve keeps the game servers running.
  - piperswe 3y ago
    Considering that Counter-Strike 2's beta is being distributed as a private DLC for CS:GO [1], it's possible that CS 2 will entirely replace CS:GO. [1]: https://steamdb.info/app/2279720/ https://steamdb.info/app/2279720/
dollarlord 3y ago
the source engine is horrible for making games. There are basically zero examples of a decent game made with it. Except Apex Legends, it was a herculean effort, and it still sucks. You inherit a ton of exploits and bugs(apex came out and you could do a 2005-era speedhack). Netvars are still bad. I almost guarantee they will not do another game in source. idtech still towers over the source engine for any real "small" projects. The community support + license + codebase is just so much better. The only reason to use source is if you are a superfan who wants to make derivative stinky cut-content projects, and VR ports. Otherwise, you're just enslaving yourself to the valve megacorp(unless you can afford an apex-style deal).
- ohgodplsno 3y ago
  >idtech still towers over the source engine for any real "small" projects. The community support + license + codebase is just so much better. idtech... 4 ? How badly do you hate your job that you agree to put up with this piece of shit ? Even pulling out Godot would be less crappy and have more support than an engine targeting DX9 and OpenGL released in 2002. idtech 4 is barely better than _goldsrc_. Some things ought to die, and idtech 4 is better suited to a museum than any real game these days. The lack of any useful and modern tools should already be a screaming red flag.

appleaday1 3y ago

The best CS:GO was when they didn't have competitive mode XD

metadat 3y ago

Anyone have a magnet link to the original full.7z as a torrent? <Edit: The best I can find so far are these~> [1] https://git.botox.bz/BotoX/hl2_src-leak-2017/src/commit/21b3eba5306aa277cf169fcbf56fc14ef84a2974/src/utils/dx_proxy https://git.botox.bz/BotoX/hl2_src-leak-2017/src/commit/21b3... [2] https://hl2-beta.ru/index.php?topic=29120.0 https://hl2-beta.ru/index.php?topic=29120.0 Both of which lead to: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:21dda6847dde983f2f8063739249d2d1d09a5dda "April 22nd 2020, random leaked shit.rar" / 5.0GB MD5: c053f2b60d104f61c3057d3d425abd25 SHA256: f77c6124b35b3a44966aa904cccc178342957e0e2d42e8588e240ce9533d6096 </Edit> Also, really admire the level of skill, dedication, and degree of focus it took to pull this off. I'm good at most of the areas used in this article, except the RE, and this was undoubtedly a TON of work for one lone wolf to execute on! Huge respect for this person. Then creating such an amazingly detailed technical write-up with the entertaining story bits and cute references like ".. us smoothskins ..", I had to look it up: https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Smoothskin https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Smoothskin Thank you so much, @LWSS (the author)!

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opan 3y ago

The title says "open source" but then goes on to talk about leaked source. Unless a clean room RE was done, I don't think this can be called "open source". I want the thing in the title to exist, of course, but at best this seems like the sort of thing that won't be legal and free until we're all dead. If anyone was interested in making a properly free CS:GO, they probably should avoid reading this post as it seems to show the leaked source.

jaimehrubiks 3y ago
I got the same impression, is he suggesting that the code itself is open source, or did he rewrite everything (not only the binaries he mentioned)
dizhn 3y ago
This person is really confused about licenses and copyright. > Please note that this code is property of Valve-Software and any contributions that you make are considered a donation into the public domain.
- ethanbond 3y ago
  Legitimately seems like a GPT-tier confusion. Just put all the somewhat-relevant words in a syntactically correct configuration and call it done.
  - awestroke 3y ago
    What are you talking about? GPT4 would not do that kind of mistake. I must say, reading comments like this, that GPT4 actually comes across as more intelligent than many hn commenters
  - DizzyDoo 3y ago
    Heh, it's like all those YouTube videos where someone uploads a song and the uploader puts "No copyright infringement intended" in the text description, sometimes with five or six exclamation marks just to really make sure they avoid the takedown.

cssONLY 3y ago

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GaggiX 3y ago

I dream of a day when the source code for Mario Kart Wii is leaked (my favorite game), but I guess CS:Go and TF2 is already something. But to be honest, in the future there will be powerful models trained to reverse engineer binaries, so it probably won't be necessary.

TheAceOfHearts 3y ago
There's a vibrant Mario Kart Wii mapmaking community and you can run the game flawlessly using Dolphin. It's not perfect, but it's about as good as we can hope for.
- GaggiX 3y ago
  I play modded Mario Kart Wii almost everyday on my modded Wii U, there are so many beautiful community tracks. Creating tracks is fairly easy, the community has already reverse engineer all you need, changing the game behavior by modifying the main.dol and StaticR.rel is not (that's why a source leak or a complete reverse engineering would be gold).

Jack5500 3y ago

This world view is quite perplexing, to be frank. On one hand, he urges potential users to switch to Linux, emphasizing its cost-free nature and the freedom it offers in terms of code and game direction. However, on the other hand, the code being used is stolen and leaked, thus infringing on the original creator's copyright. Additionally, the repository's license claims that all contributions are considered public domain, which adds to the oddity of the situation. Since there is no legitimate license permitting the existence of this code, it is even more peculiar that a custom license is being invented, allowing contributions to this clearly stolen source code to be considered public domain.

smoldesu 3y ago
I was also confused, but I think their thesis statement is pretty enlightening: > If we got nuked tomorrow, and Steam went down, anyone could have CSGO up and running in the Bunker LAN by next week. Years later when us smoothskins are rockin’ Power9 Rigs, we would also have the ability to recompile and port the game. The lip service to "Open Source" and white-knighting is a little harsh, but I think this was made with honest intention. Someone wanted to make a thing and offer it to others in the spirit of open collaboration. Their wording is wrong, but their heart is in the right place.
- netule 3y ago
  Valve has been relatively permissive regarding open-sourcing and liberally licensing some of its properties under the right conditions. See its push for SteamOS and allowing Black Mesa to be sold for profit. However, it might have been a good idea to contact them about this before hosting modified stolen property, even if it was with good intentions. I've got a feeling that this repo won't last too long.
  - dandongus 3y ago
    >I've got a feeling that this repo won't last too long. It appears the repo in question has been available for 3 years.

oleg_antonyan 3y ago

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kristopolous 3y ago

For other people totally confused, all these acronyms are for video games

Aeroi 3y ago

dope, can you make my macbook run 1.6?

kowalej 3y ago
No need to even install. Play right in the browser: https://play-cs.com https://play-cs.com.

pharmakom 3y ago

it says one of the leakers was arrested? is there a source for this?

29athrowaway 3y ago

It's unlicensed proprietary code, you cannot use it.

quazar 3y ago
Who is going to stop me?
- RektBoy 3y ago
  Mighty global police named U.S.A. greedy mfkers.
- 29athrowaway 3y ago
  1. github 2. Hacker News
metafatess 3y ago
no
93po 3y ago
I'm using it right now.
sBqQu3U0wH 3y ago
Are you german?

codethief 3y ago

Given the proprietary nature of most of the source code, I'm surprised the author's Github account hasn't been suspended yet. The blog post is from 2020 and everything's still online.

sodality2 3y ago

(2020)

T3RMINATED 3y ago

[dead]

xwdv 3y ago

I think we will begin to see more projects like this as it becomes trivial to take some leaked source code, and hand it off to an AI and tell it to make it non-copyright infringing. Eventually the next natural progression is to hand over an entire program’s binary, and have the AI produce an equivalent code base in whatever language you wish. In response, this will usher in a new era of very thin clients, or perhaps server based rendering of programs.

gatkinso 3y ago

its finally the year of the linux desktop

jrflowers 3y ago

> Some weird schizoid managed to grab both these codebases during his work on some 900th attempt of a HL2 VR project and his major goal was to have this circle leak it to the public and fly to his girlfriends house (also involved in the valve community) and kill himself and her. What the fuck? This is so weird.

dollarlord 3y ago
source engine is cursed, that's the average user
ohgodplsno 3y ago
average sourcemod enjoyer

favorited 3y ago

The title should say (2020) -- the bottom of the page notes "Written on December 16, 2020"

destroy-2A 3y ago

I am impressed with the amount of effort this bloke put to get this thing running, respect. I would rather see people talking about the insane hacks that were in the code. I also had a chuckle when I saw the license In a few days when valve lawyers knock on the door... he guys I said ALL DUE RESPECT, so its legal, its in the Geneva convention!!! https://youtu.be/Af-Id_fuXFA https://youtu.be/Af-Id_fuXFA

no_time 3y ago

Now that it has been posted here, I urge everyone to clone the repo and download the steam depots mentioned in the README. It did compile successfully for me the last time I tried it a year ago. I miss the original UI more than I anticipated, but other than that it works great.

the_overseer 3y ago

Am I the only one who isn't that impressed with the codebase quality? They are not even respecting the same coding convention in the same file for Christ! It just looks so hacky and something from the early 2000s era when it comes to engine architecture... What am I missing? Shouldn't these guys be at the forefront of innovation when it comes to engine design? Last time I checked they were a multi-billion dollar company which prides in hiring only the best of the best. How the hell do the best of the best write this code where you find // HACK: everywhere?