Programmer, data miner, creator of @steamdb.info 🌍 https://xpaw.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mj4zu7ljxs26New Source2 Viewer release featuring: - GPU driven rendering and meshlet culling - Support for modern Source 2 lights like omni2 and barn - Live rendered thumbnail view - Visibility (VVIS) cluster view - AnimGraph2 animation playback s2v.app#changelog10 Apr 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4zu7ljxs26https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3midsjvghvs2iSteamDB now detects best suggested prices category instead of always using the nuanced category.31 Mar 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3midsjvghvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mhalupyfik27Source 2 Schema Explorer, generated from automatic game dumps: cross references, search by name, metadata, offsets, switch between games. https://s2v.app/SchemaExplorer/17 Mar 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhalupyfik27https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mftlyo7ync2yInventory management in Arc Raiders is severely lacking. Since everything outside of the match in this game is managed with HTTP calls, it definitely would be possible to make a third-party app for managing it. Automatic crafting/buying, loadouts, etc…27 Feb 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftlyo7ync2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mf557zabjk2xI've tried using the 'for you' feed, and pressed a bunch show less like this, but the feed is still completely bad showing zero content I would have any interest in.18 Feb 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf557zabjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3me4kw25src2rYou can now walk in Source 2 Viewer. Full release notes: https://github.com/ValveResourceFormat/ValveResourceFormat/releases/tag/18.005 Feb 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4kw25src2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mc3n5ld36k22We've been slowly refactoring the S2V renderer to be self contained and now it's reached a point where it lives a separate package (and published to nuget). This opens the road to use the renderer for things like automating screenshots or implementing other viewers on top.10 Jan 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3n5ld36k22https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mbvpqg7tvc2hmodern multiplayer games start sucking as soon as people start going for metas which ruins any fun. for example everyone now runs trigger nades in arc raiders, which can kill an entire squad in less than a second. devs already confirmed a nerf is coming, but they took their sweet time08 Jan 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvpqg7tvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mbro2p42gc2agithub.com/sponsors/xPaw https://github.com/sponsors/xPaw06 Jan 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbro2p42gc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mb52c6lqkc2zSteam(DB) has so many states a game can be in, a discord style tri-state toggles seemed like a good idea for filtering.29 Dec 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb52c6lqkc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mayedaijzk2dNext Source 2 Viewer update will be lovely27 Dec 2025 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mayedaijzk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3mast7bl4zs23There's always a person that figure out how to fix a bug in winforms two decades ago (and the bug is still not fixed two decades later...) https://www.codeproject.com/articles/Adding-and-using-32-bit-alphablended-images-and-ic25 Dec 2025 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mast7bl4zs23https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3majgayhcd22rsource 2 viewer had a glow up21 Dec 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3majgayhcd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3ma5besgvv22xhttps://www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-graphics-api16 Dec 2025 23:10 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma5besgvv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m7p7t7hpjs2eSteam now warns if an item in your cart can be purchased cheaper as part of a bundle.11 Dec 2025 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7p7t7hpjs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m7axx43ins2cWe've been working on making the loading and rendering threaded in Source 2 Viewer, as well as freshened up theme. It's a surprising amount of refactoring to make OpenGL load and render in a thread and sync up with UI controls. And styling winforms is really hell on earth.05 Dec 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7axx43ins2chttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m6kwgmk7fs2pVery cool! They can't open source the C++ parts as Source 2 is obviously Valve's code. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Nov 2025 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kwgmk7fs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m6bzkgd7e226Valve added a button to report chat messages in Steam, and in less than a week, @steamdb.info's bot account got locked. Very cool.23 Nov 2025 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6bzkgd7e226https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m5vwdxh3ik2xX is where the news happen, except when cloudflare goes offline. Why isn't it hosted in space yet?18 Nov 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vwdxh3ik2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m5vuynbi522mhl3 got announced but no one could see it because cloudflare is down18 Nov 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vuynbi522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m5tqikiqac2wmainstream half-life 3 copium overdose is back on the menu it seems like17 Nov 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tqikiqac2whttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m5j6l5fv4s2vI've collected a bunch of information about the new @steampowered.com hardware (from various media; credited) and summarized it in the updated blog post: https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-2025/13 Nov 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5j6l5fv4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m4oaqbkyzc2rIt's rather ironic that I haven't been getting ads on twitch for months (because no one buys ads here), and now all of a sudden they keep repeating an ad for twitch turbo promoting ad free viewing.02 Nov 2025 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4oaqbkyzc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m4d3jdcxak22the new steam controller 2 (triton) icon is just that, an icon. don't worry it has a dpad, two sticks, and more buttons.29 Oct 2025 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4d3jdcxak22https://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m3p3rgo3uc2rIt's currently not possible to view issues in the @github.com mobile app because they can't handle their own deprecations. Embarrassing.21 Oct 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3p3rgo3uc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/xpaw.me/post/3m2lppgetm224Valve confirms Ricochet 2 🫨 * This is basically a response to mod 'Team Fortress 2 Classic' https://steamcommunity.com/games/3545060/announcements/detail/52535522945191325707 Oct 2025 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:5n7dmsl7pwgd5iagdslzbbgv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2lppgetm224