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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 10/04/2026

New 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#changelog

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 31/03/2026

SteamDB now detects best suggested prices category instead of always using the nuanced category.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 17/03/2026

Source 2 Schema Explorer, generated from automatic game dumps: cross references, search by name, metadata, offsets, switch between games. s2v.app/SchemaExplor...

Schema Explorer showing the class CNmGraphDocVariationDataNode in Counter-Strike 2 from the animdoclib module in dark mode. The class inherits from CNmGraphDocNode and CNmGraphDocFlowNode, with inherited fields shown expanded (m_ID, m_name, m_floatingComment, m_position, m_pChildGraph, m_pSecondaryGraph, m_inputPins, m_outputPins) along with their types and offsets. Its own fields include m_pDefaultVariationData, m_overrides, and m_defaultResourceName, each with MPropertySuppressField metadata. A "Referenced By" section lists 10 other classes that reference this one. An "Also In" section shows the class exists in Dota 2 and Deadlock as well. Footer notes offsets are from Windows, source revision 10527048 built on Mar 16 2026.

GitHub view of the raw schema dump file CNmGraphDocVariationDataNode.h from the GameTracking-CS2 repository under DumpSource2/schemas/animdoclib. Shows two C++ header-style code blocks: the first defines class CNmGraphDocVariationDataNode inheriting from CNmGraphDocFlowNode with three fields (m_pDefaultVariationData, m_overrides, m_defaultResourceName), and the second defines its parent class CNmGraphDocNode with fields like m_ID, m_name, m_floatingComment, m_position, m_pChildGraph, and m_pSecondaryGraph — the same raw data that the Schema Explorer renders interactively.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 27/02/2026

Inventory 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…

Image source: https://www.facebook.com/rivaLxfactor/posts/arc-raiders-community-is-awesome-there-are-players-who-are-wiping-which-means-th/1486375333058226/

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 18/02/2026

I'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.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 05/02/2026

You can now walk in Source 2 Viewer. Full release notes: github.com/ValveResourc...

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 10/01/2026

We'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.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 08/01/2026

modern 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 time

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 29/12/2025

Steam(DB) has so many states a game can be in, a discord style tri-state toggles seemed like a good idea for filtering.

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SteamDB @steamdb.info · 28/12/2025

SteamDB has a new experimental filter on the sales page. Highlight rarer new historical lows where either: - Previous low was 1.5+ years ago, OR - 50%+ price drop from previous low

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 27/12/2025

Next Source 2 Viewer update will be lovely

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 25/12/2025

There'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...) www.codeproject.com/articles/Add...

codeproject.com

Adding and using 32 bit alphablended images and icons to the imagelist control - CodeProject

An article on adding alphablended images to an imagelist control and using them on components.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 21/12/2025

source 2 viewer had a glow up

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SteamDB @steamdb.info · 12/12/2025

Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025. Almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.

Steam Game Releases by Review Count, 2016-2025.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 11/12/2025

Steam now warns if an item in your cart can be purchased cheaper as part of a bundle.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 05/12/2025

We'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.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 26/11/2025

Very cool! They can't open source the C++ parts as Source 2 is obviously Valve's code.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 23/11/2025

Valve added a button to report chat messages in Steam, and in less than a week, @steamdb.info's bot account got locked. Very cool.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 18/11/2025

X is where the news happen, except when cloudflare goes offline. Why isn't it hosted in space yet?

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 18/11/2025

hl3 got announced but no one could see it because cloudflare is down

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 17/11/2025

mainstream half-life 3 copium overdose is back on the menu it seems like

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 13/11/2025

I've collected a bunch of information about the new @steampowered.com hardware (from various media; credited) and summarized it in the updated blog post: steamdb.info/blog/steam-h...

steamdb.info

Valve announces three new Steam Hardware devices

Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame, a VR headset

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SteamDB @steamdb.info · 12/11/2025

Valve has announced three new hardware products expanding the Steam Hardware family, all scheduled to launch in early 2026. Read more here: steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-20…

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SteamDB @steamdb.info · 12/11/2025

Steam Frame, Steam Controller, Steam Machine announcement is expected soon, here's a first look!

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 02/11/2025

It'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.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 29/10/2025

the new steam controller 2 (triton) icon is just that, an icon. don't worry it has a dpad, two sticks, and more buttons.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 21/10/2025

It's currently not possible to view issues in the @github.com mobile app because they can't handle their own deprecations. Embarrassing.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 07/10/2025

Valve confirms Ricochet 2 🫨 * This is basically a response to mod 'Team Fortress 2 Classic' steamcommunity.com/games/354506...

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 03/10/2025

@davidanson.bsky.social hey i hit your blog and some of the code blocks seem unreadable in dark theme here dlaa.me/blog/post/99...

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 01/10/2025

You can now browse anyone's owned games or wishlist on steamdb with all the filters. It was partially possible before by specifying the accountid in the url, but now it's more obvious, and you can get to it from the calculator.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 21/09/2025

I've got @cloudflare.social to sponsor Workers for steamstat.us, it's pretty cool. The status json is stored in the KV, and I've now added SSR support, which means page load is faster and you can see the status without JS (rendering the canvas graphs still requires js though).

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 13/09/2025

Stability of Debian let me down a little bit today, I've updated @steamdb.info to trixie and that went smoothly, but then DNS queries started failing after a few hours. Caused by resolved bug introduced in June: github.com/systemd/syst... Usually debian packages are way behind.

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systemd-resolved fails to resolve queries after a few minutes with DNSOverTLS · Issue #38509 · systemd/systemd

systemd version the issue has been seen with systemd 257.8-1 Used distribution Arch Linux Linux kernel version used 6.16.0-arch1-1 CPU architectures issue was seen on x86_64 Component resolvectl, s...

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 05/09/2025

I'm glad dhh is publicly talking about the overall complexity of modern development. steamdb deploys from a git commit in under 2 seconds, it's really invaluable.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 03/09/2025

New trademark for "Steam Frame" has been registered for new computer hardware uspto.report/TM/99370857

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 02/09/2025

You should have a performance bar always available in production which has timings and logs all the individual queries. This helps you find bottlenecks that need attention just while you're using the site.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 25/08/2025

There's a reference to TF project in the source1import code, that means Valve are trying to import S1 assets into Source 2. This is still assuming that TF actually means Team Fortress. noticed by @gabefollower.com

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 22/08/2025

.@steamdb.info now tracks VPK archive contents across all games

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 17/08/2025

free ai tokens: make github issues with fake $ bounties so that AI bots try to claim them

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 15/08/2025

Battlefield 6 is a lot of fun, shotgun is op as hell, and you can do a lot of tomfoolery with respawn beacons. The empire state map feels like a deathmatch map though, it's way too small.

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 26/07/2025

Added two new rankings to SteamDB: daily active users and wishlist activity. This data comes directly from the Steam API, so I don't exactly know what "wishlist activity" means. Battlefield 6 is the #1 for upcoming games. DAU: steamdb.info/stats/dailya... Wishlists: steamdb.info/stats/wishli...

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 24/07/2025

New Source 2 Viewer release! Added an entity list to filter and jump to entities, export physics to glTF and a bunch of other goodies! github.com/ValveResourc...

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 21/07/2025

Slop is going to be word of the year, isn't it?

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 21/07/2025

When I paste text I copied I want it to look like this, and for Ctrl-Z to obviously be broken to not be able to revert it. @github.com pls fix

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 11/07/2025

Valve is preparing to display Counter-Strike 2 item float values in the Steam inventory (TIL ecmascript explicitly allows HTML single line comments in JS)

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 06/07/2025

running mesa drivers on a windows in github actions to validate shaders is pretty cool

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Pavel Djundik @xpaw.me · 30/06/2025

I've successfully migrated @steamdb.info from InfluxDB to ClickHouse. CPU and RAM usage is down, query times are faster. Quite impressed all around. Thanks to influxdb for doing multiple incompatible rewrites for forcing me off it.

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