- Iifayile ezili-12 ze-TB ezivela kwiValve kunye nabantu besithathu zivuthulukile, ziqulethe izinto ezisusela ngo-2003 ukuya ku-2013.
- Kwakungekho kuhlaselwa nge-cyberattack: indawo evulekileyo yoluntu yeziseko zophuhliso zakudala zeSteam2 yashiywa ifikeleleka.
- Kuvela ukwakhiwa kwePortal 2, Left 4 Dead, CS:GO, kwaye kukho iimbekiselo kwiHalf-Life 2: Episode 3.
- UValve akakakhuphi naziphi na iingxelo ezisemthethweni kwaye uluntu luyaqhubeka nokuhlalutya umxholo.
Ngempelaveki ephelileyo, uluntu lwemidlalo yePC belujongene nomothuko omkhulu: ukuvuza okukhulu kwedatha enxulumene neSteam ye-12-terabyte kwatyhilwa, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo kuguqule ihlabathi lemidlalo. Oku akukokwaphulwa kwedatha nje okulula; yingqokelela yobutyebi obuvela kuValve kunye nabaninzi babashicileli abakhuphe izihloko zabo eqongeni ngelo xesha leminyaka. Eyona nto imangalisayo kukuba, ngokutsho kohlalutyo lokuqala, akukho kuqhekezwa kwekhompyutha okubandakanyekileyo ; yonke into ikhomba kwimpazamo yoqwalaselo eyatyhila ucango olungasemva kwiziseko zophuhliso ezindala zenkampani.
Ezi ndaba zisasazeke njengomlilo wehlathi kwimidiya yoluntu nakwiiforam ezikhethekileyo. UGabe Follower, umbambi wedatha owaziwayo, wayengomnye wabokuqala ukuphakamisa isilumkiso, kwaye iingxelo zakhe zifunyenwe ziindaba ezininzi. Ngokutsho kwakhe, iifayile zazikwindawo kawonke-wonke yenethiwekhi endala yeSteam2 , ngaphandle kwegama eliyimfihlo okanye uqinisekiso. Ngamanye amazwi, nabani na owaziyo apho angazikhangela khona angazikhuphela. Le nkcukacha ichaza isizathu sokuba idatha iyeke ngo-2013: yayingunyaka iValve eyafudukela kwinkqubo yayo yangoku, iSteamPipe, ishiya iziseko zangaphambili ngasemva. Le nkampani ayikakhuphi ngxelo isemthethweni, kodwa ubukhulu besiganeko sele bubangele ingxoxo enzulu malunga nokhuseleko lwedatha yembali.
Yintoni kanye kanye equlethwe yile fayile ivuzayo?
Ubungakanani bolwazi buyaxaka. Kukho amawaka eendawo zokugcina (iidepots) eziquka iinguqulelo ze-beta, iiprototypes, izakhiwo zophuhliso, iimephu ezilahliweyo, incoko etshintshileyo, nokunye okuninzi. Imidlalo yevalve ifumene ingqalelo enkulu , kwaye ngesizathu esivakalayo. Ukwakhiwa kokuqala kwePortal 2 kufunyenwe ngemishini eyahlukileyo ngokupheleleyo kwiinguqulelo zokugqibela, njengejeli enamathelayo okanye imo yokuhamba kancinci engazange isetyenziswe. Iinguqulelo zeLeft 4 Dead zowama-2008 nazo zivele ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokujonga kunye namanqanaba, kwaye izinto ze-alpha ezivela kwiCounter-Strike: Global Offensive zibonisa ujongano olusondele kwinjini yoMthombo wokuqala.
Enye yezona zinto zifunyenweyo zithethwa kakhulu yiProjekthi F-Stop, i-Portal spin-off erhoxisiweyo eyayiza kujikeleza ikhamera. Iifayile ezivuzayo ziquka iimodeli, imizobo, kwanokwakhiwa okudlalwayo , okunika abalandeli umbono wento eyayisenziwa yiValve ngaphambi kokuba iqondise ezo ngcinga kwiPortal 2. Iingxelo kwiHalf -Life 3 kunye neeasethi ezivela kwiSiqendu 3 , isiqendu esidumileyo esingazange sikhutshwe, nazo zifunyenwe. Nangona isakhiwo esipheleleyo singekafunyanwa, iiasethi, izinto ezifana ne-ice gun, kunye nezinye izinto zibonisa ukuba le projekthi yayihambele phambili kunokuba bekucingelwa ngaphambili. Uluntu luyaqhubeka nokuhlola idatha, kwaye ezinye izinto ezimangalisayo zinokuvela kwiintsuku ezizayo.
Impembelelo kubantu besithathu kunye nemiphumo yezomthetho
Ayizizo zonke izinto ezivuziweyo ezivela kwiValve. Ikwabandakanya nomxholo ovela kubashicileli abakhuphe imidlalo yabo kwiSteam phakathi kowama-2003 nowama-2013. Iinguqulelo zokuqala zezihloko ezifana neCall of Duty, Resident Evil , Sonic the Hedgehog, Mirror's Edge, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Spore, Fallout: New Vegas, kunye neCivilization, phakathi kwezinye ezininzi, zichongiwe. Oku kuphakamise iinkxalabo ngaphakathi kushishino kuba akusiyo nje ikhowudi yobunini beValve, kodwa ikwanazo neempahla ezinelungelo lokushicilela ezivela kwiinkampani zangaphandle. Umhlalutyi onamava uTyler McVicker ulumkisile kwimidiya yoluntu ukuba ukuphatha ezi fayile kunokuba yingozi ngokomthetho kwaye ucebise abantu ukuba baziphephe ukuze bathintele iingxaki.
Indlela eyenzeke ngayo le nto yokuvuza ikwabangele inkxalabo. Nangona kungekho nto ibonisa ukuba idatha yomntu, amagama ayimfihlo, okanye ulwazi lokuhlawula luye lwavezwa, into yokuba iziseko ezindala zahlala zifikeleleka kangangeminyaka engaphezu kweshumi lulwaphulo-mthetho olukhulu. Abaphuhlisi abapapashe imidlalo kwiSteam ngelo xesha banokuba nezinto zabo zangaphakathi ezisengozini , kwaye amathuba okuba nezinye izinto ezifanayo eziqulethe ulwazi oluyimfihlo azinakuthintelwa. Uluntu olusebenzisa idatha, ngokwalo, luqalile ukudwelisa yonke into kwiivenkile ezisebenzisanayo, kwaye uluhlu olunamakhulu eengeniso sele lujikeleza.
Kuthetha ukuthini oku ngekamva leSteam?
Okwangoku, iValve ithule. Le nkampani idla ngokuzifihla kakhulu ngeenkqubo zayo zangaphakathi, kwaye bekungayi kumangaliswa ukuba bathathe ixesha labo lokuphawula. Okucacileyo kukuba olu vuzo lubaluleke kakhulu kwimbali yemidlalo yevidiyo , xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izenzo zokwaphulwa kwedatha ezinkulu ezifana ne-GTA VI, nangona kukho umahluko omnye obalulekileyo: apha bekungekho zigebenga ze-intanethi, kodwa endaweni yoko kukho ukungalungi okukhulu. Ezi zinto zingaphezulu kweminyaka elishumi ubudala, ngoko ke umngcipheko okhawulezileyo kukhuseleko lweenkqubo zangoku uphantsi, kodwa ixabiso lazo lembali nelenkcubeko alinakubalwa. Abalandeli sele bebandakanyeka kwi-archaeology yedijithali, bevavanya ii-beta ezingazange zibone ukukhanya kwemini kwaye befumanisa iimfihlo ezazicingelwa ukuba zilahlekile.
Ubungakanani obupheleleyo be-archive buthetha ukuba uhlalutyo olupheleleyo luya kuthatha iiveki, kwaneenyanga. Siza kufumanisa iziphumo ezintsha kancinci kancinci , kwaye akuyi kumangaliswa ukubona ezinye izinto ezimangalisayo ezinxulumene neeprojekthi ezirhoxisiweyo okanye ezinye iinguqulelo zemidlalo eyaziwayo. Okwangoku, uluntu luyaqhubeka nokuxoxa ngemiphumo yezomthetho neyemigaqo yokufikelela kwezi zinto, kunye nendlela eziya kuyichaphazela ngayo intembeko kwiqonga. Into engenakuphikiswa mntu kukuba sijonge enye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kwimbali yemidlalo yePC, kwaye ukufunyanwa kwayo kwenzeke ngempazamo, ngokumangalisayo, evule ifestile yexesha elidlulileyo abaninzi ababekholelwa ukuba livaliwe ngonaphakade.
Ekugqibeleni, ukuvuza kwe-12 TB Steam kubonise ubuthathaka bokhuseleko kwiziseko zophuhliso zakudala, kodwa kukwanike abalandeli ithuba elikhethekileyo lokuhlola uphuhliso lweminye yemidlalo enempembelelo kwimbali. Ukuba akukho mpendulo isemthethweni evela kwiValve, uluntu luya kuqhubeka luphanda kwaye lwabelana ngeziphumo, kwaye esi sihloko sinokudala ingxoxo eninzi kwiiveki ezizayo. Okucacileyo kukuba, nokuba akukho mpazamo, impembelelo yale mpazamo iya kukhunjulwa ixesha elide.
