# sultim-t/xash-rt

Fork of the Xash3D FWGS with a real-time path tracing

Repository: https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/xash-rt
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-08-26T12:16:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1402, "days_push": 1103, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1172, forks 32 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.736952+00:00)

## What it is
A fork of the Xash3D FWGS game engine that adds a real-time path-traced renderer (RayTracedGL1), primarily targeting Half-Life 1. It replaces the classic rasterized rendering pipeline with GPU ray tracing.

## Use cases
- play Half-Life 1 with real-time path tracing
- run GoldSrc-era games with ray-traced lighting
- experiment with a path-traced game engine
- see how ray tracing can be retrofitted into an existing engine
- benchmark real-time path tracing on classic game content

## When to choose
- you want to play Half-Life 1 with modern ray-traced visuals
- you're researching real-time path tracing in a full game engine
- you have a ray-tracing-capable GPU and want a drop-in enhanced engine

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose game engine for new projects
- your GPU lacks hardware ray tracing support
- you need a stable, officially licensed engine build (the fork has no license file)
- you want to run non-GoldSrc games

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, graphics, simulation
- domain: graphics, gaming-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: path-tracing, ray-tracing, half-life, xash3d, game-engine-fork, real-time-rendering, game-development, linux, gpu

## Member repositories
- sultim-t/xash-rt (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.736952+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:28.430694+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sultim-t/xash-rt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.736952+00:00, sha 4e3cb2a35ec9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.