CryEngine 3

CryEngine 3

A screenshot from the CryEngine 3 GDC 2009 presentation
Developer(s)	Crytek
Stable release	v3.3.7 / October 2011, 21; 30 days ago (21-10-2011)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U[1]
Type	Game engine
License	Proprietary
Website	www.mycryengine.com

CryEngine 3 is a game engine released by Crytek on October 14, 2009.^[2]

On March 11, 2009, Crytek announced that it would introduce CryEngine 3 at the 2009 Game Developers Conference, held from March 25 to March 27. The new engine is being developed for use on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. As for the PC platform, the engine is said to support development in DirectX 9, 10, and 11.^[3][4]

As of June 1, 2009, it was announced that Crysis 2 would be developed by Crytek on their brand new engine. A teaser has been released.^[5] Additionally, a website named mycryengine.com was launched as a front to this new technology.

On March 1, 2010, a new video of the engine was released for the i3D 2010 symposium, which demonstrates 'Cascaded Light Propagation Volumes for Real Time Indirect Illumination'.

On June 11, 2011, the Australian Defence Force revealed that Navy personnel would train on a virtual landing helicopter dock ship made using the CryEngine 3 software.^[6]

As of July 1st, the Mod SDK version of CryEngine 3 specifically to create custom maps, mods and content for Crysis 2 is available on Crytek's website. Crytek also plans to release a free-to-use version of the CryEngine for game developers, which was released for the community as of 17th August 2011 under the name CryENGINE 3 SDK.^[7][8]

As of August 17th, the Free SDK for CryEngine 3 is available for general download.

Crytek announced on September 9, 2011 that they would be using CryENGINE 3 to bring the original Crysis to consoles.^[9] It was released for Xbox Live and Playstation Network on October 4.^[10]

Features

• Simultaneous WYSIWYG on all platforms in Sandbox editor^[11]
• "Hot-update" for all platforms in Sandbox editor^[11]
• Material Editor^[11]
• Flow graph^[11]
• Track View Editor^[11]
• Procedural Placement Tools & Cover Generation^[11]
• Integrated vegetation & terrain cover generation system^[11]
• Real time soft particle system & integrated FX editor^[11]
• Road & river tools^[11]
• Vehicle creator^[11]
• Fully Flexible Time of Day System^[11]
• Streaming^[12]
• Performance Analisys Tools^[12]
• Visual Budget System^[12]
• Multi-core support^[12]
• Sandbox development layers^[12]
• Offline rendering^[12]
• Resource compiler^[12]
• Natural lighting & dynamic soft shadows with penumbra^[13]
• Irradiance Volume^[13]
• Deferred lighting^[13]
• Real time dynamic global illumination^[13]
• Eye adaptation & high dynamic range(HDR) lighting^[13]
• Screen Space Ambient Occlusion^[13]
• Color grading^[13]
• "Uber Shader" technology^[13]
• Blend Layer^[13]
• Normal maps & parallax occlusion maps^[13]
• Motion blur & depth of field with sprite-based bokeh^[13]
• High quality 3D water^[13]
• Dynamic volumetric light beams & light shaft effects^[13]
• Volumetric, layer & view distance fogging^[13]
• PolyBump
• High Speed Texture Rendering
• Screen Space Directional Occlusion (SSDO)^[14]
• Tessellation & Displacement Mapping^[14]
• Screen-Space Reflections^[14]
• Particles Motion blur & Shadows^[14]
• Character animation system^[15]
• Character individualisation system^[15]
• Parametric skeletal animation^[15]
• Procedural motion warping & IK solutions^[15]
• Facial animation editor^[15]
• Subsurface scattering^[15]
• AI editing system^[16]
• Dynamic pathfinding^[16]
• Layer Navigation Mesh^[16]
• Automated navigation mesh generation^[16]
• Tactical Point System^[16]
• Integrated multi-threaded physics engine^[17]
• Deformables and soft body physics^[17]
• Interactive & destructible environment^[17]
• Rope physics^[17]
• In-game sound mixing & profiling^[18]
• Data-driven sound system^[18]
• Dynamic sounds & interactive music^[18]
• Environmental audio^[18]
• Key frame-accurate sounds in animations^[18]
• Sound moods^[18]
• Stereoscopic 3D support for all platforms with minimal performance loss and zero quality impact^[19]

Games using CryEngine 3

Title	Release Date	Developer	Publisher	Platform
ASTA	TBA	Polygon Games	NHN	Microsoft Windows
ArcheAge[20]	TBA	XL Games	XL Games	Microsoft Windows
Cabal 2[21]	TBA	ESTsoft		Microsoft Windows
Class 3[22]	TBA	Undead Labs	Microsoft Game Studios	Xbox 360
Crysis[23]	October 4, 2011 October 4, 2011	Crytek GmbH	Electronic Arts	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Crysis 2	March 22, 2011 March 24, 2011	Crytek GmbH	Electronic Arts	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Forged by Chaos[24]	TBA	Panzar Studio		Microsoft Windows
Lichdom[25]	TBA	Xaviant		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Nexuiz[26]	TBA	IllFonic		PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Ryse[27]	TBA	Crytek GmbH	Microsoft Game Studios	Xbox 360
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2[28]	March 20, 2012 March 16, 2012	City Interactive		PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Tour Golf Online	TBA	OnNet, OnNet USA	Onnet	Microsoft Windows
Untitled Turtle Rock game[29]	2013	Turtle Rock Studios	THQ	TBA
Warface[30]	TBA	Crytek Kiev	Tencent Holdings	Microsoft Windows
Homefront 2	TBA	Crytek UK	THQ	Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Mechwarrior Online (MWO)	2012	Piranha Games	InfiniteGames Publishing	Microsoft Windows

References

1. ^ "Wii U gets Crytek support with CryEngine". ComputersAndVideoGames.com. 15 June 2011. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/307061/wii-u-gets-crytek-support-with-cryengine/. Retrieved 14 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Crytek releases CryENGINE 3". Crytek. 14 October 2009. http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-releases-cryengine%C2%AE-3. Retrieved 21 November 2009. 
3. ^ "Crytek Announces CryENGINE 3". Crytek. March 11, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-03-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20090323125304/http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=143. Retrieved March 12, 2009. 
4. ^ Luke Plunkett (March 11, 2009). "PC Gaming Getting New Crytek Engine (Time To Upgrade)". Kotaku. http://kotaku.com/5168509/pc-gaming-getting-new-crytek-engine-time-to-upgrade. Retrieved March 12, 2009. 
5. ^ "Crysis 2 teaser trailer". Crytek. June 1, 2009. http://www.crytek.com/games/crysis2/videos. Retrieved June 8, 2009. 
6. ^ "Avatars train on Navy’s future ship". Australian Defence Force. June 11, 2011. http://www.defence.gov.au/minister/Claretpl.cfm?CurrentId=11969. Retrieved June 11, 2011. 
7. ^ "Free CryEngine". develop online. April 12, 2010. http://www.develop-online.net/news/34466/Free-to-use-CryEngine-plans-emerge. Retrieved April 12, 2010. 
8. ^ "Crytek Releases CryENGINE®3 SDK Free-of-Charge". Crytek Official Website. August 17, 2011. http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-releases-cryengine-3-sdk-free-of-charge. Retrieved August 25, 2011. 
9. ^ "CRYTEK AND EA BRING CRYSIS TO CONSOLES". Crytek. http://crytek.com/news/crytek-and-ea-bring-crysis-to-consoles. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
10. ^ "EA AND CRYTEK DELIVER CRYSIS TO CONSOLES TODAY". Crytek. http://crytek.com/news/ea-and-crytek-deliver-crysis-to-consoles-today. Retrieved 10 October 2011. 
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} "CryEngine 3 Tecnology". http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=53. 
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14. ^ ^{a b c d} "CryEngine 3 DX11 upgrade". http://www.mycrysis.com/sites/default/files/support/download/c2_dx11_ultra_upgrade.pdf. 
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16. ^ ^{a b c d e} "CryEngine 3 Tecnology". http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=48. 
17. ^ ^{a b c d} "CryEngine 3 Tecnology". http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=49. 
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19. ^ "CryEngine 3 Tecnology". http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=51. 
20. ^ "ArcheAge does use CryENGINE 3, XLGames confirms.". http://archeage-online.com/post/1718108736. 
21. ^ "CryEngine 3 MMO CABAL 2 to be Unveiled in G-Star Next Month". http://news.mmosite.com/content/2010-10-21/cryengine_3_cabal_2_to_be_unveiled_in_gstar_next_month.shtml. 
22. ^ "Undead Labs - Class 3". http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=69&id=14. Retrieved August 27, 2011. 
23. ^ "Crytek and ea bring crysis to consoles". September 09, 2011. http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-and-ea-bring-crysis-to-consoles. Retrieved September 11, 2011. 
24. ^ "Panzar Studio". Panzar Studio. http://www.forgedbychaos.com/. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
25. ^ "Xaviant LLC licenses CryENGINE 3". Xaviant LLC. 14 March 2010. http://www.crytek.com/news/xaviant-llc-licenses-cryengine--3. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
26. ^ "Illfonic’s FPS Nexuiz powered by CryENGINE 3". 13 July. http://www.crytek.com/news/illfonic--s-fps-nexuiz-powered-by-cryengine-3. 
27. ^ "Crytek reveals RYSE". Microsoft Game Studios. Archived from the original on 2010-10-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20101016164454/http://crytek.com/games/kingdoms/overview. Retrieved TBA. 
28. ^ "City Interactive confirms Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 on CryENGINE 3". http://n4g.com/news/635371/city-interactive-confirms-sniper-ghost-warrior-2-on-cryengine-3. 
29. ^ Left 4 Dead’s Turtle Rock seeks CryENGINE experience for THQ multiplay shooter | VG247
30. ^ "Crytek reveals Warface". http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek-reveals-warface-2729735e0ba6501fe9ddc8a7b23280c7. 

External links

• MyCryEngine
• "Crytek demos CryENGINE 3 for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3"
• "GC 2008: Crytek: New Engine in 2012"
• "Crytek 'i3D 2010' Tech Demo"
• "Cryengine 3 Beauty, Speed, Interaction Trailer"
• "The Wall trailer for Crysis 2, made with CryEngine 3"

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