- Essence Engine
Infobox Software
name = Essence Engine
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developer =Relic Entertainment
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operating_system = Windows
genre =Game engine
license =Proprietary
website = [http://www.relic.com/ Relic Official Website]Essence Engine is a
game engine developed byRelic Entertainment for the PC Video GameCompany of Heroes .Features
The Essence Engine features many new graphical effects, including High Dynamic Range Lighting,
dynamic lighting & shadows, advanced shader effects andnormal mapping . The Essence Engine is also one of the first RTS engines to create detailed faces with facial animations.In "" the Essence Engine was further improved to include weather effects and also added support for DirectX 10 for Windows Vista.
The upcoming sequel to ', ', will use an updated version of Essence Engine allowing more detailed models and textures, and more advanced lighting and shading effects, as well as including more complex "sync-kills" than those in Dawn of War and to support dual core CPUs.
Games using the Essence Engine
Essence v1.0
* "
Company of Heroes " (2006).
* "" (2007).Essence v2.0
* "" (2009).
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