CryEngine 3 Released to Devs

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• OMG mind BLOWN! THIS IS IT RIgHT HERE FOLKS, THIS JUST BLEW MY FUCKING MIND! : posito
• lol...over his head... : SpeedComraD
• I don't think you've understood what this video is about. : Arceihn
• Hair = Uncanny Valley Extravaganza : swimteampie
• The future...is bald. : Fayk

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  i thought voxels were no more...and here they have made them advanced! : captain hampton
  • Z-Brush basically uses voxels, but they call it a pixol. : JackAxe
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    Voxels are headed for a mighty fucking come-back. Id is using them for their next engine after Rage. : pillzer
    • Pretty sure "ray tracing into a sparse voxel octree" doesn't mean rendering voxels in the same sense as D... : Pulveri
• Cant wait to see what Novalogic can do with this ! : gummijoh
• I think all that's referring to is using the voxel painter in combination with the heightmap to sculpt th... : etherealrhythm
• Outcast sequel? : deadhorse
• The voxels aren't the same as voxels from Novalogic games. Those were basically 2D Pixels that made up a ... : Landrosradick

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• This is why it's good that the engine is being released to developers: perhaps another studio can attach ... : panfist
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  Damn, we must've played different games. : silverback1138
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    Did you play the version where the soldiers would walk into in the water and stand there until they drown... : Derringer
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      You just don't know anything about fighting. Thats pure tactic. : Johnnsen
      • He must have chosen the "Easier than easy" difficulty level : Zzap
• Depends on the difficulty level you select. Crysis on Easy is a joke, that's right, but go check it out a... : Anchovy
• Played through game once on Delta, would never play it again. It looks fantastic, but gameplay wise I ... : Mr. Goodwrench
• That's exactly what I think of the Call of Duty series, for example. Crysis, on the other hand, kicks ass... : vx2o
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  Are you aware of a sandbox shooter with a better AI than Crysis? They can flank you, take cover without s... : Patakreps
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    They don't really shoot randomly when you disappear, they just shoot where you were, that's hardly advanc... : Mystery0000
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      I agree there are some flaws and the AI time reaction is way too slow, but I think you underestimate the ... : Patakreps
      • I don't recall buildings getting completely destroyed, it's only the roof and such that fall away, and th... : Mystery0000
    • STALKER Clear Sky has the AI use grenades! If you liked the original, you should check out Clear Sky, it ... : Khakimon
    • Oh good god Clear Sky has broken AI. And trust me, you don't wanna see them throw grenades. : greasyjohn
• I guess it's a good thing that Crysis had some of the best FPS gameplay in years and probably the best AI... : poindexter1985

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  I have yet to see a set up that plays Crysis at steady 60 fps with all eye candy. 30+fps - sure, mode... : SpeedComraD
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    I call BS. 30FPS is perfectly playable on crysis : Nighthawk0110
    • i second that. : gt505
    • 30 fps sucks ass, 60 fps or nothing. : abjectblitz
• For testing, they most likely had an SLI setup but even at that time, they probably still had to turn dow... : SabinRaijin
• I could run it on highest at 15 fps on a radeon 2900, at 1680 A faster card could run it at 20fps at lea... : Tchest

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  And you closed your eyes to avoid seeing the girl running down the hill so you could come here and bash t... : TwiiK
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    I wasn't being serious, I just thought it was funny, I think this engine is great news for my xbox 360 : OrkO
    • I laughed at that bit too :) : nodebug
    • Hope you have a clean towel ready. : ihya

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  There was mention of a Crysis 2; it's going to hit the consoles first. Crytek was hurting really bad fro... : the archvile
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    "it's going to hit the consoles first." and you know this how? : dangerdoggie
    • It hasn't been explicitly stated, but check out the time progression of the recent articles: April 30, : the archvile
• being worked on, will be multi-platform. that's about it. : dangerdoggie
• http://www.incrysis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid= : vx2o

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  That's gotta be the most obscure film reference I've seen all morning. : etherealrhythm
  • Here's my guess: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE : Zzap
  • MALKOVICH!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0ut4xHH_0 : zipperface
• Is that a tag reference? : vx2o

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  "CryENGINE 3 also introduces CryENGINE 3 Live Createâ„¢. It allows developers to work with a single e... : verbatim
  • Now THAT is pretty fucking impressive. Maybe Unreal tech will finally have a run for its money : nodebug

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• Agreed. I'm hoping Crysis 2 doesn't be subjected to "accesibility" retardation. : silverback1138
• There's no way you can put the complexity of large Crysis level like the harbor one in 256 Mo of memory. ... : Patakreps

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  Reading Comprehension Required CryEngine 3 is optimized for consoles. : carbontree
  • consoles which are starting to get old no less. : pyide
  • Most likely Cryengine 3 will run better than 2. : Dynotaku
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    That doesn't imply that it'll run well with maxed-out details on PCs. : code-e255
    • At least someone gets it. : Inarion
    • It's the content that needs to be tweaked... CryEngine 2 ran well. : Evan_C
• Yes and No. CryEngine 3 is much more scalable and optimized for PS3/360, and so it runs fine on PCs as we... : Anchovy

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• I'm guessing that's the next-gen ready stuff. : Arceihn

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  This engine is better suited for games that feature more than shades of brown. That being said, expec... : SpeedComraD
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    uh no on the top of my head theres aion using it : Frush81
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      Yeah, they're using FarCry 1's engine. And thats 1 game. Compared to 100's that Unreal Engines got, I'm j... : SpeedComraD
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        Not hard to guess: Unreal Engine 3 is a multi-platform engine. CryEngine 1 & 2 weren't. : Patakreps
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          That's not exactly true either. At least for first CryEngine. CryEngine 1 Far Cry (2004, Microsoft W... : SpeedComraD
          • Instincts wasn't really CryEngine... Cryengine 1 was pretty easy to get started with and map with, but... : f*ckface
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    Wrong, Merchants of Brooklyn uses CryEngine 2. /nitpick : quadeh
    • Never heard of it. What a successful engine. : Meadows.TR
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    Cryengine 2 was PC only and when it made its debut UE3 had pretty much grabbed most of the market. Studio... : Dr_Cube
    • But why did no one use first CryEngine? Or for that matter, why did barely any PC games used 2nd? I s... : SpeedComraD
• I agree. This or the iD Tech version that Rage is using. New Vegas is the appetizer to hold us over until... : Dr_Cube
• Bethesda has some terrible artists, just compare their stuff with what the modding community can do. : Sixcos

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• Would you say it makes your PC cry? Also, this has happened a total of twice. Once, if you count the "... : Schnapple
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  The reason is, you suck at keeping your pc up to date, buy a console and be happier. : haysoos
  • ouch. : i poop from there
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    I have a ps3 and playing a shooter with a gamepad is against my religion : Frush81
    • Good man. Your heart is in the right place. : Dr_Cube
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  lol. Farcry was released in 2004, crysis 2007, that means you had 3 years to upgrade. Then the newest r... : fstephan
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    I had a 6800gt I think when far cry came out ... maybe it was my 9800pro I can't remember I only remember... : Frush81
    • yah the 8800GTX isn't that fast for a shader heavy game like Crysis... it runs fine on my GTX260. : Shadowdane
    • I'm thinking that Crytek will be optimizing their title for speed on a wide range of platforms; they ment... : the archvile
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      No one seems to understand that CryTek intentionally made a game that your computer couldn't run at the t... : Hyrenguy
      • unfortunately it starts looking pretty bad when turned down. My last video card Far Cry ran and looked b... : Turd Ferguson

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• What makes you think platform strengths are pushed aside. To some extend maybe but not as you express it ... : verbal

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• StayPlation 3; haven't you heard of it? :-P It got corrected to "PS3" : the archvile
• looks so, according to video, is 1 part that says ps3 in the corner : ClawHammR

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• Well, there's the absolutely vital High-Res Nanosuit mod that stops it from being a blurry-textured mess ... : AlexW1203
• Mechwarrior Living Legends should be awesome when complete. : SockMonkeh

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• There was a video of this from GDC, it was really impressive. http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/gc-2009-cry-en... : pyide
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  Yes you are correct, this is not the same as being able to have builds for every platform ready simultane... : pletzurra
  • Iteration time is inversely proportional to quality. Anything you can iterate on in engine instantly ... : sphinx

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• No kidding, huh? For someone who has been playing games since, well, Radio Shack pong, it's pretty amazi... : Don Vito Corleone