CryEngine 3.4 video shows off enhanced tessellation, faces

by Andrew Yoon, Apr 13, 2012 1:15pm PDT

Related Topics – xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Crytek, CryEngine, PC

Crytek has released an update to their CryEngine 3 SDK. Now at 3.4, the latest version of the middleware engine promises a number of updates that promises to "increase the creative power at developers' fingertips." For us gamers, though? It promises to make games just a tad bit better.

The main highlights of the 3.4 update include revamped DirectX 11 tessellation, advanced character rendering options, and an improved AI system.

For more details on the SDK update, you can visit Crytek's official website. You can also download the free SDK from us right here if you want to check out the new features for yourself.

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Andrew Yoon posted a new article, CryEngine 3.4 video shows off enhanced tessellation, faces.

Crytek has released an update to their CryEngine 3 SDK, promising to make future games just a tad bit prettier.

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- Neat stuff. Want game. : rick
- Pretty amazing stuff. I love Crytek. The only thing that bothered me is the image warping underwater. ... : Jobos
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  Displacement mapping is fancy bump mapping? I haven't been keeping up : dlr(2)
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    Displacement mapping is not really mapping like bumps or normals in a map that you put on a surface. Its a way of creating new triangles, and lots of them, so you can get sub pixel detail out of your game environment and characters.
    
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    Displacement mapping is not really mapping like bumps or normals in a map that you put on a surface. Its ... : SpaecKow
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  FREAKING AMAZING! First two games to use this tech are Crysis 3(Monday it will be official) and second Sn... : valcan_s
  - I'm excited to see what Crysis 3 has in store. And surely Crytek has learned not to botch the PC release ... : Grape Flavor
  - You mean v3.4? Because Wikipedia says a number of others games are on v3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... : nymosis
- Crytek and Unreal should just make a baby already :P : Dark Drakonis
- God that looks impressive, can't wait to see some games using the updated renderer! : Shadowdane
- I see Steve Ballmer at 0:49 : janblood
- Dat pretty. : Pettytheft
- Want a proper challenger to Skryim using this engine. A new sandbox fantasy world. : Visceral Monkey
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  can't wait for this amazing tech to be used again for narrow corridors and linear levels in crysis 3 : spammehardo
  - Hah it's true, crysis 2 did not show off the engine enough in my opinion. : vortex6930
  - hahahahaha : excessus
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  remember back in the day when ati marketed trueform http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpag... : Hoax
  - Also funny that Quake 3 had tesselation over a decade ago yet it is not common place in games in 2012. : Pulveri
- Oblivion on the CryEngine would have been awesome. : BrazosRR

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