What Engine Again?

[Chris Mchayes]

I know it says CryEngine but does this have anything to do with the Unity Devlopment Engine kit? am confused lol.

[Fancy Sweetroll]

No. Cryengine is the engine Crytek developed. It's been used in all the Crysis games. Far Cry is running a modified version of Cryengine called Dunia.

[Chris Mchayes]

Ok, thanks for the reply! :o

[Fancy Sweetroll]

Just a quick demonstration of some of the graphical features cryengine supports :)

http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=8

[Wolfy]

Small qustion.Why cryengine 3? I dont know much about game engines but what makes this engine good for a civil war game?

[Primergy]

It's a flexible engine, with a good sdk, good tutorials and you have acess to parts of the source code. It's free to use for indie game developers, and the amount of MP players has no limit.

[Hinkel]

That means, theoretically you could fight with a full division of 5.000 players :)

[Chris Mchayes]

Would I be able to get this Engine for free, without requiring a game? So I can take a look, and practice mapping with it lol.

[Av3ng3r]

How many people do you think the engine will be able to support on one server, without it beginning to lag?


It's a flexible engine, with a good sdk, good tutorials and you have acess to parts of the source code. It's free to use for indie game developers, and the amount of MP players has no limit.

"CryENGINE 3 is now available free of charge for use on non-commercial gaming projects. If you are looking to use CryENGINE 3 for a commercial game or in any way that is not specifically allowed in the End User License Agreement (EULA), you must contact Crytek to agree on commercial terms and a license for your use."

http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=43
(http://http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=43)

So it's only free aslong as the game is. (Haven't really looked into it though, I hope I'm wrong)

[Fancy Sweetroll]

Another reason for choosing Cryengine is of course also the awesome graphics it allows us to do ;). And it does have some excellent vegetation tools.


How many people do you think the engine will be able to support on one server, without it beginning to lag?

"CryENGINE 3 is now available free of charge for use on non-commercial gaming projects. If you are looking to use CryENGINE 3 for a commercial game or in any way that is not specifically allowed in the End User License Agreement (EULA), you must contact Crytek to agree on commercial terms and a license for your use."

http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=43
(http://http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=43)

So it's only free aslong as the game is. (Haven't really looked into it though, I hope I'm wrong)

Yeah we are indeed gonna need a license at some point. But we are allowed to develop the game in the meantime and we are allowed to host different kinds of tests, as long as you don't pay anything for it ;).


Would I be able to get this Engine for free, without requiring a game? So I can take a look, and practice mapping with it lol.

You can get the free sdk from here: http://www.crydev.net/dm_eds/download_detail.php?id=4

[Chris Mchayes]

thank you very much! ill going to see what i can do with this lol

[Av3ng3r]

"How many people do you think the engine will be able to support on one server, without it beginning to lag?" :p

Doesn't have to be anything accurate. Just a rough estimation would be nice :)

[Fancy Sweetroll]

As long as we keep our server equally simple/advanced as the one bcof is using, I see no reason why we shouldn't be able to reach the same number. That is most likely the best answer I can give you at this point :)

[Wolfy]

Ah ok.Regarding maps,how much detail with the maps have? And will scene props make it lag like the huge maps in NaS? Or does the egine let you place lots of props will little or no lag?

[Primergy]

Detail always means lower perfomance, but the team is always looking into new ways to save power - Just look at the cornfield ;)

[Fancy Sweetroll]

Detail always means lower perfomance, but the team is always looking into new ways to save power - Just look at the cornfield ;)

Exactly! The cornfield is probably one of our best performance saving demonstrations hehe.

[Wolfy]

:D Sorry i no nothing about engines but how does the cornfield save performance?(Please make maps that are all made for better performance.Coming form a guy who's computer runs of water.)And on a side not but not offtopic will tree be destructible? Will bits of wood be chipped of but bullets or the hole thing come crahsing down if a cannon hits the base? Dont know if this is even possible but no harm in asking,right? :P

[TrustyJam]

:D Sorry i no nothing about engines but how does the cornfield save performance?(Please make maps that are all made for better performance.Coming form a guy who's computer runs of water.)And on a side not but not offtopic will tree be destructible? Will bits of wood be chipped of but bullets or the hole thing come crahsing down if a cannon hits the base? Dont know if this is even possible but no harm in asking,right? :P

We'll do our best. Be warned though. This was never intended to be light on the hardware requirement side of things. We do afterall use one of the most powerful and graphically intensive engines on the current market. Can't say anything about destructible trees. But would think it'd be too demanding of the server (Antietam consists of about ten thousand trees).

- Trusty

[Fancy Sweetroll]

:D Sorry i no nothing about engines but how does the cornfield save performance?(Please make maps that are all made for better performance.Coming form a guy who's computer runs of water.)And on a side not but not offtopic will tree be destructible? Will bits of wood be chipped of but bullets or the hole thing come crahsing down if a cannon hits the base? Dont know if this is even possible but no harm in asking,right? :P

Here you can see how it's done: http://warofrights.com/forum/showthread.php?3-Cornfield

[Sparhawk]

Will players need to download the SDK and the mod (a la The Hidden) or will there be a single bundle?

[TrustyJam]

Will players need to download the SDK and the mod (a la The Hidden) or will there be a single bundle?

WoR is a game, not a mod.

- Trusty

[Sparhawk]

Well, it's running on someone else's engine.
But the game is being done from the ground up apart from that, so it was probably the wrong word.

[TrustyJam]

Well, it's running on someone else's engine.
But the game is being done from the ground up apart from that, so it was probably the wrong word.

So are most of todays games. :)

- Trusty

[Wolfy]

You will find few games which are making there own engine.As Trusty said many games now days are useing other peoples engines but WoR is still a game :)

[Said]

as a visual person when it come to video games
i just love cryengine :o

[TrustyJam]

as a visual person when it come to video games
i just love cryengine :o

Oh, have you had experince with it before?

- Trusty

[Said]

Oh, have you had experince with it before?

- Trusty

experince as for working with it ? -- no
only played games made with it _ visualy awesome _

as for work .
im currently struggling with UDK - making my own small game -
keeps getting errors like no body's business
im a sucker at programming :D

[TrustyJam]

experince as for working with it ? -- no
only played games made with it _ visualy awesome _

as for work .
im currently struggling with UDK - making my own small game -
keeps getting errors like no body's business
im a sucker at programming :D

Ah I see. :) Well feel free to post pics of it if you feel like showing off!

- Trusty

[Said]

Ah I see. :) Well feel free to post pics of it if you feel like showing off!

- Trusty

still very early to do so
plus its a samll game compared :D
a side scroller
at the moment trying to put the main char with her custom animation ( getting errors like crazy ) :(
a picture of the unfinished main char
http://s17.postimg.org/f7k6ec12n/kid.png (http://postimage.org/)

[TrustyJam]

still very early to do so
plus its a samll game compared :D
a side scroller
at the moment trying to put the main char with her custom animation ( getting errors like crazy ) :(
a picture of the unfinished main char
http://s17.postimg.org/f7k6ec12n/kid.png (http://postimage.org/)



Not really my style, but looking good! :)

- Trusty

[Zevrow]

It's a good engine, all you need to know, they need the licence for it I believe, so start donating :)

[Estus]

Warface (http://www.crytek.com/games/warface/overview) also uses this engine. But isn't a very heavy and hardcore engine for a game who doesn't need this kind of gameplay?

[TrustyJam]

Warface (http://www.crytek.com/games/warface/overview) also uses this engine. But isn't a very heavy and hardcore engine for a game who doesn't need this kind of gameplay?

It itsn't heavy at all - it fits it's purpose perfectly. :)

- Trusty