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CryENGINE
Developer(s)Crytek
Stable release
v3.4 / April 2012, 13; 13 years ago (13-04-2012)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U,[1] iOS, Android
TypeGame engine
LicenseProprietary
Websitemycryengine.com

CryENGINE is a game engine designed by Crytek primarily for use in first-person shooter video games.

Features

3

Development

CryENGINE 3 Free SDK
Developer(s)Crytek
Stable release
3.4 / April 13, 2012
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
TypeLevel editor/Software development kit
WebsiteCryDev.net

CryENGINE 3 Free SDK, originally called Sandbox Editor, is the current version of the level editor used to create levels for the CryENGINE line of game engines by Crytek. Tools are also provided within the software to facilitate scripting, animation, and object creation. It has been included with various Crytek games (including, but not limited to, Crysis and Far Cry), and is used extensively for modding purposes. The editing style is that of the sandbox concept, with the emphasis on large terrains and a free style of mission programming. The editor can also construct indoor settings.

Opposed to editors like UnrealEd which use a "subtractive" editing style that takes away areas from a filled world space, the Sandbox has an "additive" style (like Quake II). Objects are added to an overall empty space.

The Sandbox's concentration on potentially huge (in theory, hundreds of square kilometers) terrain, means that it uses an algorithmic form of painting textures and objects onto the landscape. This uses various parameters to define the distribution of textures or types of vegetation. This is intended to save time and make the editing of such large terrains feasible while maintaining the overall "real world" sandbox free roaming style. This is different from some editing styles that often use "fake backdrops" to give the illusion of large terrains.

In a fashion somewhat comparable to the 3D Renderer Blender, which can be used for game design, the Sandbox editor has the ability, with a single key press, for the editor to jump straight into the current design (WYSIWYP, "What You See Is What You Play" Feature). This is facilitated without loading the game as the game engine is already running within the editor. The "player" view is shown within the 3D portion of the Editor.

The Editor also supports all the CryENGINE features such as vehicles and physics, scripting, advanced lighting (including real time, moving shadows), Polybump technology, shaders, 3D audio, character Inverse kinematics and animation blending, dynamic music, Real Time Soft Particle System and Integrated FX Editor, Deferred Lighting, Normal Maps & Parallax Occlusion Maps, and Advanced Modular AI System.

Versions

This diagram illustrates the development history of “CryENGINE” game engines family.

CryENGINE 1

CryENGINE is a game engine used for the first-person shooter video game Far Cry. It was originally developed by Crytek as a technology demo for Nvidia and, when the company saw its potential, it was turned into a game.

When video cards with support for 3.0 pixel and vertex shaders were released, Crytek released version 1.2 of the engine which used some of the capabilities for better graphics.

Later the company developed CryENGINE version 1.3, which added support for HDR lighting.

The engine has been licensed to NCsoft for their MMORPG, Aion: Tower of Eternity.[11]

On March 30, 2006, Ubisoft acquired all intellectual property rights to the Far Cry franchise and a perpetual license to use the Far Cry edition of CryENGINE.[12]

CryENGINE 2

CryENGINE 2 is used in Crytek's game Crysis, and an updated version in Crysis Warhead, a side story of Crysis. Also, the MMORPG Entropia Universe recently upgraded its graphics to the CryENGINE 2. In March 2009 at the Game Developers Conference, CryENGINE 2's successor, CryEngine 3, was shown on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

CryENGINE 2 was first licensed out to French company IMAGTP who specializes in architectural and urban-planning communication. The purpose of licensing the engine was to create a program to allow clients to see exactly what a building or other structure would look like before any actual building was undertaken.

As of March 7, 2011, Simpson Studios, a new development studio, has licensed CryENGINE 2 out to use on a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW) that takes place on a terraformed Mars.[13]

On May 11, 2007, Crytek announced that they would be using the engine to create a game based on their new “intellectual property”. It is also confirmed that it will not be a part of Crysis and in fact may not even be a first person shooter.

On September 17, 2007, Ringling College of Art & Design became the first higher education institution in the world to license CryENGINE 2 for educational purposes.

CryENGINE 3

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 was 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.[14][15] As of June 1, 2009, it was announced that Crysis 2 would be developed by Crytek on their brand new engine.[16] CryENGINE 3 was released on October 14, 2009.[17]

On March 1, 2010, a new tech demo of the engine was released for the i3D 2010 symposium, which demonstrates 'Cascaded Light Propagation Volumes for Real Time Indirect Illumination'.[18] 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.[19] As of July 1, 2011, 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 released a free-to-use version of the CryENGINE for non-commercial game development. It was released as of August 17, 2011 under the name CryENGINE 3 SDK.[20][21]

Crytek announced on September 9, 2011 that they would be using CryENGINE 3 to bring the original Crysis to consoles.[22] It was released for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on October 4, 2011.[23]

Games using CryENGINE

CryENGINE 1

Title Release Date Developer Publisher Platform
Far Cry 2004 Crytek Ubisoft Microsoft Windows
Far Cry Instincts 2005 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Xbox
Far Cry Instincts: Evolution 2006 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Xbox
Far Cry Instincts: Predator 2006 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Xbox 360
Far Cry Vengeance 2006 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Wii
Aion: The Tower of Eternity 2008 NCsoft NCsoft Microsoft Windows

CryENGINE 2

Title Release Date Developer Publisher Platform
Blue Mars[24] September 2, 2009 open beta Avatar Reality Avatar Reality Microsoft Windows
Crysis (Windows) United States November 13, 2007
European Union November 15, 2007
Australia November 16, 2007 		Crytek Frankfurt Electronic Arts Microsoft Windows
Crysis Warhead Europe September 12, 2008
United States September 16, 2008 		Crytek Budapest Electronic Arts Microsoft Windows
Entropia Universe Upgraded to CryENGINE 2 on 18 August 2009. MindArk MindArk Microsoft Windows
Merchants of Brooklyn[25] March 17, 2009 Paleo Entertainment Paleo Entertainment Microsoft Windows
The Day TBA South Korea Reloaded Studios South Korea Nexon
China Tencent Holdings 		Microsoft Windows
Vigilance[26] Released Harrington Group Harrington Group Microsoft Windows

CryENGINE 3

Title Release Date Developer Publisher Platform
ASTA: The War of Tears and Winds TBA Polygon Games NHN Microsoft Windows
ArcheAge[27] TBA XL Games XL Games Microsoft Windows
Cabal 2[28] TBA ESTsoft Microsoft Windows
State of Decay[29] TBA Undead Labs Microsoft Studios Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
Crysis (PS3, X360)[30] United States October 4, 2011
Europe October 4, 2011 		Crytek GmbH Electronic Arts PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Crysis 2 United States March 22, 2011
Europe March 24, 2011 		Crytek GmbH Electronic Arts Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Crysis 3 February 2013 Crytek GmbH Electronic Arts Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Summer 2013 thechineseroom Microsoft Windows
Enemy Front TBA City Interactive N/A Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Forged by Chaos[31] TBA Panzar Studio Europe Panzar Studio
Russia Panzar Studio 		Microsoft Windows
God Slayer[32] TBA ChangYou ChangYou Microsoft Windows
Homefront 2[33] TBA Crytek UK THQ TBA
Lichdom[34] TBA Xaviant Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Nexuiz[35] Xbox 360
February 15, 2012
Microsoft Windows
May 3, 2012 		IllFonic THQ PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Ryse[36] TBA Crytek GmbH Microsoft Studios Xbox 360
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2[37] United States January 15, 2013
Europe January 18, 2013 		City Interactive City Interactive PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows
Tour Golf Online TBA OnNet, OnNet USA Onnet Microsoft Windows
Untitled shooter[38] 2013 Turtle Rock Studios THQ TBA
Warface[39] 2012 Crytek Kiev Tencent Holdings Microsoft Windows
MechWarrior Online[40] 2012 Piranha Games Infinite Game Publishing Microsoft Windows
Untitled RPG[41] TBA Warhorse Studios TBA
D.R.I.V.E TBA Input Games Microsoft Windows
Fibble[42] March 29, 2012 Crytek GmbH Crytek GmbH iOS, Android
Star Citizen[43] November 2014 Cloud Imperium Games Corporation Cloud Imperium Games Corporation Microsoft Windows

Other licensees

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