CryEngine is a game engine designed by the German game developer Crytek
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Enable debug to show values in the flowchart editor
I am starting to learn to use CryEngine V, and have found documentation lacking, in some aspects.
Following the initial game logic tutorials, I observe the instructor selecting "debug" from the menu. ...
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Servers are never available to download CryEngine
I have been having some trouble downloading the CryEngine. I am directed to log in and download the engine through the CryEngine Launcher, but whenever I try to log in, I get the error "Login failed. ...
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How is Crytek going to make profit from making their tools free? [closed]
Middleware companies like Epic, Crytek, Unity are offering their tools, essentially, game engines, for free.
Crytek, for example, never had distributed their engine for free before, but started doing ...
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New Project Basic Structure [closed]
I had originally asked this on the Cryengine forums but I received no replies. I know stackexchange to be a much better community.
I am just starting out with Cryengine 5 and created my first blank C+...
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No assets in CryEngine V?
I just downloaded and installed CryEngine 5.0.1. I am trying to follow the Island tutorial but I don't have the assets the tutor has. I have installing CryEngine Game SDK but I still don't see any ...
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Why can't import height maps in Cryengine 5.1.0?
I just downloaded CryEngine 5.1.0 and started following the docs. I downloaded Cryengine V Beginners Pack. When I try to import FishingLakeHM.raw, I'm just left with the blue ocean and all terrain is ...
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How to change CryEngine's user interface dpi setting?
I'm using CryEngine with latest update. I have a 4K monitor and the user interface is very small. How do I make it bigger, possibly with Windows DPI settings?
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CryEngine with Visual Studio 2015
I receive an error in Visual Studio when I open CESharpFramework from my project folder. I had assumed I could use Visual Studio 2015; but the error tells me I need an older version of Visual Studio ...
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Cryengine crashes at loading CryRenderD3D11
Starting the CryEngine Launcher, creating a new project runs a loading screen that always crashes on CryRenderD3D11.
How can i fix that?
The Editor.log file is:
BackupNameAttachment=" Build(184) 19 ...
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Open CryEngine console from lua script
Is there a function in the CryEngine Lua API to open the ~ Console?
I cannot find it in the Lua (ScriptBind) API reference.
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Endless level support in modern engines? [closed]
Do any of the "next gen" engines support endless 3d levels?
The general idea for my game will require the ability to stream a level seamlessly (no loading screens), similar to games like for example ...
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Texturing issues in cry engine sdk
Sup?
I've been working on a new environment scene inside 3ds max. It looks something like this -
When I used the cry engine exporter to export my assets onto my level, I've been getting very weird ...
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Is there a reason to keep maps in memory?
I've noticed for a long time that games (mostly FPSes) do not unload the map when the user has finished with it (aka, disconnecting from servers, server changing maps).
The result of this is that the ...
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Maya 3D to CryEngine3 Problem
I have an object that I am trying to export from Maya 3D to CryEngine3. In Maya the object appears fine but when I export it and place it in-game there are two problems.
1) The roof material seems to ...
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Realtime local reflections of particle system
I'm finding my way around CryEngine 3 (through Steam) and want to create a simple effect where a fire on shore is reflected in a body of water.
For testing purposes, I've made the water dead calm...
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Why do I see a lot of games using Unreal engine when there are much better alternatives? [closed]
I play games on my computer often and I see a lot of games using the Unreal engine. Can someone explain why do developers choose to use this engine? In my opinion there are much better alternatives. ...
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Zbrush transferring into Cry-engine
So say I make something Via Zbrush (A widely used application for game development) and I also have something like blender or Cryengine. I have yet to try but is it easy to put a model from Zbrush ...
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OnClick events - using Scaleform UI with Cryengine 3.5.4
I've created a UI in Flash, set up an xml file for it and designed a flowgraph to ensure it displays when I launch. However, clicking on the buttons doesn't appear to do anything, despite me writing a ...
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CryENGINE: Remove the default gun and put another thing?
I'm using CryEngine for a game that I'm working on for a while but it is not an FPS (it's a Sandbox) then I would remove the gun and put another thing (example: a shovel)
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What do I need to get an independent developer license for CryENGINE 3?
I have searched Google and CryEngine forums and I can't seem to get a solid answer to this question.
I have seen threads where developers are complaining that they can't sell their game because they ...
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How does CryEngine track downloads of games using their engine? [closed]
CryENGINE 3 Independent Developers Platform offers a royalty-only license model, that requires you to pay 20% of your revenues.
Their website says this about it:
CryENGINE® 3 Independent ...
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Differences between textures? [closed]
Me and a small team of people are creating a video game in UDK. As i have heard, the game engine can only go up to 8192x8192px textures. In cry Engine 3, you can go up to about 16K px. Is there a ...
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Specular Maps, understanding cryengine hints
i am reading the cryengine documentation, but i don't understand the following hint. Is there any reference to know the logic behind it?
"Create proper specular maps for the objects, and then store ...
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Everything “invisible” when launching map from launcher
I downloaded the CryENGINE SDK, and I tried the map Forest from within the editor and it worked fine. However, if I launch it from the Launcher using the console it looks like this:
I can use the ...
