Virtual World Entropia Universe Selects State-of-the-Art CryENGINE 2(R) to Create the Future

[Hally]

Having played oblivion on my ps3 past weeks i been dreaming off cooler graphic and no 1 year isnt that long

[Hally]

O.o just watched the video its so amazing now make it run on my ps3

[soothsayer]

the biggest change will also be the in game physx. This has been a major issue with new and upcoming games. AGEIA's PhysX card option has had too many letdown even though it produces some extreme detailed real time PhysX.

falling objetcs

YouTube Video

PhysX Soft bodies

YouTube Video

cant find the videos i was looking for

the cryengine is software based so there for does not need a PhysX cards but does need a good pc to run it.

in game PhysX willl change every aspect of the game, mining and hunting will change and should become more interesting in terms of the damage you could create in an area.

if this is the case then EU land areas will be constantly changing.

not sure where they will go with crafting.

[Agar]

excellent choice!

...but ...time to TT my old graphics card

[Zwaff]

If you combine

Originally Posted by Bertha Bot

Words from Marco BehrmannDirector of Community Relations

Graphics Engine Updates
Version Update 9.0 will see the next step in the ongoing process to make the Entropia Universe the best looking virtual experience around. A process that has taken almost a year to prepare will now take a giant next step forward. Avatars, as well as their worn equipment and clothes will be upgraded. This major upgrade will include brand new techniques, models, textures, and more. It will also allow all existing avatars the chance to recreate their avatar. More info and preview screenshots will be released soon.

with the CryEngine screenshots/videos, you get :
http://www.entropiauniverse.com/imag...per_2_1024.bmp

So I think that the "process that has taken almost a year to prepare" includes a huge part of the process of remodelling everything that is already ingame to make it CryEngine ready, and that the wallpaper that has been on the EU site was/and still is a teaser of what we can expect EU to look like mid 2008.

[Cougar]

OMFG



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[Jamhot]

Originally Posted by Hally

O.o just watched the video its so amazing now make it run on my ps3

How'd ya do that i've got a ps3 too!?

ntopic:

I can't wait it looks great! Blowing stuff apart! Fishing anyone? Personalised vehicles? Night and Day? New Dungeon mutant type beacons? Torches on guns? I'm really liking the idea of this new graphics engine!!! =D

Jamhot

[PkmX]

Awesome choice, I can't wait about this!

[SeamusO]

or maybe .. aieeeeee .. as the hunters become the hunted


# Advanced AI System: CryENGINE™ 2 has a flexible and easily customizable AI system which handles both character and vehicle behaviors, it fully supports the complex requirements of the character locomotion system to animate bipedal characters in a believable fashion, and is fully integrated into the CryENGINE Sandbox2 editor.

# LUA Script Driven AI System: Allows complex AI behaviors to be created without requiring new C++ code, including extending state machine behaviors from LUA scripts

# Dynamic Path Finding: Advanced 2D and 3D algorithms allow the AI navigation paths to be modified in real time in response to events which create new or destroy existing paths, a critical feature for creating believable AI in a highly interactive and destructible environment.


# Smart Objects: Provides an easy way for level designers to connect specialized animations to particular objects in the level, so that the character animations and objects are properly aligned at the start and end of the animations, and the correct animation sequence plays.

[jupiajo]

Originally Posted by SeamusO

or maybe .. aieeeeee .. as the hunters become the hunted


# Advanced AI System: CryENGINE™ 2 has a flexible and easily customizable AI system which handles both character and vehicle behaviors, it fully supports the complex requirements of the character locomotion system to animate bipedal characters in a believable fashion, and is fully integrated into the CryENGINE Sandbox2 editor.

# LUA Script Driven AI System: Allows complex AI behaviors to be created without requiring new C++ code, including extending state machine behaviors from LUA scripts

# Dynamic Path Finding: Advanced 2D and 3D algorithms allow the AI navigation paths to be modified in real time in response to events which create new or destroy existing paths, a critical feature for creating believable AI in a highly interactive and destructible environment.


# Smart Objects: Provides an easy way for level designers to connect specialized animations to particular objects in the level, so that the character animations and objects are properly aligned at the start and end of the animations, and the correct animation sequence plays.

Unfortunately AI system is server side and is developed by Mindark itself.
Graphics on client-side is just calculated output from positions and other data. In a perfect world it should be no problem to switch that subsystem from Gamebryo to CryEngine. But there are always issues.