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

[alh]

Originally Posted by aridash

only 30fps with that hardware .... ive read elsewhere that this is a problem and its not clear if its Vista or the engine, but Crysis is very resource intensive at this point. Ive read into most reports the problems are early development teething issues, but its starting to look like its simply does too much. bear in mind that CryEngine started life a reference/demonstration engine.

No wonder it takes a lot of resources with all that content on screen...
They really push the limits with polygons on screen, and dynamic content, in the demos.
I wouldn't expect entropia to be near as overgrown as those demo images, and that would lessen the resource intensity a lot.

But just a little more, and the more advanced lightening, and a ground render engine that isn't as buggy as the current one, and nice view distance, and just that water, would make tons for the universe.
Combine that with new avatar models, and a bunch of reworked mobs, new textures, and I think it could become truly great.

About vegetation, More important then letting vegetation break I think, is to include them in the collision detection, and let them bend when you pass.
Would add a lot more for the realism, and can be done entirely client side without any risk.

Its nothing strange that the engine started its life as reference or demo engine, and doesn't lessen its quality at all. In software engineering you often do a proof-of-concept or demo to start with, and then build the real product with that as a base.

What I think is one of the most important benefits of the purchase is the development tools that come with it, from what I have seen they are very powerful, and should cut down development time a lot for new content.
Seems a lot of thought has gone into that game engine package...

About lag, I think this will only help, there has been a lot learned in the game developer business about the problems with massively multiplayer games, in the years since the gamebryo version MA uses was designed.
You have to think about this from the ground up for it to work the most efficiently.

[styx971]

graphics look sweeeet but hope my pc will have enough oompf for it

[Jzo]

That is awesome! CryENGINE looks so cool

If it increases hardware requirements, i hope there are options to decrease visual quality to make more ppl enjoy of this awesome game

[Ron24]

LOL,

maby its written before here but here is what i think;
I think MA must dont put there money in something like this for now.
A better way to spend there money is upgrading there servers.
That's what we all need now, NO MORE LAG
I dont need this engine right now i wanne play with 30 other players and run
aroud like hell and dont get the message CONNECTION LOST.
Or run with ur friends and see them airwalking LOL.

MA put ur money in ur servers Not in cryengine2

[afrodite]

I don't agree , i think its time Ma get a new engine and better graphics

[Moonbiter]

Originally Posted by Ron24

LOL,

maby its written before here but here is what i think;
I think MA must dont put there money in something like this for now.
A better way to spend there money is upgrading there servers.
That's what we all need now, NO MORE LAG
I dont need this engine right now i wanne play with 30 other players and run
aroud like hell and dont get the message CONNECTION LOST.
Or run with ur friends and see them airwalking LOL.

MA put ur money in ur servers Not in cryengine2

Or maybe you invest YOUR money into better connection, eh?

[soothsayer]

bring on the new system, i cant wait,,

[Ron24]

Originally Posted by Moonbiter

Or maybe you invest YOUR money into better connection, eh?

Hmm, 20 mbit connection here will do i think

[sdragonfire]

The new oceans/water looks soooooooooooooooo sweet
the waves are what did it for me Come mid 2k8 ima be swimmin
Hope we get Snorkels (L)

[CJay]

Will be interesting to see how they utilize the new engine.

As it is now, the current engine in EU is very good, but
they haven't taken advantage of it.

Games like Oblivion use the same engine as EU, yet comparing
them it's like night and day.