L. Scofield
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It's interesting because that same scene would look awful (and run even worse) in CE2.
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Why would it look any different? There's nothing in that scene that couldn't be done in CE3. Many Crysis 2 interiors looked far superior to that.
L. Scofield
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Lighting mostly. CE2 had harsh performance problems with the amount of lights. That and flat ambient lighting. Environment probes make a huge difference.
HDR is also much better in CE3.
I still see nothing in that scene that isn't far exceeded by the underground mine levels in Crysis (which are the closest point of comparison).
L. Scofield
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The only thing the mine levels had over this was the volumetric shadowing.
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Slides of the GDC presentation "Lighting in Crysis 2"
http://pydonzallaz.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/gdc-europe-2011-lighting-in-crysis-2/
I guess we'll have to just disagree on that then. IMO pretty much everything about the mine levels in Crysis beat that shot into pulp. The lighting, shadows, geometry, effects (mainly smoke).
Here are a few shots from the Carrier level in Crysis which are comparable in style to the shot above but far superior IMO.
Beef Stallmer
Banned
qft,
imo, compared to the carrier shots, the 'mod'-shot looks like something out of Unreal Tournament 2003.
L. Scofield
Veteran
Those shots show very well what I'm talking about. Lighting is much flatter, you can see they cheat too to save on the amount of them on screen at once. Reflections wise it's no contest. Basic specular with no cubemaps in the CE2 shot make everything look like cheap plastic. IBL in CE3 gives much better results. Also the soft shadows look more natural.
http://crytek.com/cryengine/presentations#
GDCE papers, with videos. Cryengine 3 TOD on what seems to be Crysis 1 on consoles. Looking really really nice:smile:
Those are HQ videos, here is yt mirror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYd_I9Zc5pE
GDCE papers, with videos. Cryengine 3 TOD on what seems to be Crysis 1 on consoles. Looking really really nice:smile:
Those are HQ videos, here is yt mirror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYd_I9Zc5pE
TheWretched
Regular
No... it was the very last level in Crysis 1... and if you disabled streaming via the console, that level easily crossed the 4GB limit, when played on Ultra Settings.
The resolution/AA is way to high to be running on consoles so this is probably the same engine running on PC with all the dials turned to max.
Does look great though,
Oh that yeah. I think of the carrier as being the frozen carrier in warhead.
archangelmorph
Veteran
Don't be stupid...
Also can we please stop ratting on the efforts of an individual modder & comparing his work to the output of an entire professional art team...
It's just insulting IMO, especially when over half the arguments against it don't seem to be dealing with the quality of the tech directly but the style of the artwork on display...
L. Scofield
Veteran
Agreed.
Wasn't sure where to post this but there was a new comment about CE3 running on target platforms.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/39791/CryEngine-devs-turn-to-next-gen-target-systems
http://www.develop-online.net/news/39791/CryEngine-devs-turn-to-next-gen-target-systems
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-03-02-crytek-to-show-off-next-gen-dx11-visuals-at-gdc
So Cryengine 3.5 with nextgen dx11 graphics at GDC ey, sounds like competition to UE4. I do wonder will that just be the DX11 features from the Crysis 2 ultra setting patch or even more on top of it? And will they show to the public?
So Cryengine 3.5 with nextgen dx11 graphics at GDC ey, sounds like competition to UE4
. I do wonder will that just be the DX11 features from the Crysis 2 ultra setting patch or even more on top of it? And will they show to the public?Similar threads
