CryTech announce CryENGINE 3

[Tiber Septim]

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Sweet Moses!!!
Time to upgrade I guess.

Can't wait to see some new screens. Or videos. Or just some specs listed.
I wonder how much more photorealistic they can make it.
Imagine the next step.

[Aus_Karlos]

I guess they are getting ready for Win7 and Direct X 11.

Features of DX11 include:
1. Uses much less system memory irregardless of how many windows you have open. However GPU memory will still be consumed (so close them windows before playing games)
2. Introduces Direct2D for hardware accelerated 2D. This is a replacement for the software only GDI/GDI+ Windows uses to render 2D objects (like splines). Direct2D is rumored to be ported to Vista and XP.
3. Better display scaling, this is mostly when you have a projector hooked up to your widescreen laptop.
4. Most of the DX11 features are compatible with DX10 hardware.
5. Multithreading support. This means DX11 functions will support multi-core processors.
6. Tessellation - This takes a polygon and breaks it up into even more polygons. This allows for smoother looking curves and higher detail. The best way to think of this, it's as if you took bump mapping or virtual displacement mapping but it's actually real polygons instead of texture tricks. This is the only feature that requires DX11 hardware. My favorite Big Grin With this you can have real bulletholes, deformations and so much more, no more bumpmapping.
7. Better GPGPU support, if you're into that thing
8. Heterogeneous graphics support - This was missing in Vista but was in XP. Basically you can take two different graphics cards with totally different drivers and have them run at once. But this isn't an alternative to SLI or Crossfire. Meaning if you run a game, it'll still run on one card or the other.
DX11 also should have integrated AA.

[Tiber Septim]

Better Multithreading support and Tessellation are what I'm hoping for.
When I first read about DX 11 a few months back I didn't understand what Tessellation did. After spending ages reading about it I can safely say it sounds awesome. =)

[Mcninjaguy]

there's an MMO that's going to use the Cyengine

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/48957

[RockmasteR]

my PC is hardly able to run Cryengine 2, and they are making Cryengine 3!!
lol
maybe it's time to look for a good job and build a damn good PC

[Tiber Septim]

First footage:
YouTube - CryEngine 3 Techdemo

Seems like they haven't changed much. From what I have read, it sounds like they might be running a native DX10 engine now instead of a DX9 engine with bells and whistles attached.
I must say though, the lighting does look a lot better, and the physics seem more realistic.

[Mcninjaguy]

well I'll be getting the game no matter what and I hope they optimized the engine.. They diodn't release the specs on the tested comp!

[Aus_Karlos]

Looks good, at least the storyline looks as if they have moved away from the island and gone to a futuristic city.

I recon with the Cryengine 3 is just small fixes and features they have added that couldn't be done properly in DX9