- CryENGINE 3 Cookbook
- CryENGINE 3 Cookbook
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- Preface
- 1. CryENGINE 3: Getting Started
- 2. Sandbox Basics
- Introduction
- Creating a new level
- Generating a procedural terrain
- Terrain sculpting
- Setting up the terrain texture
- Placing the objects in the world
- Refining the object placement
- Utilizing the layers for multiple developer collaboration
- Switching to game mode
- Saving your level
- Exporting to an engine
- Essential game objects
- Running a map from the Launcher
- 3. Basic Level Layout
- 4. Environment Creation
- Introduction
- Creating your first time of day using the basic parameters
- Adjusting the terrain lighting
- Using the real-time Global Illumination
- Editing HDR lighting and the effects for flares
- Creating a global volumetric fog
- Creating a night scene with time of day parameters
- Color grading your level
- Creating a photo realistic ocean
- Improving your sky with clouds
- Making it rain in your level
- 5. Basic Artificial Intelligence
- 6. Asset Creation
- Introduction
- Installing the CryENGINE 3 plugin for 3D Studio Max
- Creating textures using CryTIF
- Setting up units to match CryENGINE in 3ds
- Basic material setup in 3ds
- Creating and exporting static objects
- Creating and exporting destroyable objects
- Using advanced material editor parameters to create animation
- Creating new material effects
- Creating image-based lighting
- 7. Characters and Animation
- 8. Creating Vehicles
- 9. Game Logic
- Introduction
- How to beam the player to a tag point from a trigger
- Making the AI go to a location when the player enters a proximity trigger
- Debugging the Flow Graph
- Creating a kill counter
- Rewarding the player for reaching a kill goal
- Displaying the player's health through a Flow Graph
- Changing the player camera through key input
- Creating a countdown timer
- 10. Track View and Cut-Scenes
- 11. Fun Physics
- 12. Profiling and Improving Performance
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Even though we covered how to export your level to be used in Pure Gamemode, you may find that when you launch your level, you are not in the correct location in the map. This quick recipe will show you how to create a Spawn point for Pure Gamemode and also remind you the importance of having a physical surface to spawn on.
- Have
My_Levelopen inside of Sandbox (after completing either the Terrain sculpting or Generating a procedural terrain recipe). - Review the Navigating a level with the Sandbox Camera to get familiar with the Perspective View.
- Review the Placing the objects in the world and Refining object placement recipes.
- Have the Rollup Bar available in your Sandbox layout and ready.
Unless your game supports some sort of Player flying mechanic, we recommend you choose a location where the Player can stand when he initially spawns within your level. Any physical surface (Floor, Roof, Terrain, Rock, and so on) will do.
To place a Spawn Point follow these steps:
- Go to your Rollup Bar.
- Open the Objects tab and click the Entity button.
- Open the Others folder in the Entity List.
- Place Spawn Point in the location you wish to spawn the player.
This initial spawn point will automatically work as the main spawn point for your map in Pure Gamemode (as long as you keep to the default SinglePlayer.lua gamerules). If you jump into your map from the Launcher now, you will be spawned at this location.
Any additional spawn points will not function unless there is some game logic hooked into their functionality.
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