- 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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In this recipe, we will explore the basic uses of the Road tool and how to paint down paths that are easy for the player to recognize.
- From the RollupBar, open the Objects tab.
- Select the Misc button.
- From the Object Type, select Road.
- Make sure you are set to Align to Terrain.
- Click down three points in roughly a straight line.
- Double-click for the fourth point to finalize the road.
- Open the Material Editor (M).
- Assign the material materials | Terrain | roads | road_asphalt01 to the road.
The following are some of the definitions to the parameters for the road as well as how you can edit the shape of the road.
- Width: This is the width of the road in meters.
- StepSize: This affects the tiling amount on the road. It is used for both the texture and the curves on the road.
- TileLength: This affects the stretching amount in just the road texture.
- SortPriority: This determines the priority of which projected texture should be displayed on top (Decals match this priority range).
You may make modifications to any pre-existing road by selecting it and turning on Edit from the Shape Editing menu item. The Road tool's spline is affected by where the points are situated between each other. From the X and Y locations of the points, curves are automatically created and projected against the ground. The Z axis makes little difference in the way the road is projected onto the terrain; however, it is still a good practice to maintain the road spline above and close to the terrain surface.
- The Terrain Sculpting recipe in Chapter 2,Sandbox Basics
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