- 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 Voxel object and how you can create caves in the cliff sides of your terrain.
This has now copied the shape of your terrain into the Voxel. You may not see the differences yet, but we will now cut a hole into the mountain using the Voxel Painter to create a cave:
- Go to the Terrain tab in the RollupBar.
- Select Voxel Painter.
- Select Soft Subtract.
- Set your Brush Radius to 15.
- Click once around the centre of the Voxel surface.
Again, you may not see anything different, but that is because there are still two layers rendering (Terrain and Voxel). We will now cut holes into the Terrain, so we can see the Voxel cave that is forming:
- Go to the Terrain tab in the RollupBar.
- Select Holes.
- Select Make Hole.
- Increase your Brush Size to a reasonable size (1/4).
- Make a hole around the same area as your Voxel (be sure not to cut holes outside of the Voxel object).
- Go back to the Voxel Painter and continue subtracting the Voxel.
A cave like the following should begin to appear:
The Voxel tool is a very powerful tool that allows the designers to create caves or even some extrusions from the terrain surface without requiring an artist to create new assets.
Enhance the Voxel using the following options.
This allows the designer to paint the materials from the Terrain Layer Painter into the Voxel.
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