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Mastering CryENGINE

Mastering CryENGINE

By : Michelle Martin
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Mastering CryENGINE

Mastering CryENGINE

4.8 (9)
By: Michelle Martin
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Overview of this book

A comprehensive guide that covers advanced tasks performed with the CryENGINE system using interesting examples and illustrations demonstrating each of its features. This book is designed for developers who already have a basic understanding of CryENGINE and who want to take their skills to the next level. Whether you are a hobbyist developer or you are working on an AAA project, Mastering CryENGINE will help you enhance your CryENGINE proficiency.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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Mastering CryENGINE
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Mastering CryENGINE
Credits
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Credits
About the Authors
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About the Authors
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Setting Up the Perfect Pipeline
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Setting Up the Perfect Pipeline
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What is a production pipeline?
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Importance of a strong pipeline
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Version control for CryENGINE projects
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Automated builds and build scripts
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Automated performance tests
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Build integration
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Quality assurance processes
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Understanding issue tracking in CryENGINE
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Summary
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Using the CryENGINE Input System – Keyboard, Mouse, and Game Controller
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Using the CryENGINE Input System – Keyboard, Mouse, and Game Controller
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The CryENGINE input system
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Game actions
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User profiles
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The input event names reference
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Summary
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Building Complex Flow Graph Logic
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Building Complex Flow Graph Logic
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Who uses the flow graph system?
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A more complex application of the flow graph
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Revisiting the basics of flow graphs
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Flow graph data format and storage
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The entity nodes with dynamic targets
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Let's take a shortcut
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Embedding the flow graphs
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GameTokens
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Creating nodes in C++ and Lua
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Summary
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Morphs and Bones – Creating a Facial Setup for Your Character
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Morphs and Bones – Creating a Facial Setup for Your Character
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Creating a facial setup for a character
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Facial animation
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The Lip Sync feature
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Summary
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Mastering Sandbox
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Mastering Sandbox
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Don't stop getting better
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Getting faster with keyboard shortcuts
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Customizing Sandbox
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Working with cameras
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Exploring Sandbox custom commands and macros
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Looking at some lesser-known features
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Utilizing Lua Script in CryENGINE
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Utilizing Lua Script in CryENGINE
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Understanding the relevance of the Lua script in CryENGINE
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Lua-based entities
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Making an entity multiplayer-ready
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Using the state machine
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Using script binds
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Using engine callbacks
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Using the Lua debugger
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Summary
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Animating Characters
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Animating Characters
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The CryENGINE animation system
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Introducing CryMannequin
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Extending the state machine
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Playing animations without CryMannequin
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Summary
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Mastering the Smart Objects System
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Mastering the Smart Objects System
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What are SmartObjects?
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Where the Smart Objects system is used
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Smart Objects categories
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The concept of the SmartObject system
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The SmartObjects editor
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Creating a new SmartObject rule
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Testing the SmartObject rule
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Summary
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Eye Candy – Particles, Lens Flares, and More
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Eye Candy – Particles, Lens Flares, and More
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Types of eye candy
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Particle effects
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Lens flares
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Postprocessing effects and the flow graph
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Postprocessing in TrackView
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Performance considerations
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Summary
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Shipping the Build
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Shipping the Build
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Getting your game ready to ship
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Tackling legal issues
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Preparing your build
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Creating an installer
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Index
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Index

Performance considerations

With many great effects and shaders at your disposal, one of the biggest risks is overloading a scene with too many effects and slowing down the frame rate in the process. Most shaders and effects in CryENGINE are fast and optimized. These can be used without much performance impact. However, when too many effects are used in a scene, the frame rate might be impacted considerably. During game development, often so-called beautification passes are done to a level or environment. During those passes, a lot of eye candy and polish is added. It is important that during those beautification tasks, the performance and frame rate are closely monitored to catch any performance impacts early on.

Luckily, CryENGINE provides a powerful set of profiling tools that will help you identify performance bottlenecks easily.

Overdraw

The term Overdraw is commonly used in performance profiling to determine how expensive each pixel in a scene is. Transparent materials and postprocessing...

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