CryENGINE 3 game development : eginner's guide / Sean Tracy, Paul Reindell.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Tracy, Sean.

Contributor:

• Reindell, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Video games--Programming.
• Video games--Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discover how to use the CryENGINE 3 free SDK, the next-generation real-time game development tool.

Contents:

• Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introducing the CryENGINE 3 Free SDK; What is the CryENGINE?; Applying your vision; Far Cry by Crytek - first-person shooter; Aion by NCsoft - massively online role-playing game; Crysis by Crytek - first-person shooter; Crysis Warhead by Crytek - first-person shooter; Crysis 2 by Crytek - first-person shooter; CryENGINE 3 Free SDK; What's in it for me?; Do I need a full team to develop with the CryENGINE?; Learning by example
• Time for action - installing the CryENGINE 3 Free SDKCome in...stay awhile; Time for action - load the sample map in the launcher; Visual Studio Express and C++ game code; Acquiring the sample source assets; Time for action - installation of the 3Ds Max exporter Plugin; Time for action - downloading and opening the sample assets; Time for action - installing the Adobe Photoshop plugin-CryTif; CryENGINE 3 Sandbox; Time for action - starting Sandbox and WYSIWYP; Getting around in the Sandbox Editor; Time for action - manipulating the perspective camera; Handling level objects
• Time for action - selecting and browsing objectsTime for action - saving our work; Summary; Chapter 2: Breaking Ground with Sandbox; What makes a game?; Reducing, reusing, recycling; Developing out of the box; Time for action - creating a new level; Using the right Heightmap Resolution; Scaling your level with Meters Per Unit; Calculating the real-world size of the terrain; Using or not using terrain; Time for action - creating your own heightmap; Using alternative ways for creating terrain; Generating procedural terrain; Importing a pre-made heightmap; Creating terrain textures
• Time for action - creating some basic terrain texture layersAdding altitude and slope; Adjusting the tile resolution; Creating vegetation; Time for action - creating some flora for your level; Time for action - setting up time of day and its basic parameters; Adding Atmosphere; Summary; Chapter 3: Playable Levels in No Time; Building levels with entities and objects; Starting a level; Creating a spawn point; Time for action - creating a spawn point; Landmarks to guide the player; Using roads in levels; Time for action - creating a road object; Utilizing layers to organize level objects
• Time for action - creating and managing layersAdding objects using the asset browser; Time for action - adding brushes to the level; White boxing; White boxing using Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG); Time for action - creating constructive solid geometry; Adding characters with Artificial Intelligence (AI); Time for action - place a basic AI entity; Create an archetype entity; Time for action - creating your own archetype; Exporting to engine; Time for action - exporting your level to engine; Summary; Chapter 4: I'm a Scripter, Not a Coder; Scripting and the CryENGINE 3
• Lua usage in the CryENGINE 3

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

• 9781283637428
• 1283637421
• 9781849692069
• 1849692068

OCLC:

815979052