In this article I will cover the changes I made to Chrysalis for the release of CRYENGINE 5.3. Some were required due to old code being deprecated, others were simply improvements over the previous way of doing things. A lot revolved around the entity system, entity events, and game objects. I hope to reveal all … Continue reading Switching to CRYENGINE 5.3 New Entity System
First Person and Action RPG Cameras
Camera Management in CRYENGINE In this article I will introduce you to view management within CRYENGINE and then use the existing view management to build a camera manager, a first person camera and a third person orbit camera (action RPG style). The first person camera is simple enough, but the third person camera has a … Continue reading First Person and Action RPG Cameras
Controlling an Animated Character in CRYENGINE using C++
Making an animated character move around the screen in CRYENGINE requires many thousands of lines of code and a lot of time and dedication. This series of articles will show you how to control a character animated in CRYENGINE Mannequin using C++ code. We will eventually cover the entire process from taking player input, through … Continue reading Controlling an Animated Character in CRYENGINE using C++
CRYENGINE 3.7 Source Control and Perforce
In this article I will try to cover the issue of source control, particularly for a CRYENGINE 3.7 project. I will touch on what it is, why you need it, and briefly on how to implement a decent source control system. Let's start with the basics, what is source control and why do you need … Continue reading CRYENGINE 3.7 Source Control and Perforce
CRYENGINE Flowgraphs – Blacklists and Substitutions
A short introduction to using blacklists and substitutions on CRYENGINE Flowgraph Nodes.
MediaWiki on the Beaglebone Black
There's been a lot of excitement over the past 2 years regarding the Raspberry Pi. The Pi is a wonderful piece of hardware / software with a great community behind it. I'm definitely a fan and would happily recommend one to a friend, but there's another player that is possibly even more exciting for the hardcore … Continue reading MediaWiki on the Beaglebone Black
Matrices, Vectors, Quaternions and CryEngine 3
This article will introduce you to matrices, vectors and quaternions and how you can use them for programming games using the CryEngine SDK. You will only need a basic understanding of mathematics, beginner level c++ and a general knowledge of the CryEngine SDK; in particular, the gamesdk.dll code which is written in c++. Example code will be taken … Continue reading Matrices, Vectors, Quaternions and CryEngine 3
