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sokhar · **Joined:** 19 Mar 08, 8:40 pm **Posts:** 94

Bronze_D wrote:

sokhar: ahh cryengine a very pretty engine that no dev seems to be interested to use (except for Aion of all things), a good engine is one that will get used after all and god forbid there is no shortage of games made with unreal engine these days so dear me the engine must be pretty damn good if every next kid on the dev block is using it to power their game.

i think you'll find that from a technical point of view, a few people think cryengine 2 is easier to use than unreal engine 3..... the only reason why more devs use ut3 engine is cause Epic has made plenty of user-friendly dev tools, have good support, its cheaper, and have aggressively marketed the poop out of it....

it looks like crytek have learnt this lesson, with the way they are marketing their cryengine3 tech as a user-friendly, strong technical support base, multi-platform solution... i'd like to see more games use it... ut3 aint the be all and end all of game engines

Bek · **Posted:** 7 Nov 09, 4:16 pm

Try opening the example map, can you see the static meshes in that?

Works perfectly fine for me. You weren't messing around in mesh paint mode or anything random like that?

Electrode · **Joined:** 11 Feb 09, 4:26 pm **Posts:** 145

Unreal Engine > CryEngine for the simple reason that it is made in the USA and supported by people with english as a first language.

Snootle · **Joined:** 8 Sep 08, 5:07 pm **Posts:** 720

Bek wrote:

Try opening the example map, can you see the static meshes in that?

Works perfectly fine for me. You weren't messing around in mesh paint mode or anything random like that?

In-game of the example map, I see the meshes. But in the editor of the example map, I do not see the meshes.

Bek · **Posted:** 7 Nov 09, 4:31 pm

Possible a driver problem, go to the official forums and ask around. Could also be some obscure setting, try messing around with things.

Snootle · **Joined:** 8 Sep 08, 5:07 pm **Posts:** 720

Ah, I just worked it out :roll:

You know that little arrow on the toolbar for the perspective view? Click it, then click on Show -> then click on Static Meshes. It was filtering it out ( it was unchecked ).

Rofl. I would've thought it'd on by default.

Bek · **Posted:** 7 Nov 09, 4:49 pm

It is, you must've hit it by accident, possibly even a shortcut key if one exists.

Snootle · **Joined:** 8 Sep 08, 5:07 pm **Posts:** 720

Bek wrote:

It is, you must've hit it by accident, possibly even a shortcut key if one exists.

Must've done it by an accidental shortcut.

BTW where can I add pickup lights? In UT3 it was in the Tools menu.

EDIT: I get this when I build all:

Quote:

No importance volume found - Lighting build will take a long time
Map should have KillZ set.

I understand what the KillZ set is, but I'm not sure how to set it up properly.

I don't understand the importance volume thingy tho.

Bek · **Posted:** 7 Nov 09, 5:20 pm

Either use the generic (now content) browser, or just hold L and click.

Not sure about the importance volume, could send me the map file if you want.

Snootle · **Joined:** 8 Sep 08, 5:07 pm **Posts:** 720

Bek wrote:

Either use the generic (now content) browser, or just hold L and click.

Not sure about the importance volume, could send me the map file if you want.

The pickup lights are different then the L + left click ones. It was some option so all Weapon dispensers had a light shining from them, didn't have to go to each weapon dispenser to add the light. Made it look cool.

And I'll upload the map file so you can look at it in a sec.

Bek · **Posted:** 7 Nov 09, 6:06 pm

ooh right pickup lights, dunno why I thought point lights. Can you even add weapon spawn points?

Snootle · **Joined:** 8 Sep 08, 5:07 pm **Posts:** 720

Bek wrote:

ooh right pickup lights, dunno why I thought point lights. Can you even add weapon spawn points?

Yeah I can add weapon spawn points, power ups spawners(armor too?), ammo spawners etc. Oh I'll upload the map later on btw, just gonna mess around with it a bit more first.

sokhar · **Joined:** 19 Mar 08, 8:40 pm **Posts:** 94

Electrode wrote:

Unreal Engine > CryEngine for the simple reason that it is made in the USA and supported by people with english as a first language.

yeah.... cause no-one in germany has ever bothered to learn english fluently or localize any games they have ever produced... gtfo troll...

http://mycryengine.com/index.php?conid=2

world's a global community these days.....

Enigmaz · **Joined:** 4 Aug 06, 7:51 pm **Posts:** 23

Snootle wrote:

Bek wrote:

It is, you must've hit it by accident, possibly even a shortcut key if one exists.

Must've done it by an accidental shortcut.

BTW where can I add pickup lights? In UT3 it was in the Tools menu.

EDIT: I get this when I build all:

Quote:

No importance volume found - Lighting build will take a long time
Map should have KillZ set.

I understand what the KillZ set is, but I'm not sure how to set it up properly.

I don't understand the importance volume thingy tho.

yup, hitting w in the editor hides all static meshes from the viewport.
http://www.hourences.com/book/tutorialsue3lightmass.htm
that should explain the importance volume

Snootle · **Joined:** 8 Sep 08, 5:07 pm **Posts:** 720

Thanks.

One last thing, where's the vertex tool? The tool you can use to rezise brushes/building blocks the way you want it to look?

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