This is what all 3D appz should be like

EscapeArtist

I have Vista but it runs under Xp as well.
At crymod.com theres lots of tweaks (and props like european trees).
Some realism tweaks are really making the best of the engine but you'll better have a new graphics card.

No problem, 9800GTX+ x 2. I've already looked at getting a copy of Crysis out of the bargain bin in the game store, unfortunately it was out of stock.

This will work with regular Crysis, right?

Pixero

Yes but the Warhead editor is newer and sometime this autumn cryengine3 is released...
Anyway here are some more eyecandy.
Remember these are not renderings. It's realtime screenshots.

solo

I need to find some time and get into this, I have XSI and Crysis, so I have no excuses. These images are fantastic, makes Vue look like a toy.

sepo

Woah...Pixero, have you tried to import any arch scenes and gave them spin. This looks better than any mainstream render.

EscapeArtist

Absolutely stunning. Thanks for the information.

Is there any way to get around using XSI? I don't have that.

kwistenbiebel

Absolutely gorgeous imagery.
Unfortunately, getting your head around Sketchup > XSI > Cryengine is a major workflow killer.
I tried for a while but gave up. I hope the PlayUp plugin will evolve into a usable tool.
SU straight to Cryengine with textures and everything in place would be awesome.

Another culprit is that you can't use the images produced with the Cryengine professionally. Licensing the CryEngine would cost an architecture firm some tens of thousands dollars.....

For the moment, LightUp would be a better affordable solution as a real time renderer. A little bit less of eye candy though, and you need to be careful with the poly count.

The 3Dsmax + Vray RT (real time) is another great combo but expensive...

In general, rendering real time definitely will be the future.

Gaieus

@kwistenbiebel said:

...In general, rendering real time definitely will be the future.

Definitely that's what seems to be the biggest challenge. Still images and even videos are becoming "just" like "intros" for such visualization.

Mike Lucey

@kwistenbiebel said:

Another culprit is that you can't use the images produced with the Cryengine professionally. Licensing the CryEngine would cost an architecture firm some tens of thousands dollars.....

For the moment, LightUp would be a better affordable solution as a real time renderer. A little bit less of eye candy though, and you need to be careful with the poly count.

tens of thousands dollars..... ? Well, that more or less finishes my interest

sepo

Hey Chris ....more like several hundred thousands. I saw them in Frankfurt 2 years ago about licensing. The price tag was just under 1 mill Euroes.

kwistenbiebel

@sepo said:

Hey Chris ....more like several hundred thousands. I saw them in Frankfurt 2 years ago about licensing. The price tag was just under 1 mill Euroes.

Wow...those are incredible figures.
Must be that by that time they didn't think about targeting an architecture audience yet.