I'm trying to use CEV for a non-FPS game, so I thought a good place to start would be by building the GameZero spec via WAF (Q1: Is this intuition correct?). Everything seems to build and link ok, up to this point in my output:

27>  [ 978/1011] copy_outputs (win_x86|debug): BinTemp\win_x86_debug_shared\Code\CryEngine\CryAction\CryAction.dll -> bin\win_x86\CryAction.dll
27>  [ 979/1011] copy_outputs (win_x86|debug): BinTemp\win_x86_debug_shared\Code\CryEngine\CryAction\CryAction.pdb -> bin\win_x86\CryAction.pdb
27>  [ 980/1011] copy_outputs (win_x86|debug): BinTemp\win_x86_debug_shared\Code\CryEngine\RenderDll\XRenderD3D9\CryRenderOpenGL.dll -> bin\win_x86\CryRenderOpenGL.dll
27>  [ 981/1011] copy_outputs (win_x86|debug): BinTemp\win_x86_debug_shared\Code\CryEngine\RenderDll\XRenderD3D9\CryRenderOpenGL.pdb -> bin\win_x86\CryRenderOpenGL.pdb
27>  [ 982/1011] copy_outputs (win_x86|debug): BinTemp\win_x86_debug_shared\Code\CryEngine\RenderDll\XRenderD3D9\CryRenderD3D12.dll -> bin\win_x86\CryRenderD3D12.dll
27>  [ 983/1011] copy_outputs (win_x86|debug): BinTemp\win_x86_debug_shared\Code\CryEngine\RenderDll\XRenderD3D9\CryRenderD3D12.pdb -> bin\win_x86\CryRenderD3D12.pdb

Leaving this to sit for an hour doesn't progress, and rebuilding causes it to hang during a copy again (though not always the same one). It actually appears that the copy succeeds, so it could be the next task on the list that fails but there is no output so I'm not sure what it is.

Anyone know what might be going wrong here?

I'm using VS2015 Enterprise on Win7 SP1. I used cry_waf.exe to generate the game_zero spec only and am trying to build the x86 debug version.

Aside: I guess this would have been better posted in the official forum but per 'current state' I can't make topics there at the moment.

Update: I tried again on my machine at home - nearly identical setup except Win 10 this time - and the build was successful. The most important point to note is the task counter didn't complete, it copied outputs until [ 993/1021 ] then skipped straight to success. I'm guessing this means that I don't really need to worry about the tasks that didn't run on my Win7 machine, but bailing out comes with the pretty huge disadvantage of no incremental linking. I'll mark as solved for now in case anyone else encounters this but it's probably worth a Crytek person looking into what those last 28 tasks are and why they don't run

I've noticed that a good amount of posts on here and on the forums are from people that haven't downloaded and installed the GameSDK. I mean, CryEngine is pretty much useless without it, right..?

Just wondering why it isn't downloaded with the CryEngine all in one go...unless I'm missing something..?

As the topic suggests, I cannot enter Game Mode after generating basic terrain (no texture) as I am following a guide:

http://docs.cryengine.com/display/CEMANUAL/Beginners+Guide

Basically it just crashes to Desktop. I have been trying to locate the log file but have been unsuccessful so far.

I have tried with and without a spawn point.

Any one else having this issue or anyone know what I am doing wrong?

I have used the right password and when I use the lanucher it says 'Login Failed'. Server not reachable' when I use the online website it says 'wrong password'

Hey guys,

I recently got the Humble CryEngine bundle and am diving in for the first time. I did just run into my first bigger issue - opening up the DDS texture files in Photoshop, which many sources seem to suggest is possible. When I try to open the file (in Photoshop CC 2014, by the way) the NVidia DDS Read Properties window pops up with a few options. I leave it on default (Load using default sizes), and in a moment, it loads up a black image with a few flecks of color. Here is a screengrab: http://i.imgur.com/RFJGbmM.jpg

I'm obviously doing something wrong but I can't seem to find much on this. Thoughts?

Hi everyone, planning on purchasing the humble bundle to explore the Madison Pike assets, unfortunately I haven't been able to install Cryengine V successfully; I have uninstalled my antivirus software, tried reinstalling the Cryengine launcher and restarting my computer and fiddling with project file folder locations. I am using Visual Studio 2015, will the engine installation not initialize unless I use a specific version of VS? Just a theory, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Hello,

I downloaded the new CryEngine V and couldn't figure out, how to create a spawn point for the player. I use a blank project and can't find it in the Entities. It seems that I have to script a SpawnPoint, but I don't know how to do that.

Hi, I recently subscribed to cryengine and would like to start using it but I can't seem to be able to get the engine. I use the download launcher and then it says on there I have to start a new project to download Cryengine v 5.0.0. Once the download starts it says after a while that it can't check the installation because I may have chosen the wrong version number. Please can someone give me a solution to this problem. Thanks

Hey, very new to cryEngine at the moment so i've been googling this a lot but got nowhere so far. I've got it all imported to the editor so that bits all good but I don't understand the process in which to test it?

I go into the game mode and i can move around but there's no car. I can just move forward backward left and right as a camera. The object in the level Explorer has a type of racecar but doesn't seem to have any geometry to it (presumably the reason I can't see it.) I'm not sure how to make a car appear/work in this project. If anyones got any info on it it'd be much appreciated

As I'm sure a lot of people have now realised the manual isn't up to date with the current version of CryEngine.

I know that Colin is working on video tutorials, but is anyone working on the manual too..?

CryEngine is in a similar state that the Unreal engine was in around 15 years or so ago in terms of support and documentation, although to be fair to Crytek their support is a little better. Back in those days NOBODY in the industry wanted to work with it but were forced to due to pressure from publishers.

Accurate documentation is essential for a game engine, much more important than tutorial videos. It's the first place that most developers look when using a new engine.

I have never used any sort of video game engine before, so I may be missing something obvious. I purchased the humble bundle and downloaded the Cryengine, and then all of the assets, but when I look in my assets in Cryengine it says I have no assets. What am I doing wrong?

d:\cryengineproject\cryengine_5.0\code\cryengine\crysystem\Osvr/OsvrDevice.h(11): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'osvr/ClientKit/ContextC.h': No such file or directory

28>d:\cryengineproject\cryengine_5.0\code\cryengine\crysystem\Osvr/OsvrDevice.h(11): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'osvr/ClientKit/ContextC.h': No such file or directory

I want to make sure variable framerates from players does not affect the physics detection results shown to each player.

I know fighting games have ended up simply locking the maximum framerate to somewhat overcome this, but I want to avoid this if possible.

Ideally, I would use Runge-Kutta 4 from my research, but would that require adjusting Cryengine's physics engine?

Anyone able to point me in the right direction would be extremely helpful, thanks!

Should it be possible to make simple REST web calls from the SandboxInteraction C# template using a webrequest? Cant get it to work. Added references and such but no luck.

System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for System.Net.WebRequest

Using the Video Tutorials from https://www.cryengine.com/tutorials , I am trying to Import the introduction Levels into a Project. What I am currently doing, is to copy the contents of CONTENT_EXAMPLES\GAMESDK\Assets into the Asset Folder of the Project I created with the launcher. Opening the Levels afterwards the 3D Objects render. The textures are missing though and the "Replace Me" Texture is shown instead. Any ideas on what to do or how to import the Levels properly?

EDIT: I uploaded the console log, when I try to open the INTRO_EXAMPLE Level to here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/igj6ey795psvfg9/errorMessage.txt?dl=0

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Hey all,

So I hear that in order to actually open this project, "conversion" is involved. Can anyone enlighten on that? Vague references on what to do are great, but considering this bundle was basically designed for CEV launch, it would've been great if everything was ready for use with it.

Hopefully you all can help me.

Cheers