Happy 10th birthday, CryEngine 2 :D

[lowenz]

It's today

 

Edited November 15, 2017 by lowenz

[jaxa]

Yeah but can it run on RasPi?

[HMart]

No wonder the "but can it run Crysis?" Meme is still a thing, even 10 years later, IMO Crysis 1 hasn't age a bit, still looks fantastic and Cryengine 2 still makes good looking scenes, from what i've seen the modding community of Crysis do.

 

edit: haha has i posted this jaxa used the Meme, funny coincidence.

Edited November 15, 2017 by HMart

[Tarhiel]

God, is it ten years already?

 

Still the best engine version from all different Cryengine versions, imho.

[lowenz]

God, is it ten years already?

Don't remind me this little detail.....

[lowenz]

No wonder the "but can it run Crysis?" Meme is still a thing, even 10 years later

Not only a meme

On my actual system (i3 6300 + overclocked GeForce 1050 Ti)

 

Original Crytek Island Timedemo: 1920x1080, all maxed out with NEW POM shader (compatible with AF) and other quality tweaks:

 

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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)

!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.

Play Time: 24.91s, Average FPS: 80.30

Min FPS: 69.60 at frame 1938, Max FPS: 94.16 at frame 952

Average Tri/Sec: -18221370, Tri/Frame: -226917

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -4.04

!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.

Play Time: 23.97s, Average FPS: 83.44

Min FPS: 68.86 at frame 1941, Max FPS: 102.38 at frame 114

Average Tri/Sec: -17923966, Tri/Frame: -214819

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -4.27

!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.

Play Time: 23.98s, Average FPS: 83.39

Min FPS: 66.14 at frame 1945, Max FPS: 102.38 at frame 114

Average Tri/Sec: -17733730, Tri/Frame: -212670

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -4.31

!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.

Play Time: 23.99s, Average FPS: 83.37

Min FPS: 64.45 at frame 1949, Max FPS: 102.38 at frame 114

Average Tri/Sec: -17815806, Tri/Frame: -213703

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -4.29

TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)

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Edited November 15, 2017 by lowenz

[lowenz]

If anyone is interested, these are my simple&basic quality tweaks (added in Crysis root\Game\system.cfg) on top of the "Very High" preset (with Motion Blur disabled)

 

con_restricted=0

sys_budget_sysmem=4096

cl_crouchtoggle=1

g_ragdollMinTime=1500

*SEE POST BELOW*

The new Global Ambient Lighting + POM shader package (*Remove the shadercache file* in the Crysis root\Game AND *the compiled shaders in your personal documents* folder): http://www40.zippyshare.com/v/7qI4lzvf/file.html

Remember to force the Anisotropic Filtering via GPU control panel for Crysis(64).exe

Edited November 16, 2017 by lowenz

[lowenz]

Well, NEW more balanced configs for game.cfg and geometry quality/density:

 

1)

//Default Very High - NO CHANGES

 

2)

r_TexturesStreaming=1

e_lods = 1

e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 2048

e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 128

e_view_dist_ratio = 100

e_view_dist_ratio_detail = 50

e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 100

e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 2

3)

r_TexturesStreaming=0

e_lods = 0

e_detail_materials_view_dist_xy = 4096

e_detail_materials_view_dist_z = 256

e_view_dist_ratio = 200

e_view_dist_ratio_detail = 100

e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 200

e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 4

 

Edited November 16, 2017 by lowenz

[lowenz]

As you can see the geometry is the real killer @Very High Settings:

 

1)

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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)

!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.

Play Time: 23.93s, Average FPS: 83.57

Min FPS: 77.86 at frame 1665, Max FPS: 95.93 at frame 893

Average Tri/Sec: -43251792, Tri/Frame: -517533

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.77

!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.

Play Time: 22.82s, Average FPS: 87.63

Min FPS: 77.41 at frame 1679, Max FPS: 107.49 at frame 110

Average Tri/Sec: -44321692, Tri/Frame: -505784

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.81

!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.

Play Time: 22.85s, Average FPS: 87.52

Min FPS: 74.25 at frame 1951, Max FPS: 107.49 at frame 110

Average Tri/Sec: -44064688, Tri/Frame: -503501

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.82

!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.

Play Time: 22.85s, Average FPS: 87.53

Min FPS: 74.25 at frame 1951, Max FPS: 107.49 at frame 110

Average Tri/Sec: -44147264, Tri/Frame: -504375

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.82

TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)

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2)

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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)

!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.

Play Time: 30.92s, Average FPS: 64.68

Min FPS: 44.92 at frame 1952, Max FPS: 79.63 at frame 1760

Average Tri/Sec: 47832676, Tri/Frame: 739487

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.24

!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.

Play Time: 29.05s, Average FPS: 68.84

Min FPS: 44.92 at frame 1952, Max FPS: 88.08 at frame 105

Average Tri/Sec: 51798120, Tri/Frame: 752475

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.22

!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.

Play Time: 28.99s, Average FPS: 68.99

Min FPS: 44.92 at frame 1952, Max FPS: 88.61 at frame 111

Average Tri/Sec: 52099528, Tri/Frame: 755211

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.21

!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.

Play Time: 28.95s, Average FPS: 69.08

Min FPS: 44.92 at frame 1952, Max FPS: 88.61 at frame 111

Average Tri/Sec: 52077352, Tri/Frame: 753924

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 1.22

TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)

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3)

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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)

!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.

Play Time: 45.91s, Average FPS: 43.56

Min FPS: 23.93 at frame 1936, Max FPS: 71.40 at frame 1771

Average Tri/Sec: -8851982, Tri/Frame: -203218

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -4.51

!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.

Play Time: 45.20s, Average FPS: 44.25

Min FPS: 23.93 at frame 1936, Max FPS: 72.47 at frame 1786

Average Tri/Sec: -7184792, Tri/Frame: -162376

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -5.65

!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.

Play Time: 45.26s, Average FPS: 44.19

Min FPS: 23.93 at frame 1936, Max FPS: 72.47 at frame 1786

Average Tri/Sec: -7098488, Tri/Frame: -160647

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -5.71

!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.

Play Time: 45.21s, Average FPS: 44.24

Min FPS: 23.93 at frame 1936, Max FPS: 72.47 at frame 1786

Average Tri/Sec: -7298729, Tri/Frame: -164973

Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -5.56

TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)

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Edited November 16, 2017 by lowenz

[lowenz]

High values of e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio can result in lighting system glitches (and it seems that is NOT simple to disable the sprites impostors for vegetation).

 

So the best choice is:

 

e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 100

e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 2

 

OR for max quality

 

e_view_dist_ratio_vegetation = 200

e_vegetation_sprites_distance_ratio = 4

Edited November 16, 2017 by lowenz

[lowenz]

The visual results of 3) are amazing for a 10 years old game engine