Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Watch part two of our tutorial mini-series equipping you with a workflow to use PBR (physically based rendering) to achieve photorealism with CRYENGINE. Your host is Alin Alexa, one of our Technical Support Specialists.
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Texture Naming Suffix Overview
01:18 - CryTiff Exporter Overview
02:33 - Base Color / Albedo / Diffuse Maps
04:31 - Ambient Occlusion Maps
04:58 - Alpha Channel Explanation
06:14 - Normal + Gloss Maps
07:21 - Specular Maps
08:14 - Displacement Maps
08:27 - Metallic to Specular Workflow Conversion
10:12 - Roughness to Gloss Conversion
11:00 - Specular Reflection Methods
13:34 - Subsurface Scattering
13:58 - Light Propagation (SVOGI)
This tutorial gives you an overview of the CrytTiff Exporter, provides you with an export workflow for standard PBR Textures, and includes an explanation of Alpha Channels and their use in game development and image workflows.
You’ll also be shown how to achieve realistic surface reflection in games, and you’ll be introduced to screen-space reflections and cubemaps.
If you are new to the series, begin with part one which introduces the terms and concepts used in PBR and texturing workflows:
youtu.be/hGFP_4TYL2o
#AchievedWithCRYENGINE #PBR #Photorealism
To get the most out of this tutorial, you should be familiar with the basics of game development and using CRYENGINE.
If you are completely new to CRYENGINE, we recommend that you download our beginner’s course:
cryengine.com/marketplace/product/CEMP-2019
Or, you can watch the tutorial on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=FAXHqKvuPF4&list=PLpCgy91Y5vMvZp9_UQivhhK588pvaUtBZ
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Watch part two of our tutorial mini-series equipping you with a workflow to use PBR (physically based rendering) to achieve photorealism with CRYENGINE. Your host is Alin Alexa, one of our Technical Support Specialists.
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Texture Naming Suffix Overview
01:18 - CryTiff Exporter Overview
02:33 - Base Color / Albedo / Diffuse Maps
04:31 - Ambient Occlusion Maps
04:58 - Alpha Channel Explanation
06:14 - Normal + Gloss Maps
07:21 - Specular Maps
08:14 - Displacement Maps
08:27 - Metallic to Specular Workflow Conversion
10:12 - Roughness to Gloss Conversion
11:00 - Specular Reflection Methods
13:34 - Subsurface Scattering
13:58 - Light Propagation (SVOGI)
This tutorial gives you an overview of the CrytTiff Exporter, provides you with an export workflow for standard PBR Textures, and includes an explanation of Alpha Channels and their use in game development and image workflows.
You’ll also be shown how to achieve realistic surface reflection in games, and you’ll be introduced to screen-space reflections and cubemaps.
If you are new to the series, begin with part one which introduces the terms and concepts used in PBR and texturing workflows:
youtu.be/hGFP_4TYL2o
#AchievedWithCRYENGINE #PBR #Photorealism
To get the most out of this tutorial, you should be familiar with the basics of game development and using CRYENGINE.
If you are completely new to CRYENGINE, we recommend that you download our beginner’s course:
cryengine.com/marketplace/product/CEMP-2019
Or, you can watch the tutorial on our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/watch?v=FAXHqKvuPF4&list=PLpCgy91Y5vMvZp9_UQivhhK588pvaUtBZ
Subscribe to our channel and click the bell icon to get notifications for the latest tutorials from CRYENGINE.
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![Creating and implementing a crosshair [UI Tutorial Part 1] - CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cyi5SqshwSc/mqdefault.jpg "Creating and implementing a crosshair [UI Tutorial Part 1] - CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS
Our new UI tutorial series hosted by Tutorial Author Nicholas Gillen begins by showing you how to create a crosshair in CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS.
Learn how to master UI with our new tutorial series. Hosted by CRYENGINE Video Producer and Tutorial Author Nicholas Gillen, the series will give you broad and deep practical knowledge about how UI functions are implemented in CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS and an understanding of what has changed since previous versions of the engine.
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Software Requirements
01:10 Tutorial Steps
01:49 Creating a .cryproject
02:21 Adobe Animate Project Settings
04:20 Creating a Static Crosshair
06:32 Exporting the Crosshair
08:00 Converting the Crosshair .swf to a .gfx
10:14 Directory Structure
10:29 Creating and Explaining the .xml
14:52 Adding CryScaleForm line to .cryproject file
15:42 Implementing the Crosshair into CRYENGINE
18:12 Animated Crosshair Intro
18:38 Adobe Animate Project Settings
19:07 Creating Animated Crosshair in Adobe Animate
23:22 Applying Action Script 3.0 to Crosshair
26:10 Exporting the Animated Crosshair
26:25 Converting the Animated Crosshair .swf to a .gfx
27:07 Directory Structure
27:25 Creating an .xml With Functions
29:40 Adding the Animated Crosshair in CRYENGINE
33:35 Outro
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![How to Create a Main Menu Using Schematyc [UI Tut. Part 2] - CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e48qocK68aA/mqdefault.jpg "How to Create a Main Menu Using Schematyc [UI Tut. Part 2] - CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS
Learn how to create menus using Schematyc with the second episode in our UI tutorial series hosted by Tutorial Author Nick Gillin.
0:00 Intro Summary
2:24 Required Software
2:55 Adding ActionScript to Play Button in Adobe Animate
5:27 Exporting and Converting .swf/.gfx
6:33 Explaining the .XML
07:27 Adding the Menu, Cursor and Play Button into CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS
13:29 Adding ActionScript to Mute Button in Adobe Animate
14:35 Updating the .XML for the Mute Button
15:04 Adding the Mute Button into CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS
19:14 Adding ActionScript to Quit Button in Adobe Animate
20:20 Updating the .XML for the Quit Button
20:46 Generate a Solution
21:27 Adding Quit Function to the game via C++
25:45 Build and Launch CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS from Visual Studio
26:07 Adding the Quit Button into CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS
Video Producer and Tutorial Author Nick Gillin hosts the second episode of our new CRYENGINE 5.7 UI tutorial series. This practical tutorial shows you how to use Schematyc to implement a functioning main menu. Nick takes you step-by-step through the process using Galaxsys, a twin-stick shooter game sample that you can download for free from the CRYENGINE Asset Database. We recommend that you download it before you watch the tutorial so you can follow along. Youll be shown how to add a menu with clickable buttons to the game and learn the basics of the Schematyc workflow. You will be able to apply what you learn to your own projects.
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![C++ Gameplay Mechanics: Pickup & Collection Zone - CRYENGINE Summer Academy S1E6/B - [Tutorial]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fhxKTJwmQJs/mqdefault.jpg "C++ Gameplay Mechanics: Pickup & Collection Zone - CRYENGINE Summer Academy S1E6/B - [Tutorial]
In Episode 6B, Joshua walks you through the step-by-step process of creating an object pick-up zone. The tutorial shows you how to set up objects such as fuel cans that can be picked up and taken to a collection area to trigger an event, in this case, launching a rocket!
00.00 Intro
01:47 Creating The Component
03:46 Holding Fuel Variables For Player
04:51 Pickup Logic
06:30 Revive
07:02 Testing Pickup
08:03 Creating Collection Zone Component
09:30 Creating Variables
11:44 Gameplay Started Event
12:14 Enter Area Event
15:37 Debug Rendering
17:05 Testing
21:45 Outro
Make sure to bookmark the Playlist to keep up-to-date and check out the previous episodes to learn even more from the CRYENGINE Summer Academy 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpCgy91Y5vMthPN4vM2ETwbfVybkUV-1D
This is an extra episode in our coding tutorial mini-series presented by Support Engineer Joshua Nuttall. These step-by-step tutorials use Visual Studio and CRYENGINE and assume that you have a basic understanding of C++ programming. In case you missed the previous episodes, we recommend that you catch up with the previous episodes in this mini-series:
Episode #6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY3t7EZAzQI
Episode #6 A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2h01qQ5buM
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