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Crysis Weekly Update #12
Welcome to the “Crysis Weekly Update #12”, an official status report from Crytek to the world-wide community in order to get you up-to-date on the progress of various Crysis related topics.
Today we have some important news about the future of the Crysis Weekly Update. In addition we update you on the upcoming CryENGINE2 documentation and the last stage Multiplayer part of the Intel / Crysis Mapping Contest.
Crysis Weekly Update becomes Crysis Monthly Update
When we started writing the Crysis Weekly Update back in January this year, we had quite a lot of things to tell the community, mainly about the development of Patch 1.2. With the release of this patch the weekly update also featured other Crysis related topics such as the Mod SDK, Dedicated Server, Anti-Cheat Protection, our Crysis Outtakes video series and of course the match Crytek vs. Community.
Now we have come to another point where the content of the weekly update changes slightly. The Crytek Multiplayer Dev Team started working on a longer term project for Crysis. It is definitely related to Multiplayer, Patches and the ongoing Crysis Multiplayer support, but it is too early to reveal more bits and pieces at this stage.
Thus we decided to turn the Crysis update from the devs into a monthly version from now on. This will provide us more time for gathering enough information, news and assets exclusively for you and sending them out in one great Crysis update per month.
So keep your eyes open for the first Crysis Monthly Update in May and get ready for some very interesting news. ;-)
Upcoming New CryENGINE2 Documentation
We also got some great news for all the Crysis modders out there. This Friday we are going to release a huge update to the CryENGINE2 documentation provided on http://doc.crymod.com.
Sandbox2 Editor Documentation
The documentation for the Sandbox2 Editor probably receives the biggest update that includes brand new tutorials for you to read through. Additionally we will upload a whole bunch of new references that help you understanding several aspects of the editor itself and its respective tools. And we are also going to re-work some of the already available tutorials to make them more accessible and easier to understand.
Asset Creation Guide
We also got an update to the Asset Creation Guide that is meant to be used in conjunction with the Crysis Mod SDK and covers various topics regarding asset creation, installing CryTools and using these together with modeling programs and the Sandbox2 Editor.
Video Tutorials
And last but not least we have a few new video tutorials in production already which we will release within the upcoming days. At the moment we are evaluating the feedback from the community in the respective thread which helps us to create a new list of video tutorials we will produce next. So if you have a request for a specific tutorial just place your post there and we will make sure it finds its place on our to-do list.
Intel / Crysis Mapping Contest – Final Stage for Multiplayer Levels
Yesterday the community voting for the Multiplayer levels that have been submitted for the Intel / Crysis Mapping Contest ended. For about two weeks every community member who was a registered user on crymod.com had the chance to rate their favorite map(s) according to three available criteria that have been:
- Intel® Performance & Logo visibility
- Fun and Gameplay
- Creativity
Now that no further votes are possible the contest turns into the last phase which is the jury voting and determining the winners.
The Finalists
About 40 maps for both categories that are PowerStruggle and InstantAction have been submitted. First of all we want to congratulate everyone who successfully participated in this contest. It has been an exciting and also stressful time for everyone who created a map and we highly appreciate the effort you have put into this.
Based on some issues we have encountered with the voting system we decided to take all maps from each category and do a completely separate rating of the top10 finalists by the jury members. This will provide a fair chance to everyone who submitted a map to win one of the outstanding prizes our partner Intel has provided.
Following you will find a list of the accepted maps for the jury voting:
Upcoming Jury Voting
Now a jury comprising representatives of Intel, Crytek, EA Games, the Crysis pre-SDK Mod Teams, the major gaming leagues ESL, EAMasters, ClanBase, InCrysis and the Crysis Teams [00] and Epsilon (former GT) will score these maps according to precise criteria and name the winners of the assignments in each category, Multiplayer – InstantAction and Multiplayer – PowerStruggle.
On April 29th, 2008 the winners of the different assignments for each category will get announced and the prizes will get handed out. For more information about the different assignments and the available prizes follow one of the links below:
Intel / Crysis Mapping Contest: Prizes web site
Intel / Crysis Mapping Contest: Assignments web site
So that’s it for the twelfth Crysis Weekly Update from Crytek! We hope you enjoy the information and thanks for your continued support. Do not miss the next Crysis Monthly Update in May! 
Related links:
- Crysis Weekly Update #11
- Crysis Weekly Update #10
- Crysis Weekly Update #9
- Crysis Weekly Update #8
- Crysis Weekly Update #7
- Crysis Weekly Update #6
- Crysis Weekly Update #5
- Crysis Weekly Update #4
- Crysis Weekly Update #3
- Crysis Weekly Update #2
- Crysis Weekly Update #1
-Crysis Dev Team
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Cry-Alex: 16.04.2008 18:48.
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16.04.2008 19:20
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Well all i can say is whats the point ,i and we want to know about the upcoming patch thats all..
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16.04.2008 19:20
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Yaay for documentation-update!
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16.04.2008 19:21
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wow, amazing. maybe we can get Cry-Alex drunk and he will spoil all the secrets to us 
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16.04.2008 19:24
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... this... ... NOOOOOOOO
Monthly update... That is... ... It... Sucks...
1+ for ICMC
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16.04.2008 19:26
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No Crysis Outtakes this time? 
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16.04.2008 19:28
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yep they haven't got more as said in the weekly #11
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16.04.2008 19:30
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16.04.2008 19:54
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This is biggest disappointment. No word from maps auto-downloader what everyone have waited for months...
How you can expect stable linux server while windows server does not stay even a single day without a crash when it have players.
Now because of monthly updates, i will check this forum after summer next time. Im outta here.
If you think at Crytek that one motherboard or intel cpu is good price after someone months work..you are totally wrong. It´s good for kids or those who earn that motherboard/cpu prize with one month work though.
Best prize would be nothing but auto-downloader. One motherboard or crysis t-shirt does not help you when your server have 0-10 players because of this with custom map.
Crytek has killed themself totally now. Somebody send me an email when patch with content auto-download is out there (if it ever will be). There is nothing more for me to see here. Im so disappointted and pissed. Things goes all the time more worse.
I will leave my site with map download online/server online though since i have put so much efforts for server and those maps i lately released.
Im outta here, goodbye. This was enough for me. Like big **** you in fact.
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This post has been edited 2 time(s), it was last edited by GameFrame: 16.04.2008 20:02.
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16.04.2008 20:03
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16.04.2008 20:06
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Eh...hmmm... 
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16.04.2008 20:07
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Originally posted by GameFrame
This is biggest disappointment. No word from maps auto-downloader what everyone have waited for months...
How you can expect stable linux server while windows server does not stay even a single day without a crash when it have players.
Now because of monthly updates, i will check this forum after summer next time. Im outta here.
If you think at Crytek that one motherboard or intel cpu is good price after someone months work..you are totally wrong. It´s good for those who earn that motherboard/cpu prize with one month work though.
Best prize would be nothing but auto-downloader. One motherboard or crysis t-shirt does not help you when your server have 0-10 players because of this with custom map.
Crytek has killed themself totally now. Somebody send me an email when patch with content auto-download is out there (if it ever will be). There is nothing more for me to see here. Im so disappointted and pissed. Things goes all the time more worse.
I will leave my site with map download online/server online though since i have put so much efforts for server and those maps i lately released.
Im outta here, goodbye. This was enough for me. Like big **** you in fact. |
It is, in fact, the end of the world. 
Well I have mixed feelings. Its a pity we wont be getting weekly updates, but Im glad to hear that the multiplayer team is working on a longer term project, which I can only assume to be additional game types and auto downloader etc etc.
Anyway, Im not concerned. Crysis is a fantastic game and I think everyone including Crytek realizes it just needs a bit of a facelift to become truly popular. Im going to take up Vegas 2 PC for a month or so, and then get back with it.
And continue modding of course with SB2 
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16.04.2008 20:22
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what no outtakes?
i am very dissapointed in you Crytek
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16.04.2008 20:31
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Originally posted by -Talex-
what no outtakes?
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learn2read
Quote from Crysis Weekley Update #11
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| Today we have prepared the fifth and also last part of our Crysis Outtakes video series. As usual it can be downloaded in a better quality as well. We hope you enjoy it! |
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This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Saob: 16.04.2008 20:32.
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16.04.2008 20:43
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16.04.2008 20:55
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I want "quad-core optimization"!!!!! 
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16.04.2008 20:56
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Would you guys stop with the "No crysis-outtakes!?!!11!" already please. It's been pointed out a good couple of times already that if you'd read the previous couple of Updates you'd have seen that the 5th one was the final one. Please stop bringing it up.
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16.04.2008 20:56
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If you just post a movie how busy you all are in the Crytek office, people might understand why this is a montly update. Because all of these negative comments stress you out i think.
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This post has been edited 5 time(s), it was last edited by ToiletTrooper: 16.04.2008 21:04.
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Read through the previous weekly update...
