Frankfurt (Germany), April 05, 2022 – Crytek is pleased to announce that the CRYENGINE 5.7 Long Term Support Update launches today via the CRYENGINE Launcher. The engine upgrade includes a wide range of updates, features, and fixes, including support for Visual Studio and Adobe Animate workflows and integrated support for Scaleform 4.
From 17:00 CEST today on CRYENGINE’s official Twitch Channel, Jeremy Wade, SDK Product Owner, will join CRYENGINE Junior Evangelist Roman Perezogin to demonstrate some of the new features live in a game scene. Join to see the engine’s power in action and take a deep dive into the update.
The full release notes and extended highlights for the CRYENGINE 5.7 Long Term Support Update can be found on https://www.cryengine.com/, where developers can also download the engine for free.
CRYENGINE 5.7 Long Term Support Update Highlights:
Scaleform 4 The Scaleform 4 integration features customized rendering for higher performance on all platforms. It is backward compatible with ActionScript 2.0, providing performance benefits without having to remake Flash projects in ActionScript 3.0. It also supports ActionScript 3.0, which enables the use of Adobe Animate.
Scaleform Schematyc The Scaleform Schematyc plugin emulates functions that Flow Graph provides for the UI system. UI elements are available as components, while functions and events corresponding to these elements can be defined in an Element XML file. It supports both Scaleform 3 and 4.
GamePlatform Plugin The GamePlatform plugin is an update to the plugin that shipped with CRYENGINE 5.6. Expanded features include support for Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox. The update also includes an optional new plugin that provides visual scripting nodes for Flow Graph and Schematyc
Visual Studio 2017 - 2022 Support Engine code and CMake has been updated to support Visual Studio versions 2017, 2019, and 2022. Along with this upgrade, support for the C++17 standard implementation has been added.
The update also brings many new features and fixes across the engine, including improvements in rendering, animation, and more. For more information about CRYENGINE and this latest update, please visit https://www.cryengine.com/
For more information, visit www.crytek.com and www.cryengine.com.