Miscreated - Erstes Spiel mit CryEngine-Feature SVOGI

Das Entwicklerstudio Entrada Interactive bringt zum ersten Mal überhaupt die sogenannte SVOGI-Technik (Sparse Voxel Octree Global Illumination) in einem Computerspiel zum Einsatz: Ein gerade erst veröffentlichtes Update für Miscreated fügt dem Online-Survival-Spiel die neue Technologie der CryEngine hinzu.

Was genau die voxel-basierte Technik für realistischere Lichtverhältnisse im Spiel bewirkt, zeigen die Entwickler anhand einiger Vergleichsbilder im offiziellen Forum. Zu sehen sind deutlich authentischere Lichtverhältnisse in der Spielwelt. Insbesondere einige Innenbereiche sollen davon profitieren.

Im Gegenzug leidet die Spiel-Performance dem Entwicklerteam zufolge nur minimal unter der neuen Beleuchtungs-Technik.

Nachfolgend die kompletten Patchnotes des Miscreated-Updates vom 29. September 2015:

Game

Fixed »Virtual Function« crash when exiting the game
Reduced the likelihood of the game staying running in the task manager after exiting
Fixed crash when picking up items or swapping items in inventory
Adjust lighting for SVOGI more - also made interiors a little brighter
Reduced frequency of stalls/freezes while playing
Increased grass render distance
Potential fix for servers getting stuck and not being able to join them (getting sent back to Server browser screen)
Added settings which can be used to force a server to be locked to an exact time
Removed all fog weather patterns for now - will be added back in later when the fog flickering is fixed
Fixed crash from turning off the flashlight/torch or dropping it on the ground
Altered Crytek recommended setting that should help reduce stuttering/freezing while
ying
Rendering engine updated to use the amazing SVOTI system from Crytek
Texture flickering greatly reduced if not totally removed on most things
Better texture compression - uses less VRAM and more efficiently streams to the GPU
Less stutters while playing caused by textures being loaded
Some forest assets are a lot more optimized now
Player oxygen system added - player will now start drowning when the oxygen meter runs out
Smaller install size - 10GB down to 7GB
Stars are much brighter at night
Lots and lots of general clean-up and improvements with the entire game

Textures
Adjusted the color of the tree LOD textures to blend much better

Models
Adjusted the stairs in some of the houses so it's smoother going up them

Vehicles
Moved the exit positions for the ATV closer to itself
Horns and lights are synchronized to all players

Animations
Many more animations updated because of the new SFP mode
Fixed camera clipping through the ceiling when jumping in some buildings and structures
Adjusted flashlight animations to work better
Adjusted animations so the player's feet don't slide as much when moving
Rifle melee animations updated
New SFP-based (Simulated First Person) animation system (still WIP)
Almost every player animation in the game has been updated for SFP
First person/third person shadows always match now
Tactical weapon mode - raise/lower weapon
DOF added to weapons when aiming
Aiming system improved due to new SFP mode

Items
Light from the flashlight and torch is no longer obscured by their own model (was causing odd behaving shadows)
Adjusted physics proxies on ranged weapons so they don't bounce around when dropped

Networking
Much more efficient network layer (processing is about 10x faster than before)
More efficient entity priority system
Client joins server slightly faster - "Joining Server..." phase
Client loads the world map faster - "Loading World.."
Server synchronizes data to clients faster - "Synchronizing World..." phase

UI
Added Oxygen meter display to the stats bar
Modified the temperature meter display to show the player's temperature in Celsius

AI
Much more efficient AI pathfinding system

Anti-cheat
EAC updated to latest version

Sounds
Weapon shot reverb sounds working