A game 400 times bigger than Earth's Surface area

[g0dp0wer]

http://www.playfuls.com/news_12125_The_true_power_of_CryENGINE_2 _maps_458_times_bigger_than_Earths_surfa ce.html





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Yeah, we all know how truly amazing Crytek's engine is and how tormenting it becomes even for Quad Cores and 8800 Ultras, but just wait till you see what huge maps this baby can render!

When Crytek said that Crysis is "future proof" they really meant what they said... And if you ever wondered why your insanely high-end computer kneels and bows before the 1+ million lines of code, 1GB of textures and 85,000 shaders that the game currently packs, well just read this: the absolute maximum size of a map in Crysis can reach the mind-boggling value of 68,719,476,736 square kilometers!!!!! Yeah, that's more than 68.7 billion... And you know what? Earth's entire surface "barely" reaches 150,000,000 square kilometers, so with Crytek's SandBox editor one can theoretically create a map approximately 458 times bigger than the area of Earth...


That means that if you want to have like... our planet's entire population playing Crysis simultaneously on multiplayer, a single player would have to walk around 10 square kilometers to meet its next opponent on that huge map...


Now THAT is what I call future proof... But I just wonder, what kind of super-computer, super-server-cluster monstrosity would render even half of that huge map?...

[m0j0mann]

Jesus tap dancing christ on a bike.

[t1337Dude]

Can the Sandbox editor do that right now? Because I remember hitting some limit that wasn't even close to that a little while ago.

[Beeblebrox]

Must buy new pc.

[GRCPan]

lets go back to the near future now.

[Paralda]

That's crazy awesome. Someone should make an MMO with the Crysis engine.

[MattMystrieo]

Holy Homer Simpson that is big.

[Simmy]

Sweet Jesus and Buddha on a ferris wheel thats inpressive.

[gurinthedark]

Woah!! Imagine Darkfall like that. 48 hours of gameplay to march towards an enemy city.

[Lunaro]

Awesome, you could have an exact replica of the earth and stuff.

[MattMystrieo]

From now on this thread should just be funny sentences exclaiming how impressed you are go!

[Simmy]

Woah!! Imagine Darkfall like that. 48 hours of gameplay to march towards an enemy city.

Thats a bit to much realism for me thanks.

[Nexus]

That's crazy awesome. Someone should make an MMO with the Crysis engine.
With about 4 people playing it.

[-Havoc-]

Woah!! Imagine Darkfall like that. 48 hours of gameplay to march towards an enemy city.

Kind of like Dark Age of Camelot. Lol...

[zakariaz]

wow we could all own large countries. :D

[Weeking]

Maybe bot big enough for space MMOs though if empty space takes as much space as used space.

[Toxic Waste]

Holy Crytek Map rendering, Batman!

[[Malice]Bronson]

Ahh who cares about Crysis, What about Far Cry 2's Dunia Engine?

[Xelot]

You all realize that if such a huge map were created, you would never see another living soul unless you started in the same location.

At some point, maps get too big. Do you want to play an MMO to go off on your own adventure and never see anyone else? Why not just play a singleplayer game then?

Like they said, if the whole population of the earth was playing it, you'd have to walk 10km to see someone. I'm pretty sure not even 1% of the worlds population would be playing it.

As for me, a small map with alot of people around is better. That way I don't have to walk very far before finding someone to kill.

X~

[m0j0mann]

Holy Crytek Map rendering, Batman!

I loled.

[Toilet]

Bronson;1540351']Ahh who cares about Crysis, What about Far Cry 2's Dunia Engine?

Or Croteam's Serious Engine 3?

[heroshade]

Meh, I don't care. Not until we make contact with aliens, and we can all play Galactic Darkfall.

[palo god]

http://www.playfuls.com/news_12125_The_true_power_of_CryENGINE_2 _maps_458_times_bigger_than_Earths_surfa ce.html





the Quote is here:

Yeah, we all know how truly amazing Crytek's engine is and how tormenting it becomes even for Quad Cores and 8800 Ultras, but just wait till you see what huge maps this baby can render!

When Crytek said that Crysis is "future proof" they really meant what they said... And if you ever wondered why your insanely high-end computer kneels and bows before the 1+ million lines of code, 1GB of textures and 85,000 shaders that the game currently packs, well just read this: the absolute maximum size of a map in Crysis can reach the mind-boggling value of 68,719,476,736 square kilometers!!!!! Yeah, that's more than 68.7 billion... And you know what? Earth's entire surface "barely" reaches 150,000,000 square kilometers, so with Crytek's SandBox editor one can theoretically create a map approximately 458 times bigger than the area of Earth...


That means that if you want to have like... our planet's entire population playing Crysis simultaneously on multiplayer, a single player would have to walk around 10 square kilometers to meet its next opponent on that huge map...


Now THAT is what I call future proof... But I just wonder, what kind of super-computer, super-server-cluster monstrosity would render even half of that huge map?...

holy molly.

[Yin]

That's crazy awesome. Someone should make an MMO with the Crysis engine.

Entropia Universe - a game where you earn real money for killing mobs e.t.c is making a sequel with CryEngine 2 http://www.entropiauniverse.com/index.var

Some Korean MMOs licensed it aswell.

Btw, Infinity Online: Quest for Earth universe is MUCH biger, as it easely displays planets in full size and is basicaly... Infinite.

[Agge]

Size doesn't mather, it's how you use it.

/pun

no realy, just look at dark & light, even wurm did it better.

[Forgin]

lol that's big :eek:

[Villa]

Wow, this map is almost as big as my ego.

[g0dp0wer]

Wow, this map is almost as big as my ego.

right

[katahlyn]

http://www.playfuls.com/news_12125_The_true_power_of_CryENGINE_2 _maps_458_times_bigger_than_Earths_surfa ce.html





the Quote is here:

Yeah, we all know how truly amazing Crytek's engine is and how tormenting it becomes even for Quad Cores and 8800 Ultras, but just wait till you see what huge maps this baby can render!

When Crytek said that Crysis is "future proof" they really meant what they said... And if you ever wondered why your insanely high-end computer kneels and bows before the 1+ million lines of code, 1GB of textures and 85,000 shaders that the game currently packs, well just read this: the absolute maximum size of a map in Crysis can reach the mind-boggling value of 68,719,476,736 square kilometers!!!!! Yeah, that's more than 68.7 billion... And you know what? Earth's entire surface "barely" reaches 150,000,000 square kilometers, so with Crytek's SandBox editor one can theoretically create a map approximately 458 times bigger than the area of Earth...


That means that if you want to have like... our planet's entire population playing Crysis simultaneously on multiplayer, a single player would have to walk around 10 square kilometers to meet its next opponent on that huge map...


Now THAT is what I call future proof... But I just wonder, what kind of super-computer, super-server-cluster monstrosity would render even half of that huge map?...

Who cares about that?:bang:

[IcePillow]

Woo, dancy time?

[Mordhak]

That's all very dandy and shit but rather preposterous.

[VenomKing666]

http://www.playfuls.com/news_12125_The_true_power_of_CryENGINE_2 _maps_458_times_bigger_than_Earths_surfa ce.html





the Quote is here:

Yeah, we all know how truly amazing Crytek's engine is and how tormenting it becomes even for Quad Cores and 8800 Ultras, but just wait till you see what huge maps this baby can render!

When Crytek said that Crysis is "future proof" they really meant what they said... And if you ever wondered why your insanely high-end computer kneels and bows before the 1+ million lines of code, 1GB of textures and 85,000 shaders that the game currently packs, well just read this: the absolute maximum size of a map in Crysis can reach the mind-boggling value of 68,719,476,736 square kilometers!!!!! Yeah, that's more than 68.7 billion... And you know what? Earth's entire surface "barely" reaches 150,000,000 square kilometers, so with Crytek's SandBox editor one can theoretically create a map approximately 458 times bigger than the area of Earth...


That means that if you want to have like... our planet's entire population playing Crysis simultaneously on multiplayer, a single player would have to walk around 10 square kilometers to meet its next opponent on that huge map...


Now THAT is what I call future proof... But I just wonder, what kind of super-computer, super-server-cluster monstrosity would render even half of that huge map?...

Too bad they didnt mention that a map like that would be flat and empty.

[PrimalSign]

You all realize that if such a huge map were created, you would never see another living soul unless you started in the same location.

At some point, maps get too big. Do you want to play an MMO to go off on your own adventure and never see anyone else? Why not just play a singleplayer game then?

Like they said, if the whole population of the earth was playing it, you'd have to walk 10km to see someone. I'm pretty sure not even 1% of the worlds population would be playing it.

As for me, a small map with alot of people around is better. That way I don't have to walk very far before finding someone to kill.

X~

You dear sir are forgetting a crucial fact: By the time a PC powerful enough to run the example world exists, there would be a massive increase in the human population. Also, advanced artificial intelligence could populate the holes, or the MMO concept may even evolve into a bizarre simulation where humans can live out their "What if?" desires by casting themselves into an artificial recreation of a certain time/story/concept, populated by virtual actors who thought and behaved according to their environment.

Indeed, what would have happened if Caesar were not murdered by conspirators, but by a group of madmen bent on retrieving his phat loots? What kind of society would arise if we, the human species, existed alongside dinosaurs; what level of fear can the words "all kill" inspire in our digital people? These are among but a few questions that anthropologists and historians will want answered, and finally computers will bring them the truth!

PS ~ Skree

[g0dp0wer]

Too bad they didnt mention that a map like that would be flat and empty.

RANDOM TERRAIN GENERATOR / NPC/ CITY GENERATOR

[Marrik]

Woah!! Imagine Darkfall like that. 48 hours of gameplay to march towards an enemy city.

so just like irl, being in the infantry is the shittiest job ever.

[Xelot]

You dear sir are forgetting a crucial fact: By the time a PC powerful enough to run the example world exists, there would be a massive increase in the human population. Also, advanced artificial intelligence could populate the holes, or the MMO concept may even evolve into a bizarre simulation where humans can live out their "What if?" desires by casting themselves into an artificial recreation of a certain time/story/concept, populated by virtual actors who thought and behaved according to their environment.

Indeed, what would have happened if Caesar were not murdered by conspirators, but by a group of madmen bent on retrieving his phat loots? What kind of society would arise if we, the human species, existed alongside dinosaurs; what level of fear can the words "all kill" inspire in our digital people? These are among but a few questions that anthropologists and historians will want answered, and finally computers will bring them the truth!

PS ~ Skree

Well...

Do you seriously think that will happen in the next 5 years... 10 years... 20? What do they need a world so huge for if they are recreating the earth?

I still don't see it's use, unless it's used for some space game that allows you to have multiple full sized planets.

That gets back to the point of who would you find? AI is not yet at the point where it's strong enough to play itself, not on that scale at least. The super computers in the world may be able to populate a planet with all the AI agents, but who would want to use all the computing power in the world just for that?

We will need several advances in computing power, bandwidth, AI tech, and server tech before we see something like that.

Which brings me back to why? All of those things you mentioned can be done with smaller maps. There is no need for such a ginormous world.

X~

[Eternalsinner]

That's crazy awesome. Someone should make an MMO with the Crysis engine.

there are a few in the making. project entropia is converting over to the crysis engine and there some MMO without a name currently in the works.

[PrimalSign]

Which brings me back to why? All of those things you mentioned can be done with smaller maps. There is no need for such a ginormous world

Your problem is that you cannot grasp the importance of scale. Yes, SCALE! Tell me, would the Eiffel tower be remembered if it were the size of a common household paperweight? Obviously not. If the great projects of the future are to be remembered, they must be equally enormous in their ambition! Why settle for the Earth when entire galaxies can be mapped out, all in the interest of furthering our knowledge about what exactly would happen if we were to change history.

So I hope you see why we need to make worlds as large as 400 times the Earth's surface area. It's because we CAN, and if it's to be done, it's better to do it before some other guy does.

PS ~ Skree

[stalwart]

Jesus tap dancing christ on a bike.

are you saying that's what i have to upgrade my computer to, or just an expression of amazement? i'm confused here.

[Lethn]

.........










What do you expect me to say?

[Incanam]

Holy monkey eating a banana that's big.


Really though, I couldn't care less.

[Death's Chill]

Awesome, you could have an exact replica of the earth and stuff.

That really is ambitious, but you know what, with enough people, enough dedication, and enough time... it could potentially be possible.

I love technology. :D

[Ungraylessness]

We're probably all in a simulation right now

[Kuri]

We're probably all in a simulation right now

The Matrix was just a movie to skew our thinking we are real, and not in a simulation.

[Death's Chill]

Entropia Universe - a game where you earn real money for killing mobs e.t.c is making a sequel with CryEngine 2 http://www.entropiauniverse.com/index.var

Some Korean MMOs licensed it aswell.

Btw, Infinity Online: Quest for Earth universe is MUCH biger, as it
asely displays planets in full size and is basicaly... Infinite.

Entropia.. I've never heard of it before. It truly seems fucking incredible.

Anyone here play it? Can you really break a profit by playing well?

Oh wait... wikipedia ftw!

On 10 October (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_10) 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006), it was reported that Mike Everest, a home-schooled high school senior from Durango, Colorado had paid for his siblings' college fees by trading virtual goods within Entropia Universe, and withdrawing his profits as real US dollars. Everest, better-known as "Ogulak Da Basher" on the planet Calypso, claims to have made over US$35,000. Of that profit, $12,000 was used to help his two siblings attend college. When asked if he suggested this to other high schoolers looking to make money, he said, "Not really, unless they can be devoted to it.

It's really hard in the beginning to play the game." Everest spends an average of three hours a day on Entropia. "Some days I don't get on at all. But other days I can spend half of the day playing in Entropia." Since he is home schooled, he is allowed this freedom. Moreover, it can be argued that he learns life lessons from within the universe. Within Entropia, Everest is a captain in the Entropian hunting society, "ck Coat Killers." There, he is a hunter/miner who constructs weapons and sells them to make a profit. Though this is not your traditional business model, it teaches a real lesson about costs and demands. Now that the two older Everest children are set up in college, Mike says he plans to save for his own college education--"and maybe a car". When asked if he will remain active in online worlds in the coming 10 years, Everest says he is not going anywhere, but also knows what a commitment virtual worlds can be. "It depends on how busy I am. But I think I will, because I've made friends all over the world. I couldn't see myself ever leaving it."

I'm speechless...

[Ungraylessness]

The Matrix was just a movie to skew our thinking we are real, and not in a simulation.

You agents need to learn to be less obvious

[Damwa]

Entropia Universe - a game where you earn real money for killing mobs e.t.c is making a sequel with CryEngine 2 http://www.entropiauniverse.com/index.var

Some Korean MMOs licensed it aswell.

Btw, Infinity Online: Quest for Earth universe is MUCH biger, as it easely displays planets in full size and is basicaly... Infinite.

But... it isn't actually in existence yet, is it (http://www.infinity-universe.com/Infinity/infinity_development.php)?

[Lorth]

jumping genitalia batman! that is big!

[Gloomrender]

And I thought nobody could make a larger map than Fable's.

[Centinel]

Entropia.. I've never heard of it before. It truly seems fucking incredible.

Anyone here play it? Can you really break a profit by playing well?

Oh wait... wikipedia ftw!



I'm speechless...

I remember watching a show on Tech TV about a guy who invested $400,000 USD in the construction of a hotel in Entropia. He was hoping to turn a profit in 6 months.

Was fucking ridiculous. Guy took out a 2nd mortgage on his house to do it.

[Scully]

BuuuuuuuuuuuuuulllllllllllllSHIT!

[Paganini]

Holy defecating Buddha on a uni-cycle that is big!

[Maize]

Neurotic razor shitting bald Transvestites with testicular cancer, Batman! Thats impressive!

[Squarehelljumpr]

The incredible and amazing things about this post have made me sprout new eyes and noses...so now my face looks like this
O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O. O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O.O
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seriously though...O.O :eek:

[Metal Wolf]

Meh.

[Everto]

Meh, I don't care. Not until we make contact with aliens, and we can all play Galactic Darkfall.

Inter-species PKing?

Independance Day if we win the siege.

[Septus]

I remember watching a show on Tech TV about a guy who invested $400,000 USD in the construction of a hotel in Entropia. He was hoping to turn a profit in 6 months.

Was fucking ridiculous. Guy took out a 2nd mortgage on his house to do it.

Did it work? That'd suck (but produce mass hilarity for everyone) if it flopped.

[Dazarthas]

Sweet fancy Moses.

[Viluin]

All you'd need is more RAM, assuming the game was optimized correctly.

[Death's Chill]

I remember watching a show on Tech TV about a guy who invested $400,000 USD in the construction of a hotel in Entropia. He was hoping to turn a profit in 6 months.

Was fucking ridiculous. Guy took out a 2nd mortgage on his house to do it.

Well from Wiki, the highest single thing sold was about 100k worth, not 400k. So I doubt it actually happened.

I know there's one guy who owns a virtual night club on an asteroid, he makes over 100k from it annually.

[g0dp0wer]

Well from Wiki, the highest single thing sold was about 100k worth, not 400k. So I doubt it actually happened.

I know there's one guy who owns a virtual night club on an asteroid, he makes over 100k from it annually.
whoa a guy paid 100k for some game item lol

[Mippoose]

That's crazy awesome. Someone should make an MMO with the Crysis engine.

Someone is.

[OldSkool1]

holy mother fkling shit

[Wipeout-EM]

By the beard of zeus that is monstrous