Hi Andrew, Yes, the free demo hosting site timed out. I've now put it on Netify. This should work: https://musing-gates-cf240a.netlify.app As I mentioned, I don't use the standard AI characters. Instead AI and the player characters are instances of the Walker vehicle entity. This ensures they are ju...

Hi Andrew, Great to hear from you again - hopefully quicker next time! I've attached the world bitmap. Each pixel represents a terrain grid 14km * 7km. The world's surface consists of 2784 * 2784 grids, so that's the resolution of the bitmap. The file size is 7.39 Mb, so it's not too large. I used t...

Hi dinoboy, Nice to hear from you, even after so long (only joking!). Yes, I'm still developing the simulator and I've made a lot of progress since last we spoke. It covers the entire planet. The main database is a high resolution bitmap which is a map of the earth. Each pixel represents a 14km * 7k...

Hi dinoboy, Over the years I've developed a simulator based on CE3 which effectively creates a map the size of the world. Earlier versions were more limited, with maps hundreds of kilometers across. Terrain was built from brushes roughly 20 km across, using shuttle SRTM terrain height data and satel...

ScreenShot3780.jpg ScreenShot3726.jpg ScreenShot3724.jpg Hi silver, It's very nice to hear from you! I hope you're well. I'll think about opening a new thread. I'll also PM my email address. But, unless it's personal, I prefer to discuss things on the open forums. Who knows, there's always the chan...

Hi Cry-Flare, I've invested a huge amount of time and energy into developing my simulator which is programmed exclusively with Lua. Lua is a fantastic development environment. My simulator has many unique features e.g. it can cover the entire world with scenery based on landclass data. It uses Cry E...

Hi tothespace, As I've spent many years developing my simulator with Lua, it's not surprising I would like to see Cry Engine continue to support Lua! Yes, visual scripting (e.g. flowgraph) does have its place. But its prime use is for setting up maps, particularly for defining AI behaviour. It is no...

Hi Billy, Thanks for the comments. Your summary of how the world system works is pretty well spot-on. I use Universal Maps Downloader to download Google Earth textures for a specified location - UMD is free but it does need a 50 dollar licence to use usable resolutions. I use the SRTM terrain height...

Hi daniel77, As lavizh says, the Crytek servers no longer support CE3, but you can enable it by adding an entry to the Windows registry. To do this: 1. Extract the registry file from the attached zip file - extract to any file location. 2. Double-click the registry file. When the registry editor ope...

Hi silver008, Some interesting questions! I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "local", but the simulator can use local coordinates and this is one of its significant features. I'll cover this. All vehicles (both player and AI) can switch to coordinates local to another vehicle. In other words, one...