Academic Edition is Now Free for Schools in US and Canada
The Academic Edition of the C4 Engine is now free for faculty members of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Professors are able to obtain site licenses for an unlimited number of students at no charge for use in their game or graphics related courses. To obtain a license, faculty members should contact us by filling out the form on the Academic Edition page.
C4 Engine is a Front Line Award Finalist
In the December 2011 issue of Game Developer Magazine, C4 Engine has been named as one of the five finalists in the game engine category for the 14th annual Front Line Awards! A big thanks goes out to all of the users who helped nominate the engine so it could be acknowledged in this venue. The winners in each category will be announced in the January 2012 issue.
Eric Lengyel to Speak at GDC 2012
The creator of the C4 Engine, Eric Lengyel, will be giving a one-hour lecture at GDC 2012 in March entitled “Fundamentals of Grassmann Algebra”. This session will provide a thorough introduction to the basic geometric properties of the wedge product and multivectors as they would be used in game development. Particular focus will be given to the geometric manipulation of points, lines, and planes in generalized homogeneous coordinates. It will also explain how seemingly quirky behaviors in everyday graphics programming, such as the transformation of a normal vector by the inverse transpose of a matrix, arise naturally when viewed from a larger algebraic context.
C4 Engine Version 2.7.1 Released
C4 Engine version 2.7.1 is now available to licensed users. This release contains a number of miscellaneous improvements, driver workarounds, and bug fixes.
C4 Engine Nominated for Front Line Award
The C4 Engine has been nominated for the 2011 Front Line Awards! These awards are given out every year by Game Developer Magazine, and they are bestowed upon professional game development tools that deserve recognition for excellence. Please help us earn a nod for the incredibly hard work that we do by taking a moment to vote for C4 in the following survey:
C4 Engine Version 2.7 Released
C4 Engine version 2.7 is now available to licensed users. This release includes several new features and many improvements to existing systems.
As shown in the example to the right, version 2.7 includes new voxel-based blob particle rendering capabilities. The engine uses a parallel fixed-polarity marching cubes implementation to triangulate blobs (a.k.a. metaballs) in real time using all available processor cores.
Version 2.7 also includes a substance registration system that lets substance types be assigned to materials and physics shapes. Theses substance types can then be accessed through collision functions and physics contacts to distinguish among various substances like metal, wood, or stone. Some uses include playing different footstep sounds and applying different bullet hole decals depending on the type of substance.
Finally, this version includes a new animation cue track that can be edited in the Model Viewer tool. Cues can be added to existing animations so that they trigger a callback when the animation passes specific points. These cues can be used to signal things like when to play footstep sounds, when to throw or shoot projectiles, and when to apply damage to a target.
Pro Edition 25% Off, Includes Free Books
The Professional Edition of the C4 Engine is currently on sale for 25% off the normal price for a limited time. As an extra bonus during this promotion, each new purchase of the pro license, or upgrade from the Standard Edition, also includes free copies of the hardcover books Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, Third Edition and Game Engine Gems 2, shipped to you for free.
Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics
C4 Engine Version 2.6 Released
C4 Engine version 2.6 is now available to licensed users. This release includes new large-scale water simulation capabilities and a new plugin that allows a fully-functional web browser to be embedded in user interfaces and in-game panel effects.
Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, Third Edition, Now Available
Ten years after the first edition was published and became an instant bestseller, Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics has entered its third edition and is now available for the first time in a beautiful full-color print. This updated revision includes new and expanded coverage of topics ranging from shadow rendering to cloth simulation. Since it is written by C4 Engine creator Eric Lengyel, this book also provides many insights into the mathematical and algorithmic foundations on which the C4 Engine is built.
C4 Engine Version 2.5.5 Released
C4 Engine version 2.5.5 is now available to licensed users. This update includes enhanced shadow mapping capabilites, new user interface features, and a number of miscellaneous improvements.
C4 Engine Version 2.5.2 Released
C4 Engine version 2.5.2 is now available to licensed users. This is another minor update that includes several enhancements and bug fixes.
Game Engine Gems 2 at GDC 2011
The new book Game Engine Gems 2 will be released on March 2 at GDC 2011. Eric Lengyel, the series editor, will be at the A K Peters booth on the expo floor all day on Thursday, March 3.
Official Game Engine Gems website
C4 Engine Version 2.5.1 Released
C4 Engine version 2.5.1 is now available to licensed users. This release includes several minor enhancements and bug fixes.
C4 Engine Version 2.5 Released
C4 Engine version 2.5 is now available to licensed users. This release includes a new unified user interface system and a thoroughly beefed-up panel editor that's used to create everything from dialogs to HUDs to in-game interactive interface panels. Many other smaller features and miscellaneous enhancements are also included.
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