Release Highlights

CRYENGINE 5.5.1 while being a minor release does bring some worthwhile fixes and updates to the Engine.

Accessing CRYENGINE 5.5.1 and Sandbox Editor Source Code

Engine versions are now available through the CRYENGINE Launcher.

1. Log into the CRYENGINE Launcher
2. Go to LIBRARY -> My Engines where your currently installed and available Engines are listed. From there Engines can be updated (installed).

Sandbox Editor source code is only available via Github: https://github.com/CRYTEK/CRYENGINE

Audio

Middleware Update

• Updated to Oculus spatializer version 1.29.0.

Sandbox

Editor General

• Fixed: Texture compilation notification is permanently compiling. Fixes a multithreading issue with CProgressNotification (where the notification may never be removed if its lifetime is short).
• Fixed: Changes and edits to Designer Objects do not mark its layer as modified.
• Fixed: Creating a new level didn't allow the user to save changes to layers.

Tools

Resource Compiler

• Fixed: Missing Normalmap_lowQ Preset from CryTiff plugin.