Creating a UI crosshair (5.7 LTS UI series part 1)
Tutorial info  
Difficulty Beginner
Updated May 16, 2022
Software
CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS
Adobe Animate

Learn how to master UI with our new tutorial series. Hosted by CRYENGINE Video Producer and Tutorial Author Nicholas Gillen, the series will give you broad and deep practical knowledge about how UI functions are implemented in CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS and an understanding of what has changed since previous versions of the engine.

Contents:

      Start   Topic

  • 00:00 Introduction
  • 00:40 Software Requirements
  • 01:10 Tutorial Steps
  • 01:49 Creating a .cryproject
  • 02:21 Adobe Animate Project Settings
  • 04:20 Creating a Static Crosshair
  • 06:32 Exporting the Crosshair
  • 08:00 Converting the Crosshair .swf to a .gfx
  • 10:14 Directory Structure
  • 10:29 Creating and Explaining the .xml
  • 14:52 Adding 'CryScaleForm' line to .cryproject file
  • 15:42 Implementing the Crosshair into CRYENGINE
  • 18:12 Animated Crosshair Intro
  • 18:38 Adobe Animate Project Settings
  • 19:07 Creating Animated Crosshair in Adobe Animate
  • 23:22 Applying Action Script 3.0 to Crosshair
  • 26:10 Exporting the Animated Crosshair
  • 26:25 Converting the Animated Crosshair .swf to a .gfx
  • 27:07 Directory Structure
  • 27:25 Creating an .xml With Functions
  • 29:40 Adding the Animated Crosshair in CRYENGINE
  • 33:35 Outro

Recorded using CRYENGINE 5.7 LTS

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