http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbdJ4B7qk8k

As you can see Crysis 1 would have been possible after all on consoles (of course). They just should have made the graphics worse and leave the gameplay intact.

Please don't ban me, I'm just making a point here. I'm not going to show how I did it for legal reasons.

So basically you imported the first map from C1 and ran it with PS3 graphics settings. How does that equate to running C1 on a console?

MAXIMUM FOG.

The memory budget was the problem with Crysis 1 on consoles Crytek said. But as you can see there are ways to make it possible. Of course there are. This "It won't work" arguement was never valid to begin with.

MAXIMUM FOG.

The fog is also in the original level. Just differently triggered. I ripped all logic out of the level because it crashed CryEngine 3 (file formats are not compatible anymore).

The memory budget was the problem with Crysis 1 on consoles Crytek said. But as you can see there are ways to make it possible. Of course there are. This "It won't work" arguement was never valid to begin with.

According to Cevat it was.
0:23.
Not enough memory.

And again: importing the map in the Sandbox 3 from the leaked beta does not equate to running it on consoles.

I lol'd at the draw distance for grass. Looks terrible.

The memory budget was the problem with Crysis 1 on consoles Crytek said. But as you can see there are ways to make it possible. Of course there are. This "It won't work" arguement was never valid to begin with.

According to Cevat it was.
0:23.
Not enough memory.

And again: importing the map in the Sandbox 3 from the leaked beta does not equate to running it on consoles.

It isn't running on PC. It is really running on PS3. I've now made a better quality video. Will be uploaded as soon as it is encoded.

New and better quality video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbdJ4B7qk8k

Could you pm me how you made it? Trying something similar, but the game crashes when I try to load the Level...

I can tell you all the aspects which are not confidential (hard to explain in text):
- Objects files (CGFs, not CHRs) from Crysis (CE2) work without modification on PS3
- Textures and material files need to be converted to PS3 compatible formats (this is the part I can't disclose)
- All assets need to be placed in Dos Zip 2.0 files and renamed to PAK files
- Huge textures PAK-Archives and most GameData-files from Crysis 1 crash the game, the only GameData-files you need from Crysis 1 are the material files
- Elements inside the map you are trying to load which are unique to Crysis 1 and use coding (AI, flowgraphs, cutscenes, prefabs, etc) crash the game on PS3, remove all of them in Sandbox 2 till you are only left with static objects (terrain, vegetation, roads, rivers, spawn points, forbidden areas etc)
- The PS3 game image needs to be modified to get a level onto PS3
- The PS3 game autoinstalls data on the PS3 harddrive, therefore you also need to modify this installed data
- To get a playable level for PS3, you need to export your level. "Export To Engine" needs to be done inside Sandbox, then copy the "Level.pak" into a) one of the levels inside the Level folder of the game image and b) into the same level inside the Level folder which can be found in the installation on the PS3 harddrive
- asset PAK files also need to be placed into the "gamecrysis2" folders on both the game image and the installation on the PS3 hdd
- when you have done everything right, you just need to load the level you chose to exchange in Crysis 2 and it will work

I can tell you all the aspects which are not confidential (hard to explain in text):
- Objects files (CGFs, not CHRs) from Crysis (CE2) work without modification on PS3
- Textures and material files need to be converted to PS3 compatible formats (this is the part I can't disclose)
- All assets need to be placed in Dos Zip 2.0 files and renamed to PAK files
- Huge textures PAK-Archives and most GameData-files from Crysis 1 crash the game, the only GameData-files you need from Crysis 1 are the material files
- Elements inside the map you are trying to load which are unique to Crysis 1 and use coding (AI, flowgraphs, cutscenes, prefabs, etc) crash the game on PS3, remove all of them in Sandbox 2 till you are only left with static objects (terrain, vegetation, roads, rivers, spawn points, forbidden areas etc)
- The PS3 game image needs to be modified to get a level onto PS3
- The PS3 game autoinstalls data on the PS3 harddrive, therefore you also need to modify this installed data
- To get a playable level for PS3, you need to export your level. "Export To Engine" needs to be done inside Sandbox, then copy the "Level.pak" into a) one of the levels inside the Level folder of the game image and b) into the same level inside the Level folder which can be found in the installation on the PS3 harddrive
- asset PAK files also need to be placed into the "gamecrysis2" folders on both the game image and the installation on the PS3 hdd
- when you have done everything right, you just need to load the level you chose to exchange in Crysis 2 and it will work
Nice find. I'm working with a PC although, so i don't need to crack my console ;D

Yet again... Crysis 2 looks quite weak on consoles.. it has a very low LOD although it plays in a urban inviroment.
Crysis 1 would be pop up*s hell as you can imagine... you would have to rebuild the whole game and cut out the wide areas to avoid this very very low LOD as its seen here. And still a factor that is missing in your comprehension of a port: the phsysics.. the gunfights.. the increasing polycounts in other levels.You cant guarantee a good constant framerate even with dumbed down grfx ( and it would already been hard to recognize the result as Crysis anymore) .

I can tell you all the aspects which are not confidential (hard to explain in text):
- Objects files (CGFs, not CHRs) from Crysis (CE2) work without modification on PS3
- Textures and material files need to be converted to PS3 compatible formats (this is the part I can't disclose)
- All assets need to be placed in Dos Zip 2.0 files and renamed to PAK files
- Huge textures PAK-Archives and most GameData-files from Crysis 1 crash the game, the only GameData-files you need from Crysis 1 are the material files
- Elements inside the map you are trying to load which are unique to Crysis 1 and use coding (AI, flowgraphs, cutscenes, prefabs, etc) crash the game on PS3, remove all of them in Sandbox 2 till you are only left with static objects (terrain, vegetation, roads, rivers, spawn points, forbidden areas etc)
- The PS3 game image needs to be modified to get a level onto PS3
- The PS3 game autoinstalls data on the PS3 harddrive, therefore you also need to modify this installed data
- To get a playable level for PS3, you need to export your level. "Export To Engine" needs to be done inside Sandbox, then copy the "Level.pak" into a) one of the levels inside the Level folder of the game image and b) into the same level inside the Level folder which can be found in the installation on the PS3 harddrive
- asset PAK files also need to be placed into the "gamecrysis2" folders on both the game image and the installation on the PS3 hdd
- when you have done everything right, you just need to load the level you chose to exchange in Crysis 2 and it will work
Nice find. I'm working with a PC although, so i don't need to crack my console ;D

Retail Crysis 2 on PC can't play modded levels. At least not in my tests. Crysis 2 on PS3 is far less protected. PAK files are not encrypted and it loads any compatible map you give it.
I don't know why they chose to make the PC version more secure, maybe because of cheat protection.


Yet again... Crysis 2 looks quite weak on consoles.. it has a very low LOD although it plays in a urban inviroment.
Crysis 1 would be pop up*s hell as you can imagine... you would have to rebuild the whole game and cut out the wide areas to avoid this very very low LOD as its seen here. And still a factor that is missing in your comprehension of a port: the phsysics.. the gunfights.. the increasing polycounts in other levels.You cant guarantee a good constant framerate even with dumbed down grfx ( and it would already been hard to recognize the result as Crysis anymore) .

Yeah that might be true, but it's always fun to make things happen to see how it will turn out. At least for me. That's why I tried what I did.

just goes to show ya that Crysis belongs on PC, man

Nice job. Hopefully you get somethings ironed out. I posted this on my website to get the word out:

http://pixelsmashers.com/?p=9039%22

I am bit shocked to learn that PS3 modding is somewhat easier than modding the PC version since it doesn't have encrypted files. Furthermore, Crytek is cracking down on PC users who are trying to make texture packs altogether. It is unfortunate that Crytek is pretty closed with Crysis 2 modding compared to the first Crysis on PC.

So ive done the same Ive created my own Map and i got new Models into the ps3 version. But now i have some problems with the PS3s DDS Format. If anyone can help, contact me.

Here is an photo: