Elder Scrolls V Skyrim's new Creation graphics engine detailed

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Elder Scrolls V Skyrim's new Creation graphics engine detailed

Posted Jan 17th 2011 6:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: RPG, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

When The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim was first announced in December, publisher Bethesda Softworks revealed that the game would be running on an all new in-house created graphics engine. Now the Game Informer web site has the details on the new engine which has been named the Creation Engine (it even has its own logo which you can check out after the jump).

The new engine handles things like large draw distances, dynamic lighting, its own foliage system and a precipitation system for weather effects. The engine also has an improved AI system for things like having NPCs actually walking and doing things in the environment rather than just walking around aimlessly. The engine also uses Havok's Behavior tech for more realistic looking character movements and animations. All in all it looks like The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim will be the best looking game in the series to date.

Tags: Bethesda-Game-Studios, Bethesda-Softworks, creation-engine, the-elder-scrolls, the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

They better not use like 3 or 5 people to do the voices throughout the whole game.

They better Diversify the Character Creation abit this time.

Bad feeling its gonna be Oblivion all over again, except with pretty graphics, and the dev team saying "look what we can do".

Posted at 6:31PM on Jan 17th 2011 by pcgamer

They need to narrow down the classes. Knight, Mage, Rogue. Then your major skills could be Knight, with minor being Mage. And so on.

The point is, some skills you will not be able to get with your character build. This is where Oblivion failed and Fallout.Posted at 6:39PM on Jan 17th 2011 by pcgamer

If they do fail, they'll learn when their playing Diablo 3.Posted at 6:41PM on Jan 17th 2011 by pcgamer

I just don't get one thing, why is modding only available on pc versions of games like these? Doesn't seem fair to PS3 or Xbox users...Posted at 10:08PM on Jan 19th 2011 by Alduin'sBane

Because PS3 and Xbox users run the game off a disk, and to add the mods you would need to modify the disk. PC users have the files on a harddrive where they can be modified to add the mods...not on a disk.Posted at 9:03PM on Jan 26th 2011 by Nonya

@Nonya it could be achieved on consoles in a dlc manner EG. mod maker makes mod on pc publishis it to 360 ps3. i feel they dont doo it due to achievement issues like kill X amount of enemies in a x amount of time, easily achieved with uber spell mod thus making a earn this race achivement into a rat-race on who can make a easier mod to gain that achievment ontop of others ultimatly MS gamerscore and what sony online usesPosted at 3:51AM on May 16th 2011 by brandon