Anvil (game engine)

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Anvil
Basic data

developer Ubisoft
operating system Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One
programming language C ++ , C #
category Game engine
License Proprietary
www.ubisoftgroup.com

Anvil (before 2008 Scimitar ) is a game engine from Ubisoft for computer and console games. The engine became known through the games Assassin's Creed or Prince of Persia .

List of games

Under the name Scimitar

Under the name Anvil

Under the name AnvilNext

AnvilNext 2.0

Difference between Scimitar and Anvil

The engine was renamed Anvil at the start of development of Assassin's Creed II because its graphical abilities were improved.

The graphical improvements include the day and night cycle, vegetation technology, improved rendering, and improved lighting and reflections. In addition, the AI ​​and the environment recognition, which is used for climbing, have been expanded.

AnvilNext

AnvilNext is the successor to Anvil, which has been developed by Ubisoft Montreal since December 2010. The new engine was first used in Assassin's Creed III , released in October 2012 .

Innovations:

  • Weather and wind effects
  • improved nature, forests, footprints in the snow etc.
  • Detailed faces
  • Up to 2000 NPCs (non-player characters, such as soldiers) on the screen (previously 100)
  • more complex and realistic animations
  • DirectX 11 support

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Richard Leadbetter: Assassin's Creed: Evolution of an engine. In: Eurogamer . July 14, 2009, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Thilo Bayer: Assassin's Creed 2: Anvil engine allows better graphics than its predecessor. In: PC Games Hardware . May 19, 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2018 .
  3. ^ Brian Crecente: The Latest Prince of Persia Plays With Solid Water and Flexible Time. In: Kotaku . February 19, 2010, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Richard Leadbetter: Face-Off: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. In: Eurogamer . Retrieved September 10, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Martin Woger: Assassin's Creed 3 - Preview. In: Eurogamer . March 26, 2012, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Matt Bertz: Assassin's Creed III: The Redesigned Anvil Engine. In: Game Informer . March 28, 2012, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  7. ↑ John Papadopoulos: Ubisoft Talks AC4 Tech - AnvilNext Engine Features, Global Illumination, DX11.2, AMD's Mantle. In: DSOGaming. October 11, 2013, accessed on September 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ David Bierton: Face-Off: Assassin's Creed Rogue. In: Eurogamer . March 15, 2015, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Benjamin Gründken: Assassin's Creed: Unity - Technical talk about engine development and graphic features. In: PC Games Hardware . November 13, 2014, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Oliver VanDervoort: Assassin's Creed Syndicate: AnvilNext Updates, DX12 Integration, GPU Driven And More. In: GamingBolt. August 16, 2015, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Philipp Reuther: Rainbow Six Siege PC - technology test with benchmarks and tuning. In: PC Games Hardware . December 4, 2015, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  12. ↑ a b c NVIDIA Showcase: 7 things you need to know about Ghost Recon Wildlands. In: PCGamesN. February 24, 2017, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Keith May: Assassin's Creed Origins Graphics Card Performance. In: Wccftech. October 26, 2017, accessed September 10, 2018 .
  14. ↑ George J. King: Assassin's Creed 3: PC version corrected, with DirectX 11 features and "good" controls. In: PC Games Hardware . November 14, 2012, accessed September 10, 2018 .