《猎杀：对决》将更新引擎，会改善画面和玩法

《猎杀：对决》正在庆祝游戏发售的第 5 周年，举办了一场大促销的同时还推出了一个新的DLC。Crytek 日前宣布计划将游戏从古旧的 5.6 版本 CryEngine 更新至最新的 5.11 版本。

在接受PC Gamer采访时，Crytek总经理David Fifield解释称：“该游戏目前在四年前的旧版本CryEngine行运行，因此我们在 2023 年的主要重点之一是更新至最新的 5.11 版 CryEngine。”

也许 5.6 到 5.11 的数字改编看起来并没有多少，但是游戏的内容变化却要大得多。对于已经开发多年有着既定工作流程的游戏来说，更换引擎是非常罕见的，虽然会带来很多优势，但同时必然会产生很多问题。

据 Crytek 称，理想情况下《猎杀：对决》5.11 版本引擎更新将会为游戏的画面带来改进，同时也有望带来游戏玩法的增强，不过目前 Crytek 并没有提供任何演示案例。

The Hunt Showdown game is currently celebrating its 5th anniversary with a big sale and a new hunter DLC. While there is much to remember, Crytek is looking to the future and plans to upgrade Hunt from the legacy CryEngine 5.6 to the latest version 5.11. “The game is currently running on an outdated version of CryEngine from four years ago,” explained David Fifield, general manager of Crytek. “Therefore, one of our main messages in 2023 will be to upgrade to the latest version of CryEngine 5.11, which is four years newer.” Upgrading the engine from one decimal to a slightly higher decimal doesn’t seem like a big change, but it’s a much bigger undertaking than updating your phone’s firmware. It’s extremely rare for a game with a long history and a well-established development system to replace the base it sits on – it’s the equivalent of replacing your car’s chassis with a new one that’s theoretically better but can create new problems. Epic brought Fortnite to Unreal Engine 5 last year with impressive results. Ideally, the 5.11 Hunt update will bring improvements to the game’s already outstanding graphics, but also promises to bring gameplay improvements (although Crytek didn’t offer any examples). “It’s going to be a long technical journey, so people shouldn’t expect it anytime soon, but it’s on its way. As we move forward and reach significant milestones, we’ll be talking more and more about what it means to move the game from CryEngine 5.6 to CryEngine 5.11 ‘ Fifield said. While this major update is still a long way off, players can look forward to many more updates, including a tool rework for new players. “We’re working on improving the tutorial and creating a more scripted tutorial mission with more explanation and what we would say is simply better tutorial than existing tutorial missions.” Crytek’s mission to keep Hunt: Showdown technologically relevant suggests that the company will continue to work on a loot-filled dark western in the coming years. We might not have heard about the engine upgrade if, for example, Hunt 2 was in development or Crytek was phasing out support. Which is quite logical for the team, because Fifield talks about the annual growth of the player base of the game. “We’re interested to see how much the population grows, engagement and everything else.” Last month’s Devil’s Moon event, which saw entire cards on fire among other things, showed Crytek’s willingness to tweak the fundamentals of Hunt and keep players on their toes.