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Released in 1993, [1] RenderWare is a 3D API and graphics rendering engine used in video games, Active Worlds, and some VRML browsers. RenderWare was developed by Criterion Software Limited, then a subsidiary of Canon. It originated in the era of software rendering on CPUs prior to the appearance of GPUs, competing with other libraries such as ...
One thing that RenderWare had going for it (and shown briefly in the video) was the detailed documentation. Other engines barely had any documentation (i think the most brutal was id Tech - if you bought an id Tech license all you'd get was a day with Carmack to ask him questions :-P) and the programmers were largely left alone to figure out things themselves or rely on whatever modders ...
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Feb 25, 2023 · RenderWare is a 3D API and graphics rendering engine developed by Criterion Software. It was used in video games and some VRML browsers. The engine was often described as "Sony's DirectX" during the era of software rendering on CPUs before the appearance of GPUs, and its commercial importance was in providing an off-the-shelf solution to the difficulties of PS2 graphics programming.
“RenderWare is no longer available for purchase, although EA still honors old contracts, meaning that external developers who licensed the technology before the Criterion acquisition may still use the software. What was RenderWare 4 has dissolved into the rest of EA internal tech.”
Criterion Games. Criterion Games is a British video game developer based in Guildford. Founded in January 1996 as a division of Criterion Software, it was owned by Canon Inc. until Criterion Software was sold to Electronic Arts in October 2004. Many of Criterion Games' titles were built on the RenderWare engine, which Criterion Software developed.
Mar 15, 2021 · Criterion Games’ late nineties to two-thousands game engine RenderWare has made its way online. Used in a large number of games from 1996 to 2013, Criterion’s engine is a piece of video game history. Posted online by video game preservationist Twitter account Forest of Illusion, the video game SDK is now available to download.
