Essence Engine

Essence EngineDeveloper(s)| Relic Entertainment

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Operating system| Windows
Type| Game engine
License| Proprietary
Website| relic.com

Essence Engine is a game engine developed by Relic Entertainment for video game Company of Heroes.

## Features

The Essence Engine featured many new graphical effects at the time it was introduced, including high-dynamic-range lighting, dynamic lighting and shadows, advanced shader effects and normal mapping. The Essence Engine is also one of the first RTS engines to create detailed faces with facial animations.

In Company of Heroes, the Essence Engine was further improved to include weather effects, and also added support for DirectX 10 on Windows Vista.

Dawn of War II uses an updated version of Essence Engine (Essence 2.0) which allows for more detailed models and textures; more advanced lighting and shading effects; more complex "sync-kills" than those in Dawn of War; and better support for multi-processor systems.

Company of Heroes 2 is the first game to feature the 3rd generation of the Essence Engine (Essence 3.0) which features DirectX 11 support. Improvement to the engine featured in the game include the new line-of-sight technology, TrueSight, which aims to better emulate troop visibility in real combat. In contrast to traditional unit visibility, TrueSight more accurately represents a unit's visibility range based on environmental conditions and type of unit. Essence 3.0 also incorporates a weather-simulating technology known as ColdTech which allows for realistic obstacles and destructible environments.[1]

## Games using the engine

Version  | Title  | Release Date

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1  | Company of Heroes |  September 12, 2006
September 29, 2006
Company of Heroes |  September 25, 2007
September 28, 2007
Company of Heroes |  April 9, 2009
Company of Heroes Online |  September 2, 2010
2  | Warhammer 40,000 |  February 19, 2009
February 20, 2009
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising |  March 11, 2010
March 12, 2010
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution |  March 1, 2011
3  | Company of Heroes 2[2] |  June 25, 2013[3]
June 25, 2013[3]
4  | Warhammer 40,000 | April 27, 2017
5  | Age of Empires IV | October 28, 2021
Company of Heroes 3 | February 23, 2023

## References

1. ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (2012-07-24). "Company of Heroes 2's dynamic weather system will freeze your ass off". Eurogamer. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-24-company-of-heroes-2s-dynamic-weather-system-will-freeze-your-ass-off.
2. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (2012-05-07). "Company of Heroes 2 confirmed for 'early 2013'". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/news/company-of-heroes-2-confirmed-for-early-2013-6375383.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robinson, Andy (2013-03-06). "Sega confirms 'later than expected' Company of Heroes 2 release date". Computer and Video Games. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/394629/sega-confirms-later-than-expected-company-of-heroes-2-release-date/.

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