Originally developed for Company of Heroes by Relic Entertainment, the later versions of The Essence Engine features many new graphical effects, 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: Opposing Fronts, the Essence Engine was further improved to include weather effects, and also added support for DirectX 10 for 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.
Essence v1.0
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Company of Heroes Online
Essence v2.0
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution
Essence v3.0
Company of Heroes 2
About Dawn of War II with 11 comments by Ira_Aduro on Oct 14th, 2008
The fact that you are reading this news article on this site means you are interested in mods. Perhaps not Dawn of War mods, but mods non-the-less. Help us, your fellow modders, realize our dream. The more companies that realize the value of the modding community, the better. Please sign this petition after reading my reasons for starting it below.
Petition: Gopetition.com
Dawn of War I is a brilliant example of how, if a company embraces modders, modders will embrace the company and grow passionate communities of fans. The communities that grew around the Dawn of War I mods prolonged Dawn of War's life and brought enjoyment to many fans. Many people bought Dawn of War specifically for the mods and Dawn of War's mod friendliness.
With this in mind it is strange that Relic would turn their back on the modding community. I believe Relic is very interested in what their fans have to say and so I've started this petition. All we ask for are developer tools after the game releases.
Also, this petition, while probably not changing Relic's minds now, hopefully will have positive future ramifications. Hopefully Relic will realize just how much modding means and how passionate we, the mod community are. If it does, then I will consider this petition successful. The fact that the modding community is willing to come together and sign this is a success in it's own right.
Company of HeroesDelivering a visceral WWII gaming experience, Company of Heroes redefines real time strategy gaming by bringing the sacrifice of heroic soldiers, war-ravaged...
Company of Heroes 2Moves the battle away from the common Western Front focus of World War II and refocuses on some of history’s most brutal and devastating conflicts on...
Company of Heroes: Opposing FrontsThe next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns...
Company of Heroes: Tales of ValorTales of Valor includes new units, additional maps and further multiplayer modes, such as 'Stonewall', where the player commands a small number of troops...
Dawn of War IIIt is the 41st Millennium in Sub-Sector Aurelia, a cluster of worlds on the edge of the Galaxy, and a battle of epic proportions is about to begin. Ancient...
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This engine is great
waz up! i am the dawn of war!! COH also very cool
Hawt.
I love this company for bringing us homeworld