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first-person shooter engine A first-person shooter engine is a video game engine specialized for simulating 3D environments for use in a first-person shooter video game. First-person refers to the view where the players see the world from the eyes of their characters. Shoo ...
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Early first-person shooter graphics engines


Early 1990s: wireframes to 2.5D worlds and textures


Mid 1990s: 3D models, beginnings of hardware acceleration


Late 1990s: 32-bit color, GPUs become standard


Early 2000s: increasing detail, outdoor environments, rag-doll physics


Mid 2000s: lighting and pixel shaders, physics


Late 2000s to 2010s: the approach to photorealism


2020s: 8K and high frame rates


Specialized engines/engine middle-ware

Some features may be integrated into engines. For instance for trees and foliage a special "engine" is available,
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, that does just that (or could be integrated into general engines). The
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character's 3D animating engine can be used independently but is integrated in the
Rockstar Advanced Game Engine The Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) is a proprietary game engine developed by RAGE Technology Group, a division of Rockstar Games' Rockstar San Diego studio. Since its first game, '' Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis'' in 2006, release ...
and the game ''
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See also

* List of free first-person shooters *
List of game engines Game engines are tools available for game designers to code and plan out a video game quickly and easily without building one from the ground up. Whether they are 2D or 3D based, they offer tools to aid in asset creation and placement. Engines ...
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First-person shooter engine A first-person shooter engine is a video game engine specialized for simulating 3D environments for use in a first-person shooter video game. First-person refers to the view where the players see the world from the eyes of their characters. Shoo ...


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