Choosing your CryENGINE installation type

Now that we have Visual Studio installed, we'll need to download a version of CryENGINE to develop on.

We have created a stripped-down sample installation for the book, which is recommended for users who are just starting out with the engine. To download it, see the following Downloading the book's CryENGINE sample installation section.

If you would rather use another build of CryENGINE, such as the latest Free SDK release, please see the Using a custom or newer CryENGINE installation section later in this chapter. This section will cover integrating CryMono on your own.