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Original author(s) | John Carmack |
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Developer(s) | id Software |
Written in | C++, AMPL, Clipper, Python (AI) |
Platform | Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One |
Predecessor | id Tech 4 |
Successor | id Tech 6 |
License | Proprietary |
Website | idsoftware |
id Tech 5 is a proprietary game engine developed by id Software. It followed its predecessors, id Tech 1, 2, 3 and 4, all of which had subsequently been published under the GNU General Public License. It was seen as a major advancement over id Tech 4. The engine was first demonstrated at the WWDC 2007 by John D. Carmack on an eight-core computer; however, the demo used only a single core with single-threaded OpenGL implementation running on a 512 MB 7000 class Quadro video card.[1] id Tech 5 was first used in the video game Rage, followed by Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Evil Within and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. It was followed up by id Tech 6.