As always you will find the latest Release Notes here.

In case you don't see the CRYENGINE 5.6 in the drop down menu when creating/editing 
a project to download, try logging out and logging back in again into the 
CRYENGINE Launcher.

Upgrading a template project (Assets only)

1. Create a new project, using the same template you used before.
   
2. Delete the new template projects' Assets directory.
   
3. Copy your Assets directory and your Game.cryproject file to the new template project folder.
   
4. Right-click on your Game.cryproject file and select Change Engine Version and choose CRYENGINE 5.6.
   
5. Start the editor with the new template project and follow any prompts to upgrade your level files to the new format.

Upgrading a template project (Assets and Game Code) 

Updating your game code is only necessary if you have made edits to the source code of your game. In this case, you should refer your assigned programmer to the Important Interface changes for 5.6.

1. Right-click your Game.cryproject file and select Switch engine version and choose CRYENGINE 5.6.
2. Then regenerate your source code solution files by right-clicking Game.cryproject and choosing Generate Solution.

You should now be able to follow the interface changes guide mentioned above to make edits to your source code and rebuild your project file.

Upgrading the GameSDK project (Assets only) 

1. Right-click your GameSDK.cryproject file and select Switch engine version and choose CRYENGINE 5.6.
   
2. Update/Verify your GameSDK Sample Project asset via the launcher.
   
3. Copy the bin/win_x64/GameSDK.dll file from the launcher project to your own project into the respective directory.
   
4. Start the editor with the new template project and follow any prompts to upgrade your level files to the new format.
   

Upgrading the GameSDK project (Assets and Game Code) 

Updating your game code is only necessary if you have made edits to the source code of your game. In this case, you should refer your assigned programmer to the Important Interface changes for 5.6. Since the GameSDK code is only contained within the engine source code, building the engine is outside the scope of this guide but details can be found on our documentation pages here.

1. Right-click your GameSDK.cryproject file and select Switch engine version and choose CRYENGINE 5.6.
   
2. Rebuild the GameSDK project making changes in accordance with the above documentation and copy the new GameSDK.dll to your project.
   
3. Start the editor with the new template project and follow any prompts to upgrade your level files to the new format.
   

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