<s>
LithTech	B-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Monolith	O
Productions	O
and	O
comparable	O
with	O
the	O
Quake	B-Application
and	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
engines	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
video	O
game	O
developers	O
have	O
used	O
LithTech	B-Application
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
their	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
initially	O
developed	O
the	O
engine	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
before	O
purchasing	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
it	O
and	O
licensing	O
it	O
to	O
other	O
developers	O
via	O
subsidiary	O
LithTech	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
LithTech	B-Application
offered	O
for	O
licensing	O
was	O
Jupiter	B-Application
EX	I-Application
,	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
however	O
Monolith	O
has	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
LithTech	B-Application
technology	O
in	O
their	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Middle-earth	B-Application
:	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
of	I-Application
Mordor	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Middle-earth	B-Application
:	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
of	I-Application
Mordor	I-Application
,	O
the	O
studio	O
started	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
engine	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
LithTech	B-Application
technology	O
)	O
for	O
larger-scale	O
battles	O
called	O
"	O
Firebird	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
engine	I-Application
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
be	O
called	O
DirectEngine	O
,	O
as	O
Monolith	O
was	O
developing	O
it	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
3D	O
engine	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
DirectX	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
changed	O
the	O
engine	O
's	O
name	O
to	O
Lithtech	B-Application
and	O
licensed	O
it	O
to	O
other	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
team	O
was	O
split	O
off	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
,	O
LithTech	B-Application
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
renamed	O
Touchdown	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
March	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.0	O
,	O
LithTech	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
began	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
many	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
released	O
their	O
game	O
No	B-Application
One	I-Application
Lives	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
(	O
NOLF	O
)	O
featuring	O
this	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
revised	O
to	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
an	O
upgrade	O
to	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.2	O
in	O
a	O
patch	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LithTech	B-Application
team	O
then	O
continued	O
to	O
improve	O
version	O
2.2	O
for	O
its	O
licensees	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
2.3	O
and	O
2.4	O
iterations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
cooperated	O
with	O
RealNetworks	O
in	O
developing	O
a	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.2	O
called	O
RealArcade	O
LithTech	B-Application
(	O
or	O
LithTech	B-Application
ESD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
time	O
,	O
RealArcade	O
LithTech	B-Application
could	O
be	O
licensed	O
by	O
developers	O
if	O
they	O
signed	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
RealNetworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
developed	O
a	O
different	O
engine	O
specifically	O
for	O
Monolith	O
's	O
title	O
,	O
Aliens	B-Application
versus	I-Application
Predator	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
Talon	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.2	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
choice	O
,	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.4	O
,	O
RealArcade	O
LithTech	B-Application
,	O
and	O
LithTech	B-Application
Talon	O
became	O
largely	O
incompatible	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
reviewers	O
still	O
thought	O
of	O
it	O
as	O
inferior	O
to	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
or	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
Talon	O
's	O
biggest	O
selling	O
point	O
lay	O
in	O
its	O
capable	O
multiplayer	O
support	O
,	O
more	O
efficient	O
when	O
compared	O
to	O
prior	O
versions	O
of	O
LithTech	B-Application
multiplayer	O
that	O
featured	O
poor	O
networking	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aliens	B-Application
versus	I-Application
Predator	I-Application
2	I-Application
features	O
comprehensive	O
multiplayer	O
gameplay	O
utilizing	O
these	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
concurrently	O
with	O
Talon	O
,	O
but	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
revisions	O
,	O
LithTech	B-Application
3.x	O
would	O
largely	O
be	O
considered	O
an	O
internal	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
feature	O
announced	O
for	O
LithTech	B-Application
3.x	O
was	O
the	O
Distributed	O
Object	O
System	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
system	O
for	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
and	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
,	O
LithTech	B-Application
3.x	O
was	O
also	O
plagued	O
by	O
a	O
significant	O
number	O
of	O
bugs	O
and	O
problems	O
and	O
all	O
games	O
developed	O
with	O
LithTech	B-Application
3.x	O
would	O
eventually	O
convert	O
to	O
the	O
newer	O
LithTech	B-Application
Jupiter	O
or	O
to	O
Talon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
unreleased	O
Monolith	O
game	O
Shogo	O
II	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
with	O
this	O
iteration	O
of	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
Discovery	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
genre	O
and	O
its	O
unique	O
requirements	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovery	O
improved	O
upon	O
the	O
working	O
technology	O
from	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.2	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
included	O
the	O
Distributed	O
Object	O
System	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
centerpiece	O
of	O
LithTech	B-Application
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
game	O
title	O
to	O
be	O
powered	O
by	O
LithTech	B-Application
Discovery	O
was	O
The	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
Online	I-Application
by	O
Monolith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LithTech	B-Application
Jupiter	O
was	O
a	O
thorough	O
overhaul	O
of	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
ways	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
Jupiter	O
was	O
even	O
more	O
technologically	O
advanced	O
than	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
supported	O
Shader	O
Model	O
1.x	O
and	O
included	O
a	O
visualization	O
tool	O
,	O
whereas	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
and	O
Quake	B-Application
only	O
supported	O
CPU-based	O
shaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
Jupiter	O
was	O
made	O
especially	O
for	O
Monolith	O
,	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
their	O
Tron	O
2.0	O
game	O
;	O
this	O
release	O
was	O
codenamed	O
LithTech	B-Application
Triton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
LithTech	B-Application
Triton	O
's	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
merged	O
back	O
into	O
LithTech	B-Application
Jupiter	O
for	O
licensees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2005	O
the	O
latest	O
public	O
iteration	O
of	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
engine	I-Application
was	O
Jupiter	O
Extended	O
(	O
or	O
Jupiter	B-Application
EX	I-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
featured	O
in	O
F.E.A.R.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
Condemned	B-Application
:	I-Application
Criminal	I-Application
Origins	I-Application
,	O
both	O
developed	O
by	O
Monolith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
its	O
precursor	O
Jupiter	O
,	O
the	O
Extended	O
version	O
was	O
driven	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
DirectX	B-Application
9	I-Application
renderer	O
and	O
other	O
advancements	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
physics	I-General_Concept
software	O
for	O
improved	O
real-world	O
physics	O
simulation	O
,	O
dynamic	O
per-pixel	O
lighting	O
,	O
bump	O
mapping	O
,	O
normal	O
mapping	O
,	O
and	O
specular	O
highlighting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
's	O
character	O
dynamics	O
,	O
Jupiter	B-Application
EX	I-Application
also	O
includes	O
the	O
"	O
Havok	B-General_Concept
Vehicle	O
Kit	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
adds	O
support	O
for	O
common	O
vehicle	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firebird	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
purpose	O
of	O
larger-scale	O
battles	O
and	O
the	O
expansion	O
of	O
the	O
Nemesis	O
system	O
for	O
Middle-earth	B-Application
:	I-Application
Shadow	I-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
is	O
a	O
partial	O
list	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
built	O
with	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
arranged	O
by	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
LithTech	B-Application
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
engine	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
LithTech	B-Application
Film	O
Producer	O
machinima	O
tool	O
by	O
Strange	O
Company	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
used	O
in	O
their	O
short	O
film	O
"	O
Ozymandius	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
development	O
switched	O
over	O
to	O
LithTech	B-Application
2.0	O
however	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Might	B-Application
and	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
IX	I-Application
(	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
No	B-Application
One	I-Application
Lives	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	O
A	O
Spy	O
In	O
H.A.R.M.	O
</s>
<s>
Contract	B-Application
J.A.C.K.	I-Application
</s>
