Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The new CSG nodes lacked support for generating the tangents, there were orientation issues when importing Collada or glTF files, and the new primitive meshes reversed the direction of these. We spent a great deal of time over the last week going through all these issues and correcting them.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. They’ve been building upon Godot 4.0 since early alpha releases; follow them on Twitter for updates. Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ). What’s new.

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Mnenad

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Mainly I focused on generating grass that bends in the wind and some fern like plants, but what comes next is usable for all kind of meshes. First off: I learned a lot about Unity’s build in batching system. Static batching : combines static (not moving) GameObjects into big Meshes, and renders them in a faster way.  

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). Rendering: Take alpha antialising options into account when setting up materials ( GH-71261 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target ( GH-39943 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above). wslay 1.1.1).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For new users, we recommend the "classical" build (as opposed to the "Mono" build with C# support, currently in alpha) and the GDScript language, which you should be able to learn very fast. Experienced Godot users may also want to try the nightly builds of the upcoming Godot 3.1, x installed.

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Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2023

This new SDK gives you the flexibility and customizability to take advantage of proven NVIDIA technologies to suit the following use cases: Building a reference path tracer to ensure that your lighting during production is true to life, accelerating the iteration process. OMM SDK 1.0 is available to all developers.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix]. Rendering: Fix alpha scissor support with depth_draw_opaque ( GH-58959 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript). API documentation updates.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

The changes new in this build are thus the ones made between RC 1 and RC 3. C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Note: The previous 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

RC 2 build: changelog between 3.2.3 C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased. Concept Art: Concept art shows how the characters, objects, buildings, and areas will look. Each block may depict a cliff or a building, for instance. It is applied to all the static meshes on the objects.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2019

IMPORTANT: This is a beta build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.1 features this month ( 2D meshes , 2D skeletons and AnimationTree docs). Mono build (C# support + all the above). You need to have Nuget and MSbuild installed to use the Mono build.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

In parallel to our work on the upcoming feature releases Godot 3.5 ( with a second beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 4! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix]. Rendering: Fix alpha scissor support with depth_draw_opaque ( GH-58959 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). We released Godot 4.0 Known issues.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

So we're starting the beta testing phase with this already significant set of changes, and we'll have frequent beta builds to polish them for the stable release. Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. alpha (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

There's one big change for C# users though, which is that the.csproj project definition now uses a more modern format relying on a new Godot.NET.Sdk , which should help solve many build issues. See "known incompatibility" below for advice on what build tool to use instead. but it can be changed manually to.NET Standard 2.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. In this build, we also built it for 32-bit platforms (armv7 and x86) as there was some demand for it, so you'll find the APK is a bit heavier. Like with 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Nvidia

JULY 25, 2022

Topics include: General tips Maximizing GPU utilization when building Memory allocations Organizing geometries into BLASes Build preference flags Dynamic BLASes Non-opaque geometries Particles General tips Consider async compute for AS building. Consider worker threads for generating AS building command lists.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Games will often have several requirements that must be satisfied regarding the imported animations, such as: Ability to attach and remove different meshes to be deformed by the same skeleton. alpha is around the corner now (we have been pushing pre-alpha builds recently), so looking forward to a release soon!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

alpha builds and maintenance releases for the stable branch ( 3.4.3 , 3.4.4 This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. You may have already seen some of this content on social media, in blog posts, or in alpha release notes. s development boils down to refactoring and rewriting existing features to make them a much better base to build on. What's new?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). We released Godot 4.0 Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Godot can now be started with --build-solutions on the command line. This will let you build C# solutions without starting the editor. It is now possible to scale an.obj mesh when importing. Make sure to delete the.mono folder in your project folder to force a new build (this workflow will be improved in future releases).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In parallel to our work on the upcoming feature releases Godot 3.5 ( with a first beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 3! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 stable: Android: Fix relative keystore paths on Android exporter with custom build ( GH-56676 ). branch for use in production. we're now ready to release Godot 3.4.3-stable

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 19, 2021

First I've been working on building a test suite for physics. Technical details: Heightmaps are very similar to triangle meshes in term of collision detection. To get ready for an alpha release of Godot 4.0, Test framework. It's now supported as well, and will be part of the future 3.4 release along with 4.0. What's next?

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Game Designing

AUGUST 23, 2023

By default, it needs to render, so it needs its mesh renderer as well as it comes with a collider by default. Like for example, we have the mesh renderer that we have up here. (01:55) That way if you press play, it won’t have build errors, it won’t have compile errors. You could just do five, which is alpha five.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 6, 2022

alpha 1 and later. You can use a negative density to subtract one volume from another to create more complex shapes if you need to, or if you need to keep fog from accumulating somewhere like in a house or other building. Note: FogVolumes are available in 4.0 On top of the existing non-volumetric fog, Godot 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Still, this workflow is easy and efficient as 3D objects get a second set of UVs generated on import, and baking works with instantiated meshes, scenes and even GridMaps. It parses your code and automatically understands what you are trying to do (such as writing to alpha for transparency, reading from screen, etc.) In Godot 3.0,

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