Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Note: There was a change in the internal format that PNG files get imported to, which you might experience as projects from earlier alphas reporting broken dependencies. alpha builds. Rendering: Fix usage of FSR 1.0 ( GH-62475 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

alpha 17 release to ensure that things work as best as we can reasonably expect before the beta phase. Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. alpha in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 beta 1, and to do so we're having a (last?)

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 15, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 is a huge release that requires a lot of work, and because we're committed to providing dev snapshots frequently so that pre-release testers can quickly access the new features and bug fixes. alpha builds. What's new. Known issues.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

We're continuing on our fortnightly release schedule for alpha snapshots of Godot 4.0 - this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. This release is built from commit d7d528c15.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 6, 2022

We're continuing on our fortnightly release schedule for alpha snapshots of Godot 4.0 - this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. GH-59807 ). Known issues. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

Straight out of the Godot Sprint in Barcelona, here's another alpha snapshot of the development branch, this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. Bug reports.

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Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 12, 2022

Another fortnight, another alpha snapshot of the development branch, this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. This release is built from commit 917fd657.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 28, 2022

alpha 7 comes with one week delay on our every-other-week release schedule, since I was taking some time off :) But that means it got time for even more features and bug fixes to be finalized, reviewed and merged. See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ). alpha builds. This new 4.0 Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 This alpha doesn't include official builds with.NET 6 support yet, as we still have more work to do to enable this. Rendering: Octahedral normal/tangent compression ( GH-60309 ). alpha builds. Core: A plethora of renames!

Alpha 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

alpha 1 ― the first official alpha build of our upcoming major milestone, enabling all interested users to try it out and report bugs, as well as provide feedback on the new features. branch, we're going to release new alpha builds every other week, so that testers can always have a recent version to test the latest changes.

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Alpha Dev Bug Terrain 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 11, 2019

We released a first alpha build last week, and we want to keep a relatively short iteration cycle on future alpha and beta builds until the final 3.2 alpha 2 as a second snapshot, fixing various issues from the last build. alpha 2 as a second snapshot, fixing various issues from the last build. We thus publish Godot 3.2

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

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. since early alpha releases; follow them on Twitter for updates. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). They’ve been building upon Godot 4.0

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Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Add support for FORMAT_{ETC2,DXT5}_RA_AS_RG ( GH-71248 ). See the list below. specifically.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Rendering: Shaders: Only convert default value to linear color if type hint is source_color ( GH-103201 ). Rendering: Metal: Fix SPIR-V MSL compilation on iOS targets ( GH-103337 ). XR: OpenXR: Emulated alpha blend mode should override the real blend mode ( GH-103338 ). Input: Change default deadzone back to 0.5

Bug 77

Bug Render Build Alpha 77

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. This document was written in hopes to find more developers that would like to help us write rendering code, as it explains the overall design. Running the whole graphics rendering in a separate thread.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2016

It's been a month since the first progress report , and progress continues towards the new Godot renderer. Little by little every system falls into place, and rendering starts feeling a lot more mature. Add Layered/Stencil rendering. One of the main features of PBR rendering is having all sort of sources for reflections.

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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. Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ). Rendering: Fix drawing of 2D primitives in OpenGL3 renderer ( GH-67416 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 26, 2017

We are therefore releasing a first alpha snapshot for existing users to play with and report bugs. IMPORTANT: This is an alpha build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.0 renderer of this build was already a huge refactor. game in the alpha? Disclaimer.

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Dev Alpha Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 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. Lots of rendering changes. Our rendering contributors keep working on finalizing the implementation of all expected features for Godot 4.0,

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 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. Lots of rendering changes. Our rendering contributors keep working on finalizing the implementation of all expected features for Godot 4.0,

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 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. David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). So here's beta 2!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

alpha builds and maintenance releases for the stable branch ( 3.4.3 , 3.4.4 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2022

was released with the hopes of rewriting the rendering architecture using Vulkan as a target API. After it, 17 alphas followed in total. This blog post will offer a small retrospective of the year. The work of Godot 4.0 begun in 2019 when I forked it after 3.1 I worked on it alone for a while, while it was just a graphics fork.

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Alpha Media Bug Feature 119

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

alpha (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ). Rendering: Faster editor line drawing - Path2D and draw_line ( GH-54377 ). Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ). Physics: Implement adjusting the maximum number of physics steps per rendered frame ( GH-65836 ).

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Collision Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ). Rendering: Add OccluderShapePolygon ( GH-57361 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ). Rendering: Add OccluderShapePolygon ( GH-57361 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

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. Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ). Rendering: Fix drawing of 2D primitives in OpenGL3 renderer ( GH-67416 ).

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Alpha 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ). Rendering: Add OccluderShapePolygon ( GH-57361 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2022

was released with the hopes of rewriting the rendering architecture using Vulkan as a target API. After it, 17 alphas followed in total. This blog post will offer a small retrospective of the year. The work of Godot 4.0 begun in 2019 when I forked it after 3.1 I worked on it alone for a while, while it was just a graphics fork.

Alpha 110

Alpha Media Bug Feature 110

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 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. David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). So here’s beta 2!

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix incorrect buffer upload size in draw_gui_primitive ( GH-58150 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix].

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Render Shaders Bug Build 52

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: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Last month's 3.4.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

As most of the rendering features for the upcoming Godot 4.0 are done, I have spent the past two months optimizing the rendering engine, both on the CPU and GPU side. All this work has resulted in significantly faster rendering times. A lot of the render state is now better cached, so less is done at render time.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

First, Godot’s lead developer Juan Linietsky (reduz) worked alone in a branch where he modernized the renderer (making a switch from OpenGL 2.1 shipped with the higher-end GLES3 renderer with no option for older/lower-end devices. The process of creating version 3.0 to OpenGL 3.3). Then, once it was nearing completion, we merged his 3.0

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Bug Beta Quality Assurance Feature 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2017

Usually we let our lead developer Juan (reduz) do progress reports on his impressive work on rendering features, but since he was in holidays for more than a month, we'll showcase the work of some key contributors this time. compatible renderer can be used optimally. stable release, but it's already looking pretty slick.

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