Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Runtime navigation mesh baking. Now the NavigationRegion can be added during gameplay, and it's possible to change its transform or even bake the navigation mesh data at runtime. You can compose the NavigationRegion as you like, mine looks like this: Note: The meshes have a common static body under their node.

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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

MAY 24, 2021

Notably, Windows users could experience crashes when baking lightmaps. stable: Android: Remove -fno-integrated-as , it can break arm64v8 build ( GH-48851 ). HTML5: Fix GDNative build with Emscripten 2.0.19+ ( GH-48831 ). Import: glTF: Improved error handling around invalid images and invalid meshes ( GH-48904 , GH-48912 ).

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iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2025

Unity, once synonymous with indie development, now stands as a serious contender for console-quality game builds. Build Performance-First to Ship on Time and Scale with Confidence Performance is a budget, not a luxury. Geometry: Build with LODs from the start, batch static meshes, and constrain polycounts based on hardware targets.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass. Inexact Shadows (beta) Deals with potential mesh mismatches of ray traced and raster geometry. An updated build of NVIDIA RTX UE4.25 Selectable per instance type. Both branches can be found here.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 3D: Switch Mesh surface indexing to start at 0 so string name matches integer index ( GH-70176 ). Core: Handle corner cases for curve baking ( GH-69726 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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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 ). Navigation: Fix for navmesh baking when parsing StaticBody colliders ( GH-70904 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

Of Life and Land Build your own settlements in Of Life and Land and experience different maps, scenarios, and rich simulations. Build relationships, play minigames, use social media, and most importantly: solve the mystery at hand. Strategize with animals and nature in mind! May Did you know that we still update Godot 3?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). HTML5: Export as Progressive Web App (PWA) ( GH-48250 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). HTML5: Export as Progressive Web App (PWA) ( GH-48250 ).

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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. Watch the Releases page for upcoming testing builds of the Git plugin to use with 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

This RC 6 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: In RC 4, async shader compilation and caching was enabled by default on desktop, but several users reported issues with it on some hardware. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

At this stage it's really close to stable, we just had a few more regression fixes merged since the previous build that warrant another build for testing: Android: Address remaining scoped storage regressions ( GH-63480 ). From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

so we'll need your help to test Android export templates in this build and confirm that they work as expected. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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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

JULY 22, 2022

This RC 7 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: Fix accumulated input handling on iOS. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

Notably, it fixes some rendering regressions with transparent materials, and crashing iOS templates and Web editor build in RC 2. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. This RC 3 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs.

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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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Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

You can get started building applications today. It uses ray tracing to provide infinite bounce in indirect lighting, without the need to bake lighting or create multiple light setups for scenes. Developers can also easily build advanced 3D tools and expand their ecosystem reach.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I've worked in games for a while now, building upon general software development experience from electronics and RF equipment. It took us about 14 months to get a proper FBX importer working fully, since we had to engineer everything again: We rewrote all the mesh code to support all formats of FBX meshes correctly.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

Our last testing build was 3.2.4 We still need a good round of testing on this new build to ensure that everything works as we want it before we make this the new stable branch (which will supersede the current 3.2.3 Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. is very close to its stable release.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

RC builds yet, now would be a great time to do it to help us ensure everything upgrades smoothly from 3.2.3 Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now). C#: Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.114.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

For macOS, both the standard and Mono editor builds are now signed and notarized ! Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now). C#: Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.114. stable soon™.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install. back in 2020!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In game engines (or even when exported from the 3D modelling application), animation data is baked to a simpler representation because, for games, processing beziers and IKs is way too expensive for real-time. 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

AUGUST 5, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. For more advanced use cases, you can use TextMesh to generate 3D meshes from font glyphs, so you can add WordArt to your scenes ;). The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

This new version builds upon it by improving it and finishing the pending work. Use baked lightmaps instead. Godot now supports 2D meshes , which can be used from code or converted from sprites to avoid drawing large transparent areas. It brings much-requested improvements to usability and many important features. 2D skeletons.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This, together with dynamic or baked-in lighting and shadows, enables the creation of amazing photorealistic material that nevertheless operates in real time. The shapes used to create meshes inside the game engine are called polygons. Its blend of development- and artistic-focused tools allows for unrestricted creative expression.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. The ugly reality of software development is that legacy code builds up really quick and keeping it up to date, ready for new challenges that arise several years down the line takes a lot of effort. It has been a long road to Godot 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects. 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. Both indirect light and voxel reflections are provided by this technique.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

By adding a simple cache to it, we made it so that light map texture coordinates are only computed when there's an actual change to the geometry of the mesh. Here you can see the Sponza demo model, with baked direct lighting, and the corresponding light map: Note that this first pass is not taking occlusion into account yet.

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