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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Add transparency support for LightmapGI Currently when baking lightmaps users have to choose between transparent objects casting shadows as if they were fully opaque, or not casting shadows at all. This has been a major limitation in both the quality of lightmap baking and the ergonomics of the lightmap baking workflow.

Beta

Beta Dev Lightmap Baking

VFX Breakdown Process From Concept to Final Render

Filmustage

JANUARY 16, 2025

Every step - from breaking down scripts to the final touches - calls for the perfect blend of creative genius and technical prowess. At the heart of this revolution lies the critical need for precise script breakdown and sequence planning. Think VFX is just about pressing fancy buttons? Think again!

Render

Render Concepts Pixel Scripting

Navigation Server for Godot 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Runtime navigation mesh baking. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of "servers" used in the Godot architecture, you can refer to this past devblog and the documentation. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of "servers" used in the Godot architecture, you can refer to this past devblog and the documentation.

Agent

Agent Baking Collision Mesh

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

Project: Allow undocking the Script editor and the Shader editor. For things like the Script editor, this means you can move it to another screen, move the undocked window to be side-by-side with the main window, or just using Alt+Tab to change between the main window and the undocked one. Student: trollodel. PR: #62378. Introduction.

Lightmap

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug

Fill in the blank in the class reference

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 26, 2016

You can get a nice overview for yourself using bojidar_bg's awesome script in doc/tools/doc_status.py ). light baking, networking, plugins, pathfinding, etc.). Many cool new concepts are not showcased yet in demos either, such as scene inheritance or navigation polygons. Out of which only 34% have proper descriptions so far.

Demo

Demo Polygon Baking Feature

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Editor: Don't switch to 2D/3D viewports when selecting nodes while in Script Editor ( GH-63344 ). Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ).

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

During this time, mission selection is restricted and progression is heavily scripted / controlled. The game says you must kill her first, like this, always -- and if she always dies so early, that means her concept doesn't get to interact with anyone else. Different places unlock based on the time of day.

Fighting

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Networking: Add NetworkedMultiplayerCustom so high-level multiplayer backends can be added from scripts ( GH-63163 ). The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. To help with the common task of accessing specific nodes from scripts, Juan Linietsky ( reduz ) added the concept of "scene unique names" for nodes in the master branch ( GH-60298 ), and Tomasz backported it for 3.5.

Beta

Beta Dev Shaders Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be. x one, or adopt the new API from 4.0.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be. x one, or adopt the new API from 4.0.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 1

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. To help with the common task of accessing specific nodes from scripts, Juan Linietsky ( reduz ) added the concept of "scene unique names" for nodes in the master branch ( GH-60298 ), and Tomasz backported it for 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Console Culling

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. You can create a batch script or shortcut to automatically start Godot from a console as in previous releases. The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

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. You can create a batch script or shortcut to automatically start Godot from a console as in previous releases. The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

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. You can create a batch script or shortcut to automatically start Godot from a console as in previous releases. The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

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. adds the concept of "scene unique names" for nodes to help with the common task of accessing specific nodes from scripts. The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

Shaders

Shaders Render Feature Mesh

Call of Duty: Online is dead. Long live Call of Duty: Online!

Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Single player was retained in the form of one CoD-authentic onboarding mission to create the right first impression of a CoD-authentic experience, plus shorter story snippets, scripted on MP maps. There was no concept of events or free/ earnable content.

Content

Content FPS Mobile Mobile

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

VFX Breakdown Process From Concept to Final Render

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Navigation Server for Godot 4.0

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Fill in the blank in the class reference

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Call of Duty: Online is dead. Long live Call of Duty: Online!

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