Baking, Editing and Lightmap - Game Developers Network

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Game window embedding was implemented to support our recent interactive in-game editing feature. 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.

Beta

Beta Dev Lightmap Baking

Introducing the new "last minute" lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The solution to these problems is to add support for a more traditional lightmapper (pre-baked light texture). The biggest challenge of this workflow is not the lightmap itself, but the fact that it should be easy to use (which is Godot's #1 design priority). The smaller this value, the bigger the lightmaps will be.

Lightmap

Lightmap Baking Mesh Texture

Cocos Creator 3.7.2 Focuses On Optimized Rendering And Lighting Capabilities

Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

Editor • Support baking high-precision lighting maps to get a better baking effect. When the user turns on high-precision lightmap baking, 16-bit colors are used instead of 8-bit colors, and AO channels are baked separately. Still, the disadvantage is that it will increase the lightmap package.

Render

Render Baking Lightmap Debug

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

Like in previous years, Godot is participating again in the Google Summer of Code program for its 2022 edition. x CPU lightmapper and adding a new debug draw mode for visualizing the texel density of lightmaps. Previously every LightmapGI node used to store its lightmap atlas in a single large image. Multi-image atlases.

Lightmap

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

. ● Fixed the issue of failed compression after configuring Custom Compress Format for texture in the project protocol program ● Fixed the Add Component button not showing in the Inspector panel after exiting animation editing mode. Fixed crash issue when baking high-precision Lightmap for the terrain.

Terrain

Terrain Render Simulation Texture

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

APRIL 14, 2023

2、LightFX The lightmaps generated by the Lightmap Baking System will be automatically stored in this folder, and there is no need to manually modify the contents inside it. 5、scene The cube textures produced by the Reflection Probe baking system will be automatically saved in a folder specific to each scene.

Code

Code Culling Lightmap Render

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. It was reusing parts of the code for baking GIProbes, and that made it quick but not great in terms of quality. The biggest difference with the old lightmapper is that the new one features proper path tracing, which results in better looking lightmaps. Fixes to KinematicBody collisions.

Collision

Collision Baking Lightmap Render

Lesson 6: Game Mode, Play Mode, and Scenes

Game Designing

AUGUST 23, 2023

You’ll learn how to manage Scene Visibility and multi-scene editing. And we’ll do lots of baking: Lightmaps with multiple Scenes Navmesh data with multiple Scenes Occlusion Culling data with multiple Scenes Lesson 6 Video Transcript Hey there everyone.

Code

Code Games Scripting Lightmap

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

Unsupported features will not be visible when editing materials. Unsupported features will not be visible when editing environments. Use baked lightmaps instead. Key editing in inspector. Some advanced PBR features are not supported, such as subsurface scattering. GIProbes of course don't work. Revamped 2D editor.

Feature

Feature Render Editing Shaders

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects. No lightmaps or anything of the sort are required, providing a very quick and efficient workflow. For low-end systems or mobile devices, we provide a more classical lightmapping workflow. It's also very easy to use. Greatly improved 3D editor viewport.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

As of yet, there is no distributed baking. This basically means you can only bake lightmaps using a single machine. You can even change the edit and color grading. Still, if you’re a beginner just diving into the Unity universe, it’s good to know, as is the next potential con.

Animation

Animation Animation Code Software

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Last but not least, lightmaps baking is now done using the GPU to speed up the process significantly. The new NavigationServer supports fully dynamic environments and on-the-fly navigation mesh baking. It may be possible to edit your project file manually, but otherwise it's recommended to let Godot generate a new one.

Beta

Beta Engine Engineering Feature

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Editor: Fix MeshInstance2D edit rect ( GH-54070 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Fix loading packed scene with editable children at runtime ( GH-49664 ). Editor: Increase object snapping distances in the 3D editor ( GH-53727 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Editor: Fix MeshInstance2D edit rect ( GH-54070 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Fix loading packed scene with editable children at runtime ( GH-49664 ). Editor: Increase object snapping distances in the 3D editor ( GH-53727 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Fix loading packed scene with editable children at runtime ( GH-49664 ). Input: Allow checking for exact matches with Action events ( GH-50874 ). iOS: Add pen pressure support for Apple Pencil ( GH-47469 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Fix loading packed scene with editable children at runtime ( GH-49664 ). Input: Exposed setters for sensor values ( GH-53742 ). iOS: Add pen pressure support for Apple Pencil ( GH-47469 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

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