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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. Import 4.4

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). Light is precomputed offline and rendered to a texture, which is then used by the geometry. Godot lightmapper works with one texture per mesh, so sharing UVs between meshes will not give you more optimization.

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. Improvements • Move the Light Bake entry from the top item settings menu to the panel menu. •

Render

Render Baking Lightmap Debug

D2 log 057 – Tiles, pt.2

Catnip Games

MARCH 19, 2022

In addition to the visible texture, each tile had a lower resolution bitmap which defined the material at a given spot. They are now baked into tiles, so map editing is much easier. The new tileset is coming together nicely. I made a “master sheet” with all the tiles to keep things organized.

Tile

Tile Polygon Baking Texture

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

Fixed bone animation texture size error on some platforms that don’t support float point texture format. 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.

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. as its component.

Code

Code Culling Lightmap Render

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. This meant that the larger scenes might refuse to bake because they don't fit within the size limits of an image. This will be a draw mode that previews the texel density of lightmaps (without actually (re)baking them).

Lightmap

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug

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. Also, the new lightmapper brings support for denoising using Open Image Denoise , which results in better-looking lightmaps in the same bake time range. 3D editor improvements.

Collision

Collision Baking Lightmap Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A few late features have also been included because they were too good to keep waiting (such as improved Inspector subresource editing and node copy-paste support ). Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. Editor: Improved Inspector sub-resource editing ( GH-45907 ). Godot 3.2.4 As a reminder, since 3.2.4 0 , libasound.so.1

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Render Build Bug Editing

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). Node: Fix Editable Children issues with node renaming, moving, duplicating and instancing ( GH-39533 ). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ).

Render

Render Bug Build Beta

SheepIT - free render farm for Blender

DameDev.tv

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Anything involving physics should be baked first too. After the render is finished, you download your files and can use your favorite video editing software to further process it. Currently, the file size limit is 750MB, which for some big projects might be limiting. Blender file can be compressed before uploading.

Render

Render PC Scripting Asset

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. Editor: Improved Inspector sub-resource editing ( GH-45907 ). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ).

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. Editor: Improved Inspector sub-resource editing ( GH-45907 ). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ).

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. Editor: Improved Inspector sub-resource editing ( GH-45907 ). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ).

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

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. Additionally, a noise texture can now be used as a resource, which generates noise on the fly. GIProbes of course don't work.

Feature

Feature Render Editing Shaders

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). Node: Fix Editable Children issues with node renaming, moving, duplicating and instancing ( GH-39533 ). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ).

Render

Render Build Bug Collision

The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #28

Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Once he played around with the cards a bit, Pete found them rather easy to create and, surprisingly, pretty practical to individually edit. After working with the hair cards for awhile, it dawned on Pete that he could actually create a proxy texture that would easily troubleshoot the orientation of each card. Convenient, right?

Dev

Dev Concepts Demo Texture

The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #21

Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now that he's done with the model itself, Cass will focus on unwrapping the UV's before getting started on the detailed texturing for this colossal beauty. With Shelly's keen eye for detail (and impressive modeling and texturing skills), she's been able to capture exactly that with her new and improved crystal models.

Dev

Dev Clipping Demo Concepts

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Animation: Fix rendering centered odd-size texture for AnimatedSprite/AnimatedSprite3D ( GH-53052 ). Editor: Fix MeshInstance2D edit rect ( GH-54070 ). GLES3: Allow repeat flag in viewport textures ( GH-34008 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Animation: Fix rendering centered odd-size texture for AnimatedSprite/AnimatedSprite3D ( GH-53052 ). Editor: Fix MeshInstance2D edit rect ( GH-54070 ). GLES3: Allow repeat flag in viewport textures ( GH-34008 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Animation: Fix rendering centered odd-size texture for AnimatedSprite/AnimatedSprite3D ( GH-53052 ). GLES3: Allow repeat flag in viewport textures ( GH-34008 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Animation: Fix rendering centered odd-size texture for AnimatedSprite/AnimatedSprite3D ( GH-53052 ). GLES3: Allow repeat flag in viewport textures ( GH-34008 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

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. 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. Still, Godot 3.0

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

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. As always, many improvements and fixes to shader editing have been backported from 4.0 such as a 2D gradient texture you can use for lights, particle placeholders, and masking.

Shaders

Shaders Render Feature Mesh

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

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Introducing the new "last minute" lightmapper

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GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

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

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 1

SheepIT - free render farm for Blender

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 7

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 2

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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