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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

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.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmap baking improvements Clay John changed the logic for baking direct lighting in LightmapGI to spread it over multiple frames, avoiding a spike of computation that can lead the OS to trigger TDR , resulting in a crash of the GPU context ( GH-102257 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a complete list of known bugs.

Beta 75
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The Complete Guide To Lighting In Unreal Engine

Awesome Tuts

Unreal Engine has the most advanced lighting system out of all game engines. This tutorial is meant for beginners as well as experts in Unreal Engine. You can check out the Parasite Platformer tutorial by clicking the link below: Create A Parasite Platformer Game In Unreal Engine. Types Of Light In Unreal Engine.

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Making a Top Gun and Star Wars-inspired fan film in Unreal Engine

CG Spectrum

As the excuses he devised not to follow his passion faded, Anthony quit his full-time job to dedicate his efforts to exploring filmmaking within a game engine. I experimented with both Unity and Unreal Engine since real-time workflows seemed most practical for me as a solo artist. Building out the space station in Unreal Engine.

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From Concept to Completion: Navigating the Game Art Production Pipeline 

iXie gaming

Today, advancements in tools like ZBrush, Unreal Engine, and Substance Painter have revolutionized the pipeline, making it more streamlined and efficient. Building Game-Ready Assets Once concept art is finalized, 3D artists translate designs into optimized, engine-ready models. Hard surface modelling (e.g.,

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Bake UV2 emission using half float in the compatibility backend ( GH-101730 ). While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Physics: Add debug colours and fills to CollisionPolygon3D ( GH-101810 ).

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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

CG Spectrum

Here are three software programs used in 3D modeling for creating LOD models: Unreal Engine Unreal Engine has the built-in functionality to automatically create LODs out of the textures you use, which saves a lot of time. Finish the course by building a 3D envir onment that you'll texture, light, and import into Unreal Engine.