Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. Given GLES2 isn't going to disappear any time soon due to low end mobile devices, we still need to support it for a few more years to come. And the list goes on. Rasterizer design. Godot uses OpenGL ES 3.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. Incompatibility with older mobile devices which do not support OpenGL ES 3.0. Lots and lots of driver bugs in mobile and desktop.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. It was reusing parts of the code for baking GIProbes, and that made it quick but not great in terms of quality. New CPU lightmapper.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 9, 2023

Well, maybe because this Turkish startup established by former Peak employees, launched its first game, Royal Match, in 2020 and has to date amassed $906M in cumulative revenue with just 105M installs. Just to repeat: Dream Games’ achievement to date is unprecedented. Wonder how they will expand their Royal-verse.

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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. Godot exports ETC2 by default and doesn't take into account that mobile devices could need S3TC. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer. or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer. or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

The new 3D engine is outstanding, with many features out-of-the-box that are still not common in other mainstream engines. The new 3D renderer is state-of-the-art, with features rarely see in game engines today, such as: Full principled BSDF. Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects.

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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. Godot exports ETC2 by default and doesn't take into account that mobile devices could need S3TC. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.

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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. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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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. if something that worked fine in 3.4.x

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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. if something that worked fine in 3.4.x

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer. or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

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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. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.

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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. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. 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

MARCH 9, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.3 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer. or earlier no longer works in 3.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.3 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer. or earlier no longer works in 3.3

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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. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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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. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

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. Godot, being an open source game engine, was built with a never-ending wish of adding new features to it. That will be added in the following weeks. Next steps.

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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. Currently, mobile and web platforms are not available, with support likely coming in Godot 4.1. GDExtension.

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