Baking Game Engine Simulation 
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The cover illustration is from Ballionaire , a roguelike pachinko simulator where the laws of physics bend to your will, developed by newobject and published by Raw Fury! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky and itch.io. Export: Disable Metal and Vulkan renderers in simulator builds.
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.
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iXie gaming
MARCH 28, 2025
High-poly models are first sculpted for maximum detail, then converted into low-poly versions for in-game use. Why it matters: Efficient UV mapping and normal map baking allow high-detail textures to be applied to low-poly models, preserving visual fidelity without unnecessary computational overhead.
Mircosoft Game Dev
MAY 24, 2021
Notably, Windows users could experience crashes when baking lightmaps. Games exported with a ZIP data package could also trigger a crash on exit. Additionally, this release includes a number of non-regression bug fixes to various areas of the engine. Physics: Fix ragdoll simulation when parent was readded to scene ( GH-48823 ).
Nvidia
DECEMBER 17, 2020
World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass. Uses approximate technique of shared animations to reduce overhead for simulating a full forest. Selectable per instance type.
Cocos
JUNE 11, 2023
Google Play Games on PC Platform Support At this year’s Google IO conference, Google Play Games on PC and the large-screen experience received significant attention as Android platform updates. There are already many well-known Cocos games published on the platform on their own. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2.
Nvidia
APRIL 5, 2022
Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Developers can also easily build advanced 3D tools and expand their ecosystem reach.
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