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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

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.

Beta

Beta Dev Lightmap Baking

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

We asked them to write a progress report to present what they're working on and the current status. 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. Project overview and progress.

Lightmap

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug

Godot 4.0 gets SDF based real-time global illumination

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2020

SDFGI is something akin to a dynamic real-time lightmap (but it does not requiere unwrapping, nor does it use textures). Ensure your meshes are marked as "Static Bake", then enable SDFGI in the Environment settings. Will write an article about this soon. What can it do? How do you use it? How does it work?

Lightmap

Lightmap Texture Baking Mesh

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

APRIL 14, 2023

In my previous post, I mentioned that I would be write a series of articles on Cocos Cyberpunk. 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. Hey everyone, Kylin here!

Code

Code Culling Lightmap Render

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

It was reusing parts of the code for baking GIProbes, and that made it quick but not great in terms of quality. was still far away, so we tasked Joan Fons ( jfons ), as part of the GSoC program, to write a new CPU lightmapper for Godot 3.x. Back in summer 2019 we already knew Godot 4.0 More rendering improvements.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Creating a Build Environment on AWS with Incredibuild

AWS Games

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Game developers often need to compile large amounts of C++ code, which requires lots of CPU resources, and developers also need to process other types of heavy compute tasks such as; shader compilation, rendering, asset creation, image conversion, lightmap baking and more.

Agent

Agent Build Console Communications

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. writing shaders is very easy! It's also very easy to use.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

When using Cinemachine, you don’t need to know how to write code, though coding is still essential for some components, such as scripting how a user zooms using a mouse wheel, for example. As of yet, there is no distributed baking. This basically means you can only bake lightmaps using a single machine.

Animation

Animation Animation Code Software

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

Use baked lightmaps instead. GDScript allows to write code in a quick way within a controlled environment. Does not always catch errors during compile (or write) time. Support for root motion as well as the ability to write your own custom blend nodes has also been added. GIProbes of course don't work.

Feature

Feature Render Editing Shaders

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. You can even create complex dynamic effects by writing custom shaders that operate on FogVolume nodes. The new NavigationServer supports fully dynamic environments and on-the-fly navigation mesh baking. Of course, the 4.0

Beta

Beta Engine Engineering Feature

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). Please try it out and report any issue.

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). Please try it out and report any issue.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). Please try it out and report any issue.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Scene: Write node groups on a single line when saving a.tscn file ( GH-52284 ). Please try it out and report any issue.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Cocos Creator 3.8 Post-Process Shader Writing (2/2) Advanced

Cocos

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, based on the BlitScreen solution, we can only write the simplest post-effect Shader. Today Kylin will use Gaussian blur to demonstrate how to write a multi-pass post-effect shader. To create, we create a Cocos Shader file named “gaussian-blur.effect” and write the following. Note: In Cocos Creator 3.8.0,

Shaders

Shaders Writing Pixel Render

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

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