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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

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which would have included new multiplayer networking, visual scripting and many other improvements) because we realized that projects using the new features would no longer work in 3.0, Visual Scripting. Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects. Visual Scripting.

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

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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. New CPU lightmapper. The lightmapper in the previous 3.x

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GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

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Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. 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. Part 1 ( previous post ): Version Control Systems Integration by Twarit Waikar. Next steps.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

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Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). iOS: Add pen pressure support for Apple Pencil ( GH-47469 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). Input: Exposed setters for sensor values ( GH-53742 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

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Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). Input: Expose Input::flush_buffered_events() [link].

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

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Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). Input: Expose Input::flush_buffered_events() [link].

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