Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven't yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. Since then, we've been releasing new beta snapshots every other week, and this is now the 5th beta. What's new.

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Beta Dev Render Bug 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 In this blog post, we will only cover the main changes since the previous beta release.

Beta 98

Beta Dev Render Shaders 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Release Candidate on the horizon we continue to release beta snapshots frequently and relentlessly! This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Fixes to CanvasItem draw methods to better handled lines of different widths and filled rectangles ( GH-41239 , GH-71623 , GH-71679 ). With the first Godot 4.0

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 105

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

Release Candidate on the horizon we continue to release beta snapshots frequently and relentlessly! This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: SkeletonModificationStack3D has been removed, with the 3D inverse kinematic API being more or less reset to the state of Godot 3.x. With the first Godot 4.0

Beta 99

Beta Dev Debug Render 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some big changes in this beta: Android: Enable GLES3 support ( GH-69355 ). GDScript: Loads of follow-up improvements to recent fixes in beta 5 and 6. C#: Tons of improvements! What's new.

Beta 98

Beta Dev Bug Render 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

beta releases. We took a bit longer to prepare this beta as there were a number of fairly big GDScript refactoring PRs (needed to fix many bugs), which we wanted to merge all at once. As such we expect that this beta 11 might introduce some new GDScript regressions, which we’ll aim to fix for beta 12 next week.

Beta 81

Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

beta 11 , we found a lot of regressions – as we expected! As the pace intensifies in the lead-up to the first Release Candidate, we decided to make more frequent beta snapshots for testing. when dealing with PackedArrays) which many beta 11 users experienced ( GH-71228 ). As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes!

Beta 85

Beta Dev Collision Render 85

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

which is having weekly beta releases (currently beta 8 , beta 9 likely tomorrow). Some of us are also doing significant work to prepare a first beta release of Godot 3.6, GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ).

Beta 100

Beta Bug Render Scripting 100

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

beta 1 one month ago! But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. We’re now at beta 3, making good progress on fixing the issues that testers are reporting. Lots of rendering changes.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

beta 1 one month ago! But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. We're now at beta 3, making good progress on fixing the issues that testers are reporting. Lots of rendering changes.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

beta 1 two weeks ago! But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. So here's beta 2! This beta 2 is not only bugfixes though! We released Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven't yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. We're now at beta 4, slightly delayed as I was on holiday, but all the more interesting to try out.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Overall, I’d say that coming from the film industry definitely helped the script-writing process for games”, he says. So, at the beginning, the idea comes from my side, but its final shape is given by multiple feedback, both from the team and also from beta testers at a later stage.”

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Pixel Studios Development Film 211

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

beta 2 should be worth the wait! This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 5 and beta 6. C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 3 and beta 4. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 4 and beta 5 ( part 1 , part 2 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

We had a beta 2 build ten days ago , and a number of issues have since been found and fixed, so it's time for Godot 3.4 If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 2 and beta 3. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

We already had two betas , and here's the next round with Godot 3.2.2 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). stable, which is why we publish this beta build now. The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

stable release with a fifth beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). Rendering: Add OccluderShapePolygon ( GH-57361 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

beta 2 , even though we never had a formal beta 1 announcement on this blog. beta 1 is available for download for comparison purposes, but since it had a major regression on C# support on Windows , I skipped its blog post. and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

stable release with a third beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

So we're starting the beta testing phase with this already significant set of changes, and we'll have frequent beta builds to polish them for the stable release. Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2020

This beta 4 fixes some regressions and adds more bug fixes to make the upcoming release even better. 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). stable, which is why we publish this beta build now. As the GLES3 renderer is being deprecated by Vulkan in Godot 4.0, Notably, Godot 3.2.2

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

stable release with a fourth beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta 4 is a small update with just 83 commits excluding merges, focusing on fixing bugs to stabilize the current feature set for 3.5 Like with 4.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

beta 1 two weeks ago! But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. So here’s beta 2! This beta 2 is not only bugfixes though! We released Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven’t yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. We’re now at beta 4, slightly delayed as I was on holiday, but all the more interesting to try out.

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Alpha 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

release (currently at beta 11 ), some of us are still backporting important bugfixes to the current stable branch, Godot 3.5. GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). GDScript: Fix Script editor completion doesn't suggest members of a script for type hints ( GH-48037 ).

Bug 99

Bug Render Scripting Build 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Today we are pleased to announce that the first beta for the much-anticipated release of Godot 4.0 beta just yet as we expect the engine to be unstable until we have more testing done. The beta comes with a work-in-progress conversion tool that does part of the conversion work from 3.x beta 1 now! is set in stone.

Beta 52

Beta Engine Engineering Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven’t yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. Since then, we’ve been releasing new beta snapshots every other week, and this is now the 5th beta. What’s new.

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 In this blog post, we will only cover the main changes since the previous beta release.

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Shaders 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some big changes in this beta: Android: Enable GLES3 support ( GH-69355 ). GDScript: Loads of follow-up improvements to recent fixes in beta 5 and 6. C#: Tons of improvements! What’s new.

Beta 40

Beta Dev Bug Render 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

release (currently at beta 11 ), some of us are still backporting important bugfixes to the current stable branch, Godot 3.5. GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). GDScript: Fix Script editor completion doesn’t suggest members of a script for type hints ( GH-48037 ).

Bug 76

Bug Render Scripting Build 76

Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It was added to the map cycle early on in CS Beta 6.5 The technical aspects of wrangling the entity scripting also would've consumed a lot of time that I just didn't have. On modern computers today, rendering this entire level incurs approximately the same processing cost as Nathan Drake's chest hair.

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Fighting Texture Playtesting Balance 234

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

and prepare the first beta release. But we're not there yet and we'll keep having frequent alpha builds until we're ready to slap the beta label on the engine. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Editor: Fix wrongly hidden script variables in Inspector ( GH-58443 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. Some noteworthy changes in this release: Re-enable support for Web exports using the OpenGL 3 / WebGL 2 renderer. Some noteworthy changes in this release: Re-enable support for Web exports using the OpenGL 3 / WebGL 2 renderer.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

beta 1, and to do so we're having a (last?) alpha 17 release to ensure that things work as best as we can reasonably expect before the beta phase. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. GDScript: Fix last modified time not being properly tracked when reloading scripts ( GH-65687 ).

Alpha 52

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