Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. Editor: Remove compatibility code for MeshInstance3D surface override material ( GH-70466 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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Awesome Tuts

APRIL 8, 2022

Why should you build your game, spend 1 year on it, and then go back through everything you did to tweak the code and the settings to optimize it? 4 Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT use hard-coded strings. This is messy and will lead to hard-to-find bugs in the end. Why not do it from the very start? What does that mean?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In the past two weeks since beta 2, we had over 250 PRs merged , many of which fixed bugs reported by beta testers. Vitika Soni ( Vitika9 ) reworked the features and user experience of Godot’s ColorPicker during Google Summer of Code 2022. target=template_debug : Debug template, optimized, with debugging code.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In the past two weeks since beta 2, we had over 250 PRs merged , many of which fixed bugs reported by beta testers. Vitika Soni ( Vitika9 ) reworked the features and user experience of Godot's ColorPicker during Google Summer of Code 2022. target=template_debug : Debug template, optimized, with debugging code.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Rendering: Portal occlusion culling. Such use-after-free access needs to be guarded with is_instance_valid(obj) , but this has been surprisingly difficult to get right due to a number of bugs and inconsistencies between debug and release builds. Portal occlusion culling. Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

Fix for the dangling Variant bug , kudos to Pedro ( RandomShaper ). Note: If using C#, the.csproj file will be converted with some bug fixes which makes it incompatible with earlier Godot 3.2 Fix for the dangling Variant bug. Note: Breaks compatibility for users of this plugin, but it's easy to adapt your code.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Bug reports. This should show up initially as a quad. What is it? beta 2).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2020

This beta 4 fixes some regressions and adds more bug fixes to make the upcoming release even better. Fix for the dangling Variant bug , kudos to Pedro ( RandomShaper ). Note: If using C#, the.csproj file will be converted with some bug fixes which makes it incompatible with earlier Godot 3.2 Fix for the dangling Variant bug.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

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 Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 12, 2020

Fix for the dangling Variant bug , kudos to Pedro ( RandomShaper ). Note: If using C#, the.csproj file will be converted with some bug fixes which makes it incompatible with earlier Godot 3.2 Fix for the dangling Variant bug. Core: Fixed false positives in the culling system ( GH-37863 ). Notably, Godot 3.2.2 and 3.2.1.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 18, 2020

Fix for the dangling Variant bug , kudos to Pedro ( RandomShaper ). Note: If using C#, the.csproj file will be converted with some bug fixes which makes it incompatible with earlier Godot 3.2 Fix for the dangling Variant bug. Core: Fixed false positives in the culling system ( GH-37863 ). Notably, Godot 3.2.2 and 3.2.1.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

Most of work was aimed at implementing missing features or fixing bugs which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3.x, Since then, smix8 has taken over the custody of this area, fixing a lot of bugs and improving the feature set greatly, with the help of Pawel Lampe ( Scony ) and lawnjelly. Label3D and TextMesh.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta adds what should be the last batch of new features (together with a lot of bug fixes, as that's our focus at this stage), with scene unique node names and the new SceneTreeTween backported from Godot 4.0.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Editor: Disable code font ligatures by default in the editor ( GH-68571 ). Rendering: Added Viewport canvas cull mask feature ( GH-52350 ). Rendering: Add texture reading code to OpenGL3 renderer for web and mobile ( GH-68138 ). Thirdparty: Regenerate GL loader code with GLAD 2 ( GH-68372 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

branch is worked on in parallel and receives minor updates to fix bugs, improve usability and occasionally add some compatible features. Among a wide array of bug fixes to the GLES2 and GLES3 renderer, they also designed and implemented a 2D batching system for GLES2 , which greatly optimizes the 2D rendering performance in many situations.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

This RC 3 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs. Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

This RC 4 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs. Then smix8 took over the custody of this area, fixing a lot of bugs and improving the feature set greatly, with the help of Pawel Lampe ( Scony ). Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Bug reports. and provide the missing features that 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Then smix8 took over the custody of this area, fixing a lot of bugs and improving the feature set greatly, with the help of Pawel Lampe ( Scony ). Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2022

Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Bug reports. This should show up initially as a quad. What is it?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The goal between now and the stable release will be to continue polishing the current feature set by fixing bugs and optimizing performance. We ask that everyone join us in that – the sooner we fix the blocking bugs and release 4.0, We ask that everyone join us in that – the sooner we fix the blocking bugs and release 4.0,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

CSG: Various bug fixes. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Various bug fixes for 2D and 3D. Rendering: Various fixes to light culling ( GH-46694 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Bug reports. Rendering: New dynamic BVH ( GH-44901 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

CSG: Various bug fixes. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Various bug fixes for 2D and 3D. Rendering: Various fixes to light culling ( GH-46694 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Bug reports. Rendering: New dynamic BVH ( GH-44901 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

CSG: Various bug fixes. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Various bug fixes for 2D and 3D. Rendering: Various fixes to light culling ( GH-46694 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Bug reports. Rendering: New dynamic BVH ( GH-44901 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

x updates with bug fixes, but also new features as long as they don't require breaking compatibility. x), we're going back to a stricter application of semantic versioning and those releases will only contain bug fixes and usability/documentation improvements. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ). HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Be sure to test them and report any bug or inconvenience with the implementation.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

Then smix8 took over the custody of this area, fixing a lot of bugs and improving the feature set greatly, with the help of Pawel Lampe ( Scony ). Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

Then smix8 took over the custody of this area, fixing a lot of bugs and improving the feature set greatly, with the help of Pawel Lampe ( Scony ). Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ). HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

Then smix8 took over the custody of this area, fixing a lot of bugs and improving the feature set greatly, with the help of Pawel Lampe ( Scony ). Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ). GDScript: Ignore property groups and categories in GDScript code completion ( GH-54272 ). HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ). GDScript: Ignore property groups and categories in GDScript code completion ( GH-54272 ). HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 release, we decided to take the chance to look at our long list of features and bug fixes that could not be implemented because it involved breaking compatibility. In Godot 3.0,

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