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. Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). Core: Expose OS.read_string_from_stdin() to scripting ( GH-65751 ).

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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. Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). Core: Expose OS.read_string_from_stdin() to scripting ( GH-65751 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Rendering: Portal occlusion culling. by calling queue_free() ) but is still accessed somewhere else in a script. 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.

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Awesome Tuts

APRIL 8, 2022

1 – Never leave initialization functions in your script if you’re not using them e.g. if they’re empty. It might not matter if you have 10-20 scripts, but when you have 1000-2000, then it will make a HUGE difference. #2 This is messy and will lead to hard-to-find bugs in the end. So what are they? #1 I might be wrong.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

release with bug fixes in 3.2.1 , we're now looking at integrating some new features that didn't make it into the 3.2 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 and 3.2.1.

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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. x no longer works in 3.5

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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

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

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ).

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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. 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

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 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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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

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). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). Bug reports. beta 2).

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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

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 26, 2020

branch is worked on in parallel and receives minor updates to fix bugs, improve usability and occasionally add some compatible features. Exporting C# projects to iOS should be done from macOS using the classical workflow , and the scripts will be automatically compiled Ahead-of-Time (AOT) for iOS. CSG: Various bug fixes ( GH-38011 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Audio: Add Listener2D node ( GH-53429 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Animation: Fix bugs in AnimationNodeTransition's behavior ( GH-52543 , GH-52555 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Audio: Add Listener2D node ( GH-53429 ).

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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. and provide the missing features that 3.5 back in 2020!

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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. Scene unique nodes ( GH-60527 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). Bug reports. beta 3).

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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. and backported to 3.5.

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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

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

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

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Editor: Fix reload scripts error after saving in external editor ( GH-68203 ). Rendering: Added Viewport canvas cull mask feature ( GH-52350 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with this release.

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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. Various light culling fixes. When we released Godot 3.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

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. It is now possible to fully script Godot using C# , using your favorite IDE and the latest version of the language.

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