Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Every supported renderer option is now selectable from the project creation screen, which means you can create OpenGL 3 (“Compatibility”) projects without using the command line ( GH-70028 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca ’s car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta 72

Beta Dev Render Shaders 72

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Halls of Torment , a roguelite action RPG with retro late-90s pre-rendered 2D graphics. Import: Avoid nested skeletons, and handle skinned meshes with children ( GH-72158 ).

Beta 102

Beta Dev Shaders Render 102

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

has an entirely new rendering architecture, which is divided into modern and compatibility backends. The modern one does rendering via RenderingDevice (which is implemented in drivers such as Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and more in the future). Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0, Low level rendering access.

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AAA Game Development Game Developer Development 145

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: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ).

Beta 100

Beta Dev Render Animation 100

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ). Bug reports.

Beta 81

Beta Dev Collision Render 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

beta 2 available now), we still cherry-pick important bug fixes to the 3.3 As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 1 should be as stable as 3.3.2-stable Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Bug reports.

Bug 52

Bug Mesh Render Build 52

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). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ).

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Mesh Render Shaders Animation 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix incorrect buffer upload size in draw_gui_primitive ( GH-58150 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix].

Render 52

Render Shaders Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). mbedtls 2.16.11.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

GLES3 renderer). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Add high quality glow mode ( GH-51491 ).

Mesh 52

Mesh Render Shaders Animation 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

GLES3 renderer). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Add high quality glow mode ( GH-51491 ).

Mesh 52

Mesh Render Shaders Animation 52

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: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ).

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Beta Dev Render Animation 77

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

beta 4 available now), we still cherry-pick important bug fixes to the 3.3 in May , there have been a number of bug fixes which are worth including in a new stable release for all Godot users. x releases , focuses purely on bug fixes, and aims to preserve compatibility. While we're busy working on both the upcoming Godot 4.0

Render 52

Render Mesh Bug Collision 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

beta 3 available now), we still cherry-pick important bug fixes to the 3.3 As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 2 should be as stable as 3.3.2-stable Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Bug reports.

Bug 52

Bug Render Mesh Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2018

This time with the early beginnings of 3D rendering in GLES2 and some GDNative ecosystem updates. 2D rendering stabilized. mesh loading. basic mesh drawing. 2D rendering stabilized. Many people helped since to make the renderer work better and on more platforms! Done February 2018. NativeScript 1.1

Mesh 52

Mesh Render Shaders Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ). Rendering: Improve behaviour of clip_children by clipping to parent alpha value but still retaining parent color ( GH-67043 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Import: Fix group reimport bug affecting AtlasTexture ( GH-68324 ). Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ).

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Shaders 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

This RC 3 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs. Notably, it fixes some rendering regressions with transparent materials, and crashing iOS templates and Web editor build in RC 2. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

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 ). Both features were implemented by our text rendering expert bruvzg in the master branch for Godot 4.0, back in 2020!

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

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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Shaders Render Mesh Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. 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 ). back in 2020! and backported to 3.5.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. 3D: Add Label3D node and Sprite3D material render priority ( GH-61276 ).

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Import: Fix crash when exporting meshes to glTF that have no skin ( GH-55246 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: Update CanvasItem when MultiMesh instance transform changes ( GH-54899 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix particles emitting at old location ( GH-54733 ).

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Tile Render Bug Collision 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. 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 ). back in 2020! and backported to 3.5.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 19, 2022

is nearing a stable release, we still want to provide relevant bug fixes to users of the current 3.4 Editor: Fix GridMap cursor showing the wrong mesh ( GH-58624 ). Rendering: GLES2: Unpack blend shape arrays when necessary ( GH-60829 ). Rendering: GLES3: Unbind vertex buffer before calculating blend shapes ( GH-60832 ).

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Render Bug Texture Build 52

Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Hybrid Translucency Another way to do ray traced translucency, with greater compatibility, speed and rendering options. World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass. Selectable per instance type. Request access to the RTXGI plugin for UE4 here.

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Ray Tracing Engineering Engine Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. 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 ). back in 2020! and backported to 3.5.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

would focus mainly on fixing those new bugs to ensure that all Godot users can have the most stable experience possible. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Bug reports.

Collision 52

Collision Bug Mesh Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ). Rendering: Improve behaviour of clip_children by clipping to parent alpha value but still retaining parent color ( GH-67043 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Alpha 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

would focus mainly on fixing those new bugs to ensure that all Godot users can have the most stable experience possible. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Bug reports.

Bug 52

Bug Collision Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

would focus mainly on fixing those new bugs to ensure that all Godot users can have the most stable experience possible. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Bug reports.

Bug 52

Bug Collision Mesh Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

would focus mainly on fixing those new bugs to ensure that all Godot users can have the most stable experience possible. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Bug reports.

Bug 52

Bug Collision Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. and backported to 3.5.

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52