Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. GH-98163 ) CSGMesh3D now explicitly requires the mesh to be manifold. A manifold mesh must be closed, have each edge connected to only two faces, and have volume. GH-98443 ) OpenXR action maps opened in Godot 4.4

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Framerate Optimization To address this, Unity offers several profiling and debugging tools. One major source of overhead in ray tracing is the process of building the Acceleration Structure (ARTAS), which is required to traverse the scene’s geometry and perform intersection tests. For example, in tests with a large scene containing 6.7

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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. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ).

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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#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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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 This build also fixes a nasty crash on Windows for some projects using dynamic fonts with outlines, triggered by a buildsystem update ( GH-50790 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 The main changes coming in Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

There's still more I want to add over coming days, but there's no reason to delay the publication of the beta 2 builds. macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures. Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Highlights.

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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). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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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. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ).

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

New tools New debugging tools like the BVH viewer and Ray Timing Visualization allows developers to get a handle on ray tracing cost in their scene and get it tuned for speed. Inexact Shadows (beta) Deals with potential mesh mismatches of ray traced and raster geometry. An updated build of NVIDIA RTX UE4.25

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). HTML5: Export as Progressive Web App (PWA) ( GH-48250 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). HTML5: Export as Progressive Web App (PWA) ( GH-48250 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

stable: Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Export: Fix missing “debug”/”release” export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 18, 2020

This new RC 2 build should be quite stable and we hope that many Godot 3.2.x stable build. If all goes well, the next build should be 3.2.2-stable. It should be safe to test this build directly with pre-existing projects made with Godot 3.2.x. Notably, Godot 3.2.2 How to test. GLES2 2D batching. The fix made in the 3.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

RC 2 is that the Android builds now target API level 30 as required by Google Play , and have partial support for Android scoped storage. Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). A notable change in 3.3.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2021

stable: Android: Remove -fno-integrated-as , it can break arm64v8 build ( GH-48851 ). HTML5: Fix GDNative build with Emscripten 2.0.19+ ( GH-48831 ). Import: glTF: Improved error handling around invalid images and invalid meshes ( GH-48904 , GH-48912 ). Windows: Fix Embree crash when building with MinGW ( GH-48888 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

This new RC 3 build fixes a couple recent regressions. While this is not a feature per se, it fixes a major annoyance that users have had with pointers to freed objects unexpectedly being re-assigned to new objects, causing hard-to-debug issues. Pull Request, so we're now confident to include it in this beta build for further testing.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2019

IMPORTANT: This is a beta build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.1 There will still be many fixes made before the final release, and we will need your detailed bug reports to debug issues and fix them. features last week ( 2D meshes , 2D skeletons and AnimationTree docs).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2019

IMPORTANT: This is a beta build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.1 There will still be many fixes made before the final release, and we will need your detailed bug reports to debug issues and fix them. Mono build (C# support + all the above). development build.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 12, 2020

This new RC 1 build should be quite stable and we hope that many Godot 3.2.x stable build. While this is not a feature per se, it fixes a major annoyance that users have had with pointers to freed objects unexpectedly being re-assigned to new objects, causing hard-to-debug issues. The upcoming Godot 3.2.2 Notably, Godot 3.2.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

iOS export templates are now included in the Mono build. came with a brand new Android plugin system, and notably the possibility to build custom APKs from your project folder with any additional plugins/modules that your project needs. Thanks to the work of Pedro ( RandomShaper ), debug versions of Godot (e.g. feature set.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Minor version updates focus on performance, package size, ease of use, and stability, such as WASM modules, support for mini-game platforms, package compression, build process optimization, script optimization, rendering effect optimization, etc. Each release has made Cocos Creator 3.8 more stable and mature. to Cocos Creator 3.8.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds. macOS: Mono universal build, GDNative Framework, notarization. Promote object validity checks to release builds. This has a theoretical performance cost for release builds, but it was found not to be significant. Large files support (> 2.0 Frame delta smoothing.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 30, 2021

Here are the 5 projects/students with links to the relevant sections in this post: Implementing a DAP backend for debugging Godot projects by Ricardo Subtil ( Ev1lbl0w ). Implementing a DAP backend for debugging Godot projects. Project: Implementing a DAP backend for debugging Godot projects. Branch: Ev1lbl0w/gsoc21-dap.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

Edit 2022-03-24 @ 12:15 UTC: There was a slight packaging mistake affecting the macOS editor, and the iOS and macOS export templates, as well as a build issue affecting the iOS debug template. Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

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. This RC 3 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

This RC 6 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: In RC 4, async shader compilation and caching was enabled by default on desktop, but several users reported issues with it on some hardware. 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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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

At this stage it's really close to stable, we just had a few more regression fixes merged since the previous build that warrant another build for testing: Android: Address remaining scoped storage regressions ( GH-63480 ). From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Thanks to all pre-release testers who help us find and debug regressions! For macOS, both the standard and Mono editor builds are now signed and notarized ! Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

so we'll need your help to test Android export templates in this build and confirm that they work as expected. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

NVIDIA Reflex NVIDIA Reflex is a toolkit to measure, debug and improve CPU+GPU latency in competitive multiplayer games. Enjoy great scaling across all GeForce RTX GPUs and resolutions, including the new ultra performance mode for 8K gaming. Access the NVIDIA DLSS plugin for UE4 here. Updates to NVIDIA RTX UE 4.25 The new NVIDIA UE 4.25

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

This RC 7 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: Fix accumulated input handling on iOS. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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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. From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A signed distance field collision feature on GPU has also been added, which allows the user to perform collision detection using a voxelized version of the source mesh, eliminating the need to create a convex decomposition. The future of PhysX NVIDIA continues to embrace open source in support of building an inclusive ecosystem.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

I've worked in games for a while now, building upon general software development experience from electronics and RF equipment. It took us about 14 months to get a proper FBX importer working fully, since we had to engineer everything again: We rewrote all the mesh code to support all formats of FBX meshes correctly.

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