Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Last week, we released the first of our Release Candidate builds, a state suitable for production settings. If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. Export: Fix cross-platform configuration of rendering driver settings (narrower approach) ( GH-103197 ).

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Harold Serrano

MAY 16, 2024

The author experimented with the properties of various metals and demonstrated how to create them in a Physically-Based Renderer through renderings. They looked so cool that made me wonder if I could build a Physically-Based Renderer myself and render these metals. I had rendered GOLD. Thanks for reading

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. Rendering: Shaders: Only convert default value to linear color if type hint is source_color ( GH-103201 ). Rendering: Metal: Fix SPIR-V MSL compilation on iOS targets ( GH-103337 ).

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Cocos

JULY 15, 2023

Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. So you start to build your own font. You could use font-building program. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.

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Cocos

JULY 18, 2023

Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. So you start to build your own font. You could use font-building program. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

Experience first-hand how Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games helps build breakthrough gaming experiences at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 17-21, 2025 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Join the team behind Netflixs Squid Game Unleashed as they lead you through building the backend for a fast-based action mobile game.

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Cocos

JUNE 29, 2023

Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. So you start to build your own font. You could use font-building programs or, in this tutorial , build with Adobe Illustrator and Font Forge.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

At Geometric we put gameplay first, and we will always build our games around strong gameplay ideas”, says Carlsen. Specifically there are some performance implications of rendering a world from a far out zoom level, and also loading of content becomes a bit more complicated when you can transition quickly between the different worlds.”

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Cocos

JUNE 14, 2023

A dev, Night by Night 00, shared his work on building warpable and wearable materials for games. Analysis The whole effect can be split into two parts, one for the simulation of the mesh and one for the rendering of the mesh. Rendering is even more straightforward, just use the Graphic component and draw lines directly.

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Game Daily

APRIL 11, 2023

“We’re trying to make it really easy for anyone to be able to build content that’s a lot more user friendly and accessible than the applications that exist today,” says Pinnock. “We want to make it easier to build triple-A content that people can expand upon.” You can just build.”

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Looking for stunning 3D product renders for your ecommerce website? This powerful software allows developers to build their 3D assets and sciences with tools for 3D animation , modeling, rendering, shading, simulation, and more. Get 20-min free consultation on how Unreal can change your game idea.

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Cocos

JUNE 6, 2023

The font is appearing correctly on web builds and Android build, but when using the simulator the font is rendered as a system font. gilizeevi: CHAR caching and a ttf font. The issue is fixed by recompiling the engine on Windows. The same didn’t work on Mac. Issues happen with CC 3.7.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. Rendering: Reduce mobile pipeline compilations ( GH-102217 ). or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. beta3 snapshot.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 16, 2024

No matter which graphics API you use, you can use TS to write your own CRP render pipeline. TS won’t be translated to C++ for native build. Here is the doc link: Render Pipeline Overview | Cocos Creator It was just updated last night. But don’t worry, the performance is still good enough for your project. Just give it a try!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Porting: Enable raycast/embree module build for Web and Windows x86_32 ( GH-69169 ). 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: Allow black metallic materials to reflect IBL ( GH-69522 ).

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 20, 2023

Architectural visualization has soared in popularity over the past few years, riding the wave of technological advancements in 3D modeling and rendering. 3D render by CG Spectrum Visualization Dept. Automotive industry — building digital prototypes. Virtual reality — building virtual worlds people can walk through.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

There are a few known regressions which we’ll aim to address in a later build ( GH-71891 , GH-71913 ). renderer support ( GH-71848 ). Linux: Include headers for dynamically loaded libraries to simplify build dependencies ( GH-71263 ). Rendering: Fix Vulkan validation errors related to enabling extensions ( GH-70429 ).

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Cocos

JUNE 14, 2024

Actually we are looking for an optimization checklist for Cocos Creator and HTML5 build. It’s a 3d game and the build size is 10mb. We already followed this post : Decreasing Build Loading Time for Cocos Creator Mobile-Web and Desktop-Web Builds Cocos Creator “Thanks for your reply, @mvrlin.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

During the AMA, the editors offered some valuable guidance and tips on how to successfully integrate real-time rendering. Adam : There are many things to take into consideration when adding ray-traced effects to a game’s renderer. Neural rendering and neural graphics primitives are hot areas of research currently.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 16, 2025

From creative sparks to render farms, we'll explore every nook and cranny of the VFX universe, sharing battle-tested techniques that'll make even the trickiest effects look like a walk in the digital park. Free Sign Up The Building Blocks of VFX Magic Ever wondered what makes those jaw-dropping visual effects pop off the screen?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2025

If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. Rendering: Bake UV2 emission using half float in the compatibility backend ( GH-101730 ). Rendering: Ensure Voxelizer SDF generation uses the correct cell level ( GH-101631 ).

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Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

This version optimizes some rendering and lighting capabilities, fixes a series of key issues recently reported by users, and recommends that all v3.x Engine • Added DebugView at runtime UI control rendering debugging function. Skip rendering when the UI element Opacity is 0. Skip rendering when the UI element Opacity is 0.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Head of VFX Daniel Hourigan ( Aquaman , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Terminator: Dark Fate ) takes us through how he built his KitBash3D Mission to Minerva settlement in Houdini, detailing key steps from his recent informative livestreams, including a great workaround for creating a fast rendering volumetric glow. Setting up your Kit.

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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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Nvidia

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The paper shows how a single language can serve as a unified platform for real-time, inverse, and differentiable rendering. For more information about practical examples of Slang with various machine learning (ML) rendering applications, see Differentiable Slang: Example Applications. Bring ML training inside the renderer.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Slow rendering and iteration cycles, delaying content updates. Enables dynamic world-building with non-repetitive assets. AWS Game Development for cloud-rendering scalability. Real-Time Rendering Advances Next-gen rendering technologies streamline production and improve fidelity: (i). Common issues include: (i).

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 14, 2024

At Unite 2024, Unity’s development team introduced a series of advanced GPU optimization techniques aimed at improving rendering performance across various platforms. One of the fundamental challenges in real-time rendering is reducing GPU latency to improve frame rate. Another important consideration is transparency.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

They've been building upon Godot 4.0 Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ). Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). GDScript: Register enum type names in release build ( GH-64253 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-69998 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ). Physics: Implement adjusting the maximum number of physics steps per rendered frame ( GH-65836 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ).

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Nvidia

MARCH 21, 2024

Helping you build optimized, bug-free applications in this era of. Helping you build optimized, bug-free applications in this era of rendering technology, the latest release of NVIDIA Nsight Graphics introduces new features for ray tracing development, including tools to help you harness AI acceleration.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

That’s when I formed the idea of building a new colony sim from the ground up, centered around the idea of exploration and travel. For example, one of the things DOTS handled really well was rendering large amounts of entities. I remember when an Early Access update added the overworld feature.

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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2023

Improved HDRP Asset Import Times in Unity 2023 HDRP stands for “ High Definition Render Pipeline ”, a rendering technology designed by Unity to generate high-quality images in real-time applications, including games, simulations and interactive experiences. Improved UI Toolkit rendering performance Also, Unity 2022.2.11

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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.

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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. Rendering: Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Navigation: Fix avoidance calculation on NO_THREADS build (e.g. Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-63040 ). Rendering: Fix debanding strength being affected by environment adjustments ( GH-66327 ). Rendering: Fix GLES 2 SpotLight bug with shadow filter mode ( GH-69826 ). Bug reports.

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DameDev.tv

MARCH 7, 2023

In today's post, I'd like to show you how to retrieve an image provided by The Art Institute of Chicago via its public API , how to create a texture from this image, and how to feed this texture to a material and render it on a plane accompanied by a floating text with title, name of the artist and some other details.

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