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3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling

Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

The more polygons that an object has, the more detailed it appears, but high numbers of polygons demand more computing power. The polygon layout, or topology, of these items must be planned efficiently and created in advance to minimize the number of polygons and generate objects of the highest grade.

Content

Content Polygon Mesh Asset

Godot gets 2D skeletal deform

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2018

This was recently added to GitHub head and, while overall 2D editing is a bit unstable right now (due to a massive reorganization of the 2D editor), it will be soon be possible to fully make use of this feature. Create a Polygon2D node, then immediately assign an image to it (otherwise UV editing won't open).

Polygon

Polygon Point and Click Editing Animation

Godot 1.1 beta1 is out!

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 1, 2015

Visual Shader Editor (Edit shaders connecting nodes). 2D Shadows with Polygonal Occluders. New 2D Navigation Polygon support, for efficient 2D pathfinding. Navigation Polygons can be edited visually and combined, disabled, etc. New API in OS for managing the screens and window, with multi-monitor support.

Polygon

Polygon Shaders Beta Tile

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

We previously removed *_degrees properties from 2D and 3D objects in favor of making editing degrees easier in the Inspector. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Simplify isometric tile shape polygon in TileSet to 4 vertices ( GH-70238 ). GH-59810 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Animation Animation

D2 log 057 – Tiles, pt.2

Catnip Games

MARCH 19, 2022

I got rid of that and switched to a polygon based approach which plugs into Box2D. Material polygons are created as invisible objects in Blender and exported into the game. They are now baked into tiles, so map editing is much easier. I also changed the way fences are placed on the map.

Tile

Tile Polygon Baking Texture

Godot 1.1 is out!

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 20, 2015

Visual Shader Editor (Edit shaders connecting nodes). 2D Shadows with Polygonal Occluders. New 2D Navigation Polygon support, for efficient 2D pathfinding. Navigation Polygons can be edited visually and combined, disabled, etc. New API in OS for managing the screens and window, with multi-monitor support.

Polygon

Polygon Shaders Editing Engine

"Quake Renaissance" for Rock Paper Shotgun

Radiator Blog

AUGUST 25, 2021

While I appreciate "oral history" approaches at Polygon like with their Morrowind roundtable , this type of format is, less charitably, just a lazy loosely organized transcript with minimal analysis. EDIT: for anyone's curiosity, I've pasted below my raw working "Quake community timeline" from my writing notes.

Writing

Writing Polygon Dev Software

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

We previously removed *_degrees properties from 2D and 3D objects in favor of making editing degrees easier in the Inspector. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Simplify isometric tile shape polygon in TileSet to 4 vertices ( GH-70238 ). GH-59810 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Animation Animation

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

Batching: Fix light pass modulate , a potential crash, polygon rotation from vertex shader, and 2D skinning with unrigged polygons ( GH-48151 , GH-48125 , GH-48457 , GH-48647 )). Editor: Fix race condition in font preview generation which could lock the editor on first edit ( GH-48308 ).

Polygon

Polygon Render Scripting Bug

Godot Engine reaches 2.0 stable

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Previously, only the root node of a scene was editable. It is now possible to edit any children node of the instanced scene and have the changes persist. Even sub-instances of instances can be edited with persistent modifications. Multiple scene editing. Live scene editing. Scene inheritance. Begining Godot 2.0

Engine

Engine Engineering Editing Debug

CGS Dept. Head of VFX enters KitBash3D's Mission to Minerva Challenge

CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

All elements were rendered together, and editing and color grading was applied in Nuke. However, they are often modeled in such a way that they have few subdivisions, so a panel on the ship might just be one or two polygons. Now all the polygons on the ship are no longer connected to each other. Good luck to all who entered!

Terrain

Terrain Animation Animation Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 15, 2021

Batching: Fix light pass modulate , a potential crash, polygon rotation from vertex shader, and 2D skinning with unrigged polygons ( GH-48151 , GH-48125 , GH-48457 , GH-48647 )). Editor: Fix race condition in font preview generation which could lock the editor on first edit ( GH-48308 ).

Polygon

Polygon Bug Render Build

Fill in the blank in the class reference

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 26, 2016

Basically the workflow is to fork and clone Godot's source repository, edit the doc/base/classes.xml file and make a pull request for your changes. Many cool new concepts are not showcased yet in demos either, such as scene inheritance or navigation polygons. How to help?

Demo

Demo Baking Polygon Feature

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

Batching: Fix light pass modulate , a potential crash, and polygon rotation from vertex shader ( GH-48151 , GH-48125 , GH-48457 )). Editor: Fix race condition in font preview generation which could lock the editor on first edit ( GH-48308 ). Core: Expose Shape.get_debug_mesh() to the scripting API ( GH-48316 ).

Bug

Bug Build Polygon Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

Edit 2020-07-30: We found that 3.2.3 TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). RC 2 had been incorrectly built and does not reflect commit ac2e7d87d1c398db9c796afba6973a2f170ddfa2 but an earlier version (basically the same as 3.2.3 As such these commits are not part of this 3.2.3 A new 3.2.3

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). RichTextLabel: Fix RichTextLabel fill alignment regression ( GH-40081 ) [regression fix]. Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7, stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1). API documentation updates.

Collision

Collision Bug Mesh Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). SkeletonIK: Fix calling reload_goal() when starting IK with start(true) ( GH-40768 ). Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7, stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1). API documentation updates.

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Sony’s State of Play 2022- Delving into the Exclusivity

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The enhanced edition is set to release early 2023 for the PSVR2. Sony announced exclusive digital collectibles that can be acquired that range from a PlayStation 3, a scene from Ape Escape 2, Toro and Kuro celebrating with a birthday cake, the pocket station and the Polygon Man. Pacific Drive.

Fighting

Fighting Open World Content Editing

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). SkeletonIK: Fix calling reload_goal() when starting IK with start(true) ( GH-40768 ). Windows: DirectInput: Use correct joypad ID ( GH-40927 ). Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). SkeletonIK: Fix calling reload_goal() when starting IK with start(true) ( GH-40768 ). Windows: DirectInput: Use correct joypad ID ( GH-40927 ). Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Godot's new renderer, progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Our goal is to have a modern, clustered renderer that supports everything mainstream engines support, including PBR, global illumination and flexible shader editing. Improve Culling: Portals (rewrite as polygon-based) and Rooms. Texture and color information edited by users exists only in the SRGB colorspace. For Godot 3.0 (our

Render

Render Shaders Texture Mesh

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). SkeletonIK: Fix calling reload_goal() when starting IK with start(true) ( GH-40768 ). Tree: Fix crash when hovering columns after removing a column ( GH-41876 ) [regression fix].

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Moving to Vulkan (and ES 2.0) instead of OpenGL ES 3.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Edit: Changed post title for clarity (previously Abandoning OpenGL ES 3.0 Edit 2: This article is now outdated. Support for 2D meshes, 2D skeletons, and deformable polygons. for Vulkan (and ES 2.0) ). We are not abandoning the current OpenGL ES 3.0 backends - and eventually we might deprecate the OpenGL ES 3.0

Render

Render Mobile Mobile Writing

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.3

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). If you notice any behavior change aside from better performance, please report an issue. SkeletonIK: Fix calling reload_goal() when starting IK with start(true) ( GH-40768 ). Tree: Fix crash when hovering columns after removing a column ( GH-41876 ) [regression fix].

Bug

Bug Build Texture Collision

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

You can move the polygon with the node transform, drag the corners to reshape it, add delete points. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. As always, many improvements and fixes to shader editing have been backported from 4.0 Add an Occluder node to your scene, and choose to create an OccluderShapePolygon.

Shaders

Shaders Render Feature Mesh

A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

For instance, a model may also need to be under a certain polygon count, or it may need to be constructed in a way that will optimize the deformation and animation process. This involves tasks ranging from optimizing geometry (preventing undue strain on an artist's scene) to more complex requests.

Film

Film Animation Animation Concepts

Coherent Creature Design

Mnenad

APRIL 9, 2018

On the third image, I tried to programed a draw mode option to directly edit the shapes in the generation process. One thing I had to keep in mind was again the number of polygons I want to use for each model. This examples here are not valid ones for my particular project, but still worth a peek.

Terrain

Terrain Concepts Art Mesh

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

It has built-in collision, occlusion and navigation polygon editors, together with the possibility to extend the resource using a tool script to have control over what subtiles do. Improved 3D manipulation gizmos (multiple-axis editing and scale), thanks to the work of Przemysław Gołąb ( n-pigeon ). Improved flat style box.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

This post is written by the fantastic Game Bakery substack team of Chase, Zixuan, Haiyin, Caitou, Fish, Amy, Chow, Jing, Wanzi and edited by Caitou, Rob. In-game models used in the cutscenes are obviously not suitable for close-up cutscenes in terms of texture or polygon quality. Outside of diamonds, none of these items are pay-to-win.

Cutscenes

Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics

Game Developers Network

3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling

Godot gets 2D skeletal deform

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Godot 1.1 beta1 is out!

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

D2 log 057 – Tiles, pt.2

Godot 1.1 is out!

"Quake Renaissance" for Rock Paper Shotgun

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.1

Godot Engine reaches 2.0 stable

CGS Dept. Head of VFX enters KitBash3D's Mission to Minerva Challenge

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 2

Fill in the blank in the class reference

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 3

Sony’s State of Play 2022- Delving into the Exclusivity

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 5

Godot's new renderer, progress report #1

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 6

Moving to Vulkan (and ES 2.0) instead of OpenGL ES 3.0

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.3

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

Coherent Creature Design

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

The Lost Ark Has Found its Way

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