Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 3D: Switch Mesh surface indexing to start at 0 so string name matches integer index ( GH-70176 ). While we do our best to minimize compatibility breaking changes for existing beta users, there are still occasional changes in the API which may impact your Godot 4 projects.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 23, 2017

In a scene description format, materials can be contained in instances (as in, the instance is the mesh used, the transform in the world, and the material) or inside meshes (mesh comes with a material). does to meshes (the later). OpenGEX and Collada apply materials to instances (the former), while glTF 2.0

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Game Daily

APRIL 11, 2023

Fresh from raising $13 million in funding, Avalan Corp is beginning to outline its vision for Web3 game development, most particularly the company’s belief in creating development tools that aid world and asset creation, as well as interoperability between games. “A metaverse is going to appear,” he says.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 11, 2021

In this video, NVIDIA’s Alexey Panteleev explains the key details needed to add performant resampling to modern game engines. In this video, NVIDIA’s Alexey Panteleev explains the key details needed to add performant resampling to modern game engines. He also discusses roadmap plans.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community. Add expand modes to TextureRect ( GH-58517 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 3D: Switch Mesh surface indexing to start at 0 so string name matches integer index ( GH-70176 ). While we do our best to minimize compatibility breaking changes for existing beta users, there are still occasional changes in the API which may impact your Godot 4 projects.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Import: Avoid nested skeletons, and handle skinned meshes with children ( GH-72158 ). Support Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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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: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

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

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

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: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Mesh: Add a center_offset property to both plane primitive and quad primitive ( GH-48763 ). Mesh: Fix UV mapping on CSGSphere ( GH-49195 ).

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass. Inexact Shadows (beta) Deals with potential mesh mismatches of ray traced and raster geometry. Uses approximate technique of shared animations to reduce overhead for simulating a full forest.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. wslay 1.1.1).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). GraphEdit: Allow higher and lower maximum zoom values in GraphEdit ( GH-49437 ). no longer works in 3.3.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

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: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community. Add expand modes to TextureRect ( GH-58517 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). GraphEdit: Allow higher and lower maximum zoom values in GraphEdit ( GH-49437 ).

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Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2023

OMM allows you to efficiently map complex geometries, such as dense vegetation and foliage, onto triangles and micro-meshes, providing high-level performance in detailed scenes. Caustics branch and makes it easier to leverage caustic effects around metallic and translucent meshes and water surfaces. OMM SDK 1.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community. iOS: Fix contentScaleFactor ( GH-70478 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 6, 2018

Has no mesh modifiers. The armature and mesh objects are on Layer 1. This is a surprisingly common question, not just for Godot but for most 3D exporting and importing from one program to another especially game engines. In our case here we need to attach the material to our mesh instance: Select the mesh instance.

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Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. NVIDIA Omniverse Unreal Engine 5 preview 2 Connector tutorial.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). GraphEdit: Allow higher and lower maximum zoom values in GraphEdit ( GH-49437 ). no longer works in 3.3.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2021

Import: glTF: Improved error handling around invalid images and invalid meshes ( GH-48904 , GH-48912 ). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2020

Ensure your meshes are marked as "Static Bake", then enable SDFGI in the Environment settings. keeps improving and we are fully commited to create an amazing game engine, that you can use with the same freedom as as if it was your own in-house tech. How do you use it? Will write an article about this soon.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix]. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix]. GDScript: Auto completion enhanced for extends and class level identifier ( GH-41318 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix]. GDScript: Auto completion enhanced for extends and class level identifier ( GH-41318 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this introductory tutorial series, we’ll teach beginners how to use the basic controls within Gogot’s game engine. Godot is a free and open source game development software that game devs can use to make beautiful 2D and 3D games. . A Crash Course Into The Basics of Godot’s Game Engine.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix]. GDScript: Auto completion enhanced for extends and class level identifier ( GH-41318 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix]. Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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