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Realistic Lighting in Justice with Mesh Shading

Nvidia

MAY 21, 2021

NetEase Thunder Fire Games Uses Mesh Shading To Create Beautiful Game Environments for Justice In December, we interviewed Haiyong Qian, NetEase Game Engine. Recently, NetEase introduced Mesh Shader support to Justice. Not only are the updated environments breathtaking, the game supports 1.8

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Mesh Culling Ray Tracing Shaders

The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified

Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Each image part was converted to mesh. The USP of Spine animation software is how smoothly it converts an image part to mesh. In each mesh vertices are placed to define how we want to move the character. Bones are created to help the mesh move and provide fine-tuned control. This is an important aspect for mobile games.

Animation

Animation Animation Mesh Polygon

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Mesh streaming : Models are loaded as low detail (few vertices). The most complex is mesh streaming , which generally needs to be implemented together with a GPU culling strategy to ensure that very large amounts of models can be drawn at no CPU cost. Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine?

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AAA Game Developer Game Development Development

3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling

Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

Digital sculpting software, however, uses an extremely high-resolution polygon mesh (or a voxel grid). This mesh can be modeled like traditional clay with a vast array of tools, giving modelers more freedom and flexibility in their work. This process is called retopology and represents an industry of its own.

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Content Polygon Mesh Asset

New Video: Light Resampling In Practice with RTXDI

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.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Render Game Engine Mesh

Avalon seeks partners to build Web3 gaming’s interoperable future

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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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

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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Beta Dev Render Shaders

A small defense of glTF 2.0 on its comparison against OpenGEX

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

Mesh

Mesh Animation Animation Game Engine

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

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.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Shaders

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 1

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

Mesh

Mesh Render Bug Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Shaping the Future of Graphics with NVIDIA Technologies in Unreal Engine 5

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.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Technology Engine Engineering

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

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 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

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 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.3

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 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Bug Collision

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8

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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Beta Dev Render Shaders

5 Factors Which Vary Unreal Engine 5 from Unreal Engine 4

iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In this blog, we will provide you with insights into various aspects of the Unreal Engine, including what sets the latest version, Unreal Engine 5, apart from its predecessor, Unreal Engine 4. What is the Unreal Engine? The Unreal Engine is a 3D game engine that was first developed by Epic Games in 1998.

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Engine Engineering Polygon Advertising

Ultra-Realism Made Accessible with NVIDIA AI and Path Tracing Technologies

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

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Technology AI Shaders

Updates to NVIDIA’s Unreal Engine 4 Branch, DLSS, and RTXGI Available Now

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.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Engine Engineering Beta

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 2

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

Mesh

Mesh Render Bug Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.3 beta 1

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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Beta Dev Collision Mesh

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Collision Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.4 RC 2

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.

Render

Render Shaders Bug Build

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.2

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.

Lightmap

Lightmap Baking Bug Data

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 1

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].

Collision

Collision Mesh Bug Build

Maintenance release: Godot 3.4.4

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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Render Alpha Shaders Editing

Creating Your First 3D Character Animation in Unity

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this multimedia era, games are such an intertwined part of people’s lives that they want them to be realistic and charismatic. Unity is one of the most popular cross-platform tools that help deploy games on multiple platforms like Windows, Mac, Android, and others. fbx), Collada.dae, Interchange.obj, Drawing Exchange Format (.dxf),

Animation

Animation Animation Clipping Asset

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 3

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].

Collision

Collision Bug Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

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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Beta Dev Collision Render

Module 4: Designing vs. Programming (Lessons 1-3)

Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Lesson 1 Transcript So as you saw in the last module, the roles of game designer and game programmer can very easily mesh together, and this is very true in smaller companies where the designer and the programmer might be the same person or the designer might help out in programming to help things continue along.

Game Design

Game Design Game Designer Tile Engine

Godot Tutorial: The Basics For Beginners

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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Asset Editing Scripting Code

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 5

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

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Godot 4.0 gets SDF based real-time global illumination

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.

Lightmap

Lightmap Texture Baking Mesh

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 4

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

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16

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.

Beta

Beta Dev Shaders Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 2

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].

Collision

Collision Bug Mesh Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.1 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Import: Fix crash when exporting meshes to glTF that have no skin ( GH-55246 ). macOS: Enable multithreaded OpenGL engine flag when using multithreaded VisualServer ( GH-54526 ). Import: Fix support for CSG and GridMap in glTF scene export ( GH-54911 ). Input: Add Input.is_physical_key_pressed() method ( GH-55251 ).

Tile

Tile Render Bug Collision

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Physics: Optimized support function for large meshes ( GH-64382 ). 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.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 6

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

Bug

Bug Collision Mesh Render

Realistic Lighting in Justice with Mesh Shading

The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified

Trending Sources

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling

New Video: Light Resampling In Practice with RTXDI

Avalon seeks partners to build Web3 gaming’s interoperable future

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

A small defense of glTF 2.0 on its comparison against OpenGEX

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 1

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Shaping the Future of Graphics with NVIDIA Technologies in Unreal Engine 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.3

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8

5 Factors Which Vary Unreal Engine 5 from Unreal Engine 4

Ultra-Realism Made Accessible with NVIDIA AI and Path Tracing Technologies

Updates to NVIDIA’s Unreal Engine 4 Branch, DLSS, and RTXGI Available Now

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.3 beta 1

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.4 RC 2

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.2

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 1

Maintenance release: Godot 3.4.4

Creating Your First 3D Character Animation in Unity

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

Module 4: Designing vs. Programming (Lessons 1-3)

Godot Tutorial: The Basics For Beginners

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 5

Godot 4.0 gets SDF based real-time global illumination

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.1 RC 1

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 6

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