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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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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.

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Animation Animation Mesh Software

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.

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Content Polygon Mesh Asset

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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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

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.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Shaders

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 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1).

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Collision Bug Mesh Build

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 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1).

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Bug Collision Mesh Build

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 Scripting

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 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix]. Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,

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Bug Collision Mesh Render

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 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix]. Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,

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Bug Collision Mesh 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 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. stb_vorbis 1.20, wslay 1.1.1).

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Bug Collision Mesh Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. and backported to 3.5.

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Render Shaders Mesh Console

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. back in 2020! This should show up initially as a quad.

Beta

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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 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). Core: Fix leaked ObjectRCs on object Variant reassignment ( GH-39903 ) [regression fix]. if something that worked fine in 3.2.1

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Bug Collision Mesh Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. back in 2020! This should show up initially as a quad.

Beta

Beta Dev Shaders Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. back in 2020! This should show up initially as a quad.

Beta

Beta Dev Shaders Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. back in 2020! This should show up initially as a quad.

Beta

Beta Dev Shaders Render

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. 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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Shaders Render Mesh Feature

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. and backported to 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. and backported to 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. and backported to 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

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. 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. and backported to 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

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. 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. and backported to 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.3

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.8,

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Bug Build Collision Texture

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. and backported to 3.5.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2022

This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. 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. back in 2020! This should show up initially as a quad.

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Render Shaders Console Culling

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

The new 3D engine is outstanding, with many features out-of-the-box that are still not common in other mainstream engines. The new 3D renderer is state-of-the-art, with features rarely see in game engines today, such as: Full principled BSDF. The 3D asset workflow has also seen great improvements. Bullet Physics backend.

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Realistic Lighting in Justice with Mesh Shading

The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified

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3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling

5 Factors Which Vary Unreal Engine 5 from Unreal Engine 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Avalon seeks partners to build Web3 gaming’s interoperable future

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 3

Creating Your First 3D Character Animation in Unity

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 6

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.5 beta 5

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.3

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 1

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

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