Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Import: Fix swapped color channels in ETC1/ETC2 textures, etcpak expects BGRA data ( GH-69448 ). Rendering: Fix mobile and gl_compatibility renderers sky_transform operations ( GH-69636 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Use internal texture name when setting texture uniform location ( GH-69633 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Rendering: Add dependency tracker info on geometry create on mobile renderer ( GH-72064 ). XR: Make screen texture and depth texture work in Multiview ( GH-71455 ). Navigation: Rename Navigation uses of ‘location’ to ‘position’ ( GH-69689 ). Rendering: Fix LCD font AA on OpenGL renderer ( GH-72125 ).

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Texturing: Textures are the flat images that are added to the model to give it colour and detail. VR Character and Environment Development Unreal Engine's PBR capabilities are far more advanced than other gaming engines. We use them to achieve the highest level of photorealism in video games. Rising Max Inc.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Rendering: Fix DirectionalLight3D shadow opacity on Forward Mobile rendering backend ( GH-71690 ). Rendering: Decrement texture_binding count when using screen textures ( GH-71764 ). Rendering: Add a few more checks to ensure that unsupported image formats are not used in the mobile renderer ( GH-71939 ).

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

Topology-based 3D models have limited interoperability due to the topology creation process The Shapeyard solution Shapeyard, available on a variety of mobile devices, is proving to be a powerful and user-friendly 3D modeling tool. This process is called retopology and represents an industry of its own.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Texture Channel Separation Rendering based on real data inevitably involves the use of a large number of textures, leading to constraints on both graphics memory and performance. This becomes particularly evident in crashes on platforms such as mini-games and low-end devices. Closing Thoughts Why do I use Cocos Creator?

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

Next, let’s take a look at the common 3D rendering processes in a 3D game engine: Shadow Map Rendering → 3D Objects Rendering → Screen Space Post-Processing → 2D Elements & UI Rendering. Multiple Render Targets - MRT As mentioned above, the GBuffer consists of a set of render textures that store information used for lighting.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sketch a rough concept, set some parameters, and Dimensions will generate 3D models, textures, and animations. Free 3D Asset Libraries Sketchfab: This vast platform hosts a staggering collection of free and paid 3D models, textures, and animations from various creators. It can even help define core loops and progression systems.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. Given GLES2 isn't going to disappear any time soon due to low end mobile devices, we still need to support it for a few more years to come. And the list goes on. Rasterizer design. Godot uses OpenGL ES 3.0

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Particle Systems Within Game Engines Unity’s Shuriken and Unreal Engine’s Cascade/Niagara particle systems are powerful tools for creating 2D effects in your games. These tools work smoothly with your game engine, making it easy to use and improve your effects.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: Add texture reading code to OpenGL3 renderer for web and mobile ( GH-68138 ). 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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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The ability to imbibe emotions into the animation and produce an immersive visual experience is achieved through the Unity game engine, the choice of 61% of developers surveyed using it, and the second most popular choice as a mobile ad network.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Video games have become a prominent form of entertainment, deeply ingrained in pop culture, and have shed the previous stigma of being a time-wasting activity. Nowadays, gaming surpasses mainstream movies in terms of audience engagement, and popular game titles consistently generate substantial revenue.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 8, 2020

Lightmaps offer significant advantages over any other technique when the following requirements are met: Performance above anything else (for mobile, lightmaps are still a must-have). Efficiently packs all texture objects in the lightmap to a texture array, to avoid state or material changes during rendering.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 19, 2022

Ignore support of S3TC compression format on mobile devices to ensure the use of ETC2 for GLES3 (fixes issues with Meta Quest 2 after a recent system update). Import: Fix glTF texture filename decoding ( GH-57685 ). Rendering: GLES3: Ignore support for S3TC texture compression on Android and iOS devices ( GH-62909 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 2, 2022

Ignore support of S3TC compression format on mobile devices to ensure the use of ETC2 for GLES3 (fixes issues with Meta Quest 2 after a recent system update). Import: Fix glTF texture filename decoding ( GH-57685 ). Rendering: GLES3: Ignore support for S3TC texture compression on Android and iOS devices ( GH-62909 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). if something that worked fine in 3.2.3

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

Involves creation of 3D models by applying textures and developing detailed materials and rigs. Processes like modeling, texturing, lighting, rigging, dynamics, and rendering involve tools such as 3DS Max, Maya, and Adobe After Effects. Software and Tools The process requires tools such as Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Shadow atlases exist for Spot and Omni lights (Directional uses its own texture, and multiple directional lights need several passes). How the atlas texture is organized is up to the user, though the default is sensible enough to work in most cases. Other popular game engines present hard edges between one probe and the next.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yet, those professionals in mobile game development services know how to tackle these challenges. But the chaos and the desire to create visually stunning and immersive games fuels their determination. After months of bug fixing and polishing, the game is ready for distribution.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Import: Fix swapped color channels in ETC1/ETC2 textures, etcpak expects BGRA data ( GH-69448 ). Rendering: Fix mobile and gl_compatibility renderers sky_transform operations ( GH-69636 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Use internal texture name when setting texture uniform location ( GH-69633 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Note: You might need to delete your.godot/imported folder to force reimporting all your textures with the new class name. The Vulkan Mobile backend has a lot of known bugs. GDScript: Lots of fixes ( multiple PRs ). Import: Rename StreamTexture* to CompressedTexture* ( GH-58788 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

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. Incompatibility with older mobile devices which do not support OpenGL ES 3.0. Lots and lots of driver bugs in mobile and desktop.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

The processed mocap data is integrated into the game engine, where animators refine and polish the movements to ensure they seamlessly blend with the game’s overall aesthetic. High-resolution textures add visual richness to characters, showcasing the subtle details of their movements captured by mocap.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

Instead of computing the amount of light that reaches a certain surface every frame for every light source, we precompute all this information and store it in a single texture. The process of generating light map texture coordinates takes a while, and it was being triggered on every scene reimport.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

VideoPlayer: Fix "texture not initialized" error preventing Theora video from playing ( GH-57537 ). The Vulkan Mobile backend has a lot of known bugs. Rendering: Add support for glow maps ( GH-54574 ). Rendering: Implement GPUParticles2D sub-emission support ( GH-56888 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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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 only downside is that it requires medium to high-end hardware to work.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). GLES2: Fix glow on devices with only 8 texture slots ( GH-42446 ). GLES2: Use separate texture unit for light_texture ( GH-42538 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

If they don’t create textures themselves, 3D modelers will work especially closely with texture artists and look development artists (aka surfacing artists) who will add realism and detail to their model through texture maps and shaders. They may also be required to use software that processes scans and photogrammetry.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

Ignore support for S3TC texture compression on Android and iOS devices in GLES3 (already done since 3.4 Rendering: GLES3: Ignore support for S3TC texture compression on Android and iOS devices ( GH-62909 ). Godot exports ETC2 by default and doesn't take into account that mobile devices could need S3TC. for GLES2).

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