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Powerful Shader Insights: Using Shader Debug Info with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Nvidia

As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a. As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a frame.

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Maintenance release: Godot 4.4.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Use separate WorkThreadPool for shader compiler ( GH-103506 ). Shaders: Fix 2D instance params crashing using outside of main() ( GH-103348 ). Shaders: 2D: Fix light shader accessing TEXTURE_PIXEL_SIZE ( GH-103617 ). Rendering: Fix 2D quad primitive missing lighting data in GLES3 renderer ( GH-102908 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 4.4.1 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Use separate WorkThreadPool for shader compiler ( GH-103506 ). Shaders: Fix 2D instance params crashing using outside of main() ( GH-103348 ). Shaders: Fix 2D instance params crashing using outside of main() ( GH-103348 ). Shaders: Fix unused varying incorrect warning in shaders ( GH-103434 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Breaking changes Animation Audio C# Core Editor GDScript Import Input Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR New in Beta 1! Add 2D shader instance uniforms Previously, Godot only supported shader instance uniforms in Spatial shaders. Highlights Many features originally intended for 4.3 ended up making it into 4.4

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Making shaders more accessible

Mircosoft Game Dev

About shaders. For most game developers, shaders are this scary monster that presents itself with such a complexity that it seems out of reach. In reality, shaders are quite simple by default and just get more complex the more you add to them. Shaders in Godot. Configuration parameters are sent via uniforms.

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Potential of shader graph and VFX graph in Unity 

iXie gaming

Unity is synonymous with game developers around the world. Ever since its release in 2005, the game engine has seen several iterations and has evolved significantly over the years. The game engine has amassed popularity thanks to its versatility and ease of use compared to other engines in the market.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Reorganized shader editor UI The editor experience for shaders and visual shaders got some TLC in GH-100287. Rendering: Avoid using a global variable to store instance index in canvas items shader in RD renderer ( GH-105037 ). Porting: macOS: Replace custom main loop with [NSApp run] and CFRunLoop observer ( GH-104397 ).

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