Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. since early alpha releases; follow them on Twitter for updates. What's new. get_root() ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. since early alpha releases; follow them on Twitter for updates. What’s new. get_root() ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

In parallel to our work on the upcoming feature releases Godot 3.5 ( with a second beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 4! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Core: Expose minizip API to allow creating zips using scripts ( GH-65281 ). Editor: Reorganize script editor menu ( GH-64277 ). We released Godot 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix incorrect buffer upload size in draw_gui_primitive ( GH-58150 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Core: Expose minizip API to allow creating zips using scripts ( GH-65281 ). Editor: Reorganize script editor menu ( GH-64277 ). We released Godot 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In parallel to our work on the upcoming feature releases Godot 3.5 ( with a first beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 3! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). GDScript: Clear pending function states when reloading script ( GH-56296 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In parallel to our work on Godot 3.5 ( with a first beta ) and 4.0 ( and finally alpha 1! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). GDScript: Clear pending function states when reloading script ( GH-56296 ). branch for use in production.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In parallel to our work on Godot 3.5 ( with a first beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 2! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). C#: Attach mono thread before getting nativeName field, fixing potential tool script crash ( GH-57739 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). So here's beta 2!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). So here’s beta 2!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). if something that worked fine in 3.2.1

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

alpha (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ). Rendering: Faster editor line drawing - Path2D and draw_line ( GH-54377 ). You can create a batch script or shortcut to automatically start Godot from a console as in previous releases.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

alpha builds and maintenance releases for the stable branch ( 3.4.3 , 3.4.4 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Rendering: Add material_overlay property to MeshInstance ( GH-50823 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Bug Collision Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Like with 4.0

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Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Script editor: Don't open dominant script in external editor ( GH-40735 ). if something that worked fine in 3.2.1

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Collision Bug Mesh Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Like with 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Like with 4.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

The idea is that users can post assets, scripts, addons, etc. Thanks to the development work done by Alket Rexhepi and Bojidar Marinov , this frontend will soon reach the alpha status and be announced officially, so that all community members can start submitting assets to the library. Live script reloading. As of the 2.1

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. Editor: Fix reload scripts error after saving in external editor ( GH-68203 ). GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Lots of rendering changes. OpenGL3: Add 2D lights to canvas renderer ( GH-67335 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Lots of rendering changes. OpenGL3: Add 2D lights to canvas renderer ( GH-67335 ).

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Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. Editor: Fix reload scripts error after saving in external editor ( GH-68203 ). GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. You may have already seen some of this content on social media, in blog posts, or in alpha release notes. With a decent unit test coverage , we should be able to better catch logical regression or changes accidentally breaking the engine's systems.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

After more than 18 months of development, all Godot Engine contributors are proud to present our biggest release so far, Godot 3.0! It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 Visual Scripting. GPU particles.

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