Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A refactor of Animation APIs to change the stop(reset: bool) to two separate stop() and pause() methods ( GH-71218 ), as was heavily requested by the community. Physics fixes and improvements for sphere-capsule, sphere-box, sphere-cylinder, and capsule-cylinder collisions ( GH-70660 , GH-70787 ). See the list below. See the list below.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Animated sprites, both 2D and 3D, now support options for more precise timing of individual frames ( GH-65609 ). More engine enums are now bound with BitField, making their usage more type-safe, especially in C# ( GH-71037 , GH-71045 , GH-71116 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Add track validator to AnimationPlayerEditor to detect tracks which have error ( GH-68770 ). Animation: Refactor process of animation to retrive keys more exactly ( GH-69336 ). Physics: Fix collision detection for degenerate capsules ( GH-69657 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ) [regression fix]. Animation: Fix crash when playing SceneTreeTween right after finishing ( GH-65896 ). Audio: Make audio thread control flags safe ( GH-64608 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ). Animation: Fix crash when playing SceneTreeTween right after finishing ( GH-65896 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track featurex ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ) [regression fix]. Animation: Fix crash when playing SceneTreeTween right after finishing ( GH-65896 ). Audio: Make audio thread control flags safe ( GH-64608 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

A long-standing Bullet regression has finally been fixed ( GH-56801 ), solving issues with KinematicBody collisions on edges (e.g. The fix seems relatively safe but this will require heavy testing to make sure it doesn't regress - if you have 3D games using Bullet physics, please try this RC 2 and report any issue.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 4, 2021

glTF is a growing 3D format and has received massive adoption in the game industry. Commonly selected as the format for new software and game engines, glTF can also have new functionality added using extensions. We want Godot to be accessible to programmers, animators, and character artists. Godot Engine team - [link].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

This RC 6 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: In RC 4, async shader compilation and caching was enabled by default on desktop, but several users reported issues with it on some hardware. You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Animation: Add option to paste animation as duplicate ( GH-60226 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Animation: Add option to paste animation as duplicate ( GH-60226 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Animation: Add option to paste animation as duplicate ( GH-60226 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Animation: Add option to paste animation as duplicate ( GH-60226 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Animation: Add option to paste animation as duplicate ( GH-60226 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ). Here are the main changes since 3.5-stable: if something that worked fine in 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Animation: Expose AnimationNodeOneShot::mix_mode as a property ( GH-37945 ). GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). This will be fixed in the next build.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Animation: Expose AnimationNodeOneShot::mix_mode as a property ( GH-37945 ). GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). Here are some of the main changes since 3.4.2-stable:

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Animation: Expose AnimationNodeOneShot::mix_mode as a property ( GH-37945 ). GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). Here are some of the main changes since 3.4.2-stable:

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

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. Physics: Many fixes to one-way collisions. Fixes to KinematicBody collisions. Cylinder collision shape for GodotPhysics.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track featurex ( GH-44558 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track featurex ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

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. Shader language features. Revamped collision layer grid in the inspector. Other areas: Animation "reset" track. Other areas.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. Animation: Add animation slices for individual animations ( GH-40274 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. Animation: Add animation slices for individual animations ( GH-40274 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You can even create complex dynamic effects by writing custom shaders that operate on FogVolume nodes. is introducing sky shaders which allow users to create dynamic skies that update in real time (including reflections). For more information see the article introducing sky shaders. For other atmospheric effects, Godot 4.0

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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. Revamped animation editor. Visual shader editor. Revamped animation editor. Thanks to all of you patrons from the bottom of our hearts!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

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 engine areas are listed in no particular order. Visual Shaders overhaul. Visual Shaders overhaul. animations was greatly improved.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. Which game engine should I use to maximize ease of learning and compatibility, and manage hundreds of simple objects on-screen? and no WASM.)

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled. If a shader is applied to them, or if transparency is changed, the effect is applied to every node individually, given they each do it in their own draw call. More work is also going towards the 2D engine. CanvasGroup.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Materials and shaders. New audio engine. 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. Materials and shaders.

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