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. OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

stable: Animation: Fix cubic interpolate when looping ( GH-58651 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. Jump to the Downloads section. Here are the main changes since 3.4.3-stable:

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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 ). See the list of PRs with the breaks compat label for details. GH-68870 ).

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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. 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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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

MARCH 23, 2022

Animation: Fix cubic interpolate when looping ( GH-58651 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. Rendering: GLES3: Fix broken normals in meshes with blend shapes ( GH-59159 ) [regression fix].

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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

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. 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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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. 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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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. 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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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 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. 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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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. OBJ mesh import now supports vertex colors as exported by Blender ( GH-71033 ). Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 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. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. back in 2020!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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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. 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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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

MAY 3, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. This adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Animation: Expose AnimationNodeOneShot::mix_mode as a property ( GH-37945 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). See the curated changelog , or the full commit history on GitHub on in text form for an exhaustive overview of the fixes in this release. Known incompatibilities.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Several other areas got improvements, like the editor (which has been vastly reworked), UI system, multiplayer, navigation, audio, animation, etc. Mesh streaming : Models are loaded as low detail (few vertices). Animation streaming : Modern games have long cinematics, which require a lot of animation data.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

More resource types are supported and thumbnailing of internal scene resources is also supported, allowing previews of materials, meshes, etc. To do this, we added multiple animation support to it, and the ability of simple auto-playing of animations at a given speed without the need of using an AnimationPlayer. Our goal with 3.0

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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. Other areas: Animation "reset" track. Shader language features. Large files support (> 2.0

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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. Visual shader editor. Revamped inspector. For Godot 3.1

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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

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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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 6, 2022

These allow users to dynamically place fog and control complex fog effects with shaders. Perhaps the most exciting part about FogVolumes is the introduction of the fog shader type. FogVolumes can be controlled with custom Fog shaders to add detail or to shape them however you want.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 18, 2021

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? I've made games in a bunch of different engines and frameworks and languages over the years. That's one of the benefits of working on a game solo. That's also one of the drawbacks of working on a game solo.) Linux and Windows. How did you discover Godot?

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