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Accelerating Load Times for DirectX Games and Apps with GDeflate for DirectStorage

Nvidia

We’re looking forward to next-generation game engines benefiting from GDeflate by dramatically reducing loading times. Resource streaming and data compression Today’s video games feature extremely detailed interactive environments, requiring the management of enormous assets. a modern I/O streaming API from Microsoft.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

Core: Add feature tags to signify engine float precision ( GH-69538 ). Core: Handle corner cases for curve baking ( GH-69726 ). Editor: Add one-way indicator to tile collision editor ( GH-67283 ). Editor: Improve tile editor selection appearance ( GH-60892 ). Editor: Improve TileSetAtlasSourceEditor UI ( GH-69300 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

Core: Add feature tags to signify engine float precision ( GH-69538 ). Core: Handle corner cases for curve baking ( GH-69726 ). Editor: Add one-way indicator to tile collision editor ( GH-67283 ). Editor: Improve tile editor selection appearance ( GH-60892 ). Editor: Improve TileSetAtlasSourceEditor UI ( GH-69300 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

see recent devblogs on GDScript typed instructions , Complex Text Layout , Tiles editor , documentation , and 2D rendering improvements !), Rendering: Disable lights for objects with baked lighting ( GH-41629 ). While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see a lot of work is also being done on the 3.2

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

seen as small bumps between tiles on a GridMap). 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. And then a lot of old and new navigation issues have been fixed by smix8 and Pawel Lampe ( Scony ).

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

Auto-tiling in tile maps. 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. Auto-tiling in tile maps.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ).

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