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Introducing the new "last minute" lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

Wait, are we not in Beta? The biggest challenge of this workflow is not the lightmap itself, but the fact that it should be easy to use (which is Godot's #1 design priority). Lightmapping is a very cheap operation, so it should run fine even on low end mobile. First of all, you need to make sure your meshes have an UV2 layer.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 5 and beta 6. GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ).

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Maintenance release: Godot 3.0.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

It is now possible to scale an.obj mesh when importing. The lightmap baker will now use all available cores on Windows like it does on macOS and Linux. We released a Beta 1 build a week ago. A Beta 2 build will come in the following days to address the main shortcomings reported in the first beta. Fixed issues.

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The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

Today we are pleased to announce that the first beta for the much-anticipated release of Godot 4.0 beta just yet as we expect the engine to be unstable until we have more testing done. The beta comes with a work-in-progress conversion tool that does part of the conversion work from 3.x beta 1 now! is set in stone.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). If you already reviewed the changelog for beta 6, you can skip right to the differences between beta 6 and RC 1.

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