Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

stable: 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). Physics: Fix typo bug in heightmap shape ( GH-69852 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-63040 ). Rendering: Fix debanding strength being affected by environment adjustments ( GH-66327 ). Bug reports. or earlier 3.4.x

Beta 96

Beta Bug Render Scripting 96

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

stable: 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). Core: Fix hashing bug for PoolArrays comparisons ( GH-71103 ). Physics: Fix typo bug in heightmap shape ( GH-69852 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-63040 ). Bug reports. Jump to the Downloads section.

Bug 95

Bug Render Scripting Build 95

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Rendering: Fix Variable Rate Shading issues ( GH-68710 ). Rendering: Finish implementing Canvas Background mode ( GH-68805 ). Rendering: Fix drawing of 2D skeletons in the RD renderer ( GH-68863 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports.

Beta 97

Beta Dev Animation Animation 97

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Halls of Torment , a roguelite action RPG with retro late-90s pre-rendered 2D graphics. Rendering: Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ).

Beta 108

Beta Dev Shaders Render 108

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: A lot of bug fixes and improvements in these areas particularly, check out the PRs listed below: Animation, Navigation, GDScript, Rendering. Rendering: Implement basic ASTC support ( GH-65376 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Beta 101

Beta Dev Animation Animation 101

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it's getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-69998 ).

Beta 105

Beta Dev Render Animation 105

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rendering: Remove SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Rendering: Decompress RA_AS_RG formats on Web platform in GLES3 renderer and disable texture swizzling ( GH-71574 ). Rendering: Decompress RA_AS_RG formats on Web platform in GLES3 renderer and disable texture swizzling ( GH-71574 ).

Beta 104

Beta Dev Animation Animation 104

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Rendering: Vulkan: Improve logic for detecting and tracking extensions ( GH-68833 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Fix drawing of Mesh2D ( GH-69135 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with this release.

Beta 98

Beta Dev Bug Render 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But no matter the amount of time dedicated to testing and profiling — bugs and issues are inevitable. with bug fix releases as we are dedicated to ensuring a stable experience as soon as possible. branch into our main development branch and other contributors joined in to add features and fix bugs. Countless bugs.

Beta 96

Beta Bug Quality Assurance Feature 96

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

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 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Add support for FORMAT_{ETC2,DXT5}_RA_AS_RG ( GH-71248 ). Bug reports.

Beta 85

Beta Dev Collision Render 85

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Every supported renderer option is now selectable from the project creation screen, which means you can create OpenGL 3 (“Compatibility”) projects without using the command line ( GH-70028 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca ’s car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 Bug reports.

Beta 75

Beta Dev Render Shaders 75

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

stable: 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). Core: Fix hashing bug for PoolArrays comparisons ( GH-71103 ). Physics: Fix typo bug in heightmap shape ( GH-69852 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-63040 ). Bug reports. Jump to the Downloads section.

Bug 73

Bug Render Scripting Build 73

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: A lot of bug fixes and improvements in these areas particularly, check out the PRs listed below: Animation, Navigation, GDScript, Rendering. Rendering: Implement basic ASTC support ( GH-65376 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Beta 78

Beta Dev Animation Animation 78

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it’s getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-69998 ).

Beta 81

Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

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 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix].

Render 52

Render Shaders Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

macOS: Disable window redraw during resize, when rendering in the separate thread ( GH-58738 ). Rendering: Use Filament specular model and parametrization ( GH-51716 ). Rendering: Use properly use non-perceptual roughness when filtering radiance ( GH-58418 ). Rendering: Fix shader compilation error with anisotropy ( GH-58419 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Shaders 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Movie Maker run mode to record in-game footage for trailers/movies. Fix GDScript bug causing return values to be reset in release builds. Rendering: Add support for soft shadows to the GPU lightmapper ( GH-62054 ). Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Some noteworthy changes in this release: Re-enable support for Web exports using the OpenGL 3 / WebGL 2 renderer. Implement physical light units in Vulkan renderers. Rendering: Implement MSAA for 2D with Vulkan ( GH-63003 ). Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Rendering: Ensure sibling SubViewports are renderer from top to bottom ( GH-65579 ). Rendering: Properly scale SSR reflection based on metallic value for dielectric materials ( GH-65594 ). Rendering: Fix MSAA initialization in clustered forward renderer ( GH-65676 ). Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Beta Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ). Rendering: Improve behaviour of clip_children by clipping to parent alpha value but still retaining parent color ( GH-67043 ). Rendering: Fix drawing of 2D primitives in OpenGL3 renderer ( GH-67416 ). Bug reports.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Import: Fix group reimport bug affecting AtlasTexture ( GH-68324 ). Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ).

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Shaders 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Rendering: Fix skeleton 2D stale bounding rect ( GH-63071 ). Rendering: Fix multiple ubershader bugs ( GH-64096 ). Bug reports. or earlier 3.4.x

Render 52

Render Bug Collision Animation 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Godot is a not-for-profit free and open source game engine which aims at empowering all users in their 2D and 3D game development projects. This includes cross-platform OpenXR support, an extended input action system for VR, Vulkan rendering and optimizations on mobile, and more! Implement Vulkan rendering on Android.

Engine 52

Engine Engineering Cross platform Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. Bug reports. Physics: Update joints on NOTIFICATION_POST_ENTER_TREE ( GH-58642 ).

Shaders 52

Shaders Render Bug Scripting 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The reception of beta 1 was surprisingly good – we're happy to see the community tinker with the beta, report bugs and provide feedback on the new features. Many bugs have been fixed in just two weeks, with close to 250 PRs merged , many of which fixed bugs reported by beta testers. Bug reports.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Rendering: Add Variable Rate Shading support ( GH-60901 ). Rendering: Force regenerating shader cache when updating Godot ( GH-62848 ). Rendering: Use full size mipmaps for reflections when in high-quality mode ( GH-62362 ). Rendering: Vulkan: Fix DirectionalLight2D and PointLight2D shadows not rendering correctly ( GH-63057 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Such maintenance releases focus on fixing bugs and not on integrating new features. release fixes a number of regressions that users reported after the release, as well as various other fixes to pre-existing bugs and usability improvements. Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ) [regression fix].

Baking 52

Baking Render Collision Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

Animation: Fix blend animation to solve TRS track bug & blend order inconsistency ( GH-57675 ). Rendering: Add multiview support to the clustered forward renderer ( GH-49092 ). Rendering: Add sky cover texture for ProceduralSkyMaterial ( GH-58018 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

Rendering: Lots of progress on OpenGL3 with initial 3D support. Rendering: Fix normal and tangent blending in blend shapes ( GH-61217 ). Rendering: Use IGN instead of white noise for sky dithering ( GH-60641 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Shaders 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

beta 2 available now), we still cherry-pick important bug fixes to the 3.3 As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 1 should be as stable as 3.3.2-stable Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

Mesh 52

Mesh Render Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 6, 2022

Rendering: Add color pass flags to Forward Clustered renderer ( GH-59205 ). Rendering: Ongoing refactoring work ( GH-59385 ). ( See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 4.0 GH-59807 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Big Games

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This stage turns ideas into tangible game elements. Every aspect of the game undergoes examination. Play testers explore the game, checking for bugs, rendering issues, and exploitable features. It’s a critical phase to identify and fix flaws before the game reaches the public.

Game Developer 52

Game Developer Game Development Development Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ). Rendering: Fix invalid read when using LightOccluder2D ( GH-56859 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ).

Render 52

Render Texture Agent Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 19, 2022

is nearing a stable release, we still want to provide relevant bug fixes to users of the current 3.4 Rendering: GLES2: Unpack blend shape arrays when necessary ( GH-60829 ). Rendering: GLES3: Unbind vertex buffer before calculating blend shapes ( GH-60832 ). Bug reports. While Godot 3.5 is ready to publish.

Render 52

Render Bug Texture Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

stable: 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). Physics: Fix typo bug in heightmap shape ( GH-69852 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-63040 ). Rendering: Fix debanding strength being affected by environment adjustments ( GH-66327 ). Bug reports. or earlier 3.4.x

Beta 41

Beta Bug Render Scripting 41

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 15, 2022

is a huge release that requires a lot of work, and because we're committed to providing dev snapshots frequently so that pre-release testers can quickly access the new features and bug fixes. Rendering: Initial TAA (Temporal Anti-Aliasing) implementation ( GH-61319 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Terrain Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ). Rendering: Fix invalid read when using LightOccluder2D ( GH-56859 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix buffer upload size bugs affecting blendshapes ( GH-58085 ).

Render 52

Render Texture Bug Scripting 52