Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Some noteworthy changes in this release: Shader preprocessor support and shader includes. Grouping annotations for shaders ( uniform_group ). Rendering: Force regenerating shader cache when updating Godot ( GH-62848 ). Shaders: Add shader preprocessor and includes support ( GH-62513 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Add often used built-ins to spatial shaders ( NODE_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_DIRECTION_WORLD , NODE_POSITION_VIEW ) ( GH-63597 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Video games have become a prominent form of entertainment, deeply ingrained in pop culture, and have shed the previous stigma of being a time-wasting activity. Nowadays, gaming surpasses mainstream movies in terms of audience engagement, and popular game titles consistently generate substantial revenue.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

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. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 3.4.4 API documentation updates.

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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. Shaders: Fix shader crash when using boolean type for vertex->fragment varyings ( GH-70460 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Rendering: Fix shader compilation error with anisotropy ( GH-58419 ). Visual Shader: Add few more input/output built-ins ( GH-58719 ). Visual Shader: Add varying support ( GH-58750 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 The Vulkan Mobile backend has a lot of known bugs. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Editor: Improvements to shader editor ( GH-63582 ). Shaders: Quality of life Visual Shaders updates ( GH-63999 ). Shaders: Implement custom non-trivial Visual Shader nodes ( GH-64248 ). Bug reports. alpha 15.

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 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. Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 3.5 The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). 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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

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. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 3.4.4 stable builds should be notarized again.

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Render Shaders Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

Shaders: Rename hint_albedo , hint_white / black in shaders ( GH-60803 ). 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 Rendering: Fix normal and tangent blending in blend shapes ( GH-61217 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 13, 2022

Lumencraft is a top-down shooter with base-building elements where you're a lonely little digger sent into bug infested underground caves. The game is made in Godot Engine 3, with many custom-made technologies that enable a fully destructible environment, fluid simulation and dynamic lighting. and Global Game Jam.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Import: Fix group reimport bug affecting AtlasTexture ( GH-68324 ). Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Visual Shader: Make custom visual shader nodes automatically updates from script ( GH-69738 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We expect it will have more bugs for the time being. Reading from SCREEN_TEXTURE and DEPTH_TEXTURE in spatial shaders. For now, the focus remains on bug fixing and ensuring that we can release 4.0 As it is much newer, the OpenGL 3 renderer hasn't been tested as widely as the Vulkan-based renderer. ReflectionProbes. LightmapGI.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

We expect it will have more bugs for the time being. Reading from SCREEN_TEXTURE and DEPTH_TEXTURE in spatial shaders. For now, the focus remains on bug fixing and ensuring that we can release 4.0 As it is much newer, the OpenGL 3 renderer hasn’t been tested as widely as the Vulkan-based renderer. ReflectionProbes. LightmapGI.

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Render Beta Feature Bug 56

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 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. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ). Bug reports. The main changes coming in Godot 3.5 x no longer works in 3.5

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Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

x branch to develop and publish their games today, so it's important for us to keep giving Godot 3 users an improved gamedev experience. Most of work was aimed at implementing missing features or fixing bugs which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3.x, Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). 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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

beta 5 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 3.3.3-stable HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ). Bug reports. While we're busy working on both the upcoming Godot 4.0

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Bug Scripting Texture Build 52

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. Rendering: Use proper indices for lights, decals, and reflection probes in mobile scene shader ( GH-70929 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta 4 is a small update with just 83 commits excluding merges, focusing on fixing bugs to stabilize the current feature set for 3.5 Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 1, 2021

beta 5 available now), we still cherry-pick important bug fixes to the 3.3 x releases , focuses purely on bug fixes, and aims to preserve compatibility. HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ). Rendering: Prevent shaders from generating code before the constructor finishes ( GH-52475 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

Animation: Fix blend animation to solve TRS track bug & blend order inconsistency ( GH-57675 ). Visual Shader: Add _get_func_code / _is_available virtual functions to custom nodes ( GH-57769 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports. Core: Remove VARIANT_ARG* macros ( GH-58929 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

But like with any major milestone, there are some bugs which are worth addressing with low-risk maintenance releases to further improve the experience for all Godot users. x releases , focuses purely on bug fixes, and aims to preserve compatibility. As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 1 should be as stable as 3.3-stable

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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. Editor: Refactored shader editor, now a permanent bottom dock with support to edit multiple files ( GH-61459 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta adds what should be the last batch of new features (together with a lot of bug fixes, as that's our focus at this stage), with scene unique node names and the new SceneTreeTween backported from Godot 4.0.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Rendering: Fix multiple ubershader bugs ( GH-64096 ). Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 3.5.1 iOS / macOS: Fix generation of duplicate locale property list files ( GH-65067 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. 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. Bug reports.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Visual Shader: Add math operators to node names for easier and simpler searching ( GH-67905 ). 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.

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 15, 2021

But like with any major milestone, there are some bugs which are worth addressing with low-risk maintenance releases to further improve the experience for all Godot users. x releases , focuses purely on bug fixes, and aims to preserve compatibility. As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 2 should be as stable as 3.3-stable

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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 multiple ubershader bugs ( GH-64096 ). Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 3.5.1

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 11, 2021

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? I began making games with Game Maker 8, then switched to Unity to create my first 3D game and kept using it until I tried Godot. Now I use Godot as my only Game Engine tool. I am staring at you shader compilation and parenting errors.

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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].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

This RC 3 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs. 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. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ).

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

This RC 4 fixes a number of recent regressions and older bugs. 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. and provide the missing features that 3.5 back in 2020!

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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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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

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. Rendering: Use proper indices for lights, decals, and reflection probes in mobile scene shader ( GH-70929 ). Bug reports.

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