Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. The game was recently ported to Godot 4, see Kmitt's YouTube channel and Twitter for devlogs and updates. Import: Fix group reimport bug affecting AtlasTexture ( GH-68324 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). Rendering: OpenGL: Fix scene shader error when using Omni or Spot but not both ( GH-69901 ). Shaders: Fix the sorting of shader uniforms ( GH-70016 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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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

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. The game started development with Godot 3.x, See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

For shaders, we removed the now-redundant SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Note that there’s a helpful error in the shader editor telling you how to port code, but there’s a typo: filter_linear_mipmaps should be filter_linear_mipmap (no ‘s’).

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The game is set during the time of Cleopatra – the furthest back in time the series has ever been. Despite reinventing the franchise, the game comes with a few errors that are making the game unplayable for some players. Also make sure that you meet the minimum system requirements of the game, which you can find below.

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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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Game Errors

JANUARY 30, 2023

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands is available on Steam and even though the game has a lot of positive reviews, players are still complaining about issues and bugs that are making the game unplayable. They were right because the game has some errors that a lot of users are encountering at the moment.

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Game Errors

MAY 29, 2023

No Man’s Sky was released on Steam and a lot of players are complaining about errors and issues that are making the game unplayable. The game is one of the most popular this year, but it has negative reviews due to game issues. Outdated drivers can cause compatibility issues with the game.

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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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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. The game started development with Godot 3.x, See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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Game Errors

MAY 22, 2023

This tactical RPG action game is one of the new exciting addition to the industry. Problematic components: Outdated, buggy or missing game components and files are very common reasons behind this type of problem. If needed, learn the methods to solve game crashing issues after enabling XMP. Get DriverFix 2. Click on OK.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Users may have faced some other issues with this game. But, the black screen at the beginning of the game launch is the new addition. Low memory problem: If there is not enough available memory capacity, games like Hogwarts Legacy may keep getting stuck on a black screen after showing a warning. Click on Temporary files.

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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 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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Game Errors

AUGUST 8, 2023

Is the new fantasy multiplayer game Dark and Darker freezing on your PC? Usually, these facts work behind freezing and other performance issues in this game: Corrupted graphics cache: Problematic cache files can affect gaming performance and cause freezing issues in this fantasy multiplayer game. Click on Remove files.

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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

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

These are the most frequent cases met by the players: Hogwarts Legacy stuck on the black screen black screen after warning black screen crash black screen on launch black screen on startup Users may have faced some other issues with this game. But, the black screen at the beginning of the game launch is the new addition.

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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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iXie gaming

AUGUST 31, 2023

Introduction: Game development is an intricate and dynamic process that involves multiple stages, including design, development, and testing. Among these stages, game testing plays a critical role in ensuring the quality and stability of the final product. But a new trend of automated game testing has evolved over the last few years.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. The game was recently ported to Godot 4, see Kmitt’s YouTube channel and Twitter for devlogs and updates. Import: Fix group reimport bug affecting AtlasTexture ( GH-68324 ). 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 This ensures your game will run the same on all machines.

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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. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Bug reports. beta 2).

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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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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

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

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. Like with 4.0

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The KSP 2 is a new sensation for space-flight simulation game lovers. If the KSP 2 keeps crashing on your Windows PC, it may happen due to an in-game error or an external problem. Third-party services: Any third-party services that run in the background and interfere with the gaming activity may also cause this problem.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

We took a bit longer to prepare this beta as there were a number of fairly big GDScript refactoring PRs (needed to fix many bugs), which we wanted to merge all at once. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 13, 2022

My name is Leszek Nowak and I’m a part of independent studio 2Dynamic Games located in Kraków, Poland. Lumencraft is a top-down shooter with base-building elements where you're a lonely little digger sent into bug infested underground caves. Do you have prior experience with other game engines? and Global Game Jam.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

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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. This ensures your game will run the same on all machines.

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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. This ensures your game will run the same on all machines.

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There is a Vulkan-like web API called WebGPU in development, but it currently isn't widely supported yet, so WebGL remains the best option for targetting web games. We expect it will have more bugs for the time being. Reading from SCREEN_TEXTURE and DEPTH_TEXTURE in spatial shaders. ReflectionProbes. LightmapGI.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There is a Vulkan-like web API called WebGPU in development, but it currently isn’t widely supported yet, so WebGL remains the best option for targetting web games. We expect it will have more bugs for the time being. Reading from SCREEN_TEXTURE and DEPTH_TEXTURE in spatial shaders. ReflectionProbes. LightmapGI.

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