Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ). Those typically shouldn’t add instability to the engine, but may require doing some changes in your scripts, scenes, and shaders if you were using the affected APIs. Core: Add PROPERTY_USAGE_NEVER_DUPLICATE flag and use for script ( GH-71142 ).

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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. Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

The list of all global script classes (and their icons) is no longer stored in the project.godot file. This is a bug and should be solved eventually (so that you can --export-debug or --export-release directly from a Git checkout without.godot folder). Core: Move global script class cache to separate file ( GH-70557 ).

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Beta Dev Debug Animation 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. Editor: Fix reload scripts error after saving in external editor ( GH-68203 ). GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ).

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 91

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

release and head on directly towards Godot 3.0 , the long-awaited upgrade that should bring brand new 2D and 3D renderers based on OpenGL ES 3.0 has been promised to our users as the version that will bring a new state-of-the-art 3D renderer (albeit compatible with a wide range of graphics drivers, hence our choice for GLES 3.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). 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 ). Bug reports.

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Beta Dev Collision Render 110

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 ). GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). Physics: Fix typo bug in heightmap shape ( GH-69852 ). Bug reports.

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Bug Render Scripting Build 72

iXie gaming

APRIL 16, 2024

They would play the game carefully to identify and report glitches, bugs, and other gameplay issues. This rendered manual game testing more impractical. Testers use scripts, tools, and frameworks to perform systematic and repetitive tests. In fact, it allows for accurate tracking of bugs.

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Scripting Technology Games Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Editor: Allow directly instantiate scripts in scene tree ( GH-68648 ). 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.

Beta 98

Beta Dev Bug Render 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Editor: Clean up EditorFileSystem script parsing ( GH-71628 ). 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 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In the past two weeks since beta 2, we had over 250 PRs merged , many of which fixed bugs reported by beta testers. Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Lots of rendering changes. Our rendering contributors keep working on finalizing the implementation of all expected features for Godot 4.0,

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Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In the past two weeks since beta 2, we had over 250 PRs merged , many of which fixed bugs reported by beta testers. Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Lots of rendering changes. Our rendering contributors keep working on finalizing the implementation of all expected features for Godot 4.0,

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

has an entirely new rendering architecture, which is divided into modern and compatibility backends. The modern one does rendering via RenderingDevice (which is implemented in drivers such as Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and more in the future). Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0, Low level rendering access.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Core: Expose minizip API to allow creating zips using scripts ( GH-65281 ). Editor: Reorganize script editor menu ( GH-64277 ). Editor: Add script editor shortcut to add selection and caret for next occurrence of current selection ( GH-67644 ). Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 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. C#: Create script instance of reloaded scripts even if they're not tools ( GH-65266 ).

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Alpha Dev Render Beta 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. Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). 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 ). Bug reports.

Beta 84

Beta Dev Collision Render 84

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). 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 ).

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Render Shaders Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Editor: Fix wrongly hidden script variables in Inspector ( GH-58443 ). Editor: Don't switch to 2D/3D viewports when selecting nodes while in Script Editor ( GH-63344 ). Multiplayer: Allow extending MultiplayerPeerExtension from scripts ( GH-63262 ). Rendering: Add Variable Rate Shading support ( GH-60901 ). Bug reports.

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Bug reports. HTML5: Revert "[HTML5] Fetch API now passes credentials."

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Shaders Render Bug Scripting 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ). GUI: Expose Tabs set / get_tab_button_icon() to scripting ( GH-64707 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ).

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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 AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ).

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Baking Render Collision Bug 52

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

It helps game developers ensure the quality, stability, and functionality of their games by automating repetitive tasks, identifying bugs, and validating game behavior. Game automation testing aims to address these challenges by leveraging automation tools and scripts. Even minor changes can break automation scripts.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

stable: 3D: Fix bug in CylinderMesh when computing normals ( GH-67336 ). GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). GDScript: Fix Script editor completion doesn’t suggest members of a script for type hints ( GH-48037 ). Bug reports. or earlier 3.4.x

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Beta Bug Render Scripting 41

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A little mistake, a little bug, and everything can fall down.” “All Overall, I’d say that coming from the film industry definitely helped the script-writing process for games”, he says. Behind the scenes screenshot of the 3D environment rendered in voxels. In fact, all the backdrops are not in pixel-art, but in voxel-art.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). C#: Attach mono thread before getting nativeName field, fixing potential tool script crash ( GH-57739 ). GDScript: Clear pending function states when reloading script ( GH-56296 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ).

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Render Texture Bug Scripting 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Core: Expose minizip API to allow creating zips using scripts ( GH-65281 ). Editor: Reorganize script editor menu ( GH-64277 ). Editor: Add script editor shortcut to add selection and caret for next occurrence of current selection ( GH-67644 ). Rendering: Add OpenGL timer queries to OpenGL3 backend ( GH-67032 ).

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 40

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. Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta 40

Beta Dev Render Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

GDScript: Fix last modified time not being properly tracked when reloading scripts ( GH-65687 ). 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 ). Bug reports.

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Alpha Dev Beta Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). GDScript: Clear pending function states when reloading script ( GH-56296 ). GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ). Bug reports.

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Render Texture Build Agent 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

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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Polygon Bug Render Build 52

iXie gaming

AUGUST 31, 2023

Graphics and Rendering One of the most significant challenges in game test automation lies in dealing with the complexity of graphics and rendering. Bugs and issues may only manifest under specific conditions, making it difficult to identify and isolate them. And, most importantly, gamers invest in games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). GUI: Expose Tabs set / get_tab_button_icon() to scripting ( GH-64707 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Rendering: Fix skeleton 2D stale bounding rect ( GH-63071 ). Bug reports.

Bug 52

Bug Render Scripting Build 52

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

Bug 52

Bug Build Polygon Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 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. Core: Expose Shape.get_debug_mesh() to the scripting API ( GH-48316 ).

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Polygon Render Scripting Racing 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 AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ).

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