Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! 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. Export: Fix missing "debug"/"release" export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Disinfection , a space horror game by indie duo Evil Turtle Productions which is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 You can follow the developers on Twitter and Mastodon , and wishlist the game on Steam. Editor: Add button to keep the debug server open ( GH-69164 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! 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. Export: Fix missing “debug”/”release” export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). See the list below.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Unreal Engine RTXGI plugin has been updated, making it easy to add the latest version of this global illumination SDK (1.1.40) to your game. will shorten your development cycles and help make your games look even more stunning. To get started adding NVIDIA Reflex to your game, check out our easy step by step integration guide.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 7, 2020

2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). While this is not a feature per se, it fixes a major annoyance that users have had with pointers to freed objects unexpectedly being re-assigned to new objects, causing hard-to-debug issues. stable, which is why we publish this beta build now.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

stable: Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). While this is not a feature per se, it fixes a major annoyance that users have had with pointers to freed objects unexpectedly being re-assigned to new objects, causing hard-to-debug issues. stable, which is why we publish this beta build now.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 18, 2020

This new RC 2 build should be quite stable and we hope that many Godot 3.2.x stable build. If all goes well, the next build should be 3.2.2-stable. 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 Some noteworthy changes in this release: Re-enable support for Web exports using the OpenGL 3 / WebGL 2 renderer. The Web editor build is not functional yet. The Web editor build is not functional yet. alpha builds. What's new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

There's still more I want to add over coming days, but there's no reason to delay the publication of the beta 2 builds. macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). And you read correctly, this is 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibile with Ubuntu 16.04 Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). Rendering: Fix 2D software skinning relative transforms ( GH-48402 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2020

2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). While this is not a feature per se, it fixes a major annoyance that users have had with pointers to freed objects unexpectedly being re-assigned to new objects, causing hard-to-debug issues. stable, which is why we publish this beta build now.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

RC 2 is that the Android builds now target API level 30 as required by Google Play , and have partial support for Android scoped storage. Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). A notable change in 3.3.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

This new RC 3 build fixes a couple recent regressions. 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). While this is not a feature per se, it fixes a major annoyance that users have had with pointers to freed objects unexpectedly being re-assigned to new objects, causing hard-to-debug issues.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Rendering: Fix skeleton 2D stale bounding rect ( GH-63071 ). Rendering: Fix multiple ubershader bugs ( GH-64096 ). Rendering: Portals: Show RayCast debug helper ( GH-65686 ). Rendering: Prevent drawing MultiMesh with zero instance count ( GH-65826 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 15, 2021

If all goes well with this RC 2, the stable build should come early next week. HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibile with Ubuntu 16.04 Rendering: Fix 2D software skinning relative transforms ( GH-48402 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Thanks to all pre-release testers who help us find and debug regressions! For macOS, both the standard and Mono editor builds are now signed and notarized ! Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

Edit 2022-03-24 @ 12:15 UTC: There was a slight packaging mistake affecting the macOS editor, and the iOS and macOS export templates, as well as a build issue affecting the iOS debug template. Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: Fix alpha scissor support with depth_draw_opaque ( GH-58959 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

We had a beta 2 build ten days ago , and a number of issues have since been found and fixed, so it's time for Godot 3.4 This build also fixes a nasty crash on Windows for some projects using dynamic fonts with outlines, triggered by a buildsystem update ( GH-50790 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. iOS export templates are now included in the Mono build. 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer. While most rendering work was postponed for the 4.0 While most rendering work was postponed for the 4.0 But Godot 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 12, 2020

This new RC 1 build should be quite stable and we hope that many Godot 3.2.x stable build. 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). It should be safe to test this build directly with pre-existing projects made with Godot 3.2.x. Notably, Godot 3.2.2 How to test.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

At this stage it's really close to stable, we just had a few more regression fixes merged since the previous build that warrant another build for testing: Android: Address remaining scoped storage regressions ( GH-63480 ). In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process().

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

Here are some of the main changes in this build: Animation: Fix skinning initialization in MeshInstance when loaded from thread ( GH-48217 ). HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04

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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 ). Android editor port ( GH-57747 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

so we'll need your help to test Android export templates in this build and confirm that they work as expected. rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. This ensures your game will run the same on all machines.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This first beta build already includes a number of them which have been worked on by core contributors, with notable mentions to: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support. And this is just a first beta, there's more in the works that will be included in future beta builds. C#: Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.102.

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Nvidia

JULY 23, 2021

Increasingly, game developers are making full use of real-time ray tracing and AI in their games. Increasingly, game developers are making full use of real-time ray tracing and AI in their games. Check out GDC 2021 announcements, video sessions, and game development demos on the NVIDIA at GDC Official Webpage.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

So here's a first Release Candidate to get broader testing of everything that has been iterated upon in the past 6 beta builds. Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only classical build for now). WebXR support for VR games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

Notably, it fixes some rendering regressions with transparent materials, and crashing iOS templates and Web editor build in RC 2. This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Jump to the Downloads section.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

This new beta 3 build comes shortly after last week's beta 2 to fix some of the regressions and bugs reported against that release. The only big change is that the classical build for macOS is now a universal binary, with both x86_64 and arm64 architectures included (to support the new ARM-based Apple M1 chip natively).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

With this beta 6 build, there are several recently merged changes that will require heavy testing to be stabilized before 3.2.4-stable: New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends, which should fix some issues and improve performance significantly in games using a high number of dynamic objects.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2022

This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Switch on physics/common/physics_interpolation , and Godot will now automatically interpolate objects on rendered frames so they look super smooth. Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

This RC 7 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: Fix accumulated input handling on iOS. rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. This ensures your game will run the same on all machines. for GLES2).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

So it's now time for a RC 2 build to give it another round of testing before the stable release! Note: Only the "standard" build is signed for now.). Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only classical build for now).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2021

Games exported with a ZIP data package could also trigger a crash on exit. stable: Android: Remove -fno-integrated-as , it can break arm64v8 build ( GH-48851 ). HTML5: Fix GDNative build with Emscripten 2.0.19+ ( GH-48831 ). Physics: Fix crash on debug shapes update if CollisionObject is not in tree ( GH-48974 ).

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