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Cocos Creator 3.7.2 Focuses On Optimized Rendering And Lighting Capabilities

Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

Engine • Added DebugView at runtime UI control rendering debugging function. See the documentation “Render Debugging - Run Time Using Render debugging”: [link] • When the node animates, add the tween ‘destroySelf’ method to destroy the front nodal point. Fixed Byte Platform iPad screen display is not complete. Fixed Mat4.getRotation

Render

Render Baking Lightmap Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This beta 5 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 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 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 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). HTML5: Export as Progressive Web App (PWA) ( GH-48250 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). HTML5: Export as Progressive Web App (PWA) ( GH-48250 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

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 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

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. Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Highlights.

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

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 ). Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 2

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

Mesh

Mesh Render Bug Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 1

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 ). Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ). Bug reports.

Mesh

Mesh Render Bug Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 2

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. is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). Notably, Godot 3.2.2 How to test. GLES2 2D batching. Other changes.

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

This new RC 3 build fixes a couple recent regressions. is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). It should be safe to test this build directly with pre-existing projects made with Godot 3.2.x. The upcoming Godot 3.2.2 stable in a day or two. Notably, Godot 3.2.2

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Point and Click

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.3

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 ). Import: glTF: Fix mesh nodes which are also bones ( GH-49119 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Bug Collision

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds. Platforms: Android: Scoped storage, Play Asset Delivery, input responsiveness. Platforms: Android: Scoped storage, Play Asset Delivery, input responsiveness. macOS: Mono universal build, GDNative Framework, notarization. Large files support (> 2.0 and Godot 3.3.

UX

UX Feature Culling Mesh

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 1

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. is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). It should be safe to test this build directly with pre-existing projects made with Godot 3.2.x. The upcoming Godot 3.2.2

Beta

Beta Bug Debug Build

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

includes 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform. This nearly completes the platform support for C# projects in Godot (only UWP support is still missing). iOS export templates are now included in the Mono build. Thanks to the work of Pedro ( RandomShaper ), debug versions of Godot (e.g. feature set.

Debug

Debug Point and Click Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2019

The GLES2 backend is getting more and more mature, especially for the web and mobile platforms where severe issues have been fixed. IMPORTANT: This is a beta build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.1 features this month ( 2D meshes , 2D skeletons and AnimationTree docs).

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Feature

Open Source Simulation Expands with NVIDIA PhysX 5 Release

Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A signed distance field collision feature on GPU has also been added, which allows the user to perform collision detection using a voxelized version of the source mesh, eliminating the need to create a convex decomposition. The future of PhysX NVIDIA continues to embrace open source in support of building an inclusive ecosystem.

Simulation

Simulation Collision Demo Technology

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2019

IMPORTANT: This is a beta build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.1 There will still be many fixes made before the final release, and we will need your detailed bug reports to debug issues and fix them. features last week ( 2D meshes , 2D skeletons and AnimationTree docs).

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Feature

GSoC 2021 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 30, 2021

Here are the 5 projects/students with links to the relevant sections in this post: Implementing a DAP backend for debugging Godot projects by Ricardo Subtil ( Ev1lbl0w ). Implementing a DAP backend for debugging Godot projects. Project: Implementing a DAP backend for debugging Godot projects. Branch: Ev1lbl0w/gsoc21-dap.

Debug

Debug Simulation Communications Feature

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

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 ). From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

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. We switched it back to disabled by default for all platforms. had had multiple maintenance releases. Give it a try!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

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).

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

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. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Note that builds are currently not signed, so you will get a warning on install.

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

RC builds yet, now would be a great time to do it to help us ensure everything upgrades smoothly from 3.2.3 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). C#: Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.114.

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

Our last testing build was 3.2.4 We still need a good round of testing on this new build to ensure that everything works as we want it before we make this the new stable branch (which will supersede the current 3.2.3 Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. is very close to its stable release.

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

branch, we will keep maintaining it with relevant bug fixes and platform-specific changes in the coming months (notably with a 3.1.3 Android build and plugin systems. added support for exporting projects to desktop platforms (Linux, macOS and Windows). Skin support allows multiple meshes to share a single skeleton.

Render

Render Feature Shaders Bug

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

By adding a simple cache to it, we made it so that light map texture coordinates are only computed when there's an actual change to the geometry of the mesh. These can only be dealt with manually while debugging. These can be switched out for the platform specific unbuffered IO functions.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Scripting Data Asset

GSoC 2018 progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 25, 2018

It now supports meshes, armatures, lights, cameras, shape keys, animations (including object transforms, pose bones and property changes in shape keys, lights and cameras), and an automatic material search. An additional signal, notify , exists to send debug messages from WebRTC. Start on Oculus Avatar and Platform SDKs.

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Communications Code Engine Engineering

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