Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Beta 10 will be the last dev snapshot of the year 2022, as a lot of our contributors will no doubt be slowing down for the end of year celebrations and some quality family time. Thank you for being an integral part of the dev process with your rigorous testing and timely reports! NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 101

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

But we're not there yet and we'll keep having frequent alpha builds until we're ready to slap the beta label on the engine. Update 2022-07-29 @ 10:30 UTC: A regression was found in the original build that prevented exporting projects to Windows and Linux with official templates. Grouping annotations for shaders ( uniform_group ).

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

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’). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 104

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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 ). Shaders: Optimize code generation of visual shader particles ( GH-69900 ). Shaders: Optimize code generation of visual shader particles ( GH-69900 ).

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 75

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Beta 10 will be the last dev snapshot of the year 2022, as a lot of our contributors will no doubt be slowing down for the end of year celebrations and some quality family time. Thank you for being an integral part of the dev process with your rigorous testing and timely reports! NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

Beta 78

Beta Dev Animation Animation 78

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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Beta Dev Collision Render 110

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

Buildsystem: Fix feature build profile being parsed too late (and rename the option to build_profile ) ( GH-71508 ). Editor: Fix node preview crashes after updating visual shader node ( GH-71385 ). Rendering: Properly initialize directional_light_count in RD sky shaders ( GH-71526 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Beta Dev Debug Animation 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 Add often used built-ins to spatial shaders ( NODE_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_DIRECTION_WORLD , NODE_POSITION_VIEW ) ( GH-63597 ). alpha builds. Mono builds are currently not available as our focus is on porting to.NET 6.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

They've been building upon Godot 4.0 Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ). GDScript: Register enum type names in release build ( GH-64253 ). Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). What's new.

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Beta Dev Render Animation 105

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

So we're starting the beta testing phase with this already significant set of changes, and we'll have frequent beta builds to polish them for the stable release. Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 This alpha doesn't include official builds with.NET 6 support yet, as we still have more work to do to enable this. alpha builds. Editor: Improvements to shader editor ( GH-63582 ). Shaders: Quality of life Visual Shaders updates ( GH-63999 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: Enable mipmaps in cubemap roughness shader ( GH-68511 ). Rendering: Properly set TIME shader uniform when rendering shadows ( GH-68574 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 91

Ask a Game Dev

MAY 30, 2024

Place lots of rocks and sand, with any plant being withered or cracked with no leaves add a heat shimmer post-processing effect to the screen add a lens flare near the sun add specks of dust and sand to any wind effects on screen add a clothing shader to show sand/lightly colored dirt building up on the character's clothing Now.

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Shaders Dev Art Build 44

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

alpha builds and maintenance releases for the stable branch ( 3.4.3 , 3.4.4 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 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

alpha builds. 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 ). Mono builds are currently not available as our focus is on porting to.NET 6. Jump to the Downloads section.

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Alpha Dev Render Shaders 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. In this build, we also built it for 32-bit platforms (armv7 and x86) as there was some demand for it, so you'll find the APK is a bit heavier. Like with 4.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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Beta Dev Collision Render 84

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 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 ). Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

alpha builds , we're trying to release 3.5 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 ). Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

alpha builds. Shaders: Rename hint_albedo , hint_white / black in shaders ( GH-60803 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Mono builds are currently not available as our focus is on porting to.NET 6. What's new.

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Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

They’ve been building upon Godot 4.0 Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ). GDScript: Register enum type names in release build ( GH-64253 ). Import: Fix usages of mesh simplification functions in float=64 builds ( GH-67853 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). What’s new.

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Beta Dev Render Animation 80

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. Buildsystem: Unify tools / target build type configuration ( GH-66242 ). GH-67128 , GH-67131 ).

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Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. Buildsystem: Unify tools / target build type configuration ( GH-66242 ). GH-67128 , GH-67131 ).

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Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Cocos

MARCH 25, 2024

OR you can try disabling uniform buffers in engine if you’re not using any custom shaders… but I really wouldn’t recommend this for a number of different reasons. build set up that you can revert to in order to maintain some functionality while the devs fix their browser)

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Animation Animation Shaders Texture 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Porting: Enable raycast/embree module build for Web and Windows x86_32 ( GH-69169 ). Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Expose emulated *Unorm4x8 GLSL functions in non-Android builds ( GH-69521 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). specifically.

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 40

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

release notes Add experimental WebAssembly build support(WebGL 2.0) release notes Add experimental WebAssembly build support(WebGL 2.0) release notes Add experimental WebAssembly build support(WebGL 2.0) axmol is just a fork of cocos2d-x-4.0: A fork of Cocos2d-x-4.0) fmtlib: 10.0.0 ==> 10.1.0 FreeType: 2.13.0 ==> 2.13.2

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Shaders Mesh Render Prototyping 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

alpha builds. Visual Shader: Add _get_func_code / _is_available virtual functions to custom nodes ( GH-57769 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Mono builds are currently not available as our focus is on porting to.NET 6.

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Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Fix GDScript bug causing return values to be reset in release builds. alpha builds. Editor: Refactored shader editor, now a permanent bottom dock with support to edit multiple files ( GH-61459 ). GDScript: Fix resetting return value in release builds ( GH-62317 ). Jump to the Downloads section. What's new.

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Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

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 52

Ask a Game Dev

JULY 6, 2023

This can include creating shaders, working on the pipeline to keep assets within technical constraints, or any number of other roles involving art and programming. Test Engineer ] - a programmer whose focus is on building and maintaining automated tests to validate game assets, rules, and gameplay.

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Prototyping Game Developer Game Development Development 52

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 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2019

release, the Visual Shader editor was recreated from the ashes of its Godot 2.x While usable and packed with visual features, Visual Shaders lacked many features from their Shader (script) big brother. The menu which the user used for adding nodes to the shader graph was the most unwieldy part of the old visual shader graph.

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Shaders Writing Feature Content 52

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 52

Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Visual Shader: Add math operators to node names for easier and simpler searching ( GH-67905 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). This release is built from commit e6751549c. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

alpha builds. Rendering: Various bug fixes to both shaders and the Vulkan setup (including updating to Vulkan SDK 1.3.204 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Jump to the Downloads section. What's new.

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Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

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 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

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. Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Highlights.

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