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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. Editor: Fix error when dropping script into script editor ( GH-70580 ). Editor: Fix resource picker regression for scripted resources ( GH-70277 ). Editor: Remove compatibility code for MeshInstance3D surface override material ( GH-70466 ).

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The 7 deadliest game dev sins. Are you guilty of any of them?

Awesome Tuts

1 – Never leave initialization functions in your script if you’re not using them e.g. if they’re empty. It might not matter if you have 10-20 scripts, but when you have 1000-2000, then it will make a HUGE difference. #2 4 Do not, and I repeat, DO NOT use hard-coded strings. So what are they? #1 In Unreal, that’s BeginPlay.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. Editor: Fix error when dropping script into script editor ( GH-70580 ). Editor: Fix resource picker regression for scripted resources ( GH-70277 ). Editor: Remove compatibility code for MeshInstance3D surface override material ( GH-70466 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Export: Return 0 exit code when command line export succeeds with warnings ( GH-62907 ).

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Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

macOS: ARM64 build, code signing. Physics: Many fixes to one-way collisions. Fixes to KinematicBody collisions. Cylinder collision shape for GodotPhysics. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing. It was reusing parts of the code for baking GIProbes, and that made it quick but not great in terms of quality.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

A long-standing Bullet regression has finally been fixed ( GH-56801 ), solving issues with KinematicBody collisions on edges (e.g. Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. What is it?

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

Following on from the addition of OccluderShapeSphere in 3.4 , lawnjelly now brings us a more adaptable and easy way to add basic occlusion culling in the form of the OccluderShapePolygon. Anything behind the polygon will be culled from view. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ). What is it?

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