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In-Game GPU Profiling for DirectX 12 Using SetBackgroundProcessingMode

Nvidia

JULY 10, 2023

Still, even with GPU Boost disabled using the DX12 SetStablePowerState API, GPU timings measured in-game may still change unexpectedly from run to run, or from frame to frame. One factor to consider is whether background driver optimizations were engaged and when their resulting optimized shaders were deployed.

Shaders

Shaders Games Render Debug

[Share] 2D Post-Processing & Lighting Framework

Cocos

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Taking inspiration from community experts @gamemcu and @iwae for the ultimate solution, we can use code to directly display the post-processed RT rendered by the camera onto the final window. Since we create a rectangle rendered at the top layer through code, users(who use this solution) won’t notice it, making it both elegant and convenient.

Render

Render Texture Shaders Pixel

Ultra-Realism Made Accessible with NVIDIA AI and Path Tracing Technologies

Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2023

Portal’s next-generation lighting rebuilt with path-traced direct and indirect illumination and shader execution re-ordering The RTX Path Tracing SDK accurately re-creates the physics of all light sources in a scene to reproduce what the eye sees in real life. Watch the demo video to learn more. Video 2.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Technology AI Shaders

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Export: Fix missing "debug"/"release" export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). 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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Collision Render

Powerful Shader Insights: Using Shader Debug Info with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Nvidia

MARCH 14, 2024

As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a. As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a frame.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Shaders Debug Graphics

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Export: Fix missing “debug”/”release” export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). 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 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Collision Render

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. Such pointer could be reported as valid even though the memory it points to was not, or worse, that memory could now hold a different object, leading to hard to debug situations. 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders ( GH-38432 ).

Debug

Debug Point and Click Bug Render

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Editor: Change code folding behavior to include terminal indented comments ( GH-63113 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Rendering: Portals: Show RayCast debug helper ( GH-65686 ). Core: Remove HDR warning for Viewport on GLES2 projects ( GH-65063 ). please file an issue on GitHub.

Baking

Baking Render Collision Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.5.1 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Editor: Change code folding behavior to include terminal indented comments ( GH-63113 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Rendering: Portals: Show RayCast debug helper ( GH-65686 ). Core: Remove HDR warning for Viewport on GLES2 projects ( GH-65063 ). or earlier 3.4.x

Render

Render Bug Collision Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Console Culling

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. You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Editor: Change code folding behavior to include terminal indented comments ( GH-63113 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Rendering: Portals: Show RayCast debug helper ( GH-65686 ). Core: Remove HDR warning for Viewport on GLES2 projects ( GH-65063 ). please file an issue on GitHub.

Baking

Baking Render Collision Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Debugger: Add --debug-server command line option to listen for incoming connections ( GH-60819 ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing. Raise errors when accessing deleted objects in debug. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

In particular, this build adds WebXR support for VR games! It also adds a much-requested minimap to GraphEdit , and thus to the VisualScript and Visual Shader editors. Core: Disable decayment of freed Objects to null in debug builds ( GH-41866 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Build

Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

Tired of having to reload your game for each small little code change or fix? Simply save your script and it will be updated in the running game. If you are running your game on an external device ( e.g. Android), and using "Deploy with Remote Debug", live script reloading will magically happen in there too.

Asset

Asset Scripting Engine Engineering

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

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. target=template_debug : Debug template, optimized, with debugging code.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

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. target=template_debug : Debug template, optimized, with debugging code.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Editor: Disable code font ligatures by default in the editor ( GH-68571 ). Rendering: Fix several render issues found while debugging XR ( GH-68102 ). Rendering: Add texture reading code to OpenGL3 renderer for web and mobile ( GH-68138 ). Rendering: Enable mipmaps in cubemap roughness shader ( GH-68511 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Core: Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ( GH-53405 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Core: Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ( GH-53405 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Core: Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ( GH-53405 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Editor: Add custom debug shape thickness and color options to RayCast ( GH-49726 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Core: Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ( GH-53405 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Editor: Disable code font ligatures by default in the editor ( GH-68571 ). Rendering: Fix several render issues found while debugging XR ( GH-68102 ). Rendering: Add texture reading code to OpenGL3 renderer for web and mobile ( GH-68138 ). Rendering: Enable mipmaps in cubemap roughness shader ( GH-68511 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. Visual Shaders overhaul. Coding tools. as default target, and the rewrite of the Mono-specific editor code in C# (ported from C++).

Render

Render Feature Shaders Bug

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. Shader language features. Shader language features. Thanks to all of you patrons from the bottom of our hearts! Large files support (> 2.0

UX

UX Feature Culling Mesh

Godot 3's renderer design explained

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. This document was written in hopes to find more developers that would like to help us write rendering code, as it explains the overall design. Shader abstraction. This may change in the future, though.

Render

Render Shaders Texture Engine

Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. Which game engine should I use to maximize ease of learning and compatibility, and manage hundreds of simple objects on-screen? and no WASM.)

Sprite

Sprite Simulation Build Animation

Game Developers Network

In-Game GPU Profiling for DirectX 12 Using SetBackgroundProcessingMode

[Share] 2D Post-Processing & Lighting Framework

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Ultra-Realism Made Accessible with NVIDIA AI and Path Tracing Technologies

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

Powerful Shader Insights: Using Shader Debug Info with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Release candidate: Godot 3.5.1 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

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

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 5

Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Godot 3's renderer design explained

Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

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