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Godot 4.0 will get a new, modernized lightmapper

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmaps offer significant advantages over any other technique when the following requirements are met: Performance above anything else (for mobile, lightmaps are still a must-have). If these requirements are met, then lightmapping is probably the best for you. Lighting will not change (lights won't move). Easy to use.

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

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. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing. Thanks to all of you patrons from the bottom of our hearts!

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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). release (there is just too much new code that needs to be tested throughly). a team member modifying code or a scene they don’t own by mistake).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

Editor: Disable code font ligatures by default in the editor ( GH-68571 ). Rendering: Add optional UV2 logic for lightmapping to primitive shapes ( GH-67975 ). Rendering: Add texture reading code to OpenGL3 renderer for web and mobile ( GH-68138 ). Thirdparty: Regenerate GL loader code with GLAD 2 ( GH-68372 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

Editor: Disable code font ligatures by default in the editor ( GH-68571 ). Rendering: Add optional UV2 logic for lightmapping to primitive shapes ( GH-67975 ). Rendering: Add texture reading code to OpenGL3 renderer for web and mobile ( GH-68138 ). Thirdparty: Regenerate GL loader code with GLAD 2 ( GH-68372 ).

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

After more than 18 months of development, all Godot Engine contributors are proud to present our biggest release so far, Godot 3.0! It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 It's also very easy to use. In Godot 3.0,

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Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

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. all rendering code was rewritten to use the more modern OpenGL ES 3.0 / OpenGL 3.3 Use baked lightmaps instead. The Godot 2.x In Godot 3.0,

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