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New improvements for GPUParticles in Godot 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

Allows collisions against the physics world. To solve this, it is now possible to emit particles manually by calling a function from the script API: Sub-Emitters. Emitting particles manually is not only possible from script. Baked SDF Collision. For this, heightfield collision has more advantages. Less flexible.

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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 ). GUI: Expose Tree::deselect_all to scripting ( GH-71056 ). get_root() ).

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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 ). GUI: Expose Tree::deselect_all to scripting ( GH-71056 ). get_root() ).

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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 Learning how to use occlusion culling will also help you in this case. So what are they? #1

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Physics: Heightmap collision shape support in Godot Physics 3D ( GH-47349 ). Physics: Expose collider RID in 2D/3D kinematic collision ( GH-49476 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ). In-depth documentation is available.

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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. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ).

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