Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Every supported renderer option is now selectable from the project creation screen, which means you can create OpenGL 3 (“Compatibility”) projects without using the command line ( GH-70028 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca ’s car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 What’s new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Physics: Bind methods related to disabling collision between joint bodies ( GH-70477 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Physics: Implement analytic collision normals ( GH-71447 ). Rendering: Remove SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Rendering: Decompress RA_AS_RG formats on Web platform in GLES3 renderer and disable texture swizzling ( GH-71574 ). Import: Avoid importing MSVC obj files ( GH-71662 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Navigation: Exclude disabled StaticBody collisions from NavigationMesh baking ( GH-65775 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ) [regression fix]. Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ) [regression fix]. We encourage all users to upgrade to 3.5.1.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Navigation: Exclude disabled StaticBody collisions from NavigationMesh baking ( GH-65775 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ). Rendering: Fix skeleton 2D stale bounding rect ( GH-63071 ). Rendering: Fix multiple ubershader bugs ( GH-64096 ). if something that worked fine in 3.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Rendering: Octahedral normal/tangent compression ( GH-60309 ). Particles: Add "Hide on Contact" collision mode to ParticlesMaterial ( GH-61238 ). Physics: Add collision weight to PhysicsBody2D/3D for penetrations which must be avoided ( GH-64343 ). Rendering: Octahedral normal/tangent compression ( GH-60309 ).

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 31, 2022

It’s even more so if you are not familiar with graphics and game engine-related tools and technologies. A game engine to generate the environment, and power the experience (tracking, input handling, collision, physics, lighting, ambisonic audio, …). This used to be my experience. x ) made that an easy choice.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of devmar 's game Penitent , which is being developed with Godot 4.0. David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). Rendering: Fix/restore BackBufferCopy ( GH-65794 ).

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Beta Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. The game was recently ported to Godot 4, see Kmitt’s YouTube channel and Twitter for devlogs and updates. Physics: Fix collision detection for degenerate capsules ( GH-69657 ). What’s new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends, which should fix some issues and improve performance significantly in games using a high number of dynamic objects. In this beta, the dynamic BVH is the default option for both physics and rendering. WebXR support for VR games. MP3 loading and playback support.

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Beta Dev Collision Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Navigation: Exclude disabled StaticBody collisions from NavigationMesh baking ( GH-65775 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet’s collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ) [regression fix]. Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet’s collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ) [regression fix]. We encourage all users to upgrade to 3.5.1.

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Baking Render Collision Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ). Rendering: Fix invalid read when using LightOccluder2D ( GH-56859 ).

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The Liquid Fire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As a game engine, Unity provides a lot of functionality right out of the box. You could make some really fun physics based games and not need to have a math degree to do it! In fact, in this lesson we will start creating game objects that react to physics, with no programming required. Move the Wall beneath the Ball.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Physics: Allow Area2D and 3D mouse events without collision layer ( GH-40193 ).

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Collision Mesh Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ). Rendering: Fix invalid read when using LightOccluder2D ( GH-56859 ).

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Render Texture Agent Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix particles emitting at old location ( GH-54733 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). no longer works in 3.3.3

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Mesh Render Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Note that the project settings from the rendering/quality/2d section have now been moved to rendering/2d , so if you used any of those, you will need to re-enable them under the new section in 3.2.4. WebXR support for VR games. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. Stay tuned for more info!

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Render Collision Build Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

A long-standing Bullet regression has finally been fixed ( GH-56801 ), solving issues with KinematicBody collisions on edges (e.g. The fix seems relatively safe but this will require heavy testing to make sure it doesn't regress - if you have 3D games using Bullet physics, please try this RC 2 and report any issue. Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Rendering: Fix blend shapes when octahedral compression is used ( GH-56161 ). Rendering: Fix invalid read when using LightOccluder2D ( GH-56859 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Crypto: Add HMACContext ( GH-48869 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: Fix occasional dangling OmniLight RID ( GH-41360 ).

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Tile Render Shaders Editing 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of devmar ’s game Penitent , which is being developed with Godot 4.0. David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). Rendering: Fix/restore BackBufferCopy ( GH-65794 ).

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Beta Dev Render Bug 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

WebXR support for VR games. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. If you experience a regression in either physics or rendering, you can try these Project Settings to revert back to the previous Octree-based approach and possibly fix the issue. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions.

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Render Collision Build Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

WebXR support for VR games. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. If you experience a regression in either physics or rendering, you can try these Project Settings to revert back to the previous Octree-based approach and possibly fix the issue. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions.

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Render Collision Build Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Physics: Allow Area2D and 3D mouse events without collision layer ( GH-40193 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Beta Dev Collision Mesh 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). no longer works in 3.3.3

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Mesh Render Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

Notably, it fixes some rendering regressions with transparent materials, and crashing iOS templates and Web editor build in RC 2. This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Jump to the Downloads section.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. This ensures your game will run the same on all machines. Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

rendering may be slower for a second or two, but the slowdown will not be nearly as bad as the typical hiccup caused by classic synchronous compilation. This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Two years ago (!),

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

WebXR support for VR games. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. If you experience a regression in either physics or rendering, you can try these Project Settings to revert back to the previous Octree-based approach and possibly fix the issue. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. mbedtls 2.16.9,

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Render Bug Build Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

This can lead to a problem, when the movement of objects (which tends to occur on physics ticks) does not line up with the rendered frames, giving unsightly jitter. Switch on physics/common/physics_interpolation , and Godot will now automatically interpolate objects on rendered frames so they look super smooth. Two years ago (!),

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