Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Editor: Improvements to shader editor ( GH-63582 ). 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 ). Shaders: Quality of life Visual Shaders updates ( GH-63999 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Physics fixes and improvements for sphere-capsule, sphere-box, sphere-cylinder, and capsule-cylinder collisions ( GH-70660 , GH-70787 ). The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Physics: Fix sphere-capsule collision logic ( GH-70660 ). See the list below. What’s new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

For shaders, we removed the now-redundant SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Physics: Implement analytic collision normals ( GH-71447 ). Add next/reset function to AnimationStateMachine ( GH-71264 , GH-71418 ). Add astcenc compression and decompression ( GH-70363 ).

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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. Physics: Bind methods related to disabling collision between joint bodies ( GH-70477 ). Physics: Implement collision impulse in Godot Physics 3D ( GH-70281 ). What's new.

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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. GH-68870 ).

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). 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]. We encourage all users to upgrade to 3.5.1.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Navigation: Exclude disabled StaticBody collisions from NavigationMesh baking ( GH-65775 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ). Networking: Prevent HTTPRequest from polling invalid client ( GH-64472 ).

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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 )!

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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. Physics: Bind methods related to disabling collision between joint bodies ( GH-70477 ). Physics: Implement collision impulse in Godot Physics 3D ( GH-70281 ). What’s new.

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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. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 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 ). Shaders: Fix specular render_mode for Visual Shaders ( GH-41536 ).

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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. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ).

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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. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Two years ago (!),

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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. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Two years ago (!),

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Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). 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]. We encourage all users to upgrade to 3.5.1.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix incompatible addition in auto exposure shader ( GH-55983 ). Physics: Expose intersect_point in 3D physics server ( GH-54577 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ). Input: Fix axis mapped to DPad buttons not releasing opposite button ( GH-64532 ). iOS: Force app store icon to be opaque, use proper errors, fix memory leak ( GH-64631 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 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 ). Shaders: Fix specular render_mode for Visual Shaders ( GH-41536 ).

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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. In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). Two years ago (!),

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). GDScript: Clear pending function states when reloading script ( GH-56296 ). GUI: Release focus of Control node when exiting tree ( GH-56255 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 4, 2021

glTF is a growing 3D format and has received massive adoption in the game industry. Commonly selected as the format for new software and game engines, glTF can also have new functionality added using extensions. The nature of 3D can complicate the import/export process of a game character. glb ) and glTF Separate (.gltf

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). The illustration picture is from Fishards , a wacky fish-wizard PvP spell fighting game developed by Rivernotch Game Studio.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). Physics: Expose intersect_point in 3D physics server ( GH-54577 ). Physics: Fix the volume calculation for cylinders in GodotPhysics ( GH-54642 ). no longer works in 3.4.1

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Tile Render Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). GDScript: Clear pending function states when reloading script ( GH-56296 ). GUI: Release focus of Control node when exiting tree ( GH-56255 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Particles: Fix for double use of seed in random shader variables ( GH-55607 ). Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). Physics: Expose intersect_point in 3D physics server ( GH-54577 ). Physics: Fix the volume calculation for cylinders in GodotPhysics ( GH-54642 ). no longer works in 3.4.1

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Tile Render Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

x branch to develop and publish their games today , so it's important for us to keep giving Godot 3 users an improved gamedev experience. As such, most of the focus was on implementing missing features or bugfixes which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3, and on making the existing features more optimized and reliable.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. You can join the translation effort on Weblate and help bring high quality localized documentation to game developers all over the world! 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders ( GH-38432 ). But Godot 4.0 Other changes.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

x branch to develop and publish their games today , so it's important for us to keep giving Godot 3 users an improved gamedev experience. As such, most of the focus was on implementing missing features or bugfixes which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3, and on making the existing features more optimized and reliable.

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