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Identifying Shader Limiters with the Shader Profiler in NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Nvidia

APRIL 25, 2022

and later feature the new Real-Time Shader Profiler, the first temporal sampling profiler for GPU shaders. and later feature the new Real-Time Shader Profiler, the first temporal sampling profiler for GPU shaders. This profiler enables you to examine the most expensive shaders at each moment in your frame.

Shaders

Shaders Graphics Localization Code

Write a Post-Processing Shader using CRP Step-by-Step - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

MAY 6, 2023

Download the project source code for free at： [link] Today’s content is relatively simple, suitable for both juniors to explore and seniors for entertainment. So they came and asked: How do I add a new Shader for the CRP? As you can see, I always maintain a clear structure in my articles - an introduction, main content, and conclusion.

Shaders

Shaders Writing Code Content

[Tutorial] Write a Post-Processing Shader using CRP Step-by-Step - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

MAY 6, 2023

Download the project source code for free at： [link] Today’s content is relatively simple, suitable for both juniors to explore and seniors for entertainment. So they came and asked: How do I add a new Shader for the CRP? As you can see, I always maintain a clear structure in my articles - an introduction, main content, and conclusion.

Shaders

Shaders Writing Code Content

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. Match RichTextLabel minimum size calculation with Label (proper content fitting) ( GH-71330 ). Add method picker to signal connect dialog ( GH-66313 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Shaders Render

Unlocking GPU Intrinsics in HLSL

Nvidia

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

For example, a shader can use warp shuffle instructions to exchange data between threads in a warp without going through shared memory, which is especially valuable in pixel shaders where there is no shared memory. Or a shader can perform atomic additions on half-precision floating-point numbers in global memory. x, u1 mov r3.yz,

Shaders

Shaders Ray Tracing Pixel Mechanics

Speed Up GPU Crash Debugging with NVIDIA Nsight Aftermath

Nvidia

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Nsight Aftermath SDK generates GPU crash dump files that load into NVIDIA Nsight Graphics to visualize the GPU state—revealing MMU fault information, warp details, problematic shader source, and more. With this information, you can determine the workload executing on the GPU and view what shaders were in use at the time of the crash.

Debug

Debug Ray Tracing Shaders Graphics

Accelerating Ultra-Realistic Game Development with NVIDIA DLSS 3 and NVIDIA RTX Path Tracing

Nvidia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Featuring third-generation Ray Tracing Cores and fourth-generation Tensor Cores, they accelerate games that take advantage of the latest neural graphics and ray tracing technology. The latest suite of technologies multiply performance in games while accelerating how quickly developers can create content.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Mesh Game Developer Game Development

Fix: DirectX 12 Crashing Games [Fortnite, Civ 6 & others]

Game Errors

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It allows for more realistic and detailed graphics, providing developers access to more advanced graphics features and capabilities. Table of content: . Clear the DirectX shader cache. This can be the case if an older driver is missing from your system or if your GPU does not support the rollback feature. Use DirectX 11.

Shaders

Shaders Graphics Games Bug

What Makes Unity So Popular for Game Development

iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

Extensive Asset Store The Asset Store in Unity offers a diverse selection of downloadable content that may be used to improve games. This content can come in the form of 2D or 3D characters, backgrounds, buildings, vehicles, or plugins.

Game Developer

Game Developer Game Development Development Games

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

is out and it comes fully packed with features and quality of life improvements! Most of work was aimed at implementing missing features or fixing bugs which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3.x, x, and at making the existing features more optimized and reliable. After 9 months of development, Godot 3.5

Shaders

Shaders Render Mesh Feature

Overcoming Challenges in Game Test Automation

iXie gaming

AUGUST 31, 2023

With games being continuously updated with patches, expansions, and new content over extended periods, the testing workload continues to grow. Games often incorporate advanced visual effects, complex shaders, and intricate animations. Verifying the correctness of these elements through automation can be a daunting task.

Simulation

Simulation Scripting Games Content

Implementing Path Tracing in ‘Justice’: An Interview with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase

Nvidia

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At that time, we immediately integrated RTX features into Justice and quickly pushed it online. Path tracing unifies the computation of light transport, simplifies the whole rendering pipeline, and makes the final results immediately visible, allowing artists more control for content creation. Debugging costs us significant time.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Render Debug Technology

Advanced API Performance: CPUs

Nvidia

MAY 17, 2023

Resource allocation and destruction Creating and destroying buffers, textures, and shaders is fundamental to efficient computer graphics. The pipeline state object encapsulates all of the state required to execute a graphics command, such as the input layout, shader programs, blending state, depth-stencil state, and rasterizer state.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Shaders Balance Render

Ghost Recon Wildlands Crashing: How to Fix It Quickly

Game Errors

JANUARY 30, 2023

GHz or AMD FX-4320 @ 4 GHz or equivalent Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660 / AMD R9 270X (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4 GHz or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX970/GTX 1060 or AMD R9 390/RX480 (4GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0

PC

PC Shaders Graphics Bug

Godot 1.1 is out!

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 20, 2015

This release brings a completely new 2D engine and more features (feature list below). this video with the new feature showcase! Full list of features. Visual Shader Editor (Edit shaders connecting nodes). Largely rewritten 2D engine, with support for: Shaders (Visual and Code). Check out (and share!)

Polygon

Polygon Shaders Tile Editing

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

ENGINE Features ● Custom Render Pipeline based on Render Graph supports for GLES backend ● Deprecated interfaces, such as addRasterView, addComputeView, etc., Fixed Toon shader data issue on iOS Wechat. Fixed not being able to get input content in time for an input box on Android. Cocos Creator 3.7.3 from the Cocos Dashboard.

Terrain

Terrain Render Simulation Texture

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

APRIL 14, 2023

Get it for free: [link] Features in Cyberpunk Before we get started, let’s list out the features provided in Cocos Cyberpunk again. Get it for free: [link] Features in Cyberpunk Before we get started, let’s list out the features provided in Cocos Cyberpunk again. So you can get a feel for what it looks like.

Code

Code Culling Lightmap Render

Accelerate your Game Design, Development and Build with Unity Asset Store

Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc. Use Unity Timeline to create cinematic content, game-play sequences, audio sequences, and complex particle effects. . Unity Technologies Assets. Universal RP.

Asset

Asset Game Design Game Designer Build

Accelerating Load Times for DirectX Games and Apps with GDeflate for DirectStorage

Nvidia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Resource streaming and data compression Today’s video games feature extremely detailed interactive environments, requiring the management of enormous assets. The bulk of a game’s content package is made up of resources that naturally target the GPU: textures, materials, and geometry data.

Tile

Tile Data Content Games

MW2 Stuck on Logging Into Online Services [Solved]

Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

Disable the VPN : Virtual Private Network can be a great way to protect your privacy and access geo-restricted content. Windows Firewall is a core security feature that should always be enabled. Click on Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall. Proceed with the step-by-step solutions described below.

PC

PC Internet Software Shaders

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It adds less new features than previous beta snapshots did, but instead has more focus on bugfixing and stabilization, which should make it a much nicer experience than previous betas. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Android: Use proper types for converting Java float/double arrays ( GH-67581 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Nevertheless, other contributors have kept working in the meantime, and some of the Godot Sprint attendees also did some welcome bugfixing, so we have enough content for a new beta 4 build. version includes all the new features (and subsequent bugs!) The features. We're quite close to being ready for a first release candidate.

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

GDquest Kickstarter Stretch Goals, Free Tutorials and Demos

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2019

We're looking to fund three stretch goals to bring more content to everyone. A Free video tutorial series covering the new features in Godot 3.1 , for the official docs. new features tutorials. Lastly, if we reach €28,000 we will contribute an official tutorial series that covers the new features in Godot 3.1. Free tools.

Demo

Demo Prototyping Animation Animation

Get ready for the GitHub Game Off with Godot

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The main feature of Game Off is its focus on free and open source tools for game development, and this is obviously something that we consider highly in the Godot Engine community, as a fully libre 2D and 3D game engine. Kudos to the first Godot user publishing an open source shader to achieve such an effect on our Asset Library :).

Concepts

Concepts Demo Engine Engineering

Ask a Game Dev - Untitled Article

Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Makes all of the high level decisions, including major features, story, world building, budgeting, scheduling, team composition, marketing, contracts, etc. All designers and content creators answer to him. Writes shaders, writes scripts, works with code. Builds tools for other designers need to create the content.

Cinematics

Cinematics Writing Animation Animation

Cyberpunk 2077 Has Flatlined: Fixed

Game Errors

JULY 6, 2023

Be it Steam’s overlays or otherwise, you can head straight to the software and disable the overlay feature. Table of contents: Reinstall/ Update Graphics Drivers Check Minimum Requirements Check Game Files Disable Overlays Now that we know the common causes behind Cyberpunk 2077 flatlining, it’s time to go through the ways to fix the issue.

PC

PC Graphics Debug Shaders

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

release, which is already quite feature-packed a mere 3 months after the 3.3 and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It adds less new features than previous beta snapshots did, but instead has more focus on bugfixing and stabilization, which should make it a much nicer experience than previous betas. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Android: Use proper types for converting Java float/double arrays ( GH-67581 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

branch is worked on in parallel and receives minor updates to fix bugs, improve usability and occasionally add some compatible features. we could take the time to add some new features to the 3.2 we could take the time to add some new features to the 3.2 Some of those features had already been partially implemented before the 3.2

Debug

Debug Point and Click Bug Render

Improve Shader Performance and In-Game Frame Rates with Shader Execution Reordering

Nvidia

OCTOBER 12, 2022

NVIDIA recently introduced a new feature available in the next generation of GPUs: Shader execution reordering (SER). NVIDIA recently introduced a new feature available in the next generation of GPUs: Shader execution reordering (SER). For more information, see the Shader Execution Reordering whitepaper.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Shaders Engine Engineering

Warzone 2 Stuttering: Why and How to Fix Lag Issues

Game Errors

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Table of contents: Update your GPU Drivers Close unnecessary background tasks Check system requirements Change Spot Cache setting Disable Core-Isolation on Windows 11 Use the best graphics settings for maximum FPS Force open Warzone 2 by using DirectX A reliable internet connection is a must-have 1. Assume many just threw it on low.

FPS

FPS Graphics Internet Texture

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

is turning out to be quite feature-packed and we've been taking the time to iterate with four beta snapshots and two release candidates (RC). is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders ( GH-38432 ). The upcoming Godot 3.2.2

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Point and Click

Maintenance release: Godot 3.4.3

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In parallel to our work on the upcoming feature releases Godot 3.5 ( with a first beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 3! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 Core: Fix ProjectSettings.has_setting() to handle feature overrides like get_setting() ( GH-57972 ). branch for use in production. we're now ready to release Godot 3.4.3-stable

Render

Render Texture Scripting Agent

The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #26

Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Over the past few sprints, our 3D Environmental Designer, Cass, has been working on modeling out the three individual sets of tree houses that will be featured in Nisar. The twisted branches and vines featured on Karena's bed frame model below are definitely fitting for the nature-obsessed Nisarga clan. Stay tuned!

Dev

Dev Texture Concepts Rigging

Omniverse: Top Resources from GTC 21

Nvidia

JUNE 4, 2021

On-Demand Sessions Introduction to RTX Technology and the Omniverse Platform Speaker: Vincent Brisebois, NVIDIA We introduce NVIDIA RTX technology at a very high level (Shaders, RT Cores and Tensor Cores), then introduce the Omniverse platform.

Demo

Demo Technology Platformer Data

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Such maintenance releases focus on fixing bugs and not on integrating new features. stable: Android: Fix issue preventing the Android Editor from displaying the project content ( GH-64420 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). We released Godot 3.5 So this 3.5.1

Baking

Baking Render Collision Bug

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

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. now and read on to learn more about the many new features in this update. Shader language features.

UX

UX Feature Culling Mesh

Introducing the Godot glTF 2.0 scene exporter

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 4, 2021

I enjoy contributing to new features and bringing new possibilities to the broader community. We will add support for these features along the way: Improve support for MultiMeshInstance (performance optimizations). Animation skinning and blend shapes are using compute shaders. Hi everyone, beginning a new 2021. What is glTF 2.0?

Animation

Animation Animation Engine Engineering

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Such maintenance releases focus on fixing bugs and not on integrating new features. stable: Android: Fix issue preventing the Android Editor from displaying the project content ( GH-64420 ). iOS: Workaround WebKit/ANGLE shader compilation bug for WebGL 2.0 ( GH-64811 ). We released Godot 3.5 So this 3.5.1

Baking

Baking Render Collision Bug

Improvements to shaders and visual shaders in Godot 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Hi, I'm Yuri ( Chaosus ), and I made a number of changes this past 18 months to upgrade the shader language in Godot 4.0 There are changes to the editor usability, to the shader language itself, and to visual shaders. Shader creation dialog. A new warning system for shaders within the editor has been implemented.

Shaders

Shaders Point and Click Texture Code

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.3 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Core: Fix ProjectSettings.has_setting() to handle feature overrides like get_setting() ( GH-57972 ). Networking: Fix HTTPRequest support for requests with "content-length" above 2.1 Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader compile error with Oren Nayar + Vertex Lighting ( GH-56802 ). CSG: Fix selection of CSG objects ( GH-56604 ).

Render

Render Texture Bug Scripting

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth of opening a new stable branch. 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. update to the 3.2

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Identifying Shader Limiters with the Shader Profiler in NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Write a Post-Processing Shader using CRP Step-by-Step - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Trending Sources

[Tutorial] Write a Post-Processing Shader using CRP Step-by-Step - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16

Unlocking GPU Intrinsics in HLSL

Speed Up GPU Crash Debugging with NVIDIA Nsight Aftermath

Accelerating Ultra-Realistic Game Development with NVIDIA DLSS 3 and NVIDIA RTX Path Tracing

Fix: DirectX 12 Crashing Games [Fortnite, Civ 6 & others]

What Makes Unity So Popular for Game Development

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Overcoming Challenges in Game Test Automation

Implementing Path Tracing in ‘Justice’: An Interview with Dinggen Zhan of NetEase

Advanced API Performance: CPUs

Ghost Recon Wildlands Crashing: How to Fix It Quickly

Godot 1.1 is out!

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Accelerate your Game Design, Development and Build with Unity Asset Store

Accelerating Load Times for DirectX Games and Apps with GDeflate for DirectStorage

MW2 Stuck on Logging Into Online Services [Solved]

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

GDquest Kickstarter Stretch Goals, Free Tutorials and Demos

Get ready for the GitHub Game Off with Godot

Ask a Game Dev - Untitled Article

Cyberpunk 2077 Has Flatlined: Fixed

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Improve Shader Performance and In-Game Frame Rates with Shader Execution Reordering

Warzone 2 Stuttering: Why and How to Fix Lag Issues

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Maintenance release: Godot 3.4.3

The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #26

Omniverse: Top Resources from GTC 21

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Introducing the Godot glTF 2.0 scene exporter

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.1

Improvements to shaders and visual shaders in Godot 4.0

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.3 RC 2

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

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