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Creating a Build Environment on AWS with Incredibuild

AWS Games

Game developers often need to compile large amounts of C++ code, which requires lots of CPU resources, and developers also need to process other types of heavy compute tasks such as; shader compilation, rendering, asset creation, image conversion, lightmap baking and more. So, how can we do this and with what type of solution?

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

New vertex formats allow many more custom shaders and cases to take advantage of batching than before, and optional 2D software skinning has been added which should allow using 2D skeletal animation on a far wider range of hardware than was previously available. More rendering improvements. not imported) by Godot's import system.

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). Additionally, Godot 4.0 Screen space GI can be used to enhance the realism even more.

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

It's a long read, so here's a table of contents to easily get to a specific section: New physically based 3D renderer. No lightmaps or anything of the sort are required, providing a very quick and efficient workflow. For low-end systems or mobile devices, we provide a more classical lightmapping workflow. As mentioned above, 3.0

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). Mesh: Update mesh AABB when software skinning is used ( GH-53144 ). Label: Fix valign with stylebox borders ( GH-50478 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). Mesh: Update mesh AABB when software skinning is used ( GH-53144 ). Label: Fix valign with stylebox borders ( GH-50478 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). Mesh: Update mesh AABB when software skinning is used ( GH-53144 ). Label: Fix valign with stylebox borders ( GH-50478 ).

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