article thumbnail

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. The biggest difference with the old lightmapper is that the new one features proper path tracing, which results in better looking lightmaps.

article thumbnail

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

using data oriented algorithms to process the culling of objects and both secondary command buffers and automatic batching to efficiently submit the draw primitives. Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine? This mean that the tools provided, while certainly capable, are still game neutral.

AAA 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Added Viewport canvas cull mask feature ( GH-52350 ). Rendering: Add optional UV2 logic for lightmapping to primitive shapes ( GH-67975 ). Multiplayer: Add peer authentication support to the default MultiplayerAPI( GH-67917 ). Physics: Implement adjusting the maximum number of physics steps per rendered frame ( GH-65836 ).

Beta 92
article thumbnail

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Added Viewport canvas cull mask feature ( GH-52350 ). Rendering: Add optional UV2 logic for lightmapping to primitive shapes ( GH-67975 ). Multiplayer: Add peer authentication support to the default MultiplayerAPI( GH-67917 ). Physics: Implement adjusting the maximum number of physics steps per rendered frame ( GH-65836 ).

Beta 40
article thumbnail

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

The new 3D engine is outstanding, with many features out-of-the-box that are still not common in other mainstream engines. The new 3D renderer is state-of-the-art, with features rarely see in game engines today, such as: Full principled BSDF. Both indirect light and voxel reflections are provided by this technique.

Render 52
article thumbnail

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ).

Beta 52
article thumbnail

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Lightmapper: Add an editor setting to configure number of threads for lightmap baking ( GH-52952 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ).

Mesh 52