Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Import: Fix swapped color channels in ETC1/ETC2 textures, etcpak expects BGRA data ( GH-69448 ). Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). GUI: Use system fonts as fallback ( GH-68995 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 3, 2021

Finger tracking itself is fully supported both through updating orientation of meshes, for which a sample scene is included in the plugin, and through animating a skeleton and bone deformation. Windows Mixed Reality headsets are currently only supported through SteamVR as WMR natively only supports DirectX game engines.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). iOS: Fix export with manually specified signing/provisioning data ( GH-57203 ). 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

AUGUST 2, 2022

Android: Fix crash when trying to paste non-text data from clipboard ( GH-60563 ). Editor: Fix GridMap cursor showing the wrong mesh ( GH-58624 ). Rendering: GLES2: Unpack blend shape arrays when necessary ( GH-60829 ). Rendering: GLES3: Unbind vertex buffer before calculating blend shapes ( GH-60832 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 19, 2022

Android: Fix crash when trying to paste non-text data from clipboard ( GH-60563 ). Editor: Fix GridMap cursor showing the wrong mesh ( GH-58624 ). Rendering: GLES2: Unpack blend shape arrays when necessary ( GH-60829 ). Rendering: GLES3: Unbind vertex buffer before calculating blend shapes ( GH-60832 ).

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

NVIDIA DLSS Plugin for UE4 DLSS is a deep learning super resolution network that boosts frame rates by rendering fewer pixels and then using AI to construct sharp, higher resolution images. DLSS pairs perfectly with computationally intensive rendering algorithms such as real-time ray tracing. Updates to NVIDIA RTX UE 4.25 and UE4.26.1,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). if something that worked fine in 3.2.1

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). Core: Fix debugger error when Dictionary key is a freed Object ( GH-39906 ) [regression fix]. wslay 1.1.1). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). if something that worked fine in 3.2.1

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

REAL TIME RAY TRACING MADE EASIER RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI) Imagine adding millions of dynamic lights to your game environments without worrying about performance or resource constraints. RTXDI makes this possible while rendering in real time. Geometry of any shape can now emit light and cast appropriate shadows: Tiny LEDs.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Rendering: Fixed images in black margins ( GH-37475 ). Rendering: Allow nearest neighbor lookup when using mipmaps ( GH-40523 ). Rendering: Properly calculate Polygon2D AABB with skeleton ( GH-40869 ). RichTextLabel: Fix center alignment bug ( GH-40892 ).

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Nvidia

MAY 21, 2021

NetEase Thunder Fire Games Uses Mesh Shading To Create Beautiful Game Environments for Justice In December, we interviewed Haiyong Qian, NetEase Game Engine. Recently, NetEase introduced Mesh Shader support to Justice. Not only are the updated environments breathtaking, the game supports 1.8

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 4, 2021

glTF 2.0 ( GL Transmission Format ) is a fully open-source, widely implemented interchange format with built-in support for physically-based rendering standards. glTF is a growing 3D format and has received massive adoption in the game industry. Godot Engine team - [link]. as THE standard asset exchange format for game engines.

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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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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. Rendering: New dynamic BVH ( GH-44901 ). zstd 1.4.8).

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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. Rendering: New dynamic BVH ( GH-44901 ). zstd 1.4.8).

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Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Each image part was converted to mesh. The USP of Spine animation software is how smoothly it converts an image part to mesh. In each mesh vertices are placed to define how we want to move the character. Bones are created to help the mesh move and provide fine-tuned control. This is an important aspect for mobile games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

has an entirely new rendering architecture, which is divided into modern and compatibility backends. The modern one does rendering via RenderingDevice (which is implemented in drivers such as Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and more in the future). Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0, Core engine. improvements.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Notable changes are in-editor class reference translations (so far Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, and some French), some new rendering features (high quality glow mode, 3D point light attenuation option), and a number of C# marshalling fixes. GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

GLES3 renderer). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Add high quality glow mode ( GH-51491 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

GLES3 renderer). GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Add high quality glow mode ( GH-51491 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

GridMap: Implement individual mesh transform for MeshLibrary items ( GH-52298 ). Mesh: Implement octahedral map normal/tangent attribute compression ( GH-46800 ). Mesh: Options to clean/simplify convex hull generated from mesh ( GH-50328 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

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. Rendering: Portal occlusion culling. More rendering improvements. More rendering improvements. Large files support (> 2.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

our lead developer Juan Linietsky moved on to developing the upcoming Vulkan renderer for Godot 4.0 But the rest of us engine contributors did not stay idle in the meantime, and a strong focus was put on fixing as many issues as we could to make Godot 3.2 The engine areas are listed in no particular order. in a separate branch.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 6, 2022

This post starts off with a high-level description of what FogVolumes are and how to use them, and then includes some technical details about what is going on under the hood and how we get them to render so fast. In doing so, we run into a small problem: accessing the same piece of memory on the GPU can result in problems with rendering.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

This means having lots of lights no longer creates a performance hit on the rendering pipeline, since all we need to do is sample a single texture and we get the amount of light coming from all light sources. Godot, being an open source game engine, was built with a never-ending wish of adding new features to it.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

You can even store cinematography data so it doesn’t need to be coded directly to the Unity camera you are currently using. Yes, in the past, Unity has come up a little short when it came to interior renderings. Now, though, with Cinemachine, these interior renderings are beginning to look absolutely stunning.

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