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Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.2

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Notably, Windows users could experience crashes when baking lightmaps. Games exported with a ZIP data package could also trigger a crash on exit. Additionally, this release includes a number of non-regression bug fixes to various areas of the engine. was thus subject to this crash when baking lightmaps.

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Godot 4.0 gets SDF based real-time global illumination

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This new technique was developed entirely in the open and implemented under our MIT license, so anyone is welcome to use it in their own engines and games. SDFGI is something akin to a dynamic real-time lightmap (but it does not requiere unwrapping, nor does it use textures). What can it do?

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

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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. Raise errors when accessing deleted objects in debug. Raise errors when accessing deleted objects in debug. macOS: ARM64 build, code signing.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

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Rendering: Add optional UV2 logic for lightmapping to primitive shapes ( GH-67975 ). Rendering: Fix several render issues found while debugging XR ( GH-68102 ). Rendering: Add 2D shadows and canvas SDF to OpenGL3 renderer ( GH-67639 ). Rendering: Fix cluster_render.glsl failing on some Macs ( GH-67746 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

Rendering: Add optional UV2 logic for lightmapping to primitive shapes ( GH-67975 ). Rendering: Fix several render issues found while debugging XR ( GH-68102 ). Rendering: Add 2D shadows and canvas SDF to OpenGL3 renderer ( GH-67639 ). Rendering: Fix cluster_render.glsl failing on some Macs ( GH-67746 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

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Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Core: Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ( GH-53405 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Editor: Add custom debug shape thickness and color options to RayCast ( GH-49726 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Core: Add detailed error messages to release builds (used to be debug-only) ( GH-53405 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Editor: Add custom debug shape thickness and color options to RayCast ( GH-49726 ).

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